Playing A Little Pepper… Matt Joyce will hit leadoff for the 3rd time this season and 6th time in his career. He is 11-22 with 3 HR hitting leadoff…The Rays are 24-22, the only 4th place team in MLB with a winning record and 2.5 games better than any other […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Sean Rodriguez is starting today. It will be the first game he has appeared in since May 16th…Evan Longoria is DHing. With tomorrow’s off-day, this will give Longo’s legs two straight days off…Even with the 3 errors in this series, the Rays have committed just 21 […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays are the only AL club and one of to be .500 or better on this date in each of the last 6 years. In the NL, the Braves and the Cards have also been .500 or better on this date 6 years in a […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays are now 9-2 in their last 11 games and have moved into a tie for third place in the East. The Rays are also 3.5 games behind the Red Sox in the Wild Card…The Rays have not committed an error in their last 7 […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays have sent Alex Torres back to Durham and promoted left reliever Jeff Beliveau just for today’s game. He is expected to be sent back down tomorrow and replaced by Jake Odorizzi who will start tomorrow’s game in Toronto. Odorizzi will be just the 17th different starting […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays will face former Rays pitcher, Jason Hammel. Speaking of former Rays pitchers, the Cubs will pay Edwin Jackson $19 million this year ($11M salary, $8M signing bonus). The entire Rays rotation makes $15.4 million…The Rays already have two losses this season in which they led in […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Luke Scott hitting second against a lefty? Luke Scott is hitting second against a lefty. Scott has faced Felix Doubront just seven times. And in those plate appearances he has been on base 3 times and hit 2 home runs. But maybe more importantly, Scott has […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays’ current 6-game winning streak is the longest in the majors. Of course, if the bullpen hadn’t blown any leads in the 20 games before that they would be riding a 26-game winning streak. The Rays are also the first team since 2011 (Rockies) to […]
Playing A Little Pepper… Joe Maddon has a band in the locker room prior to today’s game (see image below). And a lot of plantains (9 bunches of 3 to be exact)…The Rays are still 4.5 games behind the Yankees. But they have picked up 4.5 games on the Red […]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays placed Brandon Gomes on the DL today with a strained lat muscle. To take his spot on the roster, the Rays promoted Josh Lueke. And if you were paying attention this morning in The Hangover, you already know that Lueke was tearing up the […]
