David Price
David Taylor Price
(twitter : @DAVIDprice14 )
Position : Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.
Born : August 26 , 1985 in Murfreesboro, TN
High Schools : Blackman HS (Blackman, TN) , Blackmon HS (Murfreesboro, TN) School : Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.Signed August 15, 2007.
(All Transactions ) Debut : September 14, 2008 (Age 23)
vs. NYY 5.1 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER Team : Rays 2008-20132013 Contract Status : 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$10.11M (13) (details ) [*] Service Time (01/2013) : 3.164, Arb Eligible : 2014, Free Agent : 2016 [*] , Agents : Bo McKinnis [*] About biographical information
News -- May 2013
5/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 47: Roberto Hernandez Gets Roughed Up In Rays Loss : Roberto Hernandez had been very good at home this season, with a 2-1 record and a 2.92 ERA at Tropicana Field heading into tonight’s ...
5/24 Billy-Ball.com: “Inside Baseball” Battles : During the course of the season there are the meta races to follow in each division and in each league, but those answers won’t ...
5/24 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Yankees-Rays (5/24-5/26) : The New York Yankees (28-18) suffered a minor setback in Baltimore earlier this week as they lost two of three to the Baltimore ...
5/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Is This the End for Rays’ Kyle Farnsworth? : Relief pitching is truly a fickle thing. Relievers seem to go from great one year to mediocre the next with far more regularity ...
5/23 WahoosOnFirst: An Analysis of the Indians’ Success Against the Cy Young Army : With the Cleveland Indians’ 6-0 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners and 2010 Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez this past Sunday, ...
5/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Chris Archer Has No-Hitter Through 5 as Bulls Down Tides : When David Price went down his triceps injury, every Rays fan’s first thought had to be to Chris Archer. Instead, the Rays ...
5/22 Ballr: Jake Odorizzi In Toronto : Over this past weekend, the Tampa Bay Rays chose to call upon Jake Odorizzi to fill in the spot created in their rotation due ...
5/22 Nolan Writin': Why the Rangers will not trade Jurickson Profar : Speculation-based posts aren’t my usual cup of tea, but I think that this speculated topic has some legitimate merit worth ...
5/21 Billy-Ball.com: The Indians vs Cy Young Award winners : Bart Swain and the crack baseball media information team for the Cleveland Indians points out that their team has now scored 42 ...
5/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Could David Price’s Injury Be a Positive for the Rays? : When David Price got injured, this was an obvious blow to the Rays both in the short and long term. Short term, the Rays need ...
5/21 Bigfoot Sports Blog: Fantasy Baseball Bigfoot Sightings May 21 : Miguel Tejada: One homerun, and three RBI to go along with a .346 average, since this is not 2005 owners should look the other ...
5/21 Baseball News Source: Vanderbilt Having Record Year, Eyes Title In Omaha : Vanderbilt University baseball has had a season for the record books and every team in the Southeastern Conference is surely well ...
5/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 44: Josh Lueke Collapse Negates Jake Odorizzi’s Solid Debut as Rays Lose Opener to Toronto : In order to manage in the major leagues, you often have to take leaps of faiths. Joe Maddon and the Rays took two of those with ...
5/20 Baseball Ruminations: Profar So Far : I am certain that if you are reading this you are a fan of baseball. If you are a fan of baseball then you have certainly heard ...
5/20 Bigfoot Sports Blog: Fantasy Baseball Bigfoot Sightings May 20 : While Jurickson Profar is getting all the love following his call up, and deservedly so, he isn’t the only top prospect ...
5/20 Baseball Jerks: Week 8 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Grand-al Time : Give it a couple of months and suddenly all of the overhyped top prospects everyone overbid on in their respective drafts are ...
5/20 FFLockerRoom: Tampa Bay Rays Recall Jake Odorizzi, Option Jeff Beliveau : Right-handed starter Jake Odorizzi was recalled from Triple-A Durham by the Tampa Bay Rays today. To make room for him on the ...
5/20 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of May 20 :
Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as ...
5/20 Call to the Pen: AL East Roundup (5/20 Edition) : Welcome to another edition of AL East Roundup, where we give you a look at the week that was as well as some storylines affecting ...
5/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Jake Odorizzi Become The Next Shifty Rays Starter to Make It Big in the Major Leagues? : On the Rays right now are two pitchers who have achieved a great deal of success with power arsenals rivaling anyone’s in ...
5/20 Sports Talk Florida: Jake Odorizzi Makes HIs Rays Debut In Afternoon Affair Versus Blue Jays Jake Odorizzi ready to make his Rays debut against a struggling Blue Jays. Lineups Posted....
5/20 We Talk Fantasy Sports: We want Moore. Like, you really like it. You want Moore : Matt Moore moved to 8-0 in 9 starts this season as the Rays swept the Orioles this weekend at Camden Yards. Moore lasted ...
5/20 Jays Journal: Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays (23-20) @ Toronto Blue Jays (17-26) : Confounding Yankees. With our winning streak a thing of the past it’s time to look forward…though losing to David ...
5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Which Players Will Be Traded This Summer? : Last summer, the biggest names traded were Zack Greinke, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Hanley Ramirez, Anibal ...
5/19 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 9: Down Goes David Price Edition (19/05/2013) : Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players, ...
5/19 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Look To Sweep Orioles, Notes & Lineups : The Rays (22-20) send Matt Moore (7-0, 2.44 ERA) to the mound today looking for a road sweep against the Baltimore Orioles (23-19) ...
5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Price, Odorizzi, Loney, Johnson : Over the last ten games, the Rays share a league-best 8-2 mark. Here are a few notes on the team as it looks to carry that momentum ...
5/18 Baseball News Source: Jake Odorizzi To Start Against Toronto Blue Jays : As first reported by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times Jake Odorizzi will make his Tampa Bay Rays debut starting against ...
5/18 BaseballGuys.com: Fantasy Beat – An Evening With Jeff Mans : With Trevor Ray away, Justin ‘Fensty’ Fensterman called upon Jeff Mans from FantasyAlarm.com to join him on this weeks ...
5/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Torres May Just Be a Stopgap For the Rays : When David Price was placed upon the disabled list with his strained triceps, the logical move was to bring up a pitcher. It almost ...
5/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Jake Odorizzi Gets His Opportunity With the Rays : Since the first time he picked up a baseball in Little League, Jake Odorizzi‘s dream has been to play in the major leagues. ...
5/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Feels ‘Guuuoood’, Fernando Rodney Seeks His groove : A day after being placed on the disabled list, it appears as though David Price may not be on there for much longer than the minimum ...
5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Brignac, Mariners, Odorizzi : We will start the weekend off with a few notes from around baseball:
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets that the Pirates ...
5/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Mettle Will be Tested Over the Next Month : Litmus test n : 2. a critical indication of future success or failure The following month will tell a lot about our Cleveland ...
5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Contract Extensions Changing The Free Agent Market : One of baseball's rising stars recently told Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports that he was concerned about the flurry of contract extensions ...
5/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Will David Price’s DL Stint Be A Crushing Blow to His Trade Value? : It seems to be a foregone conclusion that David Price‘s days in Tampa Bay are numbered. He’s making $10.1125MM this ...
5/17 Bush League Chronicle: David Price's early season woes linked to laundry chemicals? : On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays placed struggling southpaw David Price on the disabled list after being diagnosed with ...
5/17 Bush League Chronicle: Laundry chemicals used by Rays partly to blame for David Price's early season struggles? : On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays placed struggling southpaw David Price on the disabled list after being diagnosed with a strained ...
5/17 Ballr: Jake Odorizzi May Get A Few Starts : The Rays recalled Alex Torres to replace the roster spot of an injured David Price on Thursday evening. Price’s turn in ...
5/17 FFLockerRoom: Tampa Bay Rays Disable David Price, Recall Alex Torres : The Tampa Bay Rays have had to place left-handed pitcher David Price on the 15-day disabled list because of a left triceps muscle ...
5/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Torres Finds Himself Right Where He Belongs in the Rays Bullpen : The game had come apart. Three runs had scored after Fernando Rodney had allowed a two-out, bases clearing double to Will Middlebrooks ...
5/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE AL EAST FROM BEAST TO LEAST : Let’s take a look at how the AL East has been shaping up and take a guess at who will win the Division.
1 - The New York ...
5/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers : Drew Pomeranz is making a strong case for the Rockies to give him a shot. He is 4-10 with a 5.01 ERA in 26 career MLB starts, ...
5/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: How Much is too Much for Matt Kemp? : Nash, Looking for some trade advice. I just traded Nelson Cruz and Shelby Miller for Craig Kimbrel and Zack Greinke which More... ...
5/17 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #5: What about WAR? + The Good, The Bad + Downright Awful Teams in 2013 So Far : Like us on Facebook here Friday, May.17/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website ...
5/17 Injury Report: ()
5/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 40: Fernando Rodney Plays With Fire, Rays Get Burned in 4-3 Loss to Red Sox : Fernando Rodney was so close to getting out of it unscathed. Rodney had walked three of the first four batters he had faced in ...
5/16 FFLockerRoom: Tampa Bay Rays David Price Placed on 15-Day DL with Strained Triceps : Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price has been placed on the 15 day disabled list after suffering a strained left triceps during yesterday’s ...
5/16 The DoubleDay: Who Hangs Up First? : With trade season only a few months away, we'll take a look at some potential deadline deals. Team needs and records are starting ...
5/16 Call to the Pen: Tampa Bay Rays Place David Price on DL : David Price has been placed on the disabled list thanks to a strained triceps, leaving the Tampa Bay Rays without their ace left-hander ...
5/16 BoSox Injection: Eight Run Third More Than Enough Help For Lester As Sox End Skid : Jon Lester can now cross off the word “stopper” on his “Ace Form Regaining List”. Lester would pitch seven ...
5/16 Baseball Musings: Price to the DL : The Rays placed David Price on the disabled list. “It just felt (like) tightness,” Price said. “It wasn’t ...
5/16 MLB Injury News: David Price placed on DL with strained triceps : Tampa Bay Rays ace and reigning AL Cy Young winner David Price is headed to the 15-day DL with a strained triceps. The news ...
5/16 Baseball News Source: David Price To The DL; Rays Call Up Alex Torres : Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price was placed on the disabled list after training the triceps in his pitching arm last night against ...
5/16 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Notes: Price To DL, Torres Up, Lineups Posted David Price to disabled list, Alex Torres to help bullpen, Jake Odorizzi to start Monday....
5/16 TheFantasyFix.com: Stars on the Shelf: TheFantasyFix.com’s Week 7 DL Report : Here is TheFantasyFix.com’s week seven update on notable injured players. Here you will find an update on a player’s ...
5/16 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: BSR Podcast: Rich Herrera And Steve Melewski : This week on the BSR Podcast, the guys preview the Orioles series with the Rays with Rich Herrera from 98.7 The Fan in Tampa Bay ...
5/16 Baseball Analytics: Verlander, Darvish Bring the Heat in Different Ways : Gloves might as well be optional tonight in Texas, as Justin Verlander (10 strikeouts per nine innings, 1.93 ERA) squares ...
5/16 Baseball Jerks: The Underrated Arm of Madison Bumgarner : Matt Harvey, Shelby Miller, Patrick Corbin. The rookies putting up otherworldly numbers. Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Felix ...
5/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jeff Samardzija, Shin-Soo Choo, Jason Kipnis : Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr. ...
5/16 Billy-Ball.com: Big bats action yesterday : The scoring countdown 12 runs for the Mariners in their 12-2 rout of the Yankees. Raul Ibanez hit a grand slam and two-run homer ...
5/16 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Giants, Dickey, Ethier, Price, Kennedy : As usual, I answered about forty questions in Tuesday's chat, and today we'll get to a few unanswered ones from that session.
Who ...
5/16 Injury Report: ()
5/16 The Baseball Haven: Paying the Price : When David Price left his start on Wednesday night due to tight triceps, the season probably flashed before the eyes of the Rays ...
5/16 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: May 16, 2013 :
My last night in Augusta, Maine, brought more mediocrity as the picks just barely broke .500. And it was truly a bizarre night ...
5/16 Baseball Musings: Tri Price : David Price strained his left triceps Wednesday night. It’s not clear at this point if he needs to go on the disabled list.
...
5/16 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 45 Observations :
Reds 4, Marlins 0
Shin-Soo Choo:
Choo had a special night with the chance for one which would have challenged
Carlos ...
5/16 MLB Injury News: Rays' David Price injures triceps, leaves start : The Tampa Bay Rays can ill-afford an injury to their ace David Price. He has already struggled enough this season after ...
5/16 Injury Report: ()
5/16 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Fall 9-2 To Red Sox, David Price Leaves With Triceps Strain : David Price's MRI revealed a trices strain and he will be reevaluated tomorrow. Joe Maddon says that his Monday start is unlikely. ...
5/15 Red Sox Life: Four real? The four at bats that changed the game Red Sox vs Rays 5-15-13 :
Game 40: One big inning gives the Sox the win 9-2
All it took was one inning for the bats to come alive in Florida, but ...
5/15 Red Sox Life: Sox slam Price, Rays...no, really. :
Jim Monaghan
Contributing writer
The Red Sox scored 9 runs on 10 hits - the bulk of the scoring in an 8-run third inning ...
5/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 39: David Price Leaves Early as Rays Fall 9-2 : There are different degrees of a loss. While each one is tough, some are more difficult than others. However, tonight’s ...
5/15 FFLockerRoom: Tampa Bay Rays David Price Leaves Game, Disabled List A Possibility : Just when Tampa Bay Rays fans thought the season couldn’t get any worse for their young stud pitcher David Price, it did. ...
5/15 Baseball News Source: David Price Leaves Game With Tightness in Triceps : Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price left his start against the Boston Red Sox with triceps tightness in his pitching arm. Price left ...
5/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: David Price Watch - Tricep Tightness : The reigning American League Cy-Young award winner, David Price, left his start against the Boston Red Sox today in the 3rd inning ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Price Injured : David Price leaves the game against the Red Sox in the top of the third inning trailing 2-0. He made a pitch, then started flexing ...
5/15 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Game 40 Thread – Red Sox (22-17, 3rd 3GB) vs. Rays (5/15/13) : First Pitch – 7:10PM Jon Lester (5-0, 2.73) vs. David Price (1-3, 4.78) Note: Some modest encouragement last night as Allen ...
5/15 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/15 :
After being done in by the catwalk last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track in the middle game of a three-game ...
5/15 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 15, 2013 : AL Astros (Dallas Keuchel) at Tigers (Max Scherzer), 1:08 White Sox (Dylan Axelrod) at Twins (Mike Pelfrey), 1:10 Rangers (Alexi ...
5/15 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for May 15 : It is a getaway day for many MLB teams, so many are playing matinee baseball, today. That means fewer late games this evening ...
5/15 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Wednesday 5/15/13 : Don't be scared off by the Boston offense: David Price and his K's provide solid value tonight.See More
Shelby Miller
David ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Zack Greinke was disheveled and broken the last time he appeared at Dodger Stadium. Photo: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports The Rays ...
5/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 38: Moore Wins 7th Game Of Season, Rays Beat Red Sox 5-3 : Manager Joe Maddon invited a Merengue band to keep spirits high in the Rays’ clubhouse before the game, and his plan worked ...
5/14 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Start Important Road Trip With 5-3 Loss To Rays : An important nine game road trip for the Red Sox got off to a shaky start as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston 5-3 in the first ...
5/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Taking Their Time With Matt Moore is Paying Off : Back when the they were the Devil Rays, and stuck in a seemingly unending cycle of mediocrity, the Rays would grasp at anything ...
5/14 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays The Advanced Scout munches on a grouper sandwich at Ferg's while he analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
5/14 Jays Journal: Is R.A. Dickey Still Good? : Five days ago ESPN Stats and Info provided us with an article leading up to the semi-historic Cy Young Matchup involving R.A. ...
5/14 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Dazzling Masty and Kipnis Help Earn Split :
If you asked me before the double header if I'd take a split, you know I most certainly would. Yes, I would. Why am I good with ...
5/13 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 5/14-5/16 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Tuesday, May 14 @ 7:10 PM
John Lackey, RHP (1-3, 2.82) vs ...
5/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Amazing Catches by Sam Fuld and Matt Joyce, Protecting Pitchers : Ever since their breakthrough season of 2008, the Rays have been renowned throughout baseball for two things: their pitching and ...
5/12 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 8: The All-Loaded Up Edition (05/12/2013) : Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players, ...
5/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Marlins @ Dodgers May 11, 2013: Where Would The Dodgers Be Without Hyun-jin Ryu? : Well, still in last place, I suppose, because it’s difficult to be in laster place. That said, in a battered rotation that’s ...
5/10 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 6 :
Yu Darvish
Through seven starts, Darvish is averaging 10.28 strike outs per start. He made 29 starts last season. If he maintains ...
5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Increased Velocity Pivotal for Rays’ David Price, Fernando Rodney : On Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, it appeared that everything finally came together for David Price and Fernando ...
5/10 Billy-Ball.com: Rays get a walkoff walk and the Jays are none too pleased : The Toronto Blue Jays are having a miserable time this season. They are used to mediocre seasons, but not used to having a lousy ...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Matt Harvey, Shin-Soo Choo, Hector Santiago : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking ...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jose Fernandez, Miguel Cabrera shine; David Price declines : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking ...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Andy Pettitte, Yasiel Puig, Jason Collins : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Contributors: ...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB umpires need to be more temperate : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Yesterday, ...
5/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 39 Observations: Pitchers :
Nationals 5, Tigers 4
Doug Fister:
Fister’s
afternoon started rough, with the first six batters in Washington’s ...
5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 34: David Price Battles, Yunel Escobar Drills Key Home Run as Rays Deliver Win to Remember : So far in 2013, the Rays have found themselves frustrated by so many parts of their team–and on Thursday night, they all collided. ...
5/9 Jays Journal: Postgame Recap: Toronto Blue Jays Allow Rays To Walk Off Literally With The Win : The Jays lost in arguably the worst way possible tonight with a bases-loaded, two-out, full count, rip your heart out walk-off ...
5/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Velocity Concerns for Rays’ David Price Extend Beyond His Fastball : We thought it was just a phase, just a rough stretch. He was David Price after all, and he would be just fine. But they just didn’t ...
5/9 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Market Notes : As the season is now over one-fifth of the way through, the likely trade deadline buyers and sellers are becoming more clear. ...
5/9 Jays Journal: LIVE Game Thread: Toronto Blue Jays (13-22) at Tampa Bay Rays (15-18) – 2012 Cy Young Award Edition : Once upon a time (way back in the year two-thousand and twelve) R.A. Dickey and David Price ruled all of Major League Baseball. ...
5/9 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Cardinals, Dodgers, Cano : I answered over forty questions in Tuesday's hourlong chat; here are a few I didn't get to.
What will the Cardinals' trade deadline ...
5/9 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for May 9 : There is a relatively light MLB schedule tonight, which makes for a fun time to join a daily fantasy baseball league. With fewer ...
5/9 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 5/9/13 : David Price may have a 6.25 ERA and 1-3 record, but we'd blame his defense more than his pitching.See More
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Dillon ...
5/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Reconstructed pitchers take the mound at noon in Cleveland as Bartolo Colon faces Scott Kazmir. Colon is once again showing great ...
5/9 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 9, 2013 : The new edition of Lee Siniin’s Complete Baseball Encyclopedia is now available and can be ordered here. AL A’s (Bartolo ...
5/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles: Another Look at R.A. Dickey Friends, I have something that I need to tell you all. I hope you’re all sitting down. Are you ready More......
5/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Richie Shaffer, Jake DePew Slam Clutch Home Runs As Stone Crabs Come Back to Win : The past couple days, there has been a bizarre trend for the Rays. Roberto Hernandez pitched extremely well on Tuesday but the ...
5/8 Sports Talk Florida: Price Battles But Rays Fall To Rockies 9-3 : David Price unable to overcome Zobrist miscue as Nolan Arrenado puts game away with Grand Slam in the 7th inning en route to 9-3 ...
5/8 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Pitchers Prepare Arms And Bats Against Rockies David Price ...
5/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Matt Harvey, Shin-Soo Choo, Hector Santiago : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking ...
5/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Is David Price Injured? : Following his rough outing against the Colorado Rockies where he allowed nine earned runs in 6.2 innings of work, David Price ...
5/7 Baseball News Source: Nolan Arenado Making The Most of Opportunity : What Nolan Arenado needed most was an opportunity. When the Rockies traded third baseman Chris Nelson to the Yankees Arenado ...
5/6 We Talk Fantasy Sports: SF Giants Bullpen Sweeps the LA Dodgers : The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 3 game series, winning by a total of 3 runs, walking off with wins ...
5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Targets With Control : Rentals such as Mike Morse, Kendrys Morales, Matt Garza, Scott Feldman, Ricky Nolasco, Edinson Volquez, and Frank Francisco ...
5/6 Jays Journal: Series Preview: Toronto Blue Jays (11-21) @ Tampa Bay Rays (14-16) : We are definitely starting to see a pattern in how the Toronto Blue Jays go about their business. After huge wins to salvage the ...
5/6 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for May 6, 2013 : Cheating has a long and interesting history in baseball. From sharpened cleats, corked bats, banned substances and doctored pitches, ...
5/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 30: Clutch Hitting, Alex Cobb Lead Rays to Series Win Over Rockies : 2013 has been a backwards season for the Rays–the pitching has crumbled while the bats are flourishing. The results of that ...
5/5 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 7: Even More Injured Yankees Edition (05/05/2013) : Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players, ...
5/5 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball week 6 – patrolling the waiver wire – SS, 3B, and OF : For those readers that are new to my waiver wire articles, I will only focus on the players that are owned in 50% or less of Yahoo ...
5/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: David Price’s Sloooooow Start Continues in Coors : David Price’s four-pitch strikeout of the Colorado Rockies’ Josh Rutledge in Denver Saturday night was different than what ...
5/5 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/4/13 Box Score Ephemera : The infinite jest that were the Saturday, May 4th, 2013 box scores. But first, some thoughts on last night's Bulls game. As I ...
5/5 Baseball News Source: Struggling Aces: David Price, R.A. Dickey Slammed, Will Face Off Next : Reigning Cy Young winners David Price and R.A. Dickey continue to struggle, and both aces gave up grand slams in there starts ...
5/5 RoxPile: The Young Are Restless : Saturday night we saw game two of a three game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. The pleasant surprise of Jon Garland ...
5/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jose Fernandez, Miguel Cabrera shine; David Price declines : Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr. ...
5/5 My Pinstripes: Phil'ed With Good Feelings :
A tip of the cap right back at ya.
Phil Hughes has been a conundrum throughout his entire New York Yankees. From can't ...
5/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 34 Observations: Pitchers :
Yankees 4, Athletics 2
Phil Hughes:
In his best start
of the season, Hughes went eight innings and allowed nary ...
5/5 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Sunday: May 5, 2013 :
Another day, another postponement. This time it was the Mets and Braves down in Atlanta. I am not sure if the game had been ...
5/5 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.05/2013 : Miguel Cabrera had a night so good that even a Sabermetrics fan would have to concede he owned baseball. The Detroit Tigers star ...
5/5 RoxPile: Twitter Reacts To Nolan Arenado’s Grand Slam : For my part, I stood up with one fist in the air and shouted “GO BALL” as Nolan Arenado‘s grand slam off of ...
5/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 29: David Price’s Struggles Continue As Rockies Roll : The Colorado Rockies take game two of the series with a 9-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Not much is going well for David Price ...
5/4 RoxPile: Rays At Rockies, May 4th: Game Time, Lineups, And Preview : Rays at Rockies. 6:10 P.M. MST By leaving too many runners on base, letting the game get to extra innings, and then suffering ...
5/4 Jays Journal: Aces Wild : While the title of this post may suggest taking a step back from the ugly start to the Jay’s season for a light piece revolving ...
5/4 Mets Merized: Harvey and Wheeler: One Ace Showing, Another One In The Hole : Blue chip pitching prospects are professional sports’ most delicate flower. Except, unlike a flower, no scientifically proven ...
5/3 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Wilson, Stanton, Price, Phillies, Utley, Norris : In his latest edition of Rumblings & Grumblings, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark looks at what we've learned around the 30-game mark ...
5/3 RoxPile: Rockies Face Tough Test In Matt Moore, David Price : Tough left-handed pitchers are constantly a problem for the Colorado Rockies. They have no choice but to face the likes of Clayton ...
5/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Tampa Bay Rays Find Second Lefty Ace in Matt Moore : Matt Moore still has a ways to go in his development as a pitcher–but don’t tell hitters that. So far in 2013, Moore has ...
5/3 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 5 : When the season began, I figured that Jon Lester would benefit most from the reunion with his former pitching coach John Farrell. ...
5/3 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Smith, A's, Stanton, Floyd : On this date in 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey traded five players to the Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and $100K. ...
5/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Hellickson, Moore Fined for Tweets, Moore Loses AL Pitcher of the Month : After days of deliberation, Major League Baseball has finally ruled on the situation between David Price and umpire Tom Hallion ...
5/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tampa Bay Rays Familiar Faces Providing Less Relief : Manager Joe Maddon thinks he knows why the Tampa Bay Rays find themselves a disappointing three games below .500 with one-sixth ...
5/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Who Gets David Price? It Depends on How The Rays Do : The Tampa Bay Rays would love to hold on to David Price for a playoff run in 2013. But the team’s financial picture and his ...
5/2 New York Mets Report: MLB Chooses Non-Confrontational Route In Discipline Of Umpire Tom Hallion : Not surprisingly, Major League Baseball took the path of least resistance in its decision to fine all the parties involved in ...
5/2 Ballr: Jake Arrieta May Be Running Out of Chances : The Orioles sent Jake Arrieta down to AAA last Monday. I wouldn’t call this news, per se, as Arrieta has been shuffling ...
