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 [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Rays’ next themed road trip will be camo. And of course, Luke Scott is happy about it…Tonight is just the third matchup in MLB history between the reigning Cy Young winners…David Price’s ERA has already dropped from 6.25 to 5.24 today and the game hasn’t even [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… J.A. Happ was released from the hospital today and it sounds like he avoided any major injuries, which is of course, great news…As we stated earlier, the Rays would be 27-5 if that had not blown any leads this season. In addition, they have held a [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Last night’s loss was the 12th time the Rays have lost a game this season in which they held a lead. If the Rays had not blown any leads this season, they would be 26-5…The Rays’ bullpen ERA is 4.80, worst in the AL…The Rays have [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Ben Zobrist will miss tonight’s game to be with his family after his grandfather passed away. Sean Rodriguez will start at shortstop…The Rays will face 3 straight left-handers starting tonight. So expect plenty of Sean Rodriguez and Ryan Roberts…After playing 26 of 30 teams that currently have [...]
