News -- April 2013
- 4/21 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Bulls Win DoubleHeader But Happiness Negated by Hak-Ju Lee Injury: Winning is the priority for any baseball team. But especially given the length of the season, if you lose a key player in the...
- 4/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Montgomery Biscuits Set Franchise Record in Victory: When a batter is on, they say that the baseball looks as though it is the size of a beach ball. In the Montgomery Biscuits 12...
- 4/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Rolls, Hak-Ju Lee Has Huge Game, But Bulls Fall in 11 Innings: The last two days have made it extremely tough to be a Rays fan- and that holds true at the minor league level as well. While...
- 4/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Sense of Deja Vu as Rays Affiliates Join Rays in Losing Nailbiters: Quite often, the results of a major league team and their minor league affiliates have absolutely nothing in common. But when...
- 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Leslie Anderson Erupts for 2 Home Runs as Bulls Win in Slugfest: It’s human nature that after years of seeing someone not do something, we assume they can’t do it. That has been precisely...
- 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Leslie Anderson Hits Two Home Runs in Bulls Victory: Leslie Anderson had put together a solid Spring Training, and seemed to have brought himself to the Rays attention. However, he...
- 4/6 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Chris Archer Pitches Well in Bulls Victory: Welcome to Minor League Opening Day – Part Two. Thursday night, the top four minor league affiliates for the Rays were slated...
News -- February 2013
- 2/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Wil Myers Notches First Rays Hit, Leslie Anderson Clutch Again, Mark Thomas Slams Big HR as Rays Beat Twins: Once the season starts, Rays fans know that while the bats will have their moments, the Rays’ pitching staff will always...
- 2/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Assessing the Rays Prospects From the 2012 Montgomery Biscuits Part 3: There’s something to be said about reaching Double-A. The players who make it there have survived A-ball and are suddenly...
News -- September 2012
- 9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Biscuits Win On Robby Price’s Infield Single In Extras: And then there were two. The Montgomery Biscuits and Hudson Valley Renegades remain of the minor league affiliates, as the Renegades...
- 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hot Rods Eliminated From Postseason, Biscuits Lose Playoff Opener: There is so much variability in baseball. There are always different players thriving and struggling and no team is going to be...
News -- August 2012
- 8/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: 6-1 Day Dampened by Niemann Setback: In the minor leagues, it’s always nice when your team wins. But it’s the individual performances that matter most....
- 8/23 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Exciting Night (Everywhere But Charlotte): There’s always somebody left out of the party. Sometimes they try to go in twice and still can’t get in. Rays affiliates...
- 8/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Shaffer Homers, Pitching K’s 13 in ‘Gades Win: Slam a bunch of homers, and most of your problems will go away. As the Rays slammed 3 home runs the day after getting perfect-gamed...
- 8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Minors Have Rough Night, Going 0-5: Rains wrecked havoc upon the minor league slate tonight, causing the suspension of one game, and the postponement of another....
News -- July 2012
- 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Colome Highlights Mixed Results: Sunday was a day of mixed results for the minor league affiliates, as the farm teams went 3-3 on the day. Despite some...
- 7/27 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Evan Longoria Returns- Without Incident- in Bulls Loss: After two near flawless days, the Rays weren’t quite as happy after Thursday. But sometimes days that don’t go so...
- 7/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Marty Gantt Walk-off Single Wins It as Renegades Find Magic Again: It’s special to find a team on such a roll that no matter how a game starts, even if they’re getting blown out, they...
- 7/23 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alvin Toles, P-Rays Explode for 13 Runs: If only the Rays could score like some of their affiliates did on Sunday. Triple-A International League: Game 1: Rochester Red...
- 7/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Bierman Dominant, Rickard Has 3 Hits as ‘Gades Edge Aberdeen: When you’re reading this minor league recap, the focus should be on the great performances. If you scroll to the bottom...
- 7/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Biscuits Mount Big 9th Inning Rally But Fall in 14: One of the most frustrating things in baseball is to mount a big comeback, only to fall short. The Biscuits pulled off one and...
- 7/16 Rays Colored Glasses: How Much Of A Concern Is The Rays’ Lack of Draft Pick Impact?: Marc Topkin presented an interesting and somewhat alarming statistic the other day: the Rays are the only team in baseball without...
- 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Braulio Lara, Stone Crabs 1-Hit Lakeland: Only the Rays organization could have a pitcher allow 1 hit through 7 innings and leave in line for the loss, right? Triple-A...
- 7/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Ames, Snell, Cedeno Sharp as Pitching Rules Lower Levels: One thing you can count on: even during the All-Star Break, there is minor league baseball. And there will always be some thrillers...
- 7/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Sam Fuld Returns, 2nd Rounder Spencer Edwards Makes Pro Debut: Just a few days after The Amazing Spiderman came out, Superman has returned. (I don’t think that works very well.) Sam Fuld...
- 7/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Ty Morrison Zooms Forward: The Rays drafted Ty Morrison in the 4th round of the 2008 MLB Draft. The Rays signed him to a well above-slot $500,000. Observers...
- 7/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hot Rods Offense Explodes for 20: Nice to find the level of offense that even an utter pitching disaster turns into an easy win. Triple-A International League:...
- 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Goeddel Homers, Pitchers Drafted in 2012 Debut: On a day where the Rays tipped their hats to the past with Turn Back The Clock Night, we look back to the future and see how the...
News -- June 2012
- 6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Notable Draft Picks Debut in GCL Rays Doubleheader: Really exciting to see the 2012 draft picks make their debuts. Got to experience that with a trio of Rays draftees on Thursday....
- 6/25 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Blake Snell Superb, Oscar Hernandez Homers in P-Rays Win: Sunday was a huge day for the Rays as they came away with a doubleheader sweep against Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, and the Philadelphia...
News -- May 2012
- 5/4 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: May 4: Top stories Pettitte is big business: Sunday’s Empire State “home” game was scheduled to be play at Batavia...