5/2 Baseball News Source: MLB Fines Tom Hallion, David Price, Rays Players : Major League Baseball completed its investigation into the incident during this past Sunday’s game with the Chicago White ...
5/2 TheFantasyFix.com: The Rubber, Week 5: Rest of Season Top 75 SP Rankings : This article comes out every Thursday. In previous years it was updated rankings each Thursday, but weekly is too frequent for ...
5/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Game 27 Preview: Jeremy Hellickson, Power Pitcher : In his first two major league seasons, no one could deny that Jeremy Hellickson had pitched effectively. After all, his ERA was ...
5/1 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #24: Phillies 2, Indians 14 : The Cleveland Indians last night defeated their third straight Cy Youngwinner this season. Two-time award winner Roy ...
5/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Los Angeles Dodgers Evidence of Just How Quickly A Starting Pitching Surplus Can Collapse : It’s been a topic of much contention for years now–why do the Rays always operate with an enormous pitching surplus? Why ...
5/1 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Andy Pettitte, Yasiel Puig, Jason Collins : Contributors: Jon Sender, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz The hottest topics for the week of April 28, 2013 … Flawless ...
5/1 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians offensive surge continues, route Phillies 14-2 : Just what the doctor ordered.
The Indians continued their hot play on Tuesday as they routed the Philadelphia Phillies in ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 FFLockerRoom: Fantasy Baseball Trading Block Candidates: Justin Upton, Chris Davis and More : Last night on the FF Locker Room Show, we discussed some players that could be on the fantasy trading block after the first month ...
4/30 Jays Journal: Jays Lineup Against Lefties Not Good : Almost every baseball team has a different starting lineup against left-handed starting pitchers than the lineup they have against ...
4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price-Tom Hallion Situation A Lesson to Umpires Everywhere : Today the Rays begin a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Their recent series with the White Sox ...
4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Bizarre Feeling as Rays Go Up Against James Shields : For the first time, James Shields will face the Rays as an opposing player. It’s a moment that has been inevitable since ...
4/30 Kings of Kauffman: Series Q&A with Rays Colored Glasses : Tonight the Royals welcome the Rays to the K for the first time since the big offseason trade between the two teams. As luck would ...
4/29 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (9-15) vs San Diego Padres (9-15) : It was nice to see the Cubs beating up on another team for once this year. They get to face another team that may be worse than ...
4/29 My Pinstripes: Pettitte Set to Face That Other Team if Weather Holds Up :
Moses wandered the desert for 40 years. Andy Pettitte wandered the state of Texas for three. That was a helluva rough ...
4/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Hey, Tom Hallion: MLB umpires need to be more temperate : Yesterday, veteran umpire Tom Hallion and pitching ace David Price got into a war of words after a game in which Price’s ...
4/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 4/29/13 :
Courtesy of Rant Sports
The first month of the 2013 Major League Baseball season is coming to a close and we're starting ...
4/29 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price is Right, MLB Umpire Tom Hallion Is Dead Wrong : When Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price walked off the mound after fielding a come backer in the seventh inning in a game ...
4/29 New York Mets Report: David Price-Tom Hallion Solution: Put A Mike On The Umpires : Call it a hunch, but I believe David Price on this one with his beef with umpire Tom Hallion, which again leads us to the issue ...
4/29 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Padres Get Weekend Sweeps : The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees,Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres all got weekend series sweeps as baseball closed in on ...
4/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The David Price-Tom Hallion Fiasco : The pitch was perfectly on the outside corner for strike three–or so David Price thought. Home plate umpire Tom Hallion called ...
4/29 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 28 Observations: Pitchers :
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2
Phil Hughes:
Though a whopping 25 foul
balls doomed his pitch count, Hughes had yet another ...
4/28 Baseball Musings: Price is Right : David Price had a confrontation with an umpire Sunday afternoon: Near the end of the seventh inning of today’s game, David Price ...
4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 25: Rays Offense Comes Alive Behind David Price’s First Win : David Price posts his first win of the season as the Rays put up eight runs to split the series with the Chicago White Sox. David ...
4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Enough With the David Price Trade Rumors : During the offseason, it was fair to speculate about the future of David Price. Fresh off a Cy Young Award winning season, and ...
4/28 mlbreports.com : The Pitching Artist Formerly Known As Fausto Carmona Needs To Be DFA’d! : Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.28/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent): Roberto Hernandez, ( AKA Fausto Carmona), ...
4/28 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Twins, Gibbons, Reyes, Price, Jackie Bradley : The Twins have devoted only 22.5% of their 2013 payroll to pitching (MLB average is 49.8%) and haven't exceeded the league average ...
4/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Just as a side note, David Price and Doug Fister both pitch today. This means we have a chance of getting the most commercial ...
4/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: I MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION BUT I'M SHAVING IT FOR LATER :
“You know, except for that mustache, you look just like my mother.”“But I don’t have a mustache.”“Yes, ...
4/28 Baseball News Source: Rays Matt Moore K’s Nine, 5-0 After Win Over White Sox : Matt Moore struck out nine on his way to becoming the first Tampa Bay pitcher to win five games in April. The young left-hander ...
4/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 24: Moore Dominates Again, Longoria and Johnson Collect 4 Hits Apiece as Rays Beat White Sox : When is the moment when a promising young pitcher finally puts it all together and becomes a topflight big league pitcher? That’s ...
4/28 The Baseball Haven: Velocity and Value : Once upon a time, Greg Maddux was winning four straight Cy Young awards (1992-1995) and Tom Glavine was painting the corners and ...
4/28 Baseball Press: Fact or Fiction: Kemp, Stanton, Corbin, & More :
Buying or Selling Giancarlo Stanton for the rest of 2013? . (US Presswire)Fact or Fiction examines the performance of a player, ...
4/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Top starting pitcher options for streaming for Sunday April 28th, 2013 (waiver wire) : So you have worked all week to win your matchup, and it all comes down to this… Sunday, week 4, 2013 and you need to find ...
4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On White Sox, Stanton, Price, Collins : Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has posted his latest edition of Full Count (video link) and here are the highlights..
If the ...
4/27 BoSox Injection: David Ross Adding Value Behind, At The Plate : Ever since Jason Varitek started losing playing time to offense-heavy catchers, the pitching staff’s effectiveness has experienced ...
4/26 Beyond the Scorecard: 4/23/13 Box Score Ephemera : Thoughts on the box scores from the Tuesday, April 23rd baseball games. Also, I posted some thoughts and figures on baseball attendance ...
4/26 Swingin' A's: The Athletics Are Cowering in the Face of Adversity : I’ve been on somewhat of a hiatus for much of the last week, a first wedding anniversary and 5 days on the go will do that ...
4/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: Top 5 Excuses the Yankees can’t use to explain losing to the Rays : So, if you’ve read my previous column, you may be of the mind that I like top 5 lists – and that would be true. I could ...
4/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Josh Hamilton’s Struggles Nash, Are you panicking about Josh Hamilton? I ask because I am in need of pitching and was offered Matt More......
4/25 Nolan Writin': More Than Just a Man: The Ascendancy of Yu Darvish : Throughout his rookie season and primarily towards the final months of the 2012 season, Yu Darvish was undeniably dominant. How ...
4/25 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Does Matt Moore Make David Price Decision Easier For Rays? :
There is very little of more value in the baseball world than a 27-year-old former Cy Young winner that is still under team ...
4/25 My Pinstripes: Rays Continue to Churn Out Pitchers: Cobb Chews Up Yankees :
The Rays key to pitching success
While the Yankees have been waiting for their pitching prospects to pan out, the LA ...
4/25 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Blue Jays-Yankees (4/25-4/28) : The New York Yankees wrapped up their six game AL East road trip and finished with a solid 4-2 record. However, the last three ...
4/25 TheFantasyFix.com: The Rubber, Week Four: What to Watch with Underperforming Starters : David Price, Matt Cain, Cole Hamels and Gio Gonzalez all had ADPs of 40 or higher, but they all currently have a negative player ...
4/24 The Baseball Haven: No Runs For You! : Should you take Justin Verlander, David Price, or Felix Hernandez as the first pitcher in your fantasy league? Well, the Mariners ...
4/24 My Pinstripes: The Price Was Right For Small Ball :
The master of small ball
There are plenty of people out there, their own fans included, waiting for the Yankees to completely ...
4/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Five Most Memorable Yankees-Rays Games : Rays-fans are an interesting species within the baseball world. His hate for the Yankees is so great that he will pay premium ...
4/24 Billy-Ball.com: Starters who are winless : The Yankees beat the Rays last night to drop David Price to 0-2. The Pirates beat the Phils last night to drop Cole Hamels to ...
4/24 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: A’s Thump Red Sox, Uptons Go Back To Back, Angels Walk-Off : The Oakland Athletics pounded Boston pitching for 13 runs to beat the Red Sox 13-0 in a rain shortened seven inning complete game. ...
4/24 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Maddon Takes on the Mafia; Tribe Annihilate Rays in Finale :
Sunday morning's have become the worst. It has become apparent to me that I need to start reading more and make Sunday ...
4/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ICHIRO GOES BIG IN YANKEES COMEBACK WIN! :
The Yankees rarely win at Tropicana Field, but you know how much I love Ichiro Suzuki and you know that if anyone had to win ...
4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 20: Marvelous David Price Outing Spoiled by Fernando Rodney in the 9th : Ninth inning, tie game–who do you want on the mound, your ace or your closer? Joe Maddon was faced with precisely that dilemma ...
4/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees 4, Rays 3: My apologies to Mr. Hughes : Dear Phil,
I sincerely apologize for doubting you tonight. In reality, I actually didn't. I knew deep down that you would be ...
4/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Ichiro leads Yankees to comeback win over the Rays : Behind Ichiro Suzuki and a little bit of small ball, the Yankees tied the game in the eighth and then took the lead in the ninth ...
4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 20 Preview: Are David Price’s Velocity Struggles A Reason for Concern? : Thus far in 2012, David Price has not lived up to expectations. He has gone just 0-1 with a 6.26 ERA in his first 4 starts, and ...
4/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 19: Phil Hughes vs David Price : Oh boy.
This game has the chance to be either bad or really bad. While I could see Phil Hughes shocking everyone by shutting ...
4/23 Rising Apple: Matt Harvey’s Starts are Becoming Events : Last July, when Mets fans got their first glimpse of Matt Harvey on a big league mound, there was a sense that we were witnessing ...
4/23 The Intelligent Fan: Semi-Educated Guesses for the 2013 MLB Season : Every year since the first grade, I have written down my predictions for the upcoming Major League Baseball season. Up until ...
4/23 PaulLebowitz.com: The Jurickson Profar for Oscar Taveras Trade Talk : The concept of the Rangers trading top infield prospect Jurickson Profar to the Cardinals for top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras ...
4/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even In the Darkest Days, There’s Always Clayton Kershaw : Somehow, I think, not getting swept in the finale in Baltimore really didn’t help as much as it ought to have. Dodger fans ...
4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Anticlimactic Finish to Vogt, Chirinos Trades, Price Not Worried, Luke Scott : The only things worse than trading a player for a player to be named later: trading one for cash considerations. When the Rays ...
4/23 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 23, 2013 : AL A’s (Bartolo Colon) at Red Sox (Alfredo Aceves), 6:35 Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez), 7:05 Royals ...
4/22 Baseball News Source: Matt Moore Dominant Against the Yankees, Rays Win 4th Straight : Matt Moore allowed two hits, and one run over eight innings of work and the Tampa Bay Rays handled the New York Yankees in ...
4/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: Bad start by CC Sabathia leads to Yankees loss to Rays : CC Sabathia allowed four runs in the first and another in the third as the Yankees offense failed to show up in their 5-1 loss ...
4/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 19: Matt Moore Rolls, Ryan Roberts Drills 2 Home Runs as Rays Breeze By Yankees : The Tampa Bay Rays’ offense is far from prolific. Perennially among the lower-tier in the American League, the Rays lineup’s ...
4/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): Rays 5, Yankees 1: That was awful :
That game was actually a lot worse than I imagined it would be.
Honestly, I knew the lineup would probably do nothing against ...
4/22 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (5-12) at Cincinnati Reds (11-8) : The Reds are still the team to beat in the NL Central. They had a rough first road trip, losing two of three in St. Louis and ...
4/22 Baseball Jerks: Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Weliable Wandy : Streaks, hot and cold, only last so long and play a key role on how to work the fantasy baseball waiver wire. As we enter week ...
4/22 BronxPinstripes.com: Wins elusive for Yanks at the Trop : The Yankees own an all-time record of 71-58 at Tropicana Field. However, they’ve experienced some trouble at the place the ...
4/22 Mets Merized: The Matt Harvey Phenomenon: I’ve Seen Meteoric Rises Like This Before : Matt Harvey has been compared to some of the biggest names of the game both past and present. Whether it’s because of his ...
4/21 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 5: Derek Jeter’s Ankle Edition (21/04/2013) : Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players, ...
4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Garza, Price, Yankees : "You can never have too much pitching" isn't just a cliche, and the 2013 Dodgers are proof of that. The Dodgers announced today ...
4/21 mlbreports.com : Dan Haren Has Not Pitched Well For The Nationals! : Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.21/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com – view ...
4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Athletics vs. Rays: Day 20 Observations :
Rays 1, Athletics 0
Jeremy Hellickson: With Matt
Joyce’s solo home run in the third inning serving as his lone ...
4/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Is Joe Maddon’s Seat Warming Up? : The American League East this season is the total opposite of what was expected after a flurry of impact moves made by the Toronto ...
4/20 Rays Colored Glasses: RCG Discussion: Has Jeff Niemann Appeared in His Last Game for the Rays? : One of my favorite parts about this site has been the opportunity to interact with great commenters who really know what they’re ...
4/20 fantasyteamadvice.com: UPDATED – two start pitchers for week 4 – fantasy baseball 2013 – top streamer options for the week ahead : Here is the updated two start pitcher list for week 4 of fantasy baseball 2013. As expected, the weather from week 3 wrecked ...
4/19 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 3 : A lot of pitchers went down last week. Some of whom fantasy owners depended on to lead their rotations. I wrote a piece about ...
4/19 Billy-Ball.com: Nine to Know: Bernadina, Price, Jackson, CC, Bruce, Austin, Napoli, and more : From the Bill Chuck Files… The Nationals’ Roger Bernadina has made 14 PA this season and has gone 0-for-13 with one ...
4/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Blake Snell Goes 5 Shutout Frames as Hot Rods 3-Hit Great Lakes : Amazingly the Rays weren’t the only team in their organization to lose by 4 runs in an extra inning. But it was far from ...
4/19 TheLeadoffWalk: Rays vs. Orioles: Day 18 Observations :
Orioles 10, Rays 6
Matt Wieters: Set-up by an
fortuitous base-running situation after a long single by Adam Jones ...
4/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 15: James Loney Stays Hot, But Mistakes Doom Rays in Extra Inning Loss : It would read like an interesting story – a tale of second chances, mistakes, and a shot at redemption, finally ending in ...
4/18 Baseball News Source: Orioles Walk Off With Win Over Rays With Matt Wieters Grand Slam : The Baltimore Orioles won their 17th straight extra innings game, including 16 last season when Matt Wieters hit a grand slam ...
4/18 Birds Watcher: Orioles’ ‘Five-Inning Club’ an unpo**** honor : If you believe the first month of the season is for getting the inconsistencies out of your system, the Baltimore Orioles are ...
4/18 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Orioles Rotation Isn’t Built To Pitch Deep Into Games, Stop Worrying About It : There appears to be a growing concern about the Orioles starters only pitching into the fifth or sixth inning over their first ...
4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Right Moment Ever Arise for the Rays to Trade David Price? : We were sure that it was inevitable. The Rays had been unable to sign B.J. Upton to an extension, and as he approached free agency, ...
4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Set to Debut, Wade Davis Impresses for Royals, David Price : Way back on April 6th, Scott Kazmir was ready to make his long-awaited return to the major leagues, taking the ball for the Indians ...
4/18 mlbreports.com : Rays Need To Call Up Will Myers Pronto! : Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.18/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): First off, I wanted to say ...
4/18 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 18, 2013 : This is a great time to order the new edition of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia produced by Lee Sinins. It can be ordered ...
4/18 Birds Watcher: Tampa evens series with the Orioles : The L.A. Dodgers are making their second ever visit to the yard this weekend. Granted they have a similar record as do the Baltimore ...
4/18 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Brewers, Price, Cubs, Cardinals : Earlier tonight, the Brewers picked up Francisco Rodriguez up on a minor league deal. Here's more on K-Rod and other notes ...
4/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Surviving The Lefties Of April : At the beginning of the month, I previewed April and the probable pitchers the Yankees would face this month. The discussion was ...
4/17 Baseballhotcorner.com: Jurickson Profar for Oscar Taveras Trade Rumor : Another day has come and gone and yet fans of both the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals are still talking about the possibility ...
4/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: April 15, 2013 : For this week’s podcast, Chris and the Doctor are joined by guest Bryan Curley from Baseball Professor. Bryan has written ...
4/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Rays and Orioles: Early Season Notes : Tampa Bay Rays The Rays were one of the few teams with a “surplus” of starting pitching. So they dealt James Shields and Wade ...
4/16 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Texas Rangers (8-5) at Chicago Cubs (4-8) : Team Overviews Here are how the teams stacked up in 2012. Respective league ranks in parentheses. Rangers Cubs wRC+ 105 ...
4/16 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays : Baseball, like the rest of the country, has its mind on yesterday's tragedy at the Boston Marathon. SI.com's Tom Verducci explores ...
4/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Add Another Arm to Bullpen Mix, Acquire LHP Jeff Beliveau from Rangers : Everyone in baseball is waiting for the Rays and Rangers to consummate one of the biggest trades baseball has ever seen, a trade ...
4/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series #5 – Boston Red Sox (8-4) at Cleveland Indians (5-6) : By Bob Toth In the grand scope of human existence, we are sometimes reminded in the most horrifying and reprehensible ways that ...
4/16 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Jake Arrieta Looks To Rebound Against Slumping Tampa Bay Rays : The 4-8 Tampa Bay Rays come to Baltimore after getting swept out of Boston in a three game set. Mike Napoli hit a walkoff RBI ...
4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Scooping the Rangers: To trade or not to trade Jurickson Profar : The Texas Rangers say they’re going to hang on to minor league phenom Jurickson Profar. Yet they’re also doing their homework ...
4/16 Nolan Writin': Regular Season Musings : So, I was notified via email this morning that my Boston Marathon article has been taken down. So that’s good. Either way, ...
4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Notes: Stanton, Fernandez, Aardsma : Though the Marlins are baseball's worst team at 2-11, their rotation has hung in pretty well with a collective 3.52 ERA. Kevin ...
4/16 numberFire: 3 Key Stats Behind the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-8 Start : It's not easy to stop opposing hitters when 24 percent of David Price's allowed balls in play are line drives.See More
David ...
4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Each Team's Highest-Paid Player : When calculating the amount of the Qualifying Offer, MLB and the players' union find the average salary of the 125 highest-paid ...
4/16 On The Way Home: Will Jurickson Profar Get Traded By Texas Rangers? : Jurickson Profar has been chosen by many baseball analysts to be the breakout rookie in the American League this season. ... keep ...
4/16 MLB Injury News: Rangers rumors: Texas would trade Jurickson Profar : The Texas Rangers have said that they are interested in
retaining Jurickson Profar even with the presence of shortstop Elvis ...
4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 4 fantasy baseball 2013 (April 22nd – 28th) Tony Cingrani’s first 2 start week hot waiver wire pickup : The MLB season is now in full swing, and I have compiled a list of the 47 (that’s right, count ‘em, 47!) starting ...
4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Robinson, Andrus, Profar, Appel : Sixty-six years ago today, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he made his Major League debut for the Brooklyn ...
4/15 Rays Colored Glasses: A Golden Age of Trades May Be a Boost for the Rays : Baseball has evolved a lot over the past few years, particularly in terms of competitive balance. While there are teams that remain ...
4/15 Mets Merized: Matt Harvey Named National League Player of the Week : Hours after being named MMO Player of the Week, Mets right-hander Matt Harvey was named the National League Player of the Week ...
4/15 Mets Merized: MMO Player Of The Week: Matt Harvey Is “The Real Deal” : MMO Player Of The Week Is anybody else beginning to think we might have something really special in Matt Harvey? I think Dwight ...
4/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: A Pair Of Aces : In poker a pair of aces is nowhere near the best hand, but on the diamond a pair of aces can lead a team to the promise land. ...
4/15 Down on the Yarn: Highlights from Boston Red Sox Walk-off Win Over Tampa Bay Rays : The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were supposed to get their first series of the year started on Friday night at Fenway Park, ...
4/14 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 4: Sellout Streak Edition (14/04/2013) : Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players, ...
4/14 mlbreports.com : Rays Say No Time To Panic: It Has Just Been 10 Games : Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.14/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent): Ben Zobrist aside, the Rays have started ...
4/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Value of Ben Zobrist : When one thinks of the best players in baseball, one likely thinks of players like Miguel Cabrera, Matt Kemp, Albert Pujols, Robinson ...
4/14 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #10: Indians 9, White Sox 4 :
Player of the Game: Mark Reynolds (2-for-5 with a grand slam and 5 RBI)
The Leadoff
Scoring a total of just two runs over ...
4/14 Marlin Maniac: Texas Rangers Laying Groundwork for Possible Giancarlo Stanton Trade? : It has been obvious since the November fire sale trade that Giancarlo Stanton is not happy with the direction that the Miami Marlins ...
4/14 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Red Sox Win in 10, Dickey Wins First, Verlander Stifles A’s : Jon Lester and David Price each allowed one earned run in an afternoon contest at Fenway Park, but it was a Shane Victorino ...
4/14 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Weekend Roundup : In their 2-1 victory yesterday, Red Sox pitching was nearly perfect, as Jon Lester gave up one run in seven, and then the three ...
4/14 Fire Brand of the American League: Don’t Call It a Comeback Jon Lester's been here for years, rockin' his peers and puttin' suckas in fear....
4/14 WahoosOnFirst: Reynolds Powers Indians Past White Sox : On Friday night Nick Swisher came through in the clutch to lead the Indians to victory. Yesterday afternoon it was up to Mark ...
4/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Tampa Bay Rays Let Down By javascript:function%20sr_link()%20%7Bvar%20headID%20%3D%20document.getElementsByTagName(%22head%22)%5B0%5D%3Bvar%20newScript%20%3D%20document.createElement(%27script%27)%3BnewScript.type%20%3D%20%27text/javascript%27%3Bvar%20ran : The Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Boston Red Sox on an infield single, on a play where Joe Maddon had brought in a fifth infielder. ...
4/13 Red Sox Life: Sox trip Rays in extras :
Shane Victorino's infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in Jacoby Ellsbury with the winning run as the Red ...
4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Rays vs. Red Sox: Day 13 Observations :
Red Sox 2, Rays 1
Jacoby Ellsbury: After going
hitless in his first four at-bats, Ellsbury singled to center field ...
4/13 Red Sox Life: 4 real? Four at bats that changed the game. Red Sox vs Rays 4-13-13 :
Game 10: Red Sox win in extras, 2-1
There was a pitcher's duel at Fenway this afternoon, as David Price and Jon Lester ...
4/13 BoSox Injection: Recharged Red Sox Edge Rays In Ten Innings : It looks like a postponed game was exactly what this Red Sox team needed. Beginning to slip after a fast start, the Red Sox had ...
4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Samardzija, Cubs, Cardinals, Rays, Price : Here's a look at this week's edition of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports..
One problem with figuring out a contract ...
4/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Show They’re Regular Guys Too, Play Paintball With Local Paintball Team TB Damage : Fun can have radically different definitions depending on who you ask. Some people might say watching baseball. Others would tell ...
4/13 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Delight - 4/13 :
After being rained out last night, the Boston Red Sox will now kickoff a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays this ...
4/13 Rays Colored Glasses: How Important is This Start For David Price? : Typically, in a 162 game schedule, it would seemingly be rather premature to refer to the eleventh game of the season as important. ...
4/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Rays and Red Sox send their aces to the mound as David Price takes on Jon Lester. Price is off to a poor defense of his Cy ...
4/13 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Saturday: April 13, 2013 :
The West Coast was not kind yesterday. The picks started out 8-1 with the Cubs win over the Giants (blown save) being the only ...
4/13 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Return of Game Ten Thread – Red Sox (5-4, 1st) vs. Rays (4/13/13) : First Pitch – 1:05 PM Jon Lester (2-0, 1.50) vs. David Price (0-1, 8.18) Note: The three 1PM starts all feature interesting ...
4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Tigers, Harvey, Isringhausen, Int'l Money : The Yankees turned the first 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play in Major League history tonight in the eighth inning of their 5-2 win over ...
4/12 StanGraphs: 60 Feet, Six Inches of Logic and Reasoning: An Open Letter to Carlos Quentin : Dear Carlos Quentin– I know you’re going to read this and think nothing more than that it’s a loyal... ...
4/12 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays The Advanced Scout goes shopping for ingredients for his annual Patriot's Day breakfast as he analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Pitching Prospect Jake Odorizzi Reminds Everyone Not to Forget Him : Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi has been a really good pitching prospect for years now. Wherever he goes, though, it always ...
4/12 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 2 : The name of this column takes on some special meaning today with what happened last night in San Diego. Carlos Quentin charged ...
4/12 Puckett's Pond: AL Central Roundup 4/12/13 : After nearly two weeks of games, the Royals sit atop the AL Central at 6-3, while Cleveland has gotten off to the slowest start ...
4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Callup Date Unclear for Wil Myers- But Rays Certain He’ll Be Worth The Wait : It’s so easy to doubt Wil Myers. The player the Rays traded to get him, James Shields, happens to be the most dependable ...
4/12 Motor City Bengals: AL Central Roundup: Royals May Be Good, White Sox Not Hitting, And Aaron Hicks Struggles : The AL Central Roundup will be a weekly Friday feature that provides a snippet of the goings on with the other teams in the division. ...
4/12 Kings of Kauffman: Around the AL Central With FanSided : As of right now, the Royals hold a one game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Most may not expect that to last, ...
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/12-4/15 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Friday, April 12 @ 7:10 PM
Alex Cobb, RHP (1-0, 0.00) vs Felix ...
4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Odds and ends: Manny Ramirez as Mr. Baseball; fantasy baseball insights : My absolute favorite baseball moment this season happened across the ocean in Japan. Manny Ramirez’s first home run looked like ...
4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Rays See Value In Longoria's $100MM Extension : The Rays have made a name for themselves as a club that gets
the most out of limited resources. So, when they commit $100MM, ...
4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 9 Preview: With Everything Falling Apart, Rays Place Faith in Matt Moore : Today is April 10th. This afternoon, the Rays are scheduled to play their 9th game versus the Rangers at 2:05 PM. The season just ...
4/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to Make of R.A. Dickey’s Struggles I think it’s safe to say that this was not the start to his Blue Jays’ career that R.A. Dickey More......
4/9 Rays Colored Glasses: RCG Mailbag: Who Is the Rays’ Catcher of the Future? : Welcome to another edition of our Rays Colored Glasses Mailbag answering questions from our readers. You can submit a question ...
4/9 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Good Players Are Going Year-To-Year? : More than ever, baseball's best players are choosing the security of a multiyear deal as opposed to the higher risk and reward ...
4/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Reaction: Tim Lincecum’s First Start The season’s barely a week old, but 2013 has already been an interesting season for aces, or at least one More......
4/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 7: The Actual Recap- Discussing Jeremy Hellickson, The Rays Bullpen, Evan Longoria : We know all about the blown call to end the game. Feel free to rant in the comments here. Now let’s talk about the rest ...
4/9 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 2 : Week 2 SJN’s Igor Derysh put the first week of baseball into a pitching perspective and sums it up nicely: “It was ...
4/8 Baseball Jerks: Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Bang For Your Buck : It was a crazy first week of baseball, capped off by a Sunday that saw the likes of Justin Verlander, David Price, R.A. Dickey, ...
4/8 Indians Baseball Insider: Notes from the Wigwam: Santana impresses : What a week! The Tribe opened the 2013 season this past week, and it ended up being a pretty interesting week.
On multiple occasions, ...
4/8 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees : What a way to end a road trip. The Cleveland Indians’ six-game cruise to start the season came to an end in Tampa with a 13-0 ...
4/8 Baseball News Source: Price, Dickey, Cain, Strasburg, Hamels, Aces Roughed Up : David Price, R.A. Dickey, Matt Cain, Stephen Strasburg and Cole Hamels, all acres in their respective rotations, took to the mound ...
4/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Jeremy Hellickson Excited to Win Gold Glove, Worrying About David Price : Jeremy Hellickson‘s first two seasons in the major leagues have been quite eventful. As a rookie, he went 13-10 with a 2.95 ...
4/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Indians (4/8-4/11) : The New York Yankees’ time in Detroit was not the most optimal for Yankees’ fans, but Sunday gave them a great sigh ...
4/8 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 8, 2013 : The First Pitch: Fantasy baseball sage Paul Sporer sums up today quite well: Aces looking more like Jokers today! #nailedit — ...
4/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: It was a bad day for aces. : Many fantasy owners started Dickey, Strasburg, and Hamels yesterday. These were guys who were counted on to anchor their pitching ...
4/8 Rising Apple: Morning Mets Notes: Aaron Laffey Will Get Another Chance to Start : Aaron Laffey made his Mets debut yesterday afternoon in the series finale at Citi Field against the Miami Marlins, but it wasn’t ...
4/8 Mastersball.com: Surprise, surprise : The first week of baseball is over and set in the record books and man, was it a fun week to watch. There were some major surprises ...
4/8 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Monday: April 8, 2013 :
When the scores started rolling in yesterday, it appeared yesterday's picks were going to go down in historic flames. One ace ...
4/8 WahoosOnFirst: Mark Reynolds, Carlos Santana Power Tribe in 13-0 Rout : Justin Masterson threw a gem and Cleveland’s offense “went ham” (as the kids are saying these days) against ...
4/8 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #6: Indians 13, Rays 0 :
Player of the Game: Carlos Santana (5-for-5 with 2 2B, HR and 3 RBI)
The Leadoff
They’re back! After getting shutout ...
4/8 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians slam Rays 13-0 to avoid sweep :
St. Petersburg, FL – After failing to score for 19 straight innings, the Cleveland Indians offense broke out in a big ...
4/7 Baseball News Source: Cleveland Indians Pound Rays David Price and Avoid Sweep : In his career David Price had never loss to the Cleveland Indians. Before Sunday, Indians starter Justin Masterson was 1-7 ...
4/7 TheLeadoffWalk: Diamondbacks vs. Brewers, Padres vs. Rockies, Rays vs. Indians: Day Seven Observations :
Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 7
Eric Chavez: Long before Eric
Hinske’s game-winning home run in extra innings, ...
4/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 6: David Price, Rays Have Game They Would Much Rather Forget : Pythagorean Record is an interesting statistic that uses a teams run scored and runs allowed values to determine what their won-loss ...
4/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Offense Awakens from Slumber in a Big Way; Indians 13, Rays 0 : By David Roberts It is the first Sunday baseball game of the year and the Indians were looking at a pretty big game at this early ...
4/7 Baseball Musings: Another Crusher : In addition to Cy Young award winners R.A. Dickey and Justin Verlander getting beat in big shutouts, the Indians pounds current ...
4/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Johan Santana’s Comeback Happen With the Tampa Bay Rays? : For five years, Johan Santana looked like one of the best pitchers any of us had even seen. Armed with a great mid-90′s ...
4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Video game review — MLB 2K13 vs. MLB 13 The Show : Opening day has come and gone, yet many debates still linger: Who is the best pitcher? Who will have an MVP-type of season? What ...
4/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Indians vs. Rays, Red Sox vs. Blue Jays: Day Five Observations :
Rays 4, Indians 0
Ben Zobrist: Zobrist came up
huge for the Rays in back-to-back innings. He got the team on the ...
4/5 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week One : As we head into the first weekend of the baseball season, we've seen the first starts of all the top pitchers and we'll get to ...
4/4 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver Trying To Stay On Top : The other day Jered Weaver was his team’s Opening Day pitcher, one of the minor perks of being the best starting pitcher ...
4/4 Billy-Ball.com: Classy tweet from David Price to Yu Darvish I love the collegial respect shown by David Price to Yu Darvish...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Two: Hiroki! :
The Yankees took a good beating in their first game of the season, but that was against a tough left-handed starter. As I ...
4/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Number Two Starter Role Something Rays’ Jeremy Hellickson Can Run With : James Shields is gone, but the Tampa Bay Rays’ rotation still looks to be among the best in baseball. The one major question, ...
4/3 numberFire: The 20 Most Likely MLB No-Hit Pitchers in 2013 : Get ready, Dodgers Stadium: Clayton Kershaw is the most likely no-hit pitcher this season.See More
Clayton Kershaw
Gio Gonzalez
Stephen ...
4/3 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 MLB Staff Predictions: Nationals Favorite at the Fix : So it took a little longer than expected, but here are the staff predictions for the 2013 MLB season. The Fix staff favors the ...
4/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Morning After: Breaking Down David Price’s Opening Day Start for the Tampa Bay Rays : On Opening Day, David Price did exactly what a major league ace is supposed to do when he doesn’t have his best stuff- go ...
4/3 Camden Depot: Offense Picks Up Hammel, Puts Up Runs on Price, McGee : I'm not going to be writing regular game recap posts, but I did notice at least one interesting thing about the Orioles' 7-4 opening ...
4/3 Birds Watcher: Orioles come swinging out of the gate : As has been debated ad hoc, the big issue surrounding the 2013 Baltimore Orioles is whether or not the successes of the 2012 club ...
4/3 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Orioles Win Opener, Darvish Near Perfect, Tribe Beats Dickey : The Tampa Bay Rays took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning, and reliever Jake McGee was within one out of getting out of the ...
4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Opening Day: Jake McGee Collapse Ruins Strong All-Around Effort as Rays Fall 7-4 to Orioles : Season after season, the Tampa Bay Rays manage to put together one of the best bullpens in baseball. That has always been an incredible ...
4/2 TheLeadoffWalk: Day Two Recap and Observations: Orioles vs. Rays :
Orioles 7, Rays 4
Some
unexpected offense was on display in the season opening game for two American
League East ...
4/2 Baseball Musings: Jake Raked : The Orioles and Rays were playing a close game until Jake McGee relieved David Price and set the Orioles hitters on fire. He gave ...
4/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The final two openers of the 2013 season take place today, start with the Orioles at the Rays. Jason Hammel faces defending Cy ...
4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Brandon's 2013 MLB Predictions : I’m a couple days late with these, but here we go:
AL East
Tampa Bay - With a full season of Evan Longoria, the ...
4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Take On The Baltimore Orioles On Opening Day : Rays fans, the wait is finally over. After six long and grueling months, the agony of the offseason no longer exists. Baseball ...
4/2 Billy-Ball.com: Today’s schedule : AL Orioles (Jason Hammel) at Rays (David Price), 3:10 Indians (Justin Masterson) at Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey), 7:07 Rangers (Yu ...
4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Duncan Excited About Opening Day, Rays Lineup : Opening Day is a time of excitement not only for the fans, but for the players as well. Although he is the reigning Cy Young Award ...
4/2 Camden Depot: Looking at Lineup Construction and the Move to Bat Machado Second : I tend to focus on batting lineups a little too much when something seems off. And I wouldn't say that batting Manny Machado ...
4/2 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: April 2, 2013 :
Monday gave us our first semi-full day of Major League Baseball and it was delicious. Only having all thirty teams in action ...
4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Talking Astros-Rays Connections With Greg Thurston of Climbing Tal’s Hill : Over the years, the Astros and Rays have formed a quite interesting relationship. They’ve made a few big trades, most notably ...
4/2 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 2 : Let’s try this again. Yesterday’s lineup was experimental, to say the least. We tried going with the hot hands from ...
4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: What the Elvis Andrus Contract Means to the Texas Rangers : Newton’s law of motion states that for every action there is an equal opposite reaction. After the groin kick that was opening ...
4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB staff predictions for 2013 MLB season : It’s a yearly tradition for the Through The Fence Baseball staff to weigh in with its predictions for the upcoming season. ...
4/1 The Sports Critic: 2013 MLB Quick Pick Predictions : The 2013 Major League Baseball season has begun as of March 31 with most teams starting play on April 1. As with most every fan, ...
4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Bryce Harper “I Play” (video) : MLB has launched a new marketing campaign created by Hill Holliday, titled “I Play” which showcases the intensity ...
4/1 The Flagrant Fan: The Crystal Ball tells all for 2013 :
The computers have all had their time in the sun over the past few weeks cranking out their projections. And while, the data ...
4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: Verlander Signs Blockbuster Deal : When Felix Hernandez signed his 7 year/$175 million contract in February, he became the highest paid pitcher in MLB history. Today, ...
4/1 Full Spectrum Baseball: Stephen Strasburg – Is he a keeper? Well, I guess that’s too late to figure out now. I kept him. He’s now the "ace" of my fantasy baseball team....
4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look at the Some of the Rays on ESPN’s Top 500 : Recently, ESPN unveiled their list of the top 500 players in baseball, according to their rankings. The rankings were compiled ...
4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Responsibility The Rays Are Placing on Matt Moore’s Shoulders Nothing His Left Arm Can’t Handle : It’s far from the usual progression, but the Rays were confident that Matt Moore could make it. Despite his enigmatic rookie ...
4/1 BoSox Injection: 2013 American League Predictions : The excitement of a new season just continues to mount for us baseball fans. Here at BoSox Injection, each writer will submit ...
4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Justin Verlander Easter basket is most deserved : What an Easter gift. As predicted, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander has agreed to a record-breaking contract extension ...
News -- March 2013
3/29 baseballintheblood.com : BitB Interviews Denny McLain: “I’ve only had one bad moment in my life, and that was when we lost Krissy.” : On the Phone With…Denny McLain By Todd Coppernoll – March 29, 2013 I just got off the line with Denny McLain. Today ...
3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Signing Reactions : Justin Verlander agreed on Friday to a new $180MM contract with the Tigers that makes him the highest-paid pitcher in the history ...
3/29 KC Kingdom: American League Predictions: Detroit Tigers The Team To Beat? : This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the ...
3/29 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays Name Roberto Hernandez To Rotation : As expected, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon announced that Roberto Hernandez will be added to the rotation and Jeff ...
3/29 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price, Desmond Jennings, Evan Longoria End Spring in A Flurry As Rays Tie Orioles : It was reminiscent of Opening Day 2012 when the Orioles intentionally walked Evan Longoria with the bases loaded in the 10th inning ...
3/28 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the American League East :
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have traditionally dominated the American League East division thanks to their lofty ...
3/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Release Former Top Prospects Nick Barnese and Joseph Cruz, Mourn What Could Have Been : From the 2007 MLB Draft, the Rays received two pitchers as talented as anyone in baseball and critical to their success this season: ...
3/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Discusses the Importance of Pitching Deep Into Games, Ticket Giveaway for Opening Day : Following the Rays trade of James Shields, one of the questions was how the rotation would replace Shields’ ability to pitch ...
3/28 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 1 of fantasy baseball 2013 : Another season of fantasy baseball is upon us, as the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros kick off the season under the lights on ...
3/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Reasons for Optimism Abound on the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013 : With the upcoming season fast approaching, baseball ‘experts’ everywhere are making their preseason predictions. Sports ...
3/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Lasts Only 4.2 Innings, Trio Of Homers Lift Rays To 6-2 Lead : With one week left until Opening Day, the Rays’ bats proved Monday night that they are ready to take on the 2013 season. A trio ...
3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays preview: Will youth be served in the AL East? : When you consider this past offseason for the Tampa Bay Rays, what becomes clear is the club’s biggest move — dealing for ...
3/26 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Cy Young Winner : Continuing my prediction series, I now turn to individual awards, and the Cy Young is the first one I am going to look at. Last ...
3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Prospect Injuries, Matt Joyce’s Non-Injury, Nick Weglarz Released : The injury bug: the one thing that can take down any team in baseball, no matter how talented. Has it already struck the Rays? ...
3/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Jose Lobaton Has Career Day, But Price Enigmatic As Rays Fall 6-4 to Twins : Jose Lobaton entered spring training with an edge over Chris Gimenez in the Rays’ backup catcher competition. The reason ...
3/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Assessing The Rays Prospects From The 2012 Montgomery Biscuits Part 4 : Ever since they began contending, the Rays have entered each season with a starting rotation among the best in baseball. But even ...
3/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the tenth pick in 10 team formats for 2013 fantasy baseball – late round sleepers : No one really wants to have to pick last on draft day, but the fact remains someone will draw the short straw, and if that someone ...
3/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL East Preview : 1st Place--Toronto Blue Jays
2012 Record: 73-89
2012 Pythagorean: 74-88
2013 Projected: 94-68
It's been 20 years since Joe ...
3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Texas Rangers : The Rangers lost significant contributors this past offseason, and while they countered by adding some newcomers, the gap between ...
3/22 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s that time of year: 2013 MLB award predictions : Spring training is a time for predicting the future, so with that in mind here are my MLB award predictions for the coming season. ...
3/21 Blog Red Machine: Will the US Ever Embrace the WBC? : As I was watching the WBC final, I’m sure I wasn’t alone in wondering if the US will ever truly embrace the idea of ...
3/21 We Talk Fantasy Sports: First Ever Auction Draft : Yesterday afternoon, I registered for an Auction League Mock Draft on ESPN. This was my first experience with this style ...
3/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Does Jeff Niemann’s Start Being Delayed Mean Anything for His Future With the Rays? : When David Price appeared in a rain-drenched minor league game the other day, we saw that even if few other things matter in spring ...
3/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rain Doesn’t Agree With David Price, Fernando Rodney’s Good Luck Plantain, Tuesday Lineups : The Rays were off on Monday, and that was a stroke of luck as rain caused torrid field conditions that were not fun for the players ...
3/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays Make a Trade Involving Jeff Niemann? : Recently, it was reported that the Texas Rangers are searching for help in their starting rotation. Amongst the teams that the ...
3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: How To Win Your Head To Head League Every Time : Due to the fact that I need constant stimulation every 5 seconds, Fantasy Baseball is by far my favourite sport for one reason, ...
3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: 2013 Baseball Predictions : After a two year absence, I will bring to you my predictions for the 2013 baseball season. I expect this to be another fun season ...
3/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sam Fuld Progresses, Astro Leaves a Surprise for Chris Gimenez : Sam Fuld appears to be making progress in his recovery from a tight right hamstring. The injury, which has kept him out of action ...
3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: 2013 Baseball Predictions : After a two year absence, I will bring to you my predictions for the 2013 baseball season. I expect this to be another fun season ...
3/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: New Beasts in the East Edition : With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League ...
3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Announced and projected opening day starters for all 32 MLB teams – staff “aces” for every team in baseball : The air is finally getting warmer, and opening day 2013 is rapidly approaching. Who will be the opening day starter for your ...
3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC : (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco, ...
3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: ESPN Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft : Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft. You may feel that other people have players ranked ...
3/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney Continues to Dominate in WBC : The Dominican Republic broke open a 1-1 tie in the ninth inning against the United States in the World baseball Classic last night, ...
3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you rather? Cole Hamels or Matt Cain : If you can’t get your hands on a Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, David Price, or (maybe) Stephen Strasburg, ...
3/15 The DoubleDay: Team U$A : Tyler DrenonRecently, commissioner Bud Selig said he'd like to further the internationalization of the game. Obviously, the ...
3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated current auction values prices and results from 10 team ESPN H2H points draft on March 14th, 2013 : Ever parti**** in an auction draft? If you have, you know the value of having current auction values at your fingertips, and ...
3/13 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | Price Quotes : Tyler DrenonIs there a finer sound in the unrestricted sonance of baseball than the efficient hum of the Rays talent machine? Yes...but ...
3/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named Opening Day Starter, Chris Archer, Jake Odorizzi, Alex Torres Sent Down : Following his second place finish in the AL Cy Young voting in 2010, David Price made his first career Opening Day start in 2011. ...
3/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Opening Day Starts These Days Mean A Lot More Than They Used To : Is was far from a surprising announcement but special nonetheless when the Rays named David Price their Opening Day starter yesterday. ...
3/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Rolls But Hak-Ju Lee Makes Critical Error as Rays Lose 3-1 to Yankees : Talking to reporters about David Price receiving the Rays’ Opening Day nod following the game Tuesday, Alex Cobb joked that ...
3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Finding Trading Partners 10 months ago Clave wrote an interesting article about seeking fantasy trading partners, and even used a pun in the More......
3/12 Baseball News Source: Rays News: Price Opening Day Starter, Archer, Odorizzi, Torres Sent Down : To the surprise of almost no one, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon announced that David Price will be the opening day starter ...
3/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Jim Hickey Effect Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays : Following the 2013 MLB Season, a key Tampa Bay Ray is set to hit free agency. He’s entering his seventh and final season ...
3/12 Mets Merized: MMO Fantasy Top 10: Starting Pitching : I enjoy researching starting pitching for any reason whatsoever, so looking into them for fantasy purposes was more fun than anything ...
3/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Owner Sternberg Talks David Price’s Future in Tampa Bay : It’s the question that won’t go away- how much longer will David Price last as a Tampa Bay Ray? Is an extension possible? ...
3/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Blue Jays, Ortiz : Rays prin**** owner Stuart Sternberg recently told reporters that Tampa Bay executives haven't thought about trading David Price. ...
3/11 MLB Injury News: Rays rumors: Tampa Bay hasn’t considered trading David Price : Considering their limited payroll, the Tampa Bay Rays are ultimately
expected to trade left-hander David Price rather than sign ...
3/10 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Cincinnati Reds : To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season ...
3/10 MLBTradeRumors: Sternberg On Price, Stadium Talks, Payroll, Attendance : Rays prin**** owner Stuart Sternberg addressed the media, including the Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney, at the team's Spring Training ...
3/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Win Despite Rough Outing From David Price : David Price may not have had his best stuff in Friday’s Grapefruit League game against the Philadelphia Phillies, but in ...
3/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 14 Preview: David Price, Rays Take On Phillies : Ironically, two of the Rays’ biggest rivals are the teams closest to Tropicana Field while the Rays train in Port Charlotte, ...
3/7 MLBTradeRumors: White Sox Working To Extend Chris Sale : 2:13pm: Scott Merkin of MLB.com and Dan Hayes of CSNChicago.com both report that White Sox officials say there's nothing new ...
3/7 Baseballhotcorner.com: How To Win Your Head To Head League Every Time : Due to the fact that I need constant stimulation every 5 seconds, Fantasy Baseball is by far my favourite sport for one reason, ...
3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Struggles In His Second Outing But Brandon Guyer Steals Home as Rays Rally to Win 8-5 : The Rays’ starting lineup was filled with six players who are expected to have regular playing time in the season, but magic ...
3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Do The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers View Their Rotation Surpluses The Same Way? : When you’re looking for the exact opposite edge of the financial spectrum in major league baseball for teams looking to ...
3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Is a David Price Extension Possibly Feasible for the Tampa Bay Rays? : Hi Rays fans. I’m Steve Givarz and I will be joining Rays Colored Glasses as a staff writer. I lived in Tampa for ten years ...
3/4 Nolan Writin': Nolan Writin’ Division Winners And Playoff Predictions : The other day I sent an email to the other three writers for Nolan Writin’ — Mike G., Clayton and the other Eric — ...
3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Price K’s 5, Johnson and Gimenez Both Have Multiple RBI Games As Rays Roll Over Twins : The Rays’ pitchers were in control and the offense impressed once again as the Rays’ easily got past the Twins in ...
3/4 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster In 2013 Part 2 – The Pitchers: State Of The Union : Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rays are a team built on their ...
3/3 Tyler's Think Tank: 2013 MLB Award Predictions : AL MVP-Robinson Cano
Cano has emerged as the best player on a team of All-Stars and will be expected to carry that aging, banged-up ...
3/3 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Part 4 Of A 5 Part Rays Series : Like us on Facebook here Sunday Mar.03/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): New Changes to the old article ...
3/2 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance : In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1 ...
3/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings : With big names leading this list, it can be hard to pass on them in the early rounds. I think this is the season we should ...
3/1 Yanks Go Yard: State Of The AL East: Tampa Bay Rays : Over the course of the last few seasons, a new contender has emerged in the American League East. The division is no longer the ...
3/1 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 6 – AL East :
Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Links: Price, Friedman, Baggage, Beckham : Happy birthday to Rays right-hander Jeff Niemann, who turns 30 years old today. Niemann, the fourth overall pick of the 2004 ...
2/28 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Tampa Bay Rays : Harry Tomback- The Tampa Bay Rays made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason in acquiring highly touted power-hitting outfield ...
2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields Looks To Add Social Planner To His Leadership Role In Kansas City : Rays fans remember James Shields for his leadership role in the clubhouse, but it looks like Shields is also taking on a new role ...
2/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Tampa Bay Rays : Starting Pitching Key: Matt Moore Moore’s done his flashy playoff introduction to the world as David Price did. He had an inconsistent ...
2/28 Billy-Ball.com: From the Bill Chuck Files: Berkman, Braun, Beltre, Price, Matsui and more : Nine to Know The 1988 Cleveland Indians went 78-84 for manager Doc Edwards, despite current Indians manager Terry Francona hitting ...
2/28 Billy-Ball.com: Quality Time : Quality Starts is a fascinating stat. At first, when I looked at the stat created by John Lowe of the Philadelphia Inquirer in ...
2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Matt Moore, Joel Peralta Make First Appearances, Rays Top 15 Prospects : In 2013, the Rays are expecting to have one of the best rotations in baseball once again. But for that to happen, a key pitcher ...
2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays addressed long-term needs with a blockbuster trade and the most lucrative contract in franchise history. They addressed ...
2/27 The DoubleDay: The Stanky Maneuvers | Part II: The AL : Baseball's Unsung Heroes Continuing from Part I: The NL We're looking at the guys who embody Eddie Stanky's ...
2/27 The DoubleDay: The Dayton Game | Competitive Rotation Edition : Tyler Drenon Dayton Moore has been busy in Kansas City, constantly re-shuffling the deck in his game of rotation ...
2/27 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics: The Longoria Window | The AL East : Tyler Drenon Arbitration is one of the murkiest concepts in the economic ...
2/27 Rays Colored Glasses: What Did The Rays’ David Price Discover At the End of 2012? : David Price is coming off a huge season for the Tampa Bay Rays, winning the AL Cy Young Award following a season that saw him ...
2/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to do with #1 (or even #2)? : The 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit is finally here, which means that your fantasy draft day is quickly approaching. The More... ...
2/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria, Anderson Key Rays Victory : Even if it is early, the Rays are hitting the ball well thus far in their Grapefruit League games. If nothing else, it may help ...
2/26 Baseball News Source: Rays News: David Price Starts, Leslie Anderson Continues Hot Spring : Tampa Bay Rays 1B/OF Leslie Anderson got a start in left field today against the Houston Astros and added two more RBI ...
2/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Season Preview :
It was another prototypical winter for the folks in Tampa, Florida. Andrew Freidman and his cohorts looked at the Tampa ...
2/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Evan Longoria, David Price Set to Make Spring Debuts, Rhyne Hughes Signs With Mets : There’s a 50% chance of precipitation in Port Charlotte today, but if the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros ...
2/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CLEAN CUT VS. SCRUFF :
After David Price made his silly comment the other day about
he not wanting to come to the New York Yankees ...
