Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The Hangover; Rays Lose 8-1

The hangover — both literal and figurative. Last night’s losing venture led to drinking… Not a copious amount of alcohol, but enough to make me regret being awake and typing a game recap. I see a nap in my future. The skinny: The BABIP luck dragons took a large chunk out of Alex Cobb’s heels, Ryan Hanigan had a hard time throwing out everyone, and the Rays offense went back into hibernation. The Rays ended the night having been thrashed by the Pirates, 8-1.

BA Would Be “Shocked” If David Price Was Traded This Year, Etc

Per a piece on 620wdae.com, Brian “BA” Anderson was quoted Monday, that he would be shocked if David Price would be traded this year.

Rays 6/23/14 Starting Lineup, Etc

Rays 6/23/14 Starting Lineup Jennings CF Zobrist 2B Longoria 3B Loney 1B Guyer LF Joyce DH Escobar SS Kiermaier RF Hanigan C Cobb RHP Noteworthiness Alex Cobb will get the start against Edinson Voloquez and the Pirates. Voloquez has been hammered for three or more runs in six of his total 15 outings this season, including …

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Jake Odorizzi Was Dominant in 8-0 Shutout

The Tampa Bay Rays have been able to do something during this 10-game stretch, that they haven’t, well…all season: bounce back from a loss. Jake Odorizzi and the Rays bounced back from a disappointing, yet winnable, game Friday in dominant fashion, crushing the Houston Astros by a score of 8-0. No, it wasn’t a perfectly executed game — then again most aren’t. Tampa Bay was able to take advantage of a struggling Jake Buchanan, while Odorizzi put up zero after zero.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price Notches Strikeout 1,000, Trade Rumors, Etc

It was another one of those nights we’ve, sadly, become accustomed to. Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before; a Rays pitcher notched a good outing, keeping the team in the game, yet the stagnant offense couldn’t come up with the key hits when it so desperately needed to. Yes, it happened again — though, at least it wasn’t a shutout.