Earlier today we took a look at the hitters and luck. Now let’s take a gander at the pitchers. For pitchers we will use Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) and expected FIP (xFIP). In very basic terms, think ERA but better. FIP looks at the statistics for which pitchers are most [...]
A while back we told you about an opportunity to ask Matt Garza a question for Sporting News Magazine. Well we just received our copy of the issue and it looks like two or three of the questions came from Rays Index readers. You guys make us proud. A few [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Pena’s Funk, Burrell’s Role And Jaso’s Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hangover15-150x150.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: Carlos Pena. Yes he has been in a funk (a realllly bad funk) but he has always been streaky and the defense will always [...]
The Rays have a nice problem with their starting pitchers. They have five young, talented and cheap starting pitchers in the rotation. And they have one of the top prospects in baseball waiting in triple-A (Jeremy Hellickson). The average age of the rotation is just over 26 years old. They will [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Navi’s Running Skillz, Pena’s Funk And The New Balfour](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hangover6-150x150.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: Left-Handed Lineup. The Rays were 55-54 against lefties in 2008 and 2009 combined. And they started this season 1-3 against southpaws. Since then the [...]
If you’re like me you turned off the game Friday night feeling pretty dissatisfied with the outcome. Whether it was not being able to crush a young lefty or the anti-climatic finish after clawing back into the game, there was something for complainers everywhere to bring up. The thought running [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Bossman’s Return, The Bat’s Surge And Surgery For Shoppach](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover26-150x150.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: BJ UPTON. Dude is red hot and it sure looks like our Bossman is back. This time it was an opposite-field 3-run home run, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Cy Garza, CC’s D And Desmond’s Return](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover25-150x150.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: Cy Garza. Gonzo went 8 innings for the third straight start. This time he held the Sox scoreless on 4 hits and 2 walks [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Garza’s Dominance, CC’s Contractual Motivation And Benoit’s Big Step](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/4516228827_2ea00e4464_o.png)
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. It is just two starts against the Orioles, but Gonzo is starting to look like he could be off to a magical [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Cy Garza, Soriano’s Fastball And Whether The Rays Are The A’s](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover10-150x150.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. We predicted that The Garza Complex would contend for the Cy Young this season and he did not disappoint in his first [...]