2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price, The New York Yankees, and the Politics of Baseball : It had to put Rays fans everywhere on edge the other day when David Price told Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports that he loves the ...
2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking at the Rays’ 25-Man Roster Situation With Spring Training Just Underway : Spring training in a unique time in the baseball calendar, with established veterans, top prospects, former major leaguers trying ...
2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sunday Lineup, David Price’s Leadership, Scott Kazmir Off to Rousing Start in Indians Camp : Second day of spring training, and it already feels like there’s something a little different in the air. No better feeling ...
2/23 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Breakout Candidates : If you had written last offseason that Mike Trout was going to score 129 runs, hit 30 home runs, and steal 49 bases in 139 games, ...
2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rockies Reportedly Interested in Rays Jeff Niemann : If there is one almost certainty with the Tampa Bay Rays, it is that they should have pitching. With the reigning Cy Young award ...
2/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Players Entering Age 27 Seasons : The general consensus among baseball pundits is that a player's prime covers his age 25-29 seasons, even if the steroid era has ...
2/23 MLB Injury News: Rockies rumors: Colorado interested in Rays’ Jeff Niemann : This week it was reported that the Colorado Rockies are in search of a dependable starting pitcher to add to their rotation. ESPN’s ...
2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: When Will the Rays Call Up Wil Myers? : Even after the Rays’ missed out on the postseason in 2013, there is plenty of reason to be excited about their 2013 team. ...
2/22 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look Back At The Tampa Bay Rays’ Team MVPs – Part 2, Roberto Hernandez : 1999 was disappointing for the Devil Rays as they won only 69 games in their second season. However, closer Roberto Hernandez brought ...
2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast : In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming ...
2/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Everything Great With Longoria Baby, Torres Joins Venezuelan WBC Team, Photo Day : It was a little nerve-wracking for everyone when labor was induced as Evan Longoria‘s girlfriend Jaime Edmondson six weeks ...
2/21 The Beanball: Kyle Lohse Could Become This Generation’s Curt Flood : For many fans, the beginning of the baseball season starts in early-February, when pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. ...
2/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): On the Yankees’ facial hair policy : Over the past two days, we've heard a lot about the Yankees' facial hair policy. From David Price saying he wouldn't come to New ...
2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Pitching Notes: Price, Valverde, Jackson : We heard earlier today that the Yankees are eyeing pitching depth, but not Kyle Lohse. Here are some more pitching-themed notes ...
2/21 Rays Colored Glasses: With His Future Flashing Right in Front of Him, Enny Romero Enters Rays Camp With Something to Prove : Enny Romero only needs to look across the Rays’ spring training diamond to see what he hopes his future will be like. He ...
2/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Morning Bits: Hughes, Price, Budget, Montgomery :
How about the mug on Joba Chamberlain? He’s uglier than Kevin Youkilis now.
• Phil Hughes has a bulging disc in his ...
2/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IF THE DEAL'S RIGHT, YOU'LL SHAVE :
Ladies and Gentlemen, do not take David Price seriously. Don't know what I mean? I mean this...
While chatting it up with ...
2/20 It's About the Money (Stupid): She who hesitates… : ...loses the chance to do a quote of the day post.
I was all ready to post Derek Jeter's pearls of wisdom regarding David Price's ...
2/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Talking About the Future – Evan Longoria’s Baby, Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects, David Price : Evan Longoria is going to miss the Rays’ workouts at their spring home in Port Charlotte over the next few days as he heads ...
2/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Chris Mason: From Top Rays Prospect To Out of Baseball in Two Short Years : Over the past several years, it’s unbelievable the amount of pitching prospects that have panned out big-time for the Tampa ...
2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Price Not Taking Discount From Rays : David Price says he “would love” to continue pitching for the Rays long-term, even though recent history suggests the organization ...
2/18 Behind the Plate: 2013 Rankings: LH Starting Pitchers Clayton Kers [...] ...
2/17 Mets360.com: Are the Mets on track to duplicate the 2012 Rays pitching staff? : Looking at the players the Mets have, and the projection systems used to evaluate the team, has been interesting. Dan Szymborski’s ...
2/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Jeremy Hellickson Replace James Shields? : Heading into the 2013 season, the top of the Tampa Bay Rays starting rotation has changed dramatically from the previous year. ...
2/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Sink or Swim Time—Kazmir Looks to Breakout, Not Breakdown : During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part ...
2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Arroyo, Wang, Perez, Dodgers, Oswalt : The Rays shed about $28MM of payroll this winter between B.J. Upton, James Shields, Carlos Pena, Jeff Keppinger, J.P. Howell, ...
2/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Mike Montgomery, From Royals Top Prospect to the Biggest Sleeper in the Rays’ Organization : For years and years, lefty Mike Montgomery was right there among the best pitching prospects in baseball. Armed with a blistering ...
2/15 Bush League Chronicle: 10 of the most bizarre spring training injuries of all-time : If this past week is any indication at all, baseball players suffer some of the most bizarre injuries imaginable. The 2013 version ...
2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Schumaker, Bourn, Phillies : On this date in 2003, the Red Sox completed an unusually complicated move when they acquired Kevin Millar from the Marlins. ...
2/15 Billy-Ball.com: VIDEO: Who needs Westminster? Here’s a Ray who’s an Astro The great David Price has a great doggie. Your browser does not support iframes....
2/15 The Flagrant Fan: Rating by pitch values - Clayton Kershaw is really good :
Every year I like to look at the pitch values given by PitchF/X. There are lots of ways to look at how valuable pitchers are ...
2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: What Does Alex Cobb’s All But Guaranteed Spot in the Rays’ Rotation Mean for the Rays’ Other Starters? : On the day that pitchers and catchers reported to the Rays’ spring training home in Port Charlotte, Florida, Rays fans heard ...
2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The Dangers of the Sandwich : We have all been there before. You’re out on the road and feeling hungry when suddenly a craving for a nice sandwich comes ...
2/13 Mets Merized: NY Post: Tampa Bay’s Playbook On Building Through The Draft : A must-read article by Kevin Kernan of the NY Post, he speaks with Andrew Friedman, the Executive VP of Baseball Operations ...
2/12 Blog Red Machine: Is Johnny Cueto A Top 10 Starting Pitcher? : Welcome to the second article in my Top 10 series. In this series, I take some of the best players on the Reds, run through some ...
2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Pitchers and Catchers Welcome Back Spring Today : “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for ...
2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Felix Hernandez elbow a reason to balk? : Throughout the offseason, many headlines grabbed our attention. Josh Hamilton goes to the Angels, Justin Upton gets traded to ...
2/11 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part III: Pitching : For the most part, pitching staffs in the AL East have remained stagnant amongst the division’s clubs. While the Rays did ...
2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: What should the Texas Rangers do with Elvis Andrus? : The Texas Rangers are in a fortunate, yet precarious, situation where the club has seemingly incredible depth at shortstop ...
2/10 The Biz of Baseball: The Mock Salary Arbitration Case in Favor of Max Scherzer Seeking $7.4 million :
On Thursday, I took part in a series of mock salary arbitration cases that are appearing on Baseball Prospectus. ...
2/9 Rays Colored Glasses: What Could the Rays Get in a David Price Trade? : Top of the rotation starters are a scarce commodity. A true ace is even rarer, and teams typically are not adverse to opening ...
2/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Would the Rays Trade David Price Straight-Up for Jurickson Profar? Absolutely Not : David Price is quite a pitcher. He’s coming off an incredible 2012 season that saw him win the AL Cy Young Award as he went ...
2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Hernandez, MacDougal, Headley : Links from around MLB on a day that many are still buzzing about Felix Hernandez’s seven-year, $175MM contract extension with ...
2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact :
Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects
list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s ...
2/8 Lasorda's Lair: Show Kersh the Money! : The Seattle Mariners came to an agreement with pitcher Felix Hernandez for a contract extension for five years and $135 million. ...
2/7 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Norris, Luhnow, Athletics, Profar : The Mariners dominated headlines around baseball today, agreeing to an extension with Felix Hernandez, agreeing to terms with ...
2/6 mlbreports.com : Brandon Webb’s career was noteworthy and a warning : Like us on Facebook here Wednesday Feb.06/2013 ESPN.com By Paul Sullivan (Lead Baseball Writer): Brandon Webb is retiring from ...
2/5 MLBRandomFandom: The Mysterious Rangers Offseason : by Nick Bell Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
2/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Comment From Padres’ Chase Headley Provides Insight Into David Price’s Future With the Rays : There are very few players in a comparable situation to the one David Price is with the Rays right now- a great player who loves ...
2/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Rhodes, Tatis, Rodney : No one should be surprised if the Yankees engage in a major spending spree during the 2014 offseason, writes Jim Bowden of ESPN.com ...
2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Matt Moore Make a David Price-Esque Leap in His Second MLB Season? : Over the course of their short team history, the Rays haven’t developed too many traditions. But one of the few they have ...
2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Travis Hafner Chooses Yankees Over Rays, Rodney Situation Cleared Up, Lou Pinella : This offseason, the Rays would up re-signing Luke Scott to fill their designated hitter vacancy. But don’t think that he ...
2/1 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact :
Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects
list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: How Do the Rays Keep Their Minor League System Going Strong? : It’s really unbelievable. Once again this year, the Rays’ minor league system is right up there among the best in ...
1/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor Leagues Form Foundation of Tampa Bay Rays Success : Yesterday, MLB.com broke down the top 100 prospects in baseball. Of those top 100, the Tampa Bay Rays had five players listed ...
1/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees’ Plan This Offseason Could Be Setting Them Up For Future Failure : (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) One of the posts I read over the weekend that really stuck with me ...
1/28 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Starting Pitching : It’s fair to say that the AL East is the hardest division to pitch in. Apart from the Rays, every team has a very hard-hitting ...
1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Evaluating the AL East, Part Two Daniel concludes his two-part look at Boston's AL East competition in 2013....
1/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Is the Rays Future In Tampa In Jeopardy? : The Tampa Bay Rays attendance, or lack thereof, has been a continual topic of discussion. Despite being 106 games over .500 for ...
1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Bring Back Kyle Farnsworth, Solidify Bullpen : Nine days ago, I said that if right-hander Kyle Farnsworth would be willing to settle for a salary between 1.5 and 2 million ...
1/24 Through The Fence Baseball: With Justin Upton gone, who do Texas Rangers turn to next? : The deal came swiftly on Thursday morning as the Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks completed a trade that sent Justin Upton ...
1/24 Kings of Kauffman: Saying All the Right Things : The countdown to spring training continues, but we’re not there yet, so for now, we’re not sure who’s in the ...
1/23 Roto Think Tank: Roto Versus Head-to-Head : James from the Carolinas wants to know about the difference between Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats:Have played Roto for many ...
1/23 mlbreports.com : MLB Player Profile: Nationals Pitcher Jordan Zimmermann : Like us on Facebook here Wednesday January 23rd, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Having his breakout season in 2012, ...
1/23 The Flagrant Fan: How patient will Rays be on Wil Myers? :
The recent acquisition of Shelley Duncan gives the Rays a bit more reliability in their left-field platoon paired with Sam ...
1/23 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Yu Darvish : This is a new concept to NolanWritin’, but since it’s a fairly common knockoff to the whole 30 Clubs In 30 Days thing, ...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Napoli, Red Sox, Price, Saltalamacchia :
Here's a look at the latest out of the AL East..
Alex Speier of WEEI.com has the details of Mike Napoli's contract with ...
1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'! : End of year awards are fun. That is really all they are, but they are fun. Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
1/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cubs | Looking to land David Price?: The Chicago Cubs recently named former Vanderbilt pitching coach Derek Johnson their minor league pitching coordinator, leading ...[+]
some to believe that Chicago has hopes of landing Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price down the road. Price won't be eligible for free agency until after the 2015 season, but Chicago could decide to trade for him before then. Price and Johnson were very close at Vanderbilt, and Price gives significant credit to Johnson for his success.
1/21 The Sports Provocateur: The American League East Dream Rotation : The American League East Dream Rotation is headlined by both Cy Young Award winners, and its third starter won the award in 2007. ...
1/20 Rays Colored Glasses: What David Price’s Contract May Say About His Future With The Rays : Over the past week, some of the details about the one year contract that David Price signed with the Rays came to light. Of particular ...
1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th : Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not ...
1/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Prove to Be Big Winners in Salary Arbitration Once Again : The saga is over. After agreeing to deals with David Price and Sean Rodriguez to avoid arbitration earlier in the offseason, the ...
1/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Considered Possible Landing Spot For Michael Bourn : According to various sources, the Rays are not only searching for a designated hitter and relief pitching, but may also be interested ...
1/18 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs, Ian Kennedy Avoid Arbitration : The Diamondbacks avoided arbitration with starting pitcher Ian Kennedy, signing him to a one-year, $4.265MM deal according to ...
1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Talks Future, Don Zimmer, Tino Martinez : It’s the issue that no Rays fan wants to talk about but won’t go away: the future of David Price in Tampa Bay. Price ...
1/17 MLB Injury News: Braves Rumors: Atlanta ‘Best Fit’ for Diamondbacks’ Justin Upton? : It appears more and more likely that the Arizona
Diamondbacks will part ways with outfielder Justin Upton prior to the start ...
1/17 Through The Fence Baseball: The business of baseball: MLB Salary Arbitration 101 (part I) : Greetings, and welcome to the first installment of Appeal Play, a column providing insight on legal matters in the world of professional ...
1/16 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Oliver, Price, Red Sox, Hendrickson : Jeff Frye, Darren Oliver's agent, was apparently not speaking for his client when Frye said earlier this month that Oliver wanted ...
1/16 The Rays Today: David Price… : Posted in David PriceNewsVideosThe video below was just something I found while on Youtube. Its the ESPN Sportscenter’s ...
1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking Down the Arbitration Situation Between Matt Joyce and the Tampa Bay Rays : As the arbitration deadline approaches on Friday, Andrew Friedman and the Rays have some work to do. They were able to finalize ...
1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Upton Rumors: Wednesday : We heard yesterday that the Mets won’t trade Zack Wheeler to acquire Justin Upton from Arizona, and that there's not much ...
1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi at Rays Prospects Camp, Kyle Farnsworth, David Price : The Rays annual Prospect Development Camp is an awesome experience from every parti**** They got to practice at Tropicana Field, ...
1/16 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Notes on a Cold Winter’s Night : The Royals seem to have packed it in for the winter, so unfortunately, that dream scenario of trading for, say, Ryan Braun or ...
1/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney to Pitch in World Baseball Classic, Another Positive Drug Test : The World Baseball Classic is an entirely different experience compared to wait players are used to. You’re not pitching ...
1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Mat Latos : Over the next few weeks, I will be
discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely
partly on ...
1/13 The Rays Today: Do You Want To Eat Dinner With David Price : Posted in Alex CobbDavid PriceJake McGeeMatt JoyceNewsOn Feburary second David Price and anyone that donates will be eating dinner ...
1/13 The Rays Today: David Price PGA Tour Champ? : Posted in David PriceNewsTurns out our own David Price isn’t just a great pitcher on the mound but he is pretty good at ...
1/12 The Rays Today: David Price Lands On The Cover Of MLB2K13 : Posted in David PriceNewsFor those of you who don’t already know Rays very own David Price was chosen to be on the front ...
1/11 Obstructed View: Rethinking Pitching Philosophies, Derek Johnson, and Carlos Gomez : Cubs Den has a post up drawing attention to a Baseball America article on changes in the Cubs’ organizational philosophy ...
1/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Sign Three, Invite 4 More to Spring Training, Fuld, Hellickson Involved in Camps : Things are happening for the Rays right now as they begin to make their final preparations with the date for pitchers and catchers ...
1/11 Fire Brand of the American League: Boston’s Platoon Advantage The Sox might have one of the most productive left fielders in the AL, but it comes in the form of two players....
1/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named MLB 2K13 Cover, Kazmir, Howell Finalize Deals : The rewards keep coming in for David Price after his magnificent 2012 season. First the AL Cy Young, then a key to the city of ...
1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays’ Chances of Extending David Price Be Higher Than We Think? : Something that has begun to happen over the past few weeks and months is that Rays fans have begun to come to grips with the fact ...
1/8 mlbreports.com : The Rays Trade And Draft Record Is Impressive: However Most Of The Best Players Are Now Ex-Rays : Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.08/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent) The Tampa Bay Rays have had a great ...
1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: What Is Going on With the Rays’ Interest in Javier Vazquez? : At first glance, it’s hard not to be completely confused about the way the Rays are operating their ballclub now. As recently ...
1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/30/12 - 1/5/13 : Here's a look back at the news and stories that made headlines during the first week of 2013...
Lance Berkman agreed to ...
1/6 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals : A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week, as 2012 became 2013:
Tim Dierkes attended ...
1/5 Nolan Writin': Dissecting Darvish : Let’s cut to the chase: Yu Darvish was undeniably dominant for certain stretches during the 2012 season. With such a wide and ...
1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price willing to listenTampa Bay Rays SP David Price said he'd be willing to listen if the team approached him about a long-term deal....[+]
Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price said he'd be willing to listen if the team approached him about a long-term deal.
1/3 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Vazquez, Rays, Price, Red Sox : Earlier today, we learned that the Nationals are interested in free agent starter Javier Vazquez, who is considering a return ...
1/3 Fire Brand of the American League: The Highs & Lows of 2012 (Part 1) Taking a look back at the Bottom 5 moments from last year....
1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Price, Offense, Bullpen : Earlier this week the Rays avoided arbitration with David Price, agreeing to a one-year deal worth $10.1125MM for 2013. The left-hander ...
1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Minor League Ball’s John Sickels Ranks the Rays’ Top 20 Prospects : The Rays have been known for years and years now for their minor league system. The last few seasons, we have seen so many of ...
1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting & Pitching Projections : Tampa Bay Rays – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL East I have to admit that I’m enamored by the Rays organization. ...
1/2 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price‘s deal with the Rays came in at a little over $10 million. Good for him. Given that his value was well over ...
1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Astros, Price, Ethier : ESPN.com's Buster Olney explains that the Angels, Rangers, A's and Mariners could benefit from Houston's presence in the AL West. ...
1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Did the Rays Miss Their Chance to Extend David Price? : Earlier today, we talked about the Rays’ signing of ace David Price to a contract worth just over 10 million dollars to ...
1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays, David Price Avoid Arbitration : As 2013 begins, Rays fans can rest easy knowing their team’s ace is officially under contract. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com ...
1/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | More on David Price: Updating a previous report, a source said Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price signed a one-year deal worth a little more than $10 million. ...[+]
1/2 MLB Injury News: Rays and David Price Avoid Arbitration With One-Year Deal : The Tampa Bay Rays and ace pitcher David Price have reached an agreement on a one year contract. The exact terms of the ...
1/1 Baseball News Source: David Price Reaches Agreement With Rays to Avoid Arbitration : David Price is set to receive a significant increase in salary for 2013 The Tampa Bay Rays reached an agreement with 2012 American ...
1/1 Baseball Musings: The Price is Right : David Price and the Rays avoided arbitration, although we don’t know the value of his one-year deal. It’s nice to ...
1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: David Price : Over the next few
weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration
cases. I will rely partly on ...
1/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price agrees to one-year contract : The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with SP David Price on a one-year deal to avoid salary arbitration. Terms of the deal were ...[+]
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1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Rays, David Price Avoid Arbitration : The Rays and David Price have reached agreement on a one-year deal to avoid arbitration, a baseball source told Jerry Crasnick ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 2012: A Lost Year for the Rays, But One That Needed to Happen : The Rays entered 2012 with aspirations of not just a third straight trip to the postseason but their first World Series championship. ...
12/31 Lasorda's Lair: Looking Ahead : I love speculating! I suppose at this moment in time, the only 2 sure things that we have in the rotation in 2014 are Greinke ...
12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Few Free Agent Ground Ball Pitchers Remain : Generally speaking, teams prefer pitchers who get ground balls. Ground balls can sneak through the infield for base hits, but ...
12/27 Nolan Writin': Rangers’ Rumors, On The Rocks : Ken Rosenthal has an interesting, albeit foreboding, article up on Fox Sports regarding Boston’s current pursuit of Adam ...
12/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Kazmir Grateful for Opportunity, Fans Prefer Trop in Poll, Potential David Price Trade : Scott Kazmir had to have a sense of entitlement. No one could deny that he had earned it. He came into the majors for an organization ...
12/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Mike Minor You wonder if Mike Minor has always the shaft because his birthday is just after Christmas? I’m sure he gets More......
12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Examining the 2012 Charlotte Stone Crabs Part 3 : Analysts say that the hardest jump in the entire minor leagues is from High-A to Double-A. However, the players who are talented ...
12/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Diamondbacks’ Cody Ross Signing Reignite Talks of Justin Upton Going to the Rays? : The Arizona Diamondbacks entered the 2012 offseason looking to deal from an outfield surplus. A multiplicity of rumors made it ...
12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis : Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching ...
12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Has David Price Been Priced Out Of The Rays Budget? : With the trade of James Shields and Wade Davis, on top of the salaries that had left via departing free agents, it appeared as ...
12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting : Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals ...
12/21 Nolan Writin': Countdown To Rangers Apocalypse : So with my perpetual nerd-ness in all things relating to (a) the Texas Rangers, (b) mathematics and (c) the dichotomy involved ...
12/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Hamilton, Pujols Duo Could Have Been the Devil Rays’ : A week ago, the Angels stunned everyone with their blockbuster deal when they signed center fielder Josh Hamilton to a five-year ...
12/20 Baseball Musings: The Price of Irony David Price shows his ironic sense of humor. (And yes, I’m stretching the definition of irony.)
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12/20 Nolan Writin': Greed, Lust, Entitlement : Think back to when you started watching the Rangers. Think back to the time where you began considering yourself a “fan”. ...
12/19 Through The Fence Baseball: What if the 2007 MLB draft was held today? : With hindsight being 20/20, what if teams had a chance to redeem themselves in the most difficult draft in all of sports? The ...
12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade, Part II—As A Means To Bash The Mets : R.A. Dickey was found money for the Mets. Rather than spend it immediately, they invested it wisely in blue chip stocks to secure ...
12/18 Roto Think Tank: 2012 A.L. Starting Pitchers: Part I : 0 0 1 436 2489 Roto Think Tank 20 5 2920 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: After Offseason Moves, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays Are Trending in Opposite Directions : When the Rays traded James Shields, it was widely viewed as an excellent trade for them based on the four prospects they received: ...
12/17 The Baseball Continuum: The (AL) East is Wild : The American League East is in a interesting situation. For years, after all, there were some things that were for certain: The ...
12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longoria, Girlfriend Expecting, David Price’s Connection to Tennessee Hometown : Why did Evan Longoria sign his 10-year, 136 million dollar extension with the Rays when he was already signed for the next three ...
12/15 Nolan Writin': “It’s Time” … To Blow Up the Rangers : and a little music to read along to Last September during the Rangers’ historic collapse, I was one of the dwindling ...
12/14 i70baseball.com: I come to praise the Shields-Davis trade, not to bury it The Royals did what they had to do for a chance to win....
12/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Earlier This Offseason, The Idea of the Rays Acquiring The Mets’ R.A. Dickey Might Not Have Been So Crazy : At least for the time being, the situations regarding the two Cy Young winners in baseball are quite different. After David Price ...
12/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price’s Dog Astro Opens SportsCenter, Rays Re-Sign RHP Hector Lopez, Two Ex-Rays Head to Twins : A common complaint for Rays fans is that the Rays never make SportsCenter on ESPN. Well, the Rays don’t, but apparently ...
12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Notes: Soriano, Price : Since winning the NL Central in 2008, the Cubs have seen their win total decrease every year. Here's the latest on the Cubs as ...
12/13 Kings of Kauffman: How James Shields Can Change My Mind : I went through all the stages. There was denial (“No way they’d trade six years of Wil Myers for two of James Shields“), ...
12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Close to Deal With RHP Roberto Hernandez (Formerly Known as Fausto Carmona) : The Rays NEVER sign free agent starting pitchers. The last time they signed one to a major league contract was back in 2000, when ...
12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Day, Moving On Without Shields, Dan Wheeler Joins Shields, Davis in KC : Pretty cool to have a city (and a pretty major one at that) name a day after you. After an outstanding 2012 season that culminated ...
12/12 Mastersball.com: No Pain, No Gain : Negotiations are a tricky thing. If you doubt this, just take a look at Congress.
Furthermore, as a Strat-O-Matic owner in the ...
12/11 mlbreports.com : Dissecting The Royals And Rays Trade: Shields And Davis For Wil Myers + Prospects : Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): We at the MLB Reports have established that we are far ...
12/11 MLBRandomFandom: Tampa Bay Rays Team Page : TAMPA BAY RAYSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. David Price (9.5)2. Evan Longoria (9)3. Ben Zobrist (8.5)4. ...
12/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Financial Side Of Trading James Shields And Wade Davis : One of the realities facing the Tampa Bay Rays are their payroll restrictions. As much as the Rays may want to hang on to their ...
12/10 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis : Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching ...
12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading Shields to Royals A Significant Short-Term Risk for the Rays But A Steal of A Trade for the Future : The Rays pulled off a franchise-defining trade on Sunday night, trading away James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals ...
12/10 Splash Hit Blog: Outside Perspective to the Sunday Night MegaDeal : For people that didn’t have much to do last night, General Managers Andrew Friedman and Dayton Moore gave the baseball folk ...
12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price, Rays Stunned After What Andrew Friedman Called “Most Difficult Trade to Date” : It’s almost incomprehensible to imagine the Rays without James Shields. Shields has been a dependable starter for the Rays ...
12/10 Nolan Writin': Better things are coming : With the Mike Napoli signing with the Red Sox, the trade of Michael Young, Zack Greinke signing with the Dodgers and James Shields ...
12/10 Baseball Jerks: James Shields, Wade Davis To Kansas City, Wil Myers to Tampa Bay : For weeks and weeks, the Tampa Bay Rays dangled RHP James Shields to see what they could get for him on the open market. Knowing ...
12/10 Baseballhotcorner.com: Royals and Rays Complete Blockbuster : The Tampa Bay Rays traded from a position of strength dealing pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the pitching starved Kansas ...
12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Price, Rays, Otani, Dodgers, Dickey : It becomes increasingly difficult at this stage to see David Price signing a deal to stay with the Rays but it's not too late, ...
12/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: “David Price Day” in Tampa, Carillon Developer Looks To Move On : David Price had an unbelievable season in 2012, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball in Florida to ...
12/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on The Winter Meetings And What Could Be Next : The Rays had a quiet, productive Winter Meetings. They filled two big needs by signing James Loney and trading for Yunel Escobar. ...
12/7 mlbreports.com : The Milwaukee Brewers 2013 Roster: State Of The Union : Friday, December.7, 2012 Ben Dobson (Guest Baseball Writer and Brewers Correspondent): Disastrous? Horrifying? Cataclysmic? **** ...
12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Is The Time Right for the Rays to Trade James Shields? : We’ve been hearing nonstop about the Rays’ pitching depth- and how the Rays would be better served trading a starter ...
12/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney Named Closer of the Year, Nelson Hired As Assistant Hitting Coach : Fernando Rodney was downright unbelievable in 2012, delivering a 0.60 ERA, a 76-15 strikeout to walk ratio, and 45 saves in 76 ...
12/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers should target James Shields, no matter what happens with Greinke :
Someone who is -- and isn't -- getting a lot of coverage during these Winter Meetings is James Shields. He was once reported ...
12/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price not availableThe Tampa Bay Rays have told at least one team that SP David Price is not available for trade....[+]
The Tampa Bay Rays have told at least one team that SP David Price is not available for trade.
12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Increasingly Likely To Trade Starter : According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the buzz at the Winter Meetings suggests that Zack Greinke could be in line for a bigger ...
12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price won't play in WBCTampa Bay Rays SP David Price will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic next spring for Team USA....[+]
Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic next spring for Team USA.
12/3 Reviewing the Brew: Doug Melvin quiets Greinke rumors, but still acknowledges a second starter for Milwaukee Brewers : Despite all the hoo-ha of Zack Greinke making a comeback with the Milwaukee Brewers, the reality of the situation has set in. ...
12/3 Rising Apple: Mets News & Rumors From the Winter Meetings : 10:28 AM: Jon Heyman tweets that the Rangers’ one year deal with catcher Geovany Soto is for roughly $3 million. ...
12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Discussing Espinosa, Morse With Nationals : The Rays are nearing a one-year deal with James Loney, but the team is also discussing the possiblity of a trade with the Nationals ...
12/3 Baseball News Source: MLB Winter Meetings – Previews and Projections : Rays GM Andrew Friedman will be busy this week in Nashville This week’s MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville will open with ...
12/2 MLBTradeRumors: Peter Gammons Q&A : On Friday I had the privilege of speaking via phone with legendary baseball journalist Peter Gammons. Peter will be part of ...
12/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Tender Contracts To Seven : Last night was the deadline for the Tampa Bay Rays to tender contracts to their arbitration eligible players. There were very ...
12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Price, Dickey, Mariners, Kazmir : In today's Insider-only blog post, ESPN's Buster Olney says David Price is available right now for the right offer. Rival executives ...
News -- November 2012
11/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Decision Time for Rays As Non-Tender Deadline Approaches : The deadline for MLB teams to tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players is 11:59 PM on Friday night and the Rays ...
11/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Interviewed: B.J. Upton Talks Time in TB, David Price, Matthew Silverman, Taylor Guerrieri : Rays fans appreciated everything he gave them in a Rays uniform, but B.J. Upton has moved on, signing a 5-year contract with the ...
11/30 i70baseball.com: Wil the Royals trade Myers away for starting pitching? Excuse the pun, but is trading away Wil Myers a good idea?...
11/30 Radical Baseball: Who pitches to whom? : Yesterday on MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential program there was a discussion about the American Conference Cy Young award. ...
11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part Three : So far this week we’ve looked at the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves organizations pitching. In the final installment of ...
11/29 Baseball News Source: Rays News – Sign Fontenot, Thompson 4 Others To Minor League Deals : For Rays fans is likely to be more hurry up and wait for more deals The Tampa Bay Rays signed six players to minor league deals ...
11/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Building an Elite Staff With Pitchers that aren’t : Clave and I recently spoke about pitchers, we have both noticed that the “elite” guys are slim this year. VERY More...The ...
11/29 Behind the Plate: Cuban Missile Crisis [...] ...
11/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Next Possible Extension Candidates : With the news that Evan Longoria has been locked up to his second contract extension, one that may well keep him as a member of ...
11/28 Rays Colored Glasses: How Hard Should the Rays Pursue a Trade For The Royals’ Wil Myers? : The number one prospect in all of baseball is on the market- but it’s going to awfully hard to get him. Frantically searching ...
11/28 Puckett's Pond: Joe Mauer and/or The Minnesota Twins? : I had a conversation over Thanksgiving with one of my cousins. We were talking about how bad the Twins were and trying to figure ...
11/27 Kings of Kauffman: Clock Ticking on Royals Arbitration Decisions : When the clock strikes midnight (eastern time) on November 30, baseball’s arbitration tender deadline will have passed. ...
11/26 Baseball News Source: Rays Extend Evan Longoria for six years, $100 Million : Lonogria has 100 million new reasons to be all smiles The Tampa Bay Rays made a significant investment in the team and the community ...
11/26 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for November 26, 2012 : More moves and rumors are starting to come in now that the baseball offseason is in full-swing. It’s always interesting to see ...
11/24 Kings of Kauffman: More Royals Trade Rumors With No End in Sight : The latest rumor that has everyone abuzz today is Jeff Passan’s report that the Royals are “shopping” outfielder ...
11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Internal Options : It is generally assumed that the Tampa Bay Rays will be making numerous moves to address the deficiencies they had last year in ...
11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: What Should the Rays Do With Jeff Niemann? : The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their starting pitching depth. Their accumulation of young, talented starting pitchers ...
11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Generating Interest, Matt Buschmann Re-Signed : It broke the hearts of Rays fans everywhere when the Rays traded Scott Kazmir to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The only thing ...
11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Giving Thanks For The Rays : Today is Thanksgiving, a day where we, as a nation, sit back and give thanks for those things that we have in life. And with the ...
11/22 MLBTradeRumors: GMs Talk Starting Pitching Depth : Every team needs starting pitching depth, but few teams have enough of it. Given the expected cost of free agent pitching, the ...
11/22 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay ‘Open’ to Trading James Shields, David Price : While the Tampa Bay Rays are willing to listen to trade
offers for several of their starting pitchers, they would need to be ...
11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Miguel Cabrera, Twinkies, Jessica Simpson : Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November ...
11/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Finding Sleeper Pitchers : If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time spending early round draft picks on guys like Justin Verlander, Clayton ...
11/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At the Rays’ 40-Man Roster Situation in Advance of the Rule 5 Draft : The offseason has just begun for the Rays. They have plenty of moves to make before they’ll be ready to contend in 2013 ...
11/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Cy Young voting wasn’t so terrible : There’s been a lot of chatter about the selection of Miguel Cabrera as MVP over Mike Trout. Make no mistake, Trout is and ...
11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Texas Rangers : The Rangers will seek a catcher, pursue outfielders and add pitching in the coming months.
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11/16 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Awards Voting Shows Lack of Progress : Over the last few years, it really felt like we were beginning to see a progression in how awards voters picked their winners ...
11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers? : The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the ...
11/16 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News: Cano fourth, Jeter seventh in AL MVP voting : The New York Yankees, winners of 95 regular season games, had four players receive votes in the 2012 American League Most Valuable ...
11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more :
Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of ...
11/15 mlbreports.com : Florida Baseball and The San Juan Rays : Thursday November 15th, 2012 Alex Mednick (Baseball Writer and Analyst) Last week Jonathan Hacohen, the founder of MLBReports.com ...
11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards :
It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America ...
11/15 Motor City Bengals: David Price Gets Undeserved Cy Young : You might assume, since this is a Tigers site, that I am going to be ranting about how Justin Verlander got robbed. After all, ...
11/15 Call to the Pen: David Price AL Cy Young Winner : This is the kind of stuff that was predicted for David Price from the moment he joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The 2012 winner of ...
11/15 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: Congratulations to David Price, AL Cy Young Award winner :
Pitching in arguably the toughest division in baseball, David Price was a star and the best pitcher in the American ...
11/15 Baseball Analytics: R.A. Dickey wins the NL CYA : R.A. Dickey handily won the National League Cy Young Award in a victory that is great for him personally, really ...
11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading David Price Will Never Be Worth It for the Rays : There are two players that the Rays have to consider breaking the bank for if that’s what they have to do to keep them in ...
11/15 Puckett's Pond: Midday Memories: Twins Cy Young Winners : Congratulations to R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays for being named the 2012 Cy Young Award ...
11/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Price, Dickey win the Cy Young award :
The BBWAA didn’t agree with me and instead picked Rays pitcher David Price for the American League Cy Young Award and ...
11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on David Price Winning the Cy Young Award : “That’s why I play the game. I don’t do this for the paycheck, I don’t do this to be an average big-leaguer. ...
11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners : Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National ...
11/15 Kings of Kauffman: Rumor Mill – Will KC Go Big? : Look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday. This is a fun time of year, but right now trying to separate fact from ...
11/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DICKEY & PRICE WIN CY YOUNG AWARDS :
A quick news note. New York Mets RA Dickey and Tampa Bay Rays David Price have won the Cy Young awards. You can read ...
11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners : Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets
right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American ...
11/15 Swingin' A's: Long Lost Friends: The Oakland A’s and the Cy Young Award : Any proud A’s fan can rattle off the myriad of accomplishments that have taken place throughout the storied history of the ...
11/15 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Finishes Third In Cy Young Voting : Jered Weaver didn’t get the reward Angels fans wanted. Weaver finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting with 70 ...
11/15 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Finishes Second Behind R.A. Dickey for the NL Cy Young Award : Earlier this afternoon the results of the Cy Young Award voting was announced. Disappointingly for Dodgers fans, the BBWAA ranked ...
11/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL Links: Sanchez, Hunter, Yankees, Price, Red Sox : With Torii Hunter joining the club on a two-year deal, the Tigers will now focus on re-signing Anibal Sanchez according to Danny ...
11/14 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Cy Young Awards :
It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America ...
11/14 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Edges Verlander For AL Cy Young Award : Price went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA against the AL East David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays received 14 of 28 first-place votes, and ...
11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price: Cy Young Award Winner : David Price came tantalizing close the the American League Cy Young Award in 2010, finishing second to Felix Hernandez in a year ...
11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: And the Cy Youngs Go To… : Tampa Bay number one overall draft pick David Price just edged out Justin Verlander in what the BBWAA called the closest race ...
11/14 Baseball Musings: Strange Vote : David Price wins the AL Cy Young award in a very close vote, Price winning 153 points to Justin Verlander‘s 149. Price was ...
11/14 Baseball Musings: AL Cy Young : I find myself one of the few people with a statistical bent who likes David Price over Justin Verlander. I understand the sabermetric ...
11/14 MLBTradeRumors: David Price & R.A. Dickey Win Cy Young Awards : Congratulations go out to David Price and R.A. Dickey, who were named the Cy Young Award winners in their respective leagues ...
11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price or Rodney for Cy Young?, Jose Molina, Ticket Prices, Will Rhymes, J.P. Howell : The day has finally come. Tonight we will find out whether Rays lefty David Price will take home the 2o12 American League Cy Young ...
11/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Cy Young Award winners announced today : Although I’m not a big fan of the BBWAA and their voting habits, (especially when it comes to the Hall of Fame) awards week ...
11/13 El Maquino: CLAYTON KERSHAW IS GETTING SCREWED TOMORROW : > The Cards fired Kyle McClellan and picked up former Mets catcher Rob Johnson to replace him on the 40-man and Bryan Anderson, ...
11/13 Crashburn Alley: Tim Lincecum, Vance Worley and the David Price Role : This season, we’ve seen some interesting debates on pitcher usage to say the least. Which I love, because I’m a massive ...
11/13 The Baseball Haven: Matt Moore – Remember Him? : How quickly you can be forgotten. With the Rookie of the Year announcements on November 12, the world was, once again, focused ...
11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: No Rookie of the Year Votes, No Problem for Matt Moore : Entering 2012, Matt Moore was the runaway favorite for American League Rookie of the Year. Instead, his season began as a struggle. ...
11/13 Call to the Pen: Rays Stocked with Pitching and Open for Business : For nearly half a decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have brought relevant baseball to the state of Florida and have been a serious player ...
11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Connections to Rookie of the Year, Richie Shaffer, Offseason Plan, Stadium : The Baseball Writers Association of America named the recipients of the 2012 American League and National League Rookie of the ...
11/12 Baseball News Source: Pitching and Defense – Can Friedman Keep The Rays Way Intact : Friedman hints that the team may be willing to tweak the Rays way The Tampa Bay Rays won 90 games in 2012 and missed the playoffs. ...
11/12 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander : For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one ...
11/12 Rays Colored Glasses: A David Price Trade Is Not As Likely to Happen As Some People May Think : Not a day goes by without some writer that people consider a baseball pundit discusses the Rays trading a starting pitcher. The ...
11/11 Kings of Kauffman: Rumors : The off-season annoys me. I have to prepare to deal with all the possible player-acquiring scenarios that give me great hope all ...
11/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Market For Jeremy Hellickson : Given the Rays need for offense and the seemingly endless pitching depth, it is fairly apparent as to why the Rays would feature ...
11/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price unlikely to be dealt this offseason: Several baseball sources believe the Tampa Bay Rays are unlikely to trade SP David Price this offseason but think he could be ...[+]
dealt the following year, if it appears unlikely that the team can sign him to a long-term deal.
11/9 MLBTradeRumors: B.J. Upton Declines Rays' Qualifying Offer :
B.J. Upton has officially declined the Rays' qualifying offer, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (via Twitter). ...
11/9 Reviewing the Brew: Could Jeremy Hellickson be a fit in Milwaukee? : While it may seem a bit implausible at first glance, Jeremy Hellickson could fit very nicely into this rotation. Taking into account ...
11/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: B.J. Upton Declines Qualifying Offer, The Rays’ Offseason Plans, Chris Archer : No matter how much Rays fans don’t want B.J. Upton to leave and how much they’ll miss him when he does, Thursday was ...
11/9 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Could Tampa Trade James Shields, David Price? : While James Shields, and more recently Jeremy Hellickson,
have been the two Tampa Bay Rays’ starting pitchers most mentioned ...
11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Rays, Dempster, Dickey, Nakajima : Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has another batch of news items out of the general managers' meetings in Indian Wells, California...
While ...
11/8 MLBTradeRumors: B.J. Upton To Decline Rays' Qualifying Offer : B.J. Upton will decline the Rays' qualifying offer, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. With Upton turning down the ...
11/8 Halo Hangout: Evaluating Mike Trout’s and Jered Weaver’s Award Chances : In case you missed it, yesterday the finalists for all of the Major League Baseball Awards were announced and the Angels were ...
11/8 Baseball News Source: MLB Awards 2012 : List of Finalists from BBWAA and Our Picks : Posey and Braun are favorites for National League MVP Next week is awards week for Major League Baseball. Baseball’s annual ...
11/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named CY Finalist, Rumors on James Shields, Justin Upton to Rays? : David Price is coming off a remarkable 2012 in which he led the American League with 20 wins and a 2.56 ERA. And as expected, ...
11/8 mlbreports.com : James Shields or David Price: Tampa Bay Rays are Ready to Trade an Ace : Thursday November 8th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: With center fielder B.J. Upton most likely leaving for free agency, the Tampa ...
11/7 SOX & Dawgs: BBWAA Announces 2012 MLB Award Finalists :
For the first time ever, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has decided to release the finalists for the 2012 ...
11/7 Baseball News Source: Rays News – Joel Peralta re-signed to two-year deal : Peralta signs new deal with Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Rays reliever Joel Peralta wanted to stay with the team all along. ”I wish ...
11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 AL Awards Review : Most Valuable Player Before the season, we decided to nominate Jose Bautista for this award. This was a safe bet, not a gut feeling ...
11/6 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward : Tuesday, Nov.06/2012 Note from Chuck Booth: I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5 ...
11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Dismal Kansas City Parallels : It’s a rough year for Kansas City sports. The Royals launched “Our Time” then promptly lost 12 games in a row ...
11/6 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson Award Winners for Starting and Relief Pitchers : Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announced this year's Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson awards recipients (you can see ...
11/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price Wins Players’ Choice Award, Rays Top Prospects, Brooks Conrad to Japan : Later this offseason, it will be interesting to see whether David Price wins the AL Cy Young after an incredible season that saw ...
11/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Named NL Outstanding Player By MLBPA : The Major League Baseball players voted in September for the best of the best. Andrew McCutchen was named National League ...
11/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Dan Haren, James Shields, Durability, and Faith : On Friday, in one of the craziest series of events that you’ll see in baseball, the Angels were about to trade starting ...
11/4 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: MLB Free Agency Season Is Upon Us! : Sunday November 4th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions ...
11/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Be Replacing One Upton With Another? : There does not appear to be any doubt that B.J. Upton will be playing his home games outside Tampa Bay next season. But could ...
11/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young : The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America names their Cy Young Award winners: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball ...
11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Pitching? : There is an old adage in baseball about how one can never have enough starting pitching. The Tampa Bay Rays, however, appear poised ...
11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Trade James Shields to the Los Angeles Dodgers? : The latest rumor is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have made trading for Rays starting pitcher James Shields their number one priority ...
11/2 Nolan Writin': Rangers Interested in David Ortiz, and Other News : In an attempt to quench the appetite of a starving Rangers fan base in desperate need of some good news, or, rather, any news ...
11/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Ticket To The Trop: A Kingdom For K’s : With the Rays picking up James Shields’ and Fernando Rodney’s club option for 2013 and Jeremy Hellickson winning the A.L. ...
11/2 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 26: Ain’t Nobody Got a Bigger Booty : Happy November, Crashburn Alley readers. If you’ve been displaced or been otherwise relieved of your access to power and/or ...
11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Could a Rays-Royals Blockbuster Possibly Happen? : The Rays and Royals are a pair of polar-opposite organizations. The Rays have done a major franchise turnaround on have been one ...
11/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: James Shields : So far, we’ve looked at Zack Greinke & Hiroki Kuroda as potential starting pitching additions, and there’s more ...
11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rodney Coming Back, Scott’s Option Declined, AFL Rising Stars Game : The Rays’ had a few more decisions to make on Wednesday and decided to keep fireballing right-hander Fernando Rodney by ...
News -- October 2012
10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rays, Reynolds, Indians, Durbin : Executive VP of baseball operations Andrew Friedman says the Rays can afford to keep both James Shields and David Price on next ...
10/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks And Royals As Potential Trade Partners? : (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) Yesterday This past Saturday Chad Jennings of LoHud brought up the ...
10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays, one of the few teams with pitching to spare, have needs at multiple positions this coming offseason.
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10/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Ticket to the Trop: A History Of Stadium Controversy : Last week, St. Petersburg’s mayor, Bill Foster, said the Rays couldn’t build a new stadium outside of Pinellas County. Two ...
10/30 Baseball News Source: Rays Exercise Option on James Shields – $10.25 million : The Rays have more decisions to make this week The Tampa Bay Rays have informed RHP James Shields they are picking up his $10.25-million ...
10/30 Nolan Writin': Rangers offseason moves, part two: Trade Targets : Baseball season is officially over. Now us fans will drift into the lull that takes place between the end of October and middle ...
10/29 MLBTradeRumors: Top Offseason Storylines For 2012-13 : Blockbuster trades, nine-figure free agent contracts and shrewd minor league signings will all be completed in the coming months, ...
10/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Astros, Cardinals, Braun, Cubs :
Earlier today, MLBTR gave you the latest news and notes from the AL East and the NL West. Now, let's visit the NL Central, ...
10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the 2012 AL Cy Young race :
Unlike the American League MVP race, the Cy Young race is a bit more up in the air. Justin Verlander lead with a 6.8 WAR, ...
10/28 MLBTradeRumors: : Earlier today, MLBTR gave you the latest news and notes from the AL East and the NL West. Now, let's visit the NL Central, which ...
10/26 Kings of Kauffman: Kyle Zimmer’s Fast Track : A week ago, Paul Nielsen from NWAOnline shared a thought from Northwest Arkansas Naturals General Manager Eric Edelstein: NWA ...
10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Just How Many Starting Pitchers Do the Rays Have? : The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their incredible depth of quality starting pitchers. They were the best in baseball ...
10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Arbitration Cases, Gary Sheffield, New Rays Stadium Funding : On Wednesday, Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors looked at the Rays players eligible for arbitration this offseason. The first-time ...
10/24 Blog Red Machine: Hayes Refining Game for AFL’s Javelinas : In the 2006 amateur draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Drew Hayes in the 29th round. Hayes had other ideas and decided to ...
10/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Need To Make A Decision On David Price : Over Andrew Friedman’s tenure as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Rays have been proactive in regards to locking ...
10/24 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series. Matt Swartz's salary projections are below.
First time: Matt ...
10/23 mlbreports.com : The Robert Whitmer 5-Point Plan to Fix the Yankees : Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 Robert Whitmer: If I gave you 196 million dollars and told you that you could take that money and ...
10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Sorry Royals Fans, But Matt Moore Is Not Going Anywhere : Over at Kings of Kauffman, a Kansas City Royals website, Marcus Meade talked about how the Royals, in desperate need of good young ...
10/18 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Stan Musial (MVP) : Today, we present to you our 2012 Stan Musial Ballots.The Stan Musial Award is the BBA equivalent of the MLB MVP Award. ...
10/18 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Tampa Bay Rays : You may have heard this before, but life in the AL East is rough. Especially if you’re the low budget Rays. There are the ...
10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot : It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats ...
10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review : A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August.
1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably)
Trout ...
10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Starting Pitching : Over the past few years, the Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has been a major strength. 2012 was not an exception, as the pitching ...
10/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Possibility of Shields Trade, Beginning of Talks for Stadium : Should the Rays trade James Shields this offseason? According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe and the National League general ...
10/14 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Shields, Ortiz, Ross, Rodriguez : In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe offers up a few ideas to help bolster the Red Sox. Cafardo suggests that ...
10/12 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Goose Gossage (Rolaids) and Walter Johnson (Cy) : Yesterday, we looked at the manager of the year and rookie of the year awards. Our selections as winners for those awards ...
10/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Not THAT Payroll-Strapped Now, But Future Salaries Are Major Concern : The Rays will never have a payroll that doesn’t rank among the lowest few in baseball. But this past offseason, the Rays ...
10/12 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Picks—Cy Young Award : Let’s look at the award winners for 2012 starting with the Cy Young Award with my 2012 picks, who I picked in the preseason, ...
10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Regular Season Awards – American League Edition : I’m fortunate to maintain membership with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance through my role as senior editor for Yanks Go Yard. ...
10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners : With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season ...
10/11 The Pesky Pole: BBA Awards Ballot :
Every year members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance cast their votes for end of the season awards. Here is my American League ...
10/11 Rays Colored Glasses: We Live for Heartbreak : It could have been the Rays out there. It could have Jeremy Hellickson going 7 shutout innings. It could have been a pair of unlikely ...
10/10 Talkin Sox with Dan: Handing Out Hardware : With the playoffs well underway, it is a good time to look back on the season that was and pick a few winners. I’m going ...
10/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Time To Pay The Price? : Time To Pay The Price? Over the last few weeks from several different sources, most notably Buster Olney’s report, saying that ...
10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals : The Royals will pursue pitching in the hopes that a deeper starting staff will result in the club's first winning record in a ...
10/9 For Baseball Junkies: Phillies All-Time Team v.2012 : Last year's team can be seen here.The Phillies have compiled a cumulative record of 1065-878 over the past 12 seasons - finishing ...
10/9 MLB Dirt: AL Cy Young Award: Verlander vs. Price : The regular season is almost a full week from conclusion and two of the first round playoff matchups have two teams up 2-0 on ...
10/7 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball Bloggers Alliance 2012 Awards Ballot : Kings of Kauffman is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization set up to foster communication and collaboration ...
10/7 Call to the Pen: Sunday’s Playoff Starting Pitchers : I was glancing through the scheduled starting pitchers for today’s four playoff games, two of which will be the first games ...
10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? : Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? Now that the regular season is over it’s time to ask. Who wins the 2012 AL ...
10/6 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL Cy Young Vote : 1. Justin Verlander – 2.64 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 9.03 K/9, 2.27 BB/9, 2.94 FIP, 3.31 xFIP, 6.8 fWAR, 7.5 rWAR2. David Price – ...
10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot :
AL MVP
Mike Trout
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Hamilton
Robinson Cano
Justin Verlander
Adrian Beltre
Prince Fielder
Albert ...
10/4 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL MVP Vote : 1. Mike Trout - .326/.399/.564, 30 HR, 49 SB, .422 wOBA, 175 wRC+, 10.4 fWAR, 10.7 rWAR2. Miguel Cabrera - .330/.393/.606, ...
10/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: 2012 Final Ratings : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Introducing The 2013 Arbitration Projections : Twenty teams have officially finished their seasons and are already considering available free agents, which means they also have ...
10/3 Rays Colored Glasses: A Horrific June Did the Rays In : No matter what you’re non-baseball watching friends try to convince you every other week, all 162 games matter in baseball. ...
10/3 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (caught-on-the-fly edition) : I’m just gonna toss stuff up on the fly here, for whatever it’s worth. Orioles 1, @Rays 0: The game’s lone run ...
10/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: 15 Strikeouts, No Walks, 2 Hits Allowed, Loss : James Shields was absolutely unbelievable on Tuesday night. He went the full 9 innings allowing just 2 hits, striking out 15, ...
10/2 Baseball News Source: Rays’ Shields tallies 15 Strikeouts in Final Start : Shields allowed one run and two hits with a career-high and team-record 15 strikeouts A fourth inning home run surrendered to ...
10/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Most Valuable Ray of 2012 : As the end of the 2012 season approaches for the Tampa Bay Rays, it has become time to look into who the Most Valuable Ray has ...
10/2 Baseball News Source: Fernando Rodney – Price Not the Rays Only Cy Young Candidate : Fernando Rodney has kept his name in the AL Cy Young conversation With seven strong innings in which he limited the Chicago ...
10/1 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Verlander and Price Highlight AL Cy Young Race :
20 wins used to mean a lot in this business. It was almost a single-handed guarantee that the Cy Young was yours for the ...
10/1 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes (running-out-of-time edition) : The Yanks and O’s both won and secured a playoff spot. The Rangers split with Anaheim; already in the tourney, they need ...
10/1 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price, James Shields Feed Off Each Other : Last season, the Rays’ ace was James Shields as David Price has struggled. For much of this season, it has been the opposite ...
10/1 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: New York and Baltimore clinch playoff berths, Rays hold their place in the race : The Rays dominated the Chicago White Sox Sunday, winning eleven games out of their last twelve. David Price also earned his 20th ...
News -- September 2012
9/30 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: October 1, 2012 : 0 0 1 816 4653 Roto Think Tank 38 10 5459 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA ...
9/30 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Gets 20th Win – Beats White Sox : Price improved to 20-5 and maintained his major-league best 2.56 ERA David Price became Tampa Bay’s first 20-game winner ...
9/30 Southside Showdown: White Sox Fall Three Games Back With Three To Play : The White Sox were absolutely reeling coming into today, two games back on Detroit with only 4 games left to play. The game got ...
9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 159: David Price Delivers Yet Again for Rays for 20th Victory : So much craziness remains in the AL playoff races. But let’s just put that aside for a second and talk about David Price. ...
9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Feeling Helpless : The Rays are confident for Sunday’s game. They are sending ace David Price to the mound against the Chicago White Sox and ...
9/30 Baseball Musings: Rays Stay Alive : The Rays stay alive in the race for the second AL Wild Card slot behind the pitching of David Price and the hitting of B.J. Upton. ...
9/30 mlbreports.com : A.L Wild Cards: The Playoff Picture Update : Sunday September 30th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The added wild card spot wasn’t a particularly po**** move when it was first announced. ...
9/30 Southside Showdown: It’s Not Over, But It’s Close – Lineups 9/30 : It’s not over yet, but it’s close. When The B-team met at home plate yesterday to greet Orlando Hudson following an opposite ...
9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Matt Moore, David Price, Starting to Look Back, B.J. Upton : Matt Moore finally was able to get back on track on track on Saturday, throwing 5.1 shutout innings allowing just 1 hit, and he ...
9/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The day starts off with a great pitching matchup in a game that will help determine who goes to the playoffs. Zack Greinke and ...
9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Need Matt Moore Than Ever Today : For much of the 2012 season, the pitching staff of the Tampa Bay Rays has kept them afloat in the playoff chase. That has been ...
9/28 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 25 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
9/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longo’s Heroics, Fernando Rodney, Joe Maddon, Jose Molina : What a game the Rays played on Thursday! Evan Longoria drilled the go-ahead homer and Fernando Rodney nailed down his Rays-record ...
9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Gives Rays Everything They Could Have Hoped For : Alex Cobb couldn’t believe it. After just two spring training appearances, the Rays sent him down to minor league camp. ...
9/27 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout : Mike Scioscia on Jered Weaver‘s Cy Young chances, Zack Greinke a top priority and, is Dan Haren on the outs? For the first ...
9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rookie Hazing, Cy Young, B.J. Upton, Dave Martinez : The Rays have had themselves a fun week, having won 7 games in a row, and the fun has continued off the field. The Rays did they ...
9/27 Motor City Bengals: Scoreboard Watch: Chicago White Sox Host Tampa Bay Rays for Four Game Set : If you’re a Tigers fan, and you’re wondering whether the Chicago White Sox will continue their current slide, just know that ...
9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/26 :
Even if you took away the bad second inning from Clay Buchholz last night, it's highly unlikely that the Boston Red Sox would ...
9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/26 :
Even if you took away the bad second inning from Clay Buchholz last night, it's highly unlikely that the Boston Red Sox would ...
9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price electric: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price struck out a season-high 13 batters in his win over the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, Sept. 25. He allowed ...[+]
two runs in a complete-game victory.
9/25 Baseball News Source: Rays Win 6th Straight Game – Price K’s 13 for 19th Win : David Price – Cy Young Candidacy Alive and Well With a complete-game victory over the Boston Red Sox, David Price gave the ...
9/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 154: Jeff Keppinger Helps Rays Continue Hot Streak : With almost every game essentially falling under ‘must-win’ status, the Tampa Bay Rays continued to roll, defeating ...
9/25 Baseball Musings: Price Control : David Price pitches a complete game against Boston, walking none and striking out 13 as the Rays keep hope alive with a 5-2 win. ...
9/25 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Travesty - 9/25 :
After losing two-of-three against the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox will finish up the home part of their 2012 schedule ...
9/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Cole Hamels and the Phillies host the Nationals, and Hamels gets to face Bryce Harper again. Since the initial plunking, Bryce ...
9/25 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: September 25, 2012 :
Monday was much kinder than Sunday as seven of the ten picks were correct. The three that were surprising (and wrong) ...
9/25 Mets360.com: Jenrry Mejia takes step forward in second start : If you were to build a pitcher from scratch, you would give him a high strikeout rate and make him a hurler who did not allow ...
9/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/25-9/26 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Tuesday, September 25 @ 7:10 PM
David Price, LHP (18-5, 2.58) vs Clay Buchholz, ...
9/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays Shut Down Matt Moore? : A little over a week ago, we discussed how Matt Moore‘s velocity had been declining over his last few starts, reaching ...
9/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/25-9/26 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Tuesday, September 25 @ 7:10 PM
David Price, LHP (18-5, 2.58) vs Clay Buchholz, ...
9/23 Baseball News Source: Angels Weaver Beats White Sox – Inches Closer to 20 wins : Weaver improved to 19-4 with a 2.74 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP Gio Gonzalez won his 20th game of the season earlier this week for the ...
9/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver at 19 : Jered Weaver pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing the White Sox one run as the Angels took home a victory 4-1. Weaver once against ...
9/22 Call to the Pen: The Rays’ Incredible Homegrown Pitching : The Tampa Bay Rays made headlines yesterday by setting the American League team record for strikeouts by a pitching staff when ...
9/21 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 24 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
9/21 Baseball News Source: Could Rays Shop David Price this Off-Season ? : Tampa Bay needs more offense to compete in the AL East Considering they have the best staff ERA in the American League (and second ...
9/21 Call to the Pen: Dylan Bundy And Shelby Miller Represent An Interesting Stretch Run Bullpen Strategy : Teams have already begun to learn that to win for the long haul, and sometimes even in the short term, it is completely necessary ...
9/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dave Martinez Finalist for Astros Manager, Ben Francisco Trade, Strikeouts : It has been an exciting time for the Rays the past two days and more good news continued to come in. Rays bench coach Dave Martinez ...
9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Price, Andrus, Leyland : Some talent evaluators believe Rays left-hander David Price could be traded this winter, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney reports. Here’s ...
9/20 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Travesty - 9/20 :
After being spanked last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid a split of their four-game set tonight in the finale of a four-game ...
9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Premature adulation – the MVP and Cy Young Awards go to … : There are still a couple of weeks left to play in the season, and the wild card races are getting pretty intense as we ...
9/20 SOX & Dawgs: Thursday Red Sox Travesty - 9/20 :
After being spanked last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid a split of their four-game set tonight in the finale of a four-game ...
9/20 For Baseball Junkies: Rays All-Time Team v.2012 : Last year's team can be seen here. The Rays have only been around for 13 years so this team lacks the star power of some ...
9/19 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Wins 100 : After a zany eight run fourth inning in which Yakety Sax must have been playing in the background, Jered Weaver was able to cruise ...
9/19 BoSox Injection: Could Felix Doubront Be Best Suited As A Reliever? : This season was really looked on as Felix Doubront‘s last shot to be a successful major league pitcher, at least with the ...
9/17 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey and David Price Best All Year : It has just got to drive the batters in the National League batty that the best pitcher in the league all year throws a knuckleball. ...
9/17 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays The Advanced Scout takes a prime barstool at Ferg's and analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 9/17-9/20 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Monday, September 17 @ 7:10 PM
Aaron Cook, RHP (3-10, 5.18) vs Alex Cobb, ...
9/17 WahoosOnFirst: On the Cleveland Indians’ Lack of Passion : On July 29th, 2011, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco gave up a grand slam home run to Royals outfielder Melky Cabrera. ...
9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Offense Is Reason For Struggles, But It Comes Back to the Pitching : The Rays just completed a horrendous 1-5 road trip versus the Orioles and Yankees. The major problem was the offense, which averaged ...
9/16 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 9/17-9/20 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Monday, September 17 @ 7:10 PM
Aaron Cook, RHP (3-10, 5.18) vs Alex Cobb, ...
9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price Appeals to Fans, Sean Rodriguez Returns, Instructional League : Big day for the Rays today as they look to take 2 of 3 versus the Yankees. Here is the latest Rays news. David Price is known ...
9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Yankees, Playoffs, Sabermetrics : The Yankees enter play today with a one-game lead over the Orioles and four games over the Rays. And, it's a good thing this isn't ...
9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles : Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped ...
9/15 Baseball News Source: CC Sabathia Fading Down the Stretch for the Yankees : 2012 has been a trying season Sabathia So what’s the deal with CC Sabathia? If ever there was a case where wins and losses ...
9/15 The Baseball Page: New York Yankees Lose to Tampa Bay Rays; Derek Jeter Takes Sole Possession of 10th Place on the All-Time Hits List :
The New York Yankees lose to the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-4 in this AL East ...
9/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WITNESSING ANOTHER YANKEE LOSS FROM SECTON 203 :
Just out of reach, again. Tonight's game began the last home stand for the New York Yankees, and it was a battle of "aces". ...
9/15 Yanks Go Yard: Sabathia’s struggles continue, Yankees’ rally falls short : All potential playoff teams need an ace to truly have a shot of the ultimate goal; winning a World Series title. New York Yankees ...
9/15 Baseball Musings: Massive Tie Scenario : The AL saw pretty good results in the quest for a five-way tie between the AL East leaders and the wild card contenders. The Rays ...
9/14 Baseball News Source: Price Wins 18th – Yankees Lose Opener to Rays : CC Sabathia is struggling in big games Another largely important game, another Yankees’ loss. Just when New York got it ...
9/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 144: David Price Comes Up Big In Victory : With the Tampa Bay Rays clinging to life in the playoff hunt, they needed David Price to put together a dominant performance. ...
9/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): Sabathia fails to deliver again as Yankees fall to Rays in opener :
For the second straight start, C.C. Sabathia took the mound for the Yankees facing a division rival and playoff competitor ...
9/14 My Pinstripes: Yankees Big Man Comes Up Small Again :
"Maybe something is wrong with my elbow."
After Phil Hughes' gem in Boston last (I don't care if the Red Sox ...
9/14 The Captain's Blog: Yankees Need Sabathia To Come Up Aces : The Tampa Rays come into Yankee Stadium licking their wounds after a three-game sweep in Baltimore, but they shouldn’t expect ...
9/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Pirates desperately need a win as they send James McDonald against the Cubs and Chris Rusin. With McDonald coming into the ...
9/14 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: September 14, 2012 :
Wednesday was a fantastic picking day. Thursday was as bad as Wednesday was good. That's baseball for you. Joe Nathan ...
9/14 Baseball News Source: Another Game, Another Walk-Off Win For Orioles : O’s sweep Rays remained tied with Yankees Manny Machado had an RBI single with two outs in the 14th inning and the Baltimore ...
9/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 23 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
9/14 Yanks Go Yard: Hughes dominates Red Sox as Yankees maintain tie for first place : During a ten-game road trip against American League East opponents the New York Yankees went 5-5. Without Phil Hughes they may ...
9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: September 2, 2012 :
The week ended badly yesterday on a brutal Saturday for the Game Picks. The picks started 3-0 and then 4-1 during the day and ...
9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: August 28, 2012 :
Monday was another struggle as this is turning into a tough week so far. The Padres are
amazingly hot and the picks haven't ...
9/12 MLB Injury News: David Price to Rejoin Rays Friday :
The Tampa Bay Rays will kick off their weekend series with
the New York Yankees by sending their top starter, David Price, ...
9/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bud Norris Is My Home Boy : If you are an avid reader of Field of Streams here at Full Spectrum, and you really should be, you have probably read just how ...
9/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price ready for Friday start: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (shoulder) threw a successful bullpen session Tuesday, Sept. 11, and said he's ready to start against ...[+]
the New York Yankees Friday, Sept. 14. Price threw 30 to 35 pitches during his bullpen and used all of his pitches.
9/11 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Contenders Remaining Schedules—Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles : The Rays were expected to be here and the Orioles weren’t. Yesterday I looked at the Yankees schedule, now here are their two ...
9/10 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period : If it seems like the Phillies’ starting pitching hasn’t been as good this year as it was last year, it’s because ...
9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to throw bullpen Tuesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (shoulder) will throw a bullpen session Tuesday, Sept. 11, and the team expects him to return against ...[+]
the New York Yankees Friday, Sept. 14, or Saturday, Sept. 15.
9/9 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Strasburg, Valentine, Rolen to Cooperstown, Josh Hamilton to the Red Sox and More : Sunday September 9th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen: Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. ...
9/9 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Roundtable: Who wins the AL East? : Well, here we are with the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles tied for the division lead. If you predicted this before ...
9/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 140 Preview: A Battle of “Aces” : What do you think of when you picture an ace pitcher? You think of a pitching with a blazing fastball and an unhittable breaking ...
9/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Chris Archer, Rays Team Photo : On Saturday, the Rays lost 4-2. But that was in no way the fault of Chris Archer. Archer had an incredible outing, going 7 innings ...
9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 139: Archer K’s 11, But Farnsworth Falters As Rays Lose in 10 : The Rays came back to make this game the second consecutive extra-inning thriller they have played with the Rangers. But unlike ...
9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 139 Preview: All Eyes on Chris Archer : The right-handed Matt Moore. That won’t be enough for Chris Archer on Saturday as he’s filling the shoes of Rays ace ...
9/8 MLB Injury News: Rays' David Price Scratched From Start :
David Price will not make his scheduled start on Saturday. He has what the Rays are calling general soreness in his ...
9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price,Ultimate Standings, Prospects, Wade Davis, Tim Beckham : The big news for the Rays yesterday was that Price will miss his start today with some soreness in shoulder, although David Price ...
9/7 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price to Miss Start : The Tampa Bay Rays are taking the cautious approach with ace left-hander David Price. The team announced Price will miss his scheduled ...
9/7 Baseball News Source: Rangers Darvish Looking to Extend Run of Quality Starts : Yu Darvish has been solid in his last 4 starts On Monday Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish allowed three earned runs and three ...
9/7 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 22 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking Rays News: David Price to Miss Start Saturday : After a couple of days of quiet, the Rays suddenly got a shock through their system as they announced that ace David Price will ...
9/7 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (82-55) @ Tampa Bay Rays (75-62) : The end of a roadtrip is always something a team looks forward to, especially after winning a four game series and avoiding a ...
9/7 Baseball Musings: Price of an Injury : The Rays decided to skip David Price‘s next turn in the rotation due to soreness in his shoulder. A long recovery would ...
9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to miss just one start: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (shoulder) is expected to miss only one start, and the team skipping his next start is a precautionary ...[+]
measure.
9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Joe Maddon, Matt Moore, Chris Archer, Bowling Green Hot Rods : Things could have gone completely different for Joe Maddon in his managerial career. Scott Miller of CBS Sports wrote about how ...
9/6 Halo Hangout: No Time to Rest : The Angels got a rest day, but now is no time for them to rest on their recent domination of the A’s. I wrote here before ...
9/5 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Playoff Push : It can be interesting how quickly perceptions can change, particularly in sports. Just four days ago, as the Rays were in the ...
9/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Latest Call-Ups are De La Rosa, Vogt, Mystery Man : The Rays have decided on their latest September call-ups: right-hander Dane De La Rosa, catcher/utilityman Stephen Vogt, and a ...
9/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: Who Is Your # 1? :
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9/4 Rising Apple: More Than Just Misunderstood: Three Ways R.A. Dickey Loses Out on Cy Young : On Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis, R.A. Dickey will further his case for the greatest single-season honor that can be bestowed ...
9/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Shelby Miller : It is not everyday that a team calls up their top prospect but with the September call-up’s in effect teams are taking advantage ...
9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day : The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The ...
9/2 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Price Rebounds for Tampa Bay to Win 17th Game : Price Throttles Jays Tampa Bay 9 – Toronto 4 – The on-again, off-again, offense for the Tampa Bay Rays, pounded ...
9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 134: David Price Wins 17th As Offense Explodes : The Tampa Bay Rays offense, which had been MIA for much of the past week, resurfaced as the Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays ...
9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Rotation Insanity : With Jeff Niemann coming off the DL and appearing to be OK after leaving his first start with tightness in his pitching arm, ...
9/2 Baseball Musings: Reynolds Raps : Mark Reynolds drove in for runs with two homers off Phil Hughes, and that was enough to beat the Yankees as the Orioles win 8-3. ...
9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Torres K’s 10 as Rays MiLB Pitchers Dominate : The minor league season is coming to a close. The Rays’ minor league pitchers didn’t miss a chance to emulate their ...
9/1 Rays Colored Glasses: What Can the Rays Expect From Jeff Niemann in September? : Jeff Niemann is starting for the Rays today, his first start since the May 14th game in which he fractured a bone in his right ...
News -- August 2012
8/31 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 21 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
8/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dr. Sam Fuld, Forgetful David Price, Kazmir Back in Win Column : It’s a new day, a day where the Rays (hopefully) will not get shut out. Let’s just think happy thoughts and look at ...
8/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Mostly Good News… But Rays Affiliate Gets Perfect-Gamed : The Rays managed to get no-hit a remarkable percentage of the time. Now their minor league affiliates have gotten into the act ...
8/30 Nolan Writin': Game 130: Harrison Hit Hard As Rangers Fall To Rays : You can’t win them all. Matt Harrison, who has been good more often than not, struggled in the first two innings and the ...
8/29 Nolan Writin': Baseball, and the Rays : At its material essence, baseball is simply a game of probability. A two-run lead in the 9th inning is better than just one, ...
8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Can David Price Win The Cy Young Award? : In 2010, David Price put together a truly dominant season, finishing 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA and a 1.193 WHiP. Over his 208.2 innings ...
8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sale Suspension, Niemann Returns, Joyce Injury, Rodriguez Timetable : Rays fans got sudden and stunning news on Tuesday afternoon as 2010 first round pick Josh Sale, who was enjoying a fine 2012 season, ...
8/28 Nolan Writin': Game 129: Darvish Dominates Rays : The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 in a pitching duel to take the first two games of the series and improve to ...
8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27 : Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his ...
8/28 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays’ Top 10 Prospects – Lee, Archer, Guerrieri… : Hak-Ju-Lee Heads Rays Prospects List Everywhere you look on the Tampa Bay Rays roster, there are homegrown players contributing. ...
8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Bad Decisions, Bad Luck : Sean Rodriguez was swinging the bat well at Triple-A Durham and had a chance to receive quite a bit of playing time for the Rays ...
8/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Who Should Win the MVP? : Buster Olney got it started early this morning...In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1. ...
8/27 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays (70-57) @ Texas Rangers (75-52) : Ahh, the Rays and the Rangers. Playoff combatants the last two years are now facing off with both teams fighting for playoff positioning. ...
8/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : It’s a busy day, but here’s a quick look at the best games of Monday. Playoff contenders meet as the White Sox travel ...
8/26 Blog Red Machine: Pitching duels, the Reds, and a birthday : You’d be forgiven if you had no idea what happened in St. Petersburg last week. In fact, a late-August Royals/Rays matchup ...
8/24 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 20 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
8/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Future Power Rankings, Rays’ Turnaround : The ESPN MLB Insider writers released an Future Power Rankings for all 30 MLB teams in an Insider-only piece. Buster Olney, Jim ...
8/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Look Out for the Rays on “Caught Looking” on NBC Sports Network : Tonight at 9 PM, the Rays will be featured on Caught Looking on NBC Sports Network, a collaboration between NBC and Major League ...
8/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Speculation, Minor League Injuries, Marty Gantt : Ken Rosenthal discussed a topic that frankly every Rays fans would love to avoid right now: trading David Price. Rosenthal suggested ...
8/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Chasing The AL East Title : On July 18th, following a 10-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians, the Tampa Bay Rays found themselves 10.5 games behind the New York ...
8/22 Seedlings to Stars: Young Arms: Next In Line for the Rays : Another summer in Tampa, FL is in its closing months. Senior golfers are stowing away their clubs and bringing out their cribbage ...
8/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price solid: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed three hits and no walks while fanning eight in eight shutout innings in his no-decision ...[+]
against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, Aug. 21.
8/21 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Scherzer, Jackson lead Tigers past Toronto : Toronto 3 – Detroit 5 – Max Scherzer struck out eight and allowed one run in seven innings of work for the Tigers. Austin ...
8/21 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar Shocks Tampa Bay Rays in 1-0 Pitcher’s Duel : Looking at the schedule and seeing that David Price was tonight’s scheduled starter is not a fun feeling. A night after ...
8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 122: Rays 2-Hit by Hochevar, Royals in 10 Inning Loss : Luke Hochevar and David Price had a lot in common with David Price at the start. Both pitchers were number one overall picks in ...
8/21 Baseball Musings: Bad Throw : Ben Zobrist threw the game away as the Royals beat the Rays 1-0 in ten innings. After David Price and Luke Hochevar each pitched ...
8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will Jeff Niemann Affect The Rotation? : With the impending return of Jeff Niemann, the Rays may be in a bit of a quandary. As it stands now, they already have six pitchers ...
8/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot: Tampa Bay Rays rotation : Let’s throw a little change of pace into this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Instead of individual players, we ...
8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Swisher, Brewers, Dodgers : The Pirates know what it’s like to fall out of contention after playing well for four months and they hope to avoid a repeat ...
8/20 Motor City Bengals: Playoff Contender: Tampa Bay Rays : Over the next couple weeks, I intend to take a look at some of the teams that are vying for a playoff spot along with the Detroit ...
8/20 Kings of Kauffman: Royals-Rays Series Preview Q&A with Rays Colored Glasses Robbie Knopf : This week, the Royals begin a seven-game roadtrip first up is a trip to St. Pete to face the surging Rays at the Trop. In the ...
8/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays-Royals Preview With Kings of Kauffman’s Mike Vamosi : Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to Mike Vamosi, a staff writer for the esteemed Royals website Kings of Kauffman. I talked ...
8/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Road Trip, Pitching, Sean Rodriguez, Justin O’Conner, Chuck LaMar : The Rays are coming off a road trip to remember, and Marc Topkin had some interesting notes. #Rays 37 runs vs. #Angels this weekend ...
8/18 Baseball News Source: Angels Could End Up Baseball’s Most Disappointing Team : Ravaged by a rash of injuries that most teams over the course of baseball history could not overcome, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia ...
8/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 19 : The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. ...
8/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Tigers look to gain ground in the AL Wild Card race as they host the Orioles Friday night. Tommy Hunter faces the tough Justin ...
8/17 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes : It ain’t easy keeping up with the Joneses…. @Braves 6, Padres 0: It’s still hard to believe he’s retiring, ...
8/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Price Quiets Hot Angel Bats : Baseball is a funny game. One day you get a perfect game thrown against you. The next day your ace is on the mound and he throws ...
8/17 Kings of Kauffman: Dreaming About Pitching : Let’s face it, any Royals team in the next block of however many years it takes to build a contender is going to be only ...
8/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 118: Offense Comes Alive as Rays Roll in Opener vs. Angels : Dan Haren was perfect in the first inning on Thursday night’s game versus the Rays, and it had to in the back of your head- ...
8/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: AL East Power Rankings :
We’re three fourths of the way through the season and the Yankees currently have the best record in the American League. ...
8/17 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price pitched seven shutout innings Thursday night against the Angels to run his record to 16-4. Something clicked for Price ...
8/16 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will the Rays React to the Perfect Game? : Yesterday, the Rays got perfect-gamed by Felix Hernandez. How will they respond today as they start a series with the Los Angeles ...
8/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Starting Pitching Valuation (SPv) Leaderboard : For a brief introduction to the statistic for those who have not read the article, SPv is a stat that encompasses 1) the number ...
8/16 The Baseball Page: Felix Hernandez Perfect :
King for a Day, Perfect Forever
Felix Hernandez Throws a Perfect Game
Felix ...
8/15 Baseball News Source: MLB – Baseball’s Best Starting Rotations : If the regular season ended today, the Major League Baseball playoffs would feature the following teams: The New York Yankees, ...
8/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Shark Week: The Jeff Samardzija Evaluation : That's right, it is Shark Week ladies and gentleman! No better time to try and figure out the real fantasy value of Jeff "The ...
8/15 The Baseball Page: A.L. Cy Young watch, August :
After a hot July, the MLB season has now gone into August. With the ...
8/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Aroldis Chapman : Welcome to this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. This week we appropriately feature a flamethrower and a repeat performer ...
