Following last night’s 7-2 debacle, Joe Maddon tweeted, “I know I sound like a broken record but we have to pitch a lot better to get to the spot we want to this year.” Maddon’s got a point. Three of the five starters have given up five or more runs in an inning this week. …
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words” Edition
A preface
Jeremy Hellickson was sailing along — pitching five innings of two hit, no run, ball. Then in sixth inning after throwing 70 pitches…
Rays 6/13/13 Starting Lineup, Noteworthiness
Rays 6/13/13 Starting Lineup 1. Joyce RF 2. Zobrist 2B 3. Johnson 3B 4. Longoria DH 5. Loney 1B 6. Jennings CF 7. Fuld LF 8. Molina C 9. Escobar SS SP Hellickson RHP Noteworthiness Kelly Johnson is getting the start at third and hitting third, while Evan Longoria handles the DH duties and hitting …
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The New What Next: Tampa Bay vs Kansas City, A Series Preview of Sorts
The Rays will brush off their shoulders after a disappointing series loss to the AL East leading Boston Red Sox. Let’s be clear about something before we move forward: Boston’s series win wasn’t predicated on some dominant force that shellacked Tampa Bay — after all, the Rays outscored the Sox 17-15. On the contrary, the Rays were their own worst enemy, going 6-for-31 wRISP in the three game series. In short, the Sox won because the BABIP luck dragons were nipping at the Rays heels.
…More on Wil Myers
A friend of X-Rays Spex penned the piece below and was gracious enough to let me re-post it here. Let me predicate things by saying there hasn’t been a need for Wil Myers on the 25-man roster, nor has there been room. However as the season progresses, and the offense ebbs and flows, holes have opened up (at least on paper) showing where he could benefit the Rays at the plate. That still doesn’t detract from the fact to that you’d have to shuffle players around, or release someone from his contract in order to make room for Myers. That said, in light of Luke Scott’s 7-for-59 woes at the plate, the call for Myers has ratcheted up 10-fold. Perhaps it’s time to end the Scott experiment, and bring Myers to the bigs? Ian touches on all things Wil Myers below.