The Rays recently held their Winter Development program at Tropicana Field. And it allowed us to get our first look at some of the Rays top draft picks from the 2011 draft, as well as some other top prospects. How good does it feel to see players in TB caps [...]
A Year Later, 2010 Draft Picks Ready For Pro Debuts
Baseball America has released their annual list of the Rays Top 10 prospects. The number in parentheses is that player’s 2010 ranking… Jeremy Hellickson, RHP (2) Matt Moore, LHP (4) Desmond Jennings, OF (1) Jake McGee, RHP (8) Josh Sale, OF (NR) Alex Torres, LHP (9) Alex Colome, RHP (7) [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Matt Garza. He gave up 5 hits to the first 10 batters he faced and 3 of those baserunners would score (thanks in part [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Sean Rodriguez. Rodzilla was 3-3 on Sunday to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. In that span, he is 21-49 (.429) with 5 [...]
Marc Topkin reports that the Rays already have an “agreement in principle” with the second of their two first-round picks, Justin O’Connor… Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman said they already have an agreement in principle with O’Conner, and are hopeful to sign the two others. The Rays had two picks [...]
Gotta love the high-cuffed look on Rays first-round pick Josh Sale. And oh yeah, the home run is pretty nice also. And as a bonus, here is video of the Rays other first-round pick, Justin O’Connor, taking batting practice.
The Rays took high school catcher Justin O’Connor with their second first-round pick (#31 overall). Interestingly, Keith Law had him ranked 31st overall. Here is what ESPN.com has to say… O’Conner came into his senior year as a top prospect because he was intriguing, but didn’t have a clear position [...]