8/14 The Baseball Page: Odds To Win World Series: Why The Tampa Bay Rays Are Worth A Wager :
The 2012 MLB season is winding down and teams are jockeying for the ...
8/14 Yanks Go Yard: Should the Yankees be concerned about the Rays? : The trend lately is that the Tampa Bay Rays (63-52) have always found their way into the playoffs or have been at least threatening ...
8/13 Baseball News Source: Which Top Prospects will Join Machado, Olt in the Majors? : His team in the midst of a pennant race and desperately needing more production out of the third base spot, Orioles general manager ...
8/13 Baseball Analytics: David Price Waging a Ground War : Rays lefty David Price has made marked progress since he was a 23-year-old rookie flinging mid-90s heat and hoping for the best. ...
8/13 Rays Colored Glasses: What Role Will Jeff Niemann Play for the Rays Down the Stretch? : At the beginning of 2012, Jeff Niemann pitched well for the Rays and was one of their most dependable starters. In his first 7 ...
8/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top 10 ERAs Over The Last 28 Days – Starting Pitchers : With approximately only 50 games left in the season, teams are starting to feel the heat and are making the push to win their ...
8/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price, Luke Scott Rehab : David Price won his 15th game of the season last night, defeating the Minnesota Twins 4-2. With that win, Price became the first ...
8/11 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rays’ Price Gets 15th Win over Twins : Tampa Bay 4 – Minnesota 2 - David Price recorded his 15th win of the season, allowing two runs and seven hits over seven ...
8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 113: B.J. Upton Powers Rays To Victory : David Price was going for his 15th win of the season, and B.J. Upton provided plenty of support. The Rays followed the script ...
8/11 Baseball News Source: Top Five 2012 AL Cy Young Award Contenders : If the season ended today, it is unclear who would take home American League Cy Young Award honors. Five AL pitchers appear to ...
8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Henry Wrigley Gets Award, J.P. Howell Scoreless : Henry Wrigley was named the Topps Minor League Player of the Month for July, as he batted .370 with three home runs and 18 RBIs. ...
8/10 The "Mc" Effect: Would Another Team Call Up Gerrit Cole? : There's been a big spotlight on Pirates prospect Gerrit Cole this year, and rightfully so. Cole was the number one pick in the ...
8/9 Baseball News Source: Longoria Sparks Rays – More Offense Needed for Post-Season Spot : Boosted by the left-handed arm of Matt Moore in their 7-1 win over Toronto on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays are staying in the ...
8/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Should Attendance Be A Concern? : Over the years, a lot has been made of the attendance, or lack thereof, at home games for the Tampa Bay Rays. Aside from their ...
8/8 The Baseball Stance: With Evan Longoria back, can the Tampa Bay Rays duplicate their 2011 finish? : The last day of the 2011 MLB regular season was one of the more extraordinary days in the history of the game. There were multiple ...
8/7 Baseball News Source: Rays – Best Pitching – Worst Hitting – Post All-Star Break : Since the All-Star break the Tampa Bay Rays have had the best pitching staff in all of Major League Baseball. At the same time, ...
8/7 Mets360.com: It’s A Tough Job, But Mets’ Fans Need To Temper Expectations Of Matt Harvey : Matt Harvey has arrived. In his first three starts he has pitched marvelously, in tough luck and pretty badly, in that order. ...
8/7 Baseball News Source: Where are Baseball’s Pre-Season Top 10 Prospects Today? : Ranking Major League prospects is an inexact science, much like filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket ...
8/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Kuroda and run support : There’s no other way to spin it: Hiroki Kuroda‘s brief tenure with the Yankees has been wildly successful. He’s ...
8/6 Baseball News Source: David Price – Dominating Despite Lack of Run Support : David Price is not anonymous. Though he has spent his five-year Major League career with the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that is routinely ...
8/6 High Heat Stats: Game notes is back — tanned, rested & ready : Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the interwebs…. @Tigers 10, Indians 8: Three runs down, two outs and none ...
8/6 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day : With a little over 8 weeks remaining in the 2012 season, exactly half of the teams in MLB are in serious playoff contention. Of ...
8/5 Baseball News Source: Red Sox’ Franklin Morales Starting to Fulfill Expectations : Sometimes, it takes starting pitching prospects with live arms longer to reach their Major League potential than minor leaguers ...
8/5 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – 5 Run Rally Helps Tigers Stun Indians : Detroit – Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Tigers handed the Cleveland Indians ...
8/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 108: Rays Shut Out As Orioles Win In Ten 1-0 : Taylor Teagarden had been in a 1-25 slump before the 10th inning. Then he broke out in a big way. Joel Peralta walked Mark ...
8/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Four months into the season and every division is up for grabs : Despite being over 60 percent of the way through this 2012 season (wow, this has flown by) there still isn’t much separation ...
8/1 Eye On the Tigers: My July Awards : American League:Player of the MonthMike Trout - .392/.455/.804, 10 HR, .534 wOBA, 248 wRC+It wasn’t even that close, Trout ...
8/1 Baseball Musings: Batter and Pitcher of the Month : July 2012 saw great hitting performances by a number of players. David Freese got on base at a .562 clip with a .458 BA, but in ...
News -- July 2012
7/31 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Adam Dunn : We have a couple of unexpected names in this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Let’s dive right in, shall we? Hottest ...
7/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 103: Oakland A’s Continue Hot Streak, Win 4-3 In 15 Innings : The Oakland A’s continued their surprising push towards the postseason, defeating the Rays 4-3 in a marathon 15 inning ...
7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Rotation Schedule Makes Shields Trade Look Unlikely : Here in just the last couple of days before the trade deadline, we still have to wait and see exactly what the Rays will do. One ...
7/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Orioles trail the Yankees by 7 1/2 games as they open a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. Miguel Gonzalez takes on Freddy ...
7/29 Rising Apple: Game Recap: R.A. Dickey Shows All-Star Form in 5-1 Win : Since they took two of three from the Phillies in the beginning of the month, the Mets have lost five straight series. Terry Collins ...
7/27 Baseball News Source: MLB’s Second-Half Leaders and Losers : With just a handful of days left before the trade deadline, the buyers and sellers of the market have come more clearly into focus. ...
7/26 Baseball News Source: Rays Willing to Discuss Pitchers – Except David Price and Matt Moore : Starving for offense, even if third baseman Evan Longoria returns from a hamstring injury, the Tampa Bay Rays are willing to deal ...
7/26 The Rays Today: Price Does It Again : Posted in B.J. UptonCarlos PenaDesmond JenningsElliot JohnsonJeff KeppingerJose LobatonDavid Price got his 14th win on the season, ...
7/26 Talkin Sox with Dan: No Thanks : Bullet dodged. Hanley Ramirez is immensely talented. He is young. He is under team control for the next two and a half years. ...
7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Two untouchableThe Tampa Bay Rays are willing to move any pitcher besides SPs David Price and Matt Moore....[+]
The Tampa Bay Rays are willing to move any pitcher besides SPs David Price and Matt Moore.
7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Dodgers Pursuing James Shields : The Angels aren’t the only team in pursuit of James Shields. The Rangers and Dodgers have also made the Rays trade offers for ...
7/25 Obstructed View: Becoming more optimistic about Josh Vitters (Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Dempster, : Josh Vitters entered the 2007 Draft as one of the best bats in the class. Matt Wieters was considered the best college bat in ...
7/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #97: Detroit Tigers (52-44) at Cleveland Indians (48-48) : By Mike Brandyberry Monday evening the Indians used seven and one-third innings from Justin Masterson and a two-run home run ...
7/24 mlbreports.com : David Price: The Best Starting Pitcher in the American League? : Tuesday July 24th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (MLB reports Intern Candidate): The American league consists of several dominant pitchers, ...
7/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #93: Baltimore Orioles (48-44) at Cleveland Indians (47-45) : By Mike Brandyberry Yesterday the Indians finished their seven game road trip with a lackluster defeat, being shut out by the ...
7/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Belated First Half Awards : The second half of the baseball season is now a week old, but here are my belated midseason awards. Better late than never!
AL ...
7/20 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Balitmore Orioles : The road trip to begin the second half could have gone better at 3-4, but it could have gone much worse too. The Cleveland Indians ...
7/20 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Drop Series Finale To Rays 6-0 : Having won two of their first three against the Rays this week, the Indians were looking to improve on their season series record ...
7/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The History of the Rays as Trade Deadline Sellers Part 2 : Since thinking of the Rays having even the slightest chance of selling this season is something foreign to Rays fans we are looking ...
7/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Molina, Joyce : Some quick but exciting notes surrounding yesterday’s Rays-Indians game, a crisp 6-0 win for the Rays. Holy Mayans were ...
7/19 The Rays Today: Price Continues Hot Streak : Posted in B.J. UptonDavid PriceLuke ScottWade DavisDavid Price got his 13th win of the season in today’s game, he had a ...
7/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Price Shuts Down Tribe to Split Series; Rays 6, Indians 0 : By Mike Brandyberry After last night’s come-from-behind victory, the Tribe might have had some momentum rolling in to today’s ...
7/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 93: Price Dominant, Upton Clutch as Rays Earn Split With Indians : The Rays endured a tough loss on Wednesday. But playing a 12:10 game on Thursday, they had to immediately refocus. Thursday turned ...
7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price gets another win: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price pitched seven scoreless innings while allowing two hits against the Cleveland Indians Thursday, ...[+]
July 19, to pick up his 13th win of the season. He struck out seven batters and walked three in the game. Price has won his last five decisions.
7/19 Baseball Musings: Rising Price : David Price pitches a gem against the Indians Thursday afternoon as Tampa Bay wins 6-0. Price allowed two hits in seven innings, ...
7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Angels, Ichiro, Bundy : David Wright's remarkable offensive production continued today, as he homered twice against the Nationals. He now boasts a .353/.443/.586 ...
7/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #92: Cleveland Indians (47-44) at Tampa Bay Rays (47-45) : By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians were down 4-0 early and continuing to not get timely hits when needed. It appeared ...
7/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offense Comes Alive to Spur Tribe To Victory; Indians 10, Rays 6 : By Craig Gifford So many times in the last two seasons, Cleveland Indians number one starter Justin Masterson has pitched so ...
7/17 The Rays Today: Throwing Heat : Posted in David PriceMatt MooreDavid Price has averaged 95.5mph which is good enough for 3rd fastest average fastball speed in ...
7/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees – A tough offense to dominate : There are a dozen ways to look at how good a team's offense is. We could look at runs per game. We could look at a team's on-base ...
7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rays May Be Willing To Trade Shields : The Rays are suggesting to other teams that they will listen to trade offers for right-hander James Shields, Danny Knobler of ...
7/16 Science Witness: Mariners shutout for 11th time this season in 4-0 loss to Rangers : SEATTLE – Eric Wedge was convinced that Sunday had a different feel, even if the result was the 11th time this season his ...
7/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Circumstances Like Joseph Cruz Are Far Too Common : It was very sad what happened to Joseph Cruz on Saturday. As we detailed yesterday, Cruz felt two pops in his right, throwing ...
7/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Pitching First Half Review : Why are the Red Sox sitting at .500 more than halfway through the season? Since the offense is second only to the Rangers ...
7/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins 12th game Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (12-4) allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over 7 1/3 innings in a victory over the Boston ...[+]
Red Sox Saturday, July 14, with three walks and eight strikeouts. He became the first American League starter to post 12 victories this season.
7/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Name Conspiracy : What if the Rays had a conspiracy where they would only allow players with certain names to play for their team? Well, they don’t, ...
7/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Longoria, Joyce, Joseph Cruz : Huge win for the Rays on Saturday, and David Price was right in the thick of things. Price won his 12th game of the season, and ...
7/15 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Fall Back To .500 With 5-3 Loss To Rays : This was my first game back from two weeks from camp, and I was hoping for a good one. For a while, it was just the game I like ...
7/15 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/14 :
After getting a 3-1 win last night, the Boston Red Sox look to secure a series win tonight in the second game of a three-game ...
7/14 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/14 :
After getting a 3-1 win last night, the Boston Red Sox look to secure a series win tonight in the second game of a three-game ...
7/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longoria, Injuries, Hawkins, Autographs, Star Wars : Evan Longoria is the headline every day for the Rays right now, but his quote from Andrew Friedman was positive for once. Does ...
7/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays The Advanced Scout finishes his grouper sandwich and analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
7/13 BoSox Injection: Red Sox & Rays Series Q&A : Finally, after four days of no Red Sox baseball we can resume our daily routine that ends with a ball game to round out the night ...
7/13 Baseball Reality Tour: Fun with Platoon Splits : We still have time for one more All-Star break statistical post before the second half of the season begins with this afternoon's ...
7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: First Half Review : With the first half of the baseball season complete, the Rays find themselves in third place in the American League East, 7.5 ...
7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longoria, Kazmir, Garza, Biscuits, Edwards : Evan Longoria last appeared in a major league game on April 30th. Who knows when he’ll be back. This tweet from Buster Olney ...
7/11 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Gee, Mets, Garza, Jones : Here's a look at items out of the AL and NL East..
Mets right-hander Dillon Gee will undergo potentially season-ending surgery ...
7/11 The Rays Today: 2012 All Star Game : Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyWell the 2012 All Star game didnt go as the AL had planned, but you have to give it to the ...
7/11 MLB Dirt: Taylor Guerrieri: The Next Big Thing in Tampa : The Tampa Bay Rays are the model small-budget franchise for Major League Baseball. They eschew going after big ticket free agents ...
7/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rating Matt Moore on the David Price Scale : Matt Moore‘s rookie struggles have been very reminiscent of another promising young lefty the Rays have developed: David ...
7/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Rodney Dominant in All-Star Game : Tough to watch the All-Star Game when Justin Verlander starts and allows 5 runs in the first inning to put the American League ...
7/10 The Rays Today: Price Works Perfect Third : Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyDavid Price came into the game down 5-0 after a disappointing start by Justin Verlander. Price ...
7/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays All-Star Checklist : Some things for Rays fans to look out for during the All-Star Game tonight. A Mention of David Price‘s Twitter Account Some ...
7/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays All-Star Game History : With the All-Star Game upcoming later on tonight, it’s time to take a look back at the history of the Tampa Bay Rays in the ...
7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s midseason awards :
Since not much is going on in Yankee land this week…besides the cordial treatment of Robinson Cano by all the classy fans ...
7/10 60ft6in.com: Where Do All-Stars Come From? : NOTE: This article is based on the ORIGINAL all-star rosters, before the rosters were altered due to injury. Where do all-stars ...
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 ...
7/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in the All-Star Game : Interesting news for the Rays from Kansas City yesterday. Rays fans hoped that David Price, who leads the AL in wins, would be ...
7/9 mlbreports.com : The MLB Pitching Leaders in Wins: What to Make of Them? : Monday July 9th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: With more than half of the season over, we’ve seen a lot of surprises when it comes ...
7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price was under consideration to start All-Star Game: Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said he did consider starting Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price in the 2012 All-Star game but ...[+]
the Rays asked that Price only pitch one inning during the game.
7/6 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Podcast Series Preview: Yankees at Red Sox (7/6-7/8) : While the New York Yankees are coming off a tough series in Tampa Bay, they were able to avoid a sweep with a huge comeback ...
7/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Halfway Point Pitching Paces : In the wake of yesterday's games, every team in the majors has played at least 81 so far this year except for the Washington Nationals, ...
7/5 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: David Ortiz Reaches Milestone As Oakland Athletics Top Boston Red Sox : AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 2 The Boston Red Sox lost this game to the Oakland Athletics, but their designated ...
7/5 Yanks Go Yard: How Do The Yankees Fare Against Staff Aces? : I’m throwing out advanced statistics in favor of some lighter reading today. It’s an off-day for the Yankees today, ...
7/5 Yanks Go Yard: Tropicana Quencher: Yankees end nine-game drought at Rays’ home park : The New York Yankees ended a nine-game Tropicana Field skid and a two-game losing streak against the Tampa Bay Rays yesterday ...
7/5 High Heat Stats: July 4th game notes : @White Sox 5, Rangers 4 (10): One day after swatting his first HR in his new stockings, Kevin Youkilis got his first game-winning ...
7/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Late inning rally snaps Yankees’ Trop losing streak : When a rookie starts for your team, and he’s not heralded as an up-and-coming-ace, all you hope for is that he keeps your ...
7/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 82: Farnsworth Implosion Wastes Price’s Outing : Bullpen issues plagued the Rays during the early part of the year. Today, the problems once again resurfaced. Starter David ...
7/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees comeback to salvage win in Tampa Bay :
What looked like it was going to be a great pitching duel early on became a battle of big hits in the final third of the contest ...
7/4 My Pinstripes: Yanks Stop the Slop at the Trop :
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Tropicana Field, aka "The Trop" is a hideous excuse of a ballpark. It's a disgrace; arguably ...
7/4 The Rays Today: Price Looks For 12th Win Today : Posted in David PriceMatt JoyceDavid Price will be starting todays game against Yankees starter David Pheps who is 1-3 with a ...
7/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: When NOT to trade. : We get asked a lot to evaluate potential fantasy baseball trades. Should I trade Andrew McCutchen for Matt Kemp? Is Cliff Lee ...
7/4 Yanks Go Yard: Unwelcome Guests: Yankees lose ninth straight as visitors to Tropicana Field : The New York Yankees have collectively played some of the best defense in the majors this season, but last night turned in a ...
7/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Nationals imitate the Red Sox Patriot’s Day game as they start at 11:05 AM on July 4th. Madison Bumgarner and the Giants ...
7/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Know Thine Enemy II: Know Thine Crackerjacks : I know Clave wrote about the importance of knowing your competition a while back, but I want to reiterate that, with a slight ...
7/2 Yankees Fans Unite: Series Preview: Yankees at Rays | 7/2/12-7/4/12 : Pitching Matchups Monday, 7/2/12, 7:10pm ET Pitching for the Yankees: Freddy Garcia, RHP Last Appearance (has been in bullpen): ...
7/2 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Podcast Series Preview: Yankees at Rays (7/2/12 – 7/4/12) : This week was special for the New York Yankees in a lot of ways. We had HOPE Week and it culminated with the always entertaining ...
7/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price and Rodney Named All-Stars, Trade Rumors (We Think) : It has been an awfully tough stretch for the Rays of late, but it’s nice to see David Price and Fernando Rodney recognized ...
7/1 The Rays Today: Congrats To Price and Rodney : Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyDavid Price and Fernando Rodney made it to the All Star Game. They will be the only two representing ...
7/1 The Rays Today: Price Feels Good In His Bullpen Session : Posted in David PriceDavid Price had to leave the game in the 8th inning for tightness in his lower back. He never had any doubts ...
7/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price likely to make next start: Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey said SP David Price (back) looked normal during his bullpen session and fully expects ...[+]
Price to make his next scheduled start.
News -- June 2012
6/30 Motor City Bengals: Trade Target: Peter Bourjos (and Maicer Izturis) : Last night the Tigers dropped another Verlander start that they needed to win while the White Sox mauled the Yankees to go 5 games ...
6/30 Call to the Pen: Rays’ David Price Exits Game in 8th Inning With Back Injury : David Pricewas throwing a solid game against the Detroit Tigers. He had gone seven innings, allowed five hits, gave up two runs, ...
6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 77: Desmond Jennings Does It All In Rays Victory : Desmond Jennings had been showing recent signs of breaking out of his recent slump. Tonight, he broke out in a major way. Jennings ...
6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price expects to make next start: Updating a previous report, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (back) said Friday, June 29, it was his call to leave his start early, ...[+]
but he could have stayed in. He also made it clear he expects to make his next scheduled start. 'I'll be pitching in five days,' Price said.
6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Tight back ends David Price's night early: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (back) left his start Friday, June 29, in the top of the eighth inning against the Detroit Tigers ...[+]
for precautionary reasons due to lower back tightness, the team said.
6/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: AL East Midseason Power Rankings :
The All-Star break is rapidly approaching and the Yankees currently have the best record in baseball. They’ve been playing ...
6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Why Don’t the Rays Go After the High-Profile International Signings? : Before the most recent talented baseball player to defect from Cuba, Yasiel Puig, signed a 6 year, 42 million dollar contract ...
6/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : It’s rookie day at Yankee Stadium as Jose Quintana of the White Sox faces Adam Warren. Quintana’s major league career ...
6/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Figuring It Out : Sometimes Triple-A just isn’t the same. Maybe it’s too easy for some players. Maybe they don’t get the same ...
6/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Matt Buschmann Another Steal : Matt Buschmann isn’t young anymore. He’s 28 years old. He once was promising, then he completely fell apart. But ...
6/24 The Rays Today: Price Gets 10th Win : Posted in Alex CobbCarlos PenaDavid PriceJames ShieldsDavid Price won his AL leading 10th win in the first game of todays double-header. ...
6/24 High Heat Stats: Weekend game notes : [I'll keep updating during the Dickey-Sabathia game.] Sunday Rays 7, @Phillies 3: In the nightcap, Tampa scored 3 in the 2nd off Cliff ...
6/24 Phillies Nation: **** Blows It For Hamels, Phils Lose : This match up lived up to the hype. Cole Hamels versus David Price was exactly what they advertised. They combined for 14 ...
6/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Torres Up, Rotation Schedule, 2nd Round Pick Edwards Signs : The Rays get to call up a 26th man to their roster thanks to the new MLB rule allowing that for doubleheader. They’re really ...
6/24 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (34-38) vs Rays (38-32) : Philadelphia Phillies (34-38) vs Tampa Bay Rays (38-32) Game 1: Cole Hamels (10-3, 3.25) vs. David Price (9-4, 3.08) Game 2: ...
6/24 Phillies Nation: Thome Walks It Off; Utley Back By Wednesday? : The good news for the Phillies on Saturday was two-fold — they had their second walkoff win of the season on Jim Thome‘s ...
6/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The day starts with the first game of the Rays Phillies double header. It features a battle of lefties as David Price takes on ...
6/22 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Rays at Phillies, June 22-24 : After failing to capitalize on a chance to complete a sweep of the lowly Rockies on Thursday night, the Phillies (33-38) will ...
6/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Peralta Suspended, Price Speaks at White House, Keppinger Coming Back : In the wake of the “Glove Check Game,” Rays reliever Joel Peralta has been suspended 8 games by Major League Baseball. ...
6/20 Baseball Musings: Another Pine Tar Incident : The Nationals caught Joel Peralta with pine tar on his glove while he was warming up to relieve David Price: “Someone [on ...
6/19 Baseball Musings: The Wang Starter? : The Rays defeat the Nationals 5-4 as David Price joins the nine win club and the American League win leaders. Price was not stellar, ...
6/19 The Rays Today: First Against The Nationals Tonight : Posted in David PriceEvan LongoriaDavid Price is getting the start in tonights game. He will make another attempt to be the second ...
6/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Making History: Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez :
Last season both Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez would have to admit that they were pressing to reach personal milestones. ...
6/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: June 18 – June 24 This week's AL two-start hurlers feature a pair of lefty aces, a handful of decent options and not much else....
6/18 Crashburn Alley: The Legend of Pitcher Vance : Nothing too heavy in the way of analysis here, just some fun food for thought. Last year, Vance Worley led the National League ...
6/16 Mets360.com: Ike Davis taking a turn for the better : By no measure can we say that that Ike Davis is back just yet. I think he’d have to be way north of the interstate to back up ...
6/15 FanSided: How Long Can the Mets Live with Mike Nickeas’ .155?
6/15 High Heat Stats: Thursday early games / Late Wednesday notes : @Reds 12, Indians 7: Joey Votto reversed a 2-0 deficit with a 3-run bomb, Brandon Phillips had a second straight big game, and ...
6/14 Mets360.com: Zombie Mets: They Keep Coming Back : As you read this, the Mets are going for a sweep this afternoon in Tampa. A week ago, I couldn’t imagine typing those words. ...
6/14 The Rays Today: The Rays Lose Second Game In A Row By At Least 8 Runs : Posted in UncategorizedTonight’s game was game #62 meaning there is 100 games left in the season, and the rays have slipped ...
6/14 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 63: Win Over Rays : Mets 9 Rays 1 R.A. Dickey didn’t throw the second no-hitter in Mets history … or did he? Meanwhile, the Mets continue ...
6/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Nationals go for a sweep of the Blue Jays as youngsters battle in Toronto. Stephen Strasburg takes on Kyle Drabek. The two ...
6/12 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 62: Win Over Rays : Mets 11 Rays 2 The Mets beat up on a club from the AL Beast. Mets Game Notes Who could have predicted that the Mets would score ...
6/12 MetsToday.com: Series Preview: Mets vs. Rays : The Mets continue their journey through the gauntlet that is their June schedule with a 3-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays ...
6/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Early favorites for American League postseason awards : The MLB season is 60 games in. There have been a lot of surprises, falls, breakthroughs and risings in the standings. Usually, ...
6/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Deep Thoughts on the Yankees-Rays Series :
Ray-fan has two explanations ready to go following a series with the Yankees. If you listen to Tampa Bay local AM radio ...
6/9 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price Coming Through in the Clutch : A stat that could be interpreted as derogatory: thus far this season, David … [visit site to read more]David Price Coming ...
6/8 The Rays Today: Interleague Play Starts Today : Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays start there interleague schedule this weekend starting with the Florida Marlins tonight and the ...
6/8 The Captain's Blog: Not So Fast: Is Cano’s 2012 Platoon Split the Result of Pitch Selection? : It was a pivotal moment in last night’s game. With the Rays leading 5-1 in the fifth inning, the Yankees loaded the bases for ...
6/8 The Rays Today: Rays Win! : Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays bats came alive for the final game of the series tonight. David Price was able to get his AL Leading ...
