Tampa Bay Rays
Picks of the Day, 4/11
Three straight days going 2-1, and I’m on the comeback trail. 13-16 on the season. I should have picked the Guardians moneyline instead of the run line, but I got greedy. I don’t count the reach picks toward my record. So far I’ve had pretty good luck with them, but yesterday all three aces in […]
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Picks of the Day, 4/8
Anybody that tells you they are good at gambling is full of crap. Somehow, I managed to go 0-3 yesterday, and I’m now 7-13 on the season. Good news is, I’ve done pretty well this week with basketball, and hockey…which doesn’t help me here.If you bet on KC beating San Fran 3-1 at the Giants […]
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Tigers Vs. Rays Series Recap: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay The Same
The 2023 Detroit Tigers started their season this weekend in Saint Petersburg against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Tigers came into this season with the bar for offense very, VERY low, but most fans (including myself) thought there would be improvement. However, watching this series over the weekend, it seems as if nothing has changed […]
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Rays Shutout Tigers 4-0 on Opening Day
The baseball season is finally here, and the Rays capped off the festivities with a fairly perfect opening-day victory over the Detroit Tigers. The opening-day lineup for the home team looked like the one that most had predicted; Diaz, Brandon Lowe, Franco, and Paredes in the infield, with Arozarena, Siri, and Margot in the outfield. […]
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2023: The Year of the Oblique Injury
About a week ago, I was listening to my daily dose of the Just Baseball podcast, which you can find all their information on their website here. During one of their episodes, they prompted a question about Oblique Injuries and that there seemed to be more of them during this year’s spring training. Aram Leighton […]
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Exorcising the Devil: When the Tampa Bay Rays Became the Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays are celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2023, with the team playing its first game back in 1998. As such, the team unveiled a new commemorative logo for the upcoming season, featuring both the burst of sunshine synonymous with the team today and the classic ray logo that the franchise started with (that is […]
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The 2008 Phillies: Relived 15 Years Later
From 2006-2011, The Phillies had assembled one of baseball’s best rosters. Although there isn’t much success to show from it, 2008 is an exception. In 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies finished 92-70, winning the NL East, and eventually winning the World Series, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 games. This season will be remembered forever […]
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Austin Meadows Holds the Key in 2023 For Detroit
It is no secret that the Detroit Tigers were the worst team at the plate last year. Within all the disaster and failure the 2022 season brought us, one player slid out of public view. No, not Eduardo Rodriguez either… but Austin Meadows. The 27-year-old outfielder we acquired from Tampa Bay. A player who was […]
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Remembering Joe Ross’ Time With the Nationals
Joe Ross signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants on January 30, ending his 8-year tenure with the Washington Nationals. He was a former top pitching prospect acquired in a trade. He showed a lot of promise throughout his big-league career, but mainly due to injuries, he was unable to put it […]
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Taylor Walls is the most underrated player on the Rays roster
June 7th, 2022. It is the 10th inning. The Cardinals have managed to take the lead, and now the Rays face a sticky situation. At the start of the inning, Paredes managed to draw a walk off Drew VerHagen. In the second at-bat, Brett Phillips bunted toward third base. Arenado duly picked the ball up […]
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