This off-season could turn out to be the busiest of Andrew Friedman’s career. With so many free agents, the Rays have a number of holes to fill. And with the payroll expected to be slashed by ~$20 million, Friedman will have his hands tied in the free agent market. If [...]
Here is a stat for you to savor: Only two players had 60 extra-base hits and 40 stolen bases last year. Can you name them? Try Carl Crawford and BJ Upton. That tidbit comes to us from Ken Rosenthal, who also notes that the Rays are not in a hurry [...]
TR Sullivan of MLB.com says that the Rays are willing to trade either James Shields or Matt Garza, and that the Rangers could be a good match… Texas’ offseason search usually begins with starting pitching, and that will be the case again. Both the Rays and the White Sox have [...]
While looking for something else, we came across this old picture of Matt Garza from his days in Minnesota. Does that look like the face of somebody that would one day throw a no-hitter? We are horrified. He has come a long way from Jonas Brother to the Duke Blue [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Hope For Garza, No Hope For The Offense And The Postseason Rotation](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/357100731225_Yankees_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
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 [...]
Many feel that it is a forgone conclusion that the Rays will trade either James Shields or Matt Garza this off-season. The logic is simple: the Rays need a spot for Jeremy Hellickson and Shields and Garza are the Rays’ two highest paid pitchers and are the closest to free [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss An Embarrassing Loss, The Great Pumpkin In October And The Angels #1 Target](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/357AUG30005_Orioles_v_Rays-150x150.jpg)
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: Money Well Saved. Good for everybody that decided not to spend money on parking, tickets and concessions and instead spent a relaxing night at [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Clinchability, Garza’s New ‘Do And Pena’s New Low](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/0cea50d2599a95311a3ceffb60606116-getty-97631606es008_mariners_rays-150x150.jpg)
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: Clinchability. The Rays can clinch a playoff spot tonight. A win this afternoon followed by a Red Sox loss tonight would punch the Rays [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Garza’s First Pitch, Selig On Rays New Stadium And Maddon’s Late And Wrong Move](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/357100305029_Spring_Training_Rays_at_Yankees-150x150.jpg)
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: 7. Thanks to the Red Sox loss, the Rays magic number to clinch a playoff spot is now 7. THE BAD: First-Pitch Strikes. You [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Crawford’s Aggressive Baserunning, McGee’s Debut And JoeMa Giving Up Again](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/357100731246_Yankees_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
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: Carl Crawford. Yes Carl Crawford. Normally, we would have destroyed Crawford for tagging up and getting thrown out at third to end the game. [...]