6/8 FanSided: MLB Gane Recaps: R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball Holds Off Washington Nationals The Mets and the Nationals are battling for the National League East. Let me repeat that: The Mets and the
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6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price battles for win: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed a run on three hits and four walks while fanning eight in five innings to beat the New York ...[+]
Yankees Thursday, June 7.
6/7 High Heat Stats: Thursday roundup (pocket edition) : @Athletics 7, Rangers 1: The walks are starting to catch up with Yu Darvish. He walked 6 today, including 3 (plus a HBP) in a ...
6/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THAT YANKEE LOSS WAS UNFORTUNATE :
The Yankees lost tonight with their top starter on the mound. CC Sabathia get's the loss and what are you going to do? ...
6/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankee beat: Garcia, Soriano, and Pettitte :
It was a weird night tonight. CC Sabathia pitched well enough to get a quality start and strikeout 12, but it was 5-1 when ...
6/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees fail to complete sweep in 7-3 loss :
The Yankees entered play Wednesday night winners of their last three games and 10 of their last 13, but they ran into one ...
6/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees Lose 7-3 Behind Some Weak Defense : Tonight’s matchup was between arguably the top two left handed starters in the American League, CC Sabathia and David Price. ...
6/7 Baseball Musings: Good Process, Bad Result : CC Sabathia walked one and struck out 12 in seven innings of work. The Yankees got into the Tampa Bay bullpen early, forcing David ...
6/7 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Reyes, Rundles, Blue Jays : David Price is set to face C.C. Sabathia in the Bronx tonight, but this battle of lefty aces has been pushed back to 6:30 CST ...
6/7 The Rays Today: Price vs Sabathia Tonight : Posted in UncategorizedTonight’s game should be a good pitchers duel, both of them are looking to be the first pitcher in ...
6/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: 6/7 — Yanks go for sweep : The Yanks will go for the sweep against the Rays tonight in a battle of lefty aces as CC Sabathia goes for the Yankees against ...
6/7 MLBTradeRumors: Platform Years For First-Time Eligible Starters : Clayton Kershaw's salary jumped from $500K to $7.5MM this year, and it wasn't just because of his Cy Young performance. Kershaw ...
6/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : In a sequel to the Wang-Johnson match-up of last week, R.A. Dickey faces Chien-Ming Wang as the Mets try to salvage a game against ...
6/5 MLBTradeRumors: First Overall Picks Without MLB Experience : Carlos Correa joined an exclusive club when the Astros selected him first overall in last night's draft. Some of the game’s ...
6/4 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Select Carlos Correa : The Astros have officially drafted high school shortstop Carlos Correa with the first overall selection in the 2012 draft. Stanford ...
6/3 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Notes: Astros, Orioles, Red Sox : The Astros hope Stanford's Mark Appel follows in the path of Stephen Strasburg and David Price as successful big league pitchers ...
6/2 The Rays Today: Back To First Place : Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays win against the Orioles last night put them in first place in the AL East. The defense was definiely ...
6/2 High Heat Stats: In other Friday games… : A variously detailed look at a selection of non-no-hitters…. @White Sox 7, Mariners 4: You win this kind of game when you’re ...
6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price outstanding in start: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings while allowing three hits against the Baltimore Orioles Friday, ...[+]
June 1, to pick up his seven win of the season. He struck out five batters and walked two in the game.
6/1 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Dickey Deserves a Quality Contract : Dickey’s focused on making hitters look silly, not on his contract status. When Omar Minaya signed a relatively unknown ...
6/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 52: David Price Dominates, Rays Win 5-0 : David Price continued his impressive 2012 season tonight, as the … [visit site to read more]Game 52: David Price ...
6/1 Baseball Musings: Battle for the Ends of the AL East : The Rays send a message to the Orioles as they claim first place in the AL East with a 5-0 victory over Baltimore. David Price ...
6/1 Baseball Musings: Wild No-Hitter : Johan Santana walked four Cardinals batters through five innings but has not allowed a hit. The Mets lead 2-0 going to the bottom ...
6/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Cardinals travel to New York as Adam Wainwright faces Johan Santana in a battle of pitchers working their way back from long-term ...
News -- May 2012
5/30 Baseball Musings: Fister Hurt Again Doug Fister returns to the disabled list for Detroit, further delaying any chance for a matchup against David Price.
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5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 5/27 :
Hindsight is 20/20 but the moves Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine made during the game last night almost cost his team ...
5/27 The Rays Today: The Rays Tie The Orioles For First : Posted in UncategorizedA day after their first walk off loss in over a year and their first pinch hit walk off home run, they ...
5/27 FanSided: Minor League Review: Nick Barnese, A Forgotten Man The Rays are an organization that is filled with pride about its pitching depth. While others have succeeded, ...
5/27 The Rays Today: Rodney Gets His First Blown Save : Posted in UncategorizedTonight’s game was pretty quiet especially after the events of last nights game. I was glad to see ...
5/27 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 5/27 :
Hindsight is 20/20 but the moves Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine made during the game last night almost cost his team ...
5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/26 :
After falling last night 7-4, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to .500 tonight in the second game of a three-game set with ...
5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/26 :
After falling last night 7-4, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to .500 tonight in the second game of a three-game set with ...
5/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (6)
Carlos Pena - Pena isn't hitting ...
5/25 FanSided: Red Sox Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays & A Pivotal Series : The Red Sox proved they are a team that could contend for the AL East division after going 5-3 on their recent road trip and coming ...
5/25 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout: It’s Tampa Bay Time! The Advanced Scout eagerly previews a series that should be high on intrigue....
5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/25-5/27 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Friday, May 25 @ 7:10 PM
Alex Cobb, RHP (1-0, 2.57) vs Jon Lester, LHP (3-3, ...
5/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/25-5/27 :
Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change
Friday, May 25 @ 7:10 PM
Alex Cobb, RHP (1-0, 2.57) vs Jon Lester, LHP (3-3, ...
5/22 Release Points: Jim Bowden’s Failed Draft Logic : “Win too many games and where does it get you?” –Stan Kasten via Jim Bowden Over at ESPN, former Cincinnati Reds and ...
5/22 FanSided: Ranting : I'm just going to let it all out. Things are not going the way the Rays want them to right now, and l'm going to highlight the ...
5/21 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Rays 0 : Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays — May 20, 2012 — ESPN. Offense? What offense? Okay, honestly, I can’t complain about ...
5/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Contracts Can Kill: CC Sabathia :
CC Sabathia’s performance against the Orioles last Tuesday night was awful. Not Kid-Rock-ripping-off-“Sweet-Home-Alabama”-awful, ...
5/20 FanSided: Game 42: Hudson Carves Up Rays, Outduels Price as Rays Lose Game, Series : The Rays entered Sunday not having been shut out the entirety of 2012. All things must come to an end.
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5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Is the postseason still in sight?: Tampa Bay Rays : In part four of this five-part series, we take a look at the Tampa Bay Rays and their chances to reach the postseason. The bad ...
5/17 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Chicago Cubs : The Cubs are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (4)
Ryan Dempster - Dempster owns ...
5/16 The Rays Today: A Mini Sweep With A Big Fuss : Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays beat the Blue Jays tonight 4-3 to sweep them in the 2 game mini series. The Win gives David Price ...
5/16 The Rays Today: The Injuries Keep Adding Up : Posted in UncategorizedThis time its Jeff Niemann, after getting hit with a batted ball off of the Blue Jays first baseman Adam ...
5/15 FanSided: Game 37: Resurgent Price, Timely Offense Leads Rays Back from 3-0 Deficit : It's frustrating to fall behind in games as a pitcher. But the best pitchers can stay composed and find a rhythm to keep their ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Price Going Up : David Price pitches seven strong innings to help the Rays beat the Blue Jays 4-3. Price has now thrown seven quality starts in ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : It’s a rare Tuesday getaway day as teams play two game series leading up to interleague play this weekend. It’s a ...
5/14 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Tampa Bay Rays : Following on Graham’s original post (which itself expands on an idea tweeted by Buster Olney), I’ve decided to go ...
5/14 Baseball Musings: Pranking the Rays : Sean Rodriguez helps prank David Price and James Shields. Your browser does not support iframes. Actually, Price and Shields do ...
5/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 14 – May 20 : Like their NL counterparts, the AL also has a full slate of games for all its teams, giving you numerous two-start choices for ...
5/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Week 5 Yankees Player of the Week : Unlike the last 2 weeks it was not very hard to find 4 worthy candidates for Yankees player of the week this week. The Yankees ...
5/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): Two straight aces – Yankees beat Felix Hernandez :
The New York Yankees have now faced two of the best pitchers in back to back starts. Yesterday, it was David Price and today ...
5/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CC MONSTER IS THE KING OF NEW YORK! :
After Wednesday night’s game
in which the Yankee bullpen was asked to record 13 outs in a tough
loss, the team needed ...
5/10 FanSided: Game 32: Cano and Granderson Ruin Pitching Duel between Price and CC The Rays lost the rubber match Thursday night against the Yankees. The game featured a battle of lefty starters with ...
5/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankee beat: D-Rob, plate discipline, and Yankee killers :
CC Sabathia went eight innings and did not allow an earned run as the offense scored five runs off Tampa’s ace David ...
5/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Sabathia wins battle of aces – Yankees win the series :
C.C. Sabathia came up huge in the rubber game of a series with the Tampa Bay Rays and beat David Price in the process. The ...
5/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 31 – Not so much fun…for the batters : Tonight is a clash of the premier left-handed aces in the American League. At least, that is the way it looks on paper. C.C. Sabathia ...
5/10 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Rangers try to continue their assault on Baltimore as Colby Lewis faces Wei-Yin Chen. Lewis allowed six home runs so far this ...
5/10 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Reynolds, Keppinger, Rivera : Joe DiMaggio hit the first of his 361 career home runs against the Athletics on this date in 1936. The present-day Yankees and ...
5/10 The Captain's Blog: Are the Rays for Real? Shedding Light on Tampa’s Hot Start : The Tampa Rays will take the field tonight at Yankee Stadium tied for the best record in baseball, but they aren’t winning the ...
5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is Jeremy Hellickson breaking the mold? : It’s no secret that Andrew Friedman, Gerry Hunsicker, and the rest of the Rays’ front office is developing one of the best ...
5/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yanks vs. Rays Part Two : The Yankees and Rays start a three game series tomorrow, their second against each other this year and first since Opening Week ...
5/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Rangers continue their tour of playing first-place teams as they travel to Baltimore to meet the Orioles. Matt Harrison takes ...
5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price strikes out 12 in victory: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed one run on three hits in eight innings against the Oakland Athletics Friday, May 4, to pick ...[+]
up his fifth win of the season. He struck out 12 batters and walked one in the game.
5/4 FanSided: Game 27: David Price Dominates A's As Rays Win 7-2 :
The Tampa Chamber of Commerce is now 2-0 when picking the lineup.
Joe Maddon had the Chamber of Commerce pick the lineup ...
5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Pedro Alvarez could be the key to a winning season in Pittsburgh : It goes without saying that it’s been a long, dreadful two decades for Pittsburgh Pirates fans. After a glimmer of hope for ...
5/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 27 : A’s take on the Rays winners of 12 out of 13 at Tropicana Field this year. The A’s throw Tyson Ross out there who ...
5/4 Baseball Musings: Molina Goes Deep : Jose Molina hits his first home run of the season, a two-run shot that helps the Rays to a 7-1 lead over Oakland in the bottom ...
5/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): Can we learn anything from April? : Prior to the season, the conventional wisdom was that the race for the American League pennant consisted of six teams. A few, ...
News -- April 2012
4/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 22: Price Solid, Zobrist Shows the Pop as Rays Coast to Series Win vs. Rangers : David Price entered his primetime start Sunday night with a 5.67 ERA in five … [visit site to read more]Game 22: Price Solid, ...
4/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Tim Hudson returns to the Braves rotation as Atlanta host Pittsburgh and Kevin Correia. Kevin is off to a fine start to the season, ...
4/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Contracts Can Kill: Alex Rodriguez :
As a diasporic Yankee fan living in Tampa, I really like Alex Rodriguez. Rays fans hate him. They boo him at their stadium, ...
4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Looking Back At The 2012 Arbitration Projections : This past offseason, we projected the salaries for 155 arbitration-eligible players who received one-year contracts. The results ...
4/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Sifting through the Angels’ rough start : (lbert Pujols’s struggles at the plate highlight an underachieving Angels team.) I was going to post the typical negative ...
4/25 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Albert Suarez Emulates Price, Throws 5 No-Hit Innings : Tuesday was quite an exciting day for Rays fans. David PriceThe Undercards: Albert Suarez Emulates Price, Throws 5 No-Hit Innings ...
4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price mixes it up: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price mixed up his pitches well and displayed excellent command in his complete-game shutout of the Los ...[+]
Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tuesday, April 24. Price threw 29 changeups in the outing and recorded a career-high 10 outs on at-bats that ended with the change. 'Great command of all his pitches,' manager Joe Maddon said after the game. 'He pretty much brought out the kitchen sink. Probably one of his best performances as far as using his entire repertoire.' Price is slowly relying on his changeup more since introducing the pitch in 2010.
4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price throws shutout: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed five singles and a walk while fanning six in a complete-game shutout of the Los Angeles ...[+]
Angels of Anaheim Tuesday, April 24.
4/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 17: Price Nearly Unhittable, Power Rules as Rays Shut Out Angels : In 2011, David Price took a backseat. After being the American League Cy Young … [visit site to read more]Game 17: Price ...
4/24 Baseball Musings: Pricing Power : David Price pitched a gem, and the Rays offense supplied plenty of power as Tampa Bay beat the Angels 5-0. Price walked one and ...
4/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: April 23 – April 29 : With 3 weeks in the books, we are starting to get a feel for which teams have good offenses (Texas, Yankees, Cleveland and Toronto) ...
4/20 Brotherly Glove: The Worleybird Striketh Outeth : Vance Worley pitched seven shutout innings Thursday night en route to a 2-0 Phillies win. He scattered four hits and three walks ...
4/19 Baseball Daily Digest: Visions of 2012 : The truth is, I was destined to be special from birth. I was delivered by a midwife on our old couch in the living room. It was ...
4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 12: Price Continues Mastery Over Blue Jays as Offense Ignites : Entering tonight’s game, David Price had been 9-2 with a WHiP of exactly 1.00 … [visit site to read more]Game 12: ...
4/18 The Baseball Page: Are the Pittsburgh Pirates the Next Tampa Bay Rays? Are the Pittsburgh Pirates the Next Tampa Bay Rays?...
4/17 MLBTradeRumors: List Of Top Young Pitchers Without Extensions : MLB teams are working to keep their best pitchers off of the open market with contract extensions, and fewer elite arms are hitting ...
4/14 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/14 : When Josh Beckett was introduced during the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Boston Red Sox home opener at Historic Fenway Park, ...
4/14 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/14 : When Josh Beckett was introduced during the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Boston Red Sox home opener at Historic Fenway Park, ...
4/13 The Baseball Page: Closer Talk Closer Talk...
4/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Rock Rays in Fenway Opener : After a rough road trip to open their 2012 season, it looks like Boston just needed an off day and a little home cooking ...
4/13 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 Home Opening Red Sox Delight :
After going 1-5 in their first six games, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines of historic Fenway Park for ...
4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price struggles: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price lost his first game of the season to the Boston Red Sox Friday, April 13, and lasted only three ...[+]
frames. Price gave up four hits and three earned runs while walking three and striking out three.
4/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays : Having clinched the Wild Card at the end of the most dramatic evening of baseball in recent memory, the Rays should again prove ...
4/13 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 Home Opening Red Sox Delight :
After going 1-5 in their first six games, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines of historic Fenway Park for ...
4/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The final eight home openers take place today, staring in the Bronx as the Angels face the Yankees. This will be Albert Pujols‘s ...
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/13-4/16 :
Friday, April 13th @ 2:05 PM
David Price, LHP (1-0, 2.84) vs Josh Beckett, RHP (0-1, 13.50)
TV: NESN, MLB Network MLB.tv
Radio: ...
4/12 Through The Fence Baseball: What’s eating Tim Lincecum? : Velocity issues? Declining numbers? Rough start to the season? This is what Tim Lincecum owners are facing in what could be a ...
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/13-4/16 :
Friday, April 13th @ 2:05 PM
David Price, LHP (1-0, 2.84) vs Josh Beckett, RHP (0-1, 13.50)
TV: NESN, MLB Network MLB.tv
Radio: ...
4/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: No time to panic but concerns of Yankees slow start :
After an understated yet solid offseason, this is not what Yankee fans had in mind. Boston suffers from a total and utter ...
4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price earns win Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits over 6 1/3 innings in a victory over the New York Yankees Saturday, ...[+]
April 7, with four walks and five strikeouts.
4/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY UGLY IS JUST UGLY : There is no way to sugar coat the New York Yankees start to this 2012 season. It's been pretty brutal. For the second day in ...
4/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Two: The Empire Strikes Back : Yesterday may have been a tough loss for the Yankees, but at least we watched some good baseball. Today, Hiroki Kuroda takes the ...
4/7 FanSided: Where Do the Rays Rank Among the Top Rotations in Baseball? : Everyone all around baseball knows that the Rays have an incredible rotation. But just how good are they? Today we'll attempt ...
4/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rays preview: Tampa Bay is the New Boston (w/o the $$$) :
Last September, the Rays staged a miracle comeback versus the Yankees. Down 7-0 in the 7th inning, Evan Longoria homered ...
4/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IT WAS A YANKEES BUZZ KILL : You gotta admit, even though the Yankees lost this one in the ninth inning 7-6 (Read HERE) with Mariano Rivera giving up the ...
4/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Girardi plans on using Eduardo Nunez more this year :
The season hasn’t even started yet and Yankees manager Joe Girardi is already planning on giving Alex Rodriguez and ...
4/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays v Yanks I: Opening Series Preview : It’s finally here! After many long, seemingly interminable months (and no fewer than three separate Opening Day occasions), ...
4/6 Baseball Musings: Offensive and Defensive Platoon : The Yankees announced how they will platoon at designated hitter this year. It is not straight forward: Joe Girardi confirmed ...
4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts In Draft History : Baseball new collective bargaining agreement went to rather extreme lengths to restrict amateur spending, so the days of big money ...
4/5 Full Spectrum Baseball: Keeping The Experts Honest : Baseball's spring training never lacks for unsolicited and solicited prognostications from nearly every baseball "expert" on the ...
4/4 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: American League East : With Opening Day quickly approaching and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview ...
4/3 Roto Think Tank: Might I Interest You In Being Bored to Tears While I Discuss My Home League? (A.L. Edition) : In addition to the CBS Analysts League and Tout Wars, I play in a couple of long standing home leagues. I wasn't going to spend ...
News -- March 2012
3/31 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 MLB Award Predictions : American League
MVP-Adrian Gonzalez
Fresh off winter shoulder surgery, Gonzo claims that he can now "drive through the ...
3/30 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Starting Pitching Preview : There’s no need for an intro. Let’s get right to the players. Six Starting Pitchers I Love Zack Greinke, MIL... ...
3/30 Red Sox Life: Season Preview Part I: Pitching : Full disclosure: I really want to pick the Sox to win the AL East.Why? Because no one else is. What a fun thing that would be ...
3/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Spring Training Gameday: Pirates at Rays : Pirates (8-15) at Rays (7-15) 7:05 PM EST–Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte Audio: MLB.com Here is the MLB.com Gameday ...
3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price trying to work breaking ball back in: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price is trying to working his breaking ball back into his arsenal of pitches. In his Grapefruit League ...[+]
appearance Friday, March 23, he threw a curveball. 'It's the first time I threw a curveball in a game,' Price said. 'I liked it. I threw it quite a bit. For the most part, it was down. I threw one up for a ball, but other than that it was down in the zone. I got some swings and misses, so I liked it today.' Price worked into the sixth inning, throwing 85 pitches. He allowed two runs, five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
3/22 Tyler's Think Tank: My Fantasy Baseball Targets : Every year, it seems like I keep drafting a handful of the same players for my fantasy teams. Here are the guys I'm targeting ...
3/22 Fragile Freddy's: Trade With a Competitor? : The Sox are the rare team with somedepth behind the plate.It is conventional wisdom that teams do not trade with teams they are ...
3/21 Obstructed View: Discredited Draft Review : Last night was our second annual Discredited Fantasy Baseball draft. I'm posting the results here for people to vote on who ...
3/21 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Predicted Standings, Playoffs, World Series and Award Winners : American League American League East Wins Losses GB 1. New York Yankees 94 68 — 2. Toronto Blue Jays 87 75 7 3. Tampa Bay ...
3/19 MLB Dirt: Justification of Rays Concern : The staff writers of this fine site parti**** in our annual MLB Predictions last week. One of our friends on Twitter and the proprietor of ...
3/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday Fantasy Roundup: Halladay, Hanley, Heyward : Spring training is such a crazy time for not only players but for fans, as well. Casual fans can just sit back and wait for April, ...
3/16 The "Mc" Effect: Flashback Friday: 2007 MLB Draft : by Drew Brown The Pirates have definitely had their fair share of “bad draft picks” over the years but when you look through ...
3/15 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Starting Pitchers (Part I) : To some, it might seem like this series has ground to a halt, but I'm almost done, with only three pieces to go. Today's the first ...
3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Papelbon, Canseco, Jessica Simpson : The hottest topics for the week of March 12, 2012 … Brown noser: Jonathan Papelbon says Phillies fans are smarter ...
3/14 Rays Colored Glasses: What’s Important Now: Moore Impresses In Return : Spring Game 12: Rays 7, Orioles 7 While David Price … [visit site to read more]What’s Important Now: Moore Impresses ...
3/14 PaulLebowitz.com: American League East Predicted Standings : American League East Predicted Standings: 1. New York Yankees 94 68 ...
3/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Around the Twitterverse: Vicious Towel Attack : It’s time for another installment of Around the Twitterverse! Those cruel Rays players couldn’t letAround the Twitterverse: ...
3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price allows four in spring start: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) allowed four runs and five hits while walking two and striking out four in 3 2/3 innings ...[+]
against the Baltimore Orioles in his third spring start Tuesday, March 13. 'I felt good,' said Price. 'My body keeps getting better every time out. ... My body feels pretty close to where it needs to be right now, and that's a good thing.'
3/12 The Baseball Page: MLB Preview: AL East all-position team MLB Preview: AL East all-position team...
3/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price might not be ready to pitch Tuesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) might not be ready to return to Grapefruit League action Tuesday, March 13, when he is scheduled ...[+]
to pitch next.
3/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to throw Sunday: Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) said his neck felt 'almost normal' Saturday, March 10. He is scheduled ...[+]
to throw a bullpen session Sunday, March 11.
3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price still stiff: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) remains stiff after suffering a neck spasm after toweling off between innings Thursday, March ...[+]
8, however, Price said he is improving. He doesn't think he'll miss any Grapefruit League action.
3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | More on David Price: Updating a previous report, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) injured his neck while toweling off following his second inning ...[+]
of work Thursday, March 8. 'I was drying my head off after the second inning. It's happened to me two times before. I catch the back of my head and it pulls my head forward,' Price said. 'I felt it in the back of my neck.' He doesn't think the injury is serious and he said he's pitched with it before. Price gave up three hits while walking one and striking out one.
3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price has neck spasm: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (neck) left his exhibition start after two innings Thursday, March 8, with what's being called 'a ...[+]
minor neck spasm.'
3/6 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards : I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at the ...
News -- February 2012
2/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Expanded playoffs coming to 2012 :
Via Ken Rosenthal, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA have agreed on a plan to expand the postseason to 10 teams this season. ...
2/29 Baseball Musings: Changes, Tampa Bay Rays : After a year with the Cubs, Carlos Pena returns to the Rays. Photo: Warren Wimmer/Icon SMI The Tampa Bay Rays finished the 2011 ...
2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Ranking the AL East rotations : Pitching wins championships. We hear it all the time. Earl Weaver said, “Nobody likes to hear it, because it’s dull, but ...
2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL starting pitchers : The depth of pitching in baseball is at an all-time high. Almost every team seems to have a legitimate ace, with many having more ...
2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Which Starting Pitchers Will Be Traded This Summer? :
Five veteran starting pitchers were traded last summer: Edwin Jackson of the White Sox, Jason Marquis of the Nationals, Erik ...
2/26 The Daily Catch: STARTING PITCHER RANKINGS WITH A TWIST! : This article is courtesy of our friends at NJFFL Dynasty Written by: Michael Pichan You will not find Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, ...
2/25 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBSSports.com A.L.-only Analysts League: The Patton and Company Team : Yesterday, I parti**** in the CBS Analysts League A.L.-only auction on behalf of Patton & Company. This is the ninth year ...
2/19 FantasySportsKings.com: The Youngsters of the AL East Over the last couple of weeks I have written about some sleepers and prospects from each division. The last one......
2/17 Justin Jabs: Headlines You May Have Missed – February : Note: It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve blogged baseball here. Since then, MichiganGoat has claimed his prize ...
2/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Starting Pitchers : Our week long series of ranking every position in the AL East with the starting pitchers continues. Starting Pitcher #1 1. C.C. ...
2/17 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Seventh Edition (61-70) : Spring Training is just a few days away, which means the first numbers of 2012 will soon start to roll in. But what to do with ...
2/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Starting Pitchers : Our week long series of ranking every position in the AL East with the starting pitchers continues. Starting Pitcher #1 1. C.C. ...
2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Stolen Bases Against Lefty Pitchers : From today's Buster Olney column, his Stat of the day:"Ted Lilly allowed the most stolen base attempts in 2011, with baserunners ...
2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Betting on the Super Bowl vs. the 2012 Red Sox : Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. Glory will come for either the Patriots or the New York football Giants. Just about everyone ...
2/11 Roto Think Tank: Top 10 A.L. Starting Pitchers 2012 : For the first time ever, I'm going to try my hand at a little prognostication. Tonight I'll go through my Top 10 pitchers