The Rays will start a three game series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday. Tampa Bay has been disappointing of late, dropping four of its last six games to the Yankees and Tigers (respectively) in two ugly, ugly series losses. Yet things in Toronto haven’t been all that peachy for the Jays either — John Gibbons’ ball club has won only one series in the month of August.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Blank Jays 3-0, Take Series
Know what I’m annoyed by? The constant trade rumors surrounding David Price. Know who else is? David Price. I get it, he’s been hugging people often — including an extended “hug session” following his excellent outing at The Trop yesterday — which, somehow, leads people to believe he’s saying goodbye. I really don’t read much into it. After all, he regularly hugs his teammates after something good happens in a game. This might be a radical line of thinking, but perhaps he’s just being a good teammate?
Looking Backward While Moving forward: Kiermaier and Odorizzi Lead the Rays to 10-3 Win
The Tampa Bay Rays once again found themselves with a tally in the win column, after they blasted the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 10-3, Saturday. Led by Kevin Kiermaier’s hitting and Jake Odorizzi’s solid pitching, the Rays reclaimed fourth place from the Red Sox (who lost to Houston), and start the day just 5-1/2 games behind the third place New York Yankees. Odorizzi got the start in place of scheduled starter David Price, who was feeling ill. Price will take the mound this afternoon, opposite of RA Dickey, in series finale.
Rays 7/11/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Rays 7/11/14 Starting Lineup Noteworthiness Don’t forget to check out our Rays/Jays series preview. Your tweet of the day: Hearing Dan Johnson will be at the Trop tonight, playing against #Rays after being called up by #BlueJays — Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) July 11, 2014
The New What Next: Enter the Blue Jays — A Series Preview of Sorts
When you look at the big picture the Rays are in a good place… That is, relative to their position; 10 games under .500 and nine and a half games out of first place in the AL East. The Yankees start the day (July 11) just one game over .500, and in dire straits after their All-Star ace Mashiro Tanaka was placed on the day DL with a torn UCL.