![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Garza Deal That Won’t Die](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hangover15-150x150.jpg)
Bruce Levine ESPN Chicago held a chat yesterday in which he said “[Matt] Garza is the guy [the Cubs] are after.” He later added that the Cubs are also interested in Fausto Carmona from the Indians, but that Garza is the more pitcher to be acquired in a trade. What [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Niemann’s Production, Zobrist’s Lack Of Production And JoeMa’s Endorsement Of Jaso](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hangover12-150x150.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: Evan Longoria. It does appear that Sampson’s hair is growing back in a bit and it seemed to help last night with an RBI [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Opening Day DH, Zim’s Honor And Upton’s Hearing](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover12-150x150.jpg)
According to Jayson Stark, the Rays are still in the running for Johnny Damon. The Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays have also remained in the bidding, with both teams talking about one-year contracts for fewer total dollars than the Tigers’ offer. MLB.com reported that the Braves’ offer was for [...]
[Update 10:55pm] The Rays not only did not non-tender Dioner Navarro, they reached an agreement with Navi on a 1-year, $2.1 million contract. They also non-tendered Shawn Riggans making him a free agent. Signing Navarro is a bit of a surprise, but this could just be buying the Rays time [...]
Yesterday, the Rays acquired Kelly Shoppach from Cleveland. The move did nothing to clear up the catching position for 2010. In fact, it just made the situation a bit more complicated. Assuming Shoppach is one of two catchers on the opening day roster, the question then becomes: Who will be [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Pat Burrell’s Fear Of Southpaws](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3989314627_412bceeb2f_o.png)
This was brought up by a commenter a few days ago but is worth mentioning here…Pat Burrell was signed this past off-season over other free agents, in part because he was a right-handed bat that would help the Rays versus left-handed pitchers. Let’s compare Burrell’s production versus lefties to another [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Wins, A Strange Lineup And The First Wave Of Reinforcements](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hangover-150x150.jpg)
The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Needed Win. After the way the Rays lost on Sunday and considering how they have played most of the season on Getaway Day, the Rays needed to [...]
Durham 7, Indianapolis 6. The Bulls score 4 in the bottom of the 9th, the final coming on a throwing error while attempting to turn a double-play…Jeremy Hellickson had his first rough outing in triple-A, surrendering 6 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 4.2 innings. He struck out [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Matt Garza’s Upcoming Vacation](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hangover28-150x150.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: Playing the Game the Right Way. On Monday, Evan Longoria was hit by a pitch. Last night in the 3rd inning, Joba Chamberlain sailed [...]
Indianapolis 3, Durham 1. Carlos Hernandez gave up 2 runs and was pulled after just 3.2 innings…Both Reid Brignac and Matt Joyce had the night off…Rhyne Hughes was 2-4 and hit his 6th home run since being promoted. Montgomery. (no games scheduled) Charlotte 7, Lakeland 2 (gm 1). Darin Downs [...]
