Let the speculation begin: Rays 1B/OF Leslie Anderson has been named the AAA International League postseason All-Star, leading the league with a .313 BA/.362 OBP/.462 SLG/.824 OPS/.331 BABIP line at Durham, with 14 homers and 21 doubles, driving in 55 RBI. It bears mentioning that Anderson also has a 12% strikeout percentage. Ahem, not only …
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The Injury List Sean Rodriguez: The Rays have recalled SeanRod, putting him on the 15-day DL. Brandon Guyer: Out for the season with a torn left labrum. Guyer will need surgery for the injury. As of May 29th, Guyer has been placed on the 60-day DL. Robinson Chirinos: Chirinos is unlikely to return this season. …
Rays 8/27/12 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist SS Longoria DH Keppinger 1B Roberts 2B Fuld RF Molina C Johnson 3B Price LHP Noteworthiness:</em Maddon has put together an interesting lineup, with Evan Longoria at DH and hitting fourth, no Matt Joyce, Carlos Pena or Luke Scott. In their place are Sam Fuld in …
The Rays will start a series against the AL West leading Texas Rangers in Arlington on Monday. Coming off a lukewarm six game home stand, Tampa Bay looks to right the ship (in a manner of speaking) and return to their five runs per game form. Beyond being bested by Oakland, I’m not really certain …
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Tied up at four games a piece, the Rays walk into an early game at the Trop intent on taking both the season and current series against the A’s, following a disappointing 5-4 loss last night. Matt Moore pitched well, save for a few fastballs left up over the plate, however the real story of …
