Playing A Little Pepper… Tonight’s DH is a middle infielder that was in the minors last week (Ryan Roberts)…Tonight is the first time the Rays have faced the Giants since 2004 and the first time the Rays have played the defending World Champs since 2010 (Yankees)…Tomorrow is the second Joe […]
Playing A Little Pepper… As mentioned in an earlier post, Matt Moore is going on the DL with elbow soreness. For the time being, this is not a huge deal for the rotation. The Rays have four days off in the next two weeks and can go to a 4-man […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays now have the best record in the AL (tied with the A’s) and the most wins in baseball (tied with A’s and Red Sox)…The Rays have won 10 straight series (last night’s game was considered a series). That is the longest streak in baseball […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The biggest news of the day? Wil Myers hasn’t combed his hair since the start of the season…The Rays have won 9 straight series. A win tonight (ELIAS considers this a 1-game series) would make it 10 straight. The Rays are 0-6 all-time in 1-game series…The […]
Playing A Little Pepper… No pepper today because I played hookie with the girls. Sorry. If there is anything important I missed, feel free to spread the word in the comments. Thanks! Game Graph… [Will be up at game time] Source: FanGraphs Lineup… Flash Jennings, CF Evan Longoria, 3B Wil […]
Playing A Little Pepper… David Price and Matt Moore are the first visiting teammates with complete game wins in a series at Fenway since 1997 and the first lefty teammates since 1973…Last night’s win guaranteed the Rays will not lose this series. The Rays have no lost any of their […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Longtime reader, Clayton Bricklemyer, stumbled upon something interesting today. Wade Townsend, the former Rays first round draft pick (8th overall in 2005), is now a pro poker player. Bricklemyer stumbled upon Townsend’s Twitter page with the handle @Ricestudpoker. He doesn’t tweet often, but according to his […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Wil Myers is back in the lineup tonight…A win tonight and the Rays will be along in first place for the first time this season…The Rays are 18-2 in their last 20 games. They are just the 10th team since 1994 to win at least 18 […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Here is an update of the quest to get to 22 games over .500, which would mean 92 wins and an almost certain playoff spot. How hot are the Rays right now? The Rays were just one game over .500 24 games ago and were about […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Yunel Escobar is not ready to return to action after straining his hamstring in the final game before the break. Ben Zobrist will play shortstop tonight and Ryan Roberts will play second base…In other injury news, top prospect Taylor Guerrieri left his last start with “elbow […]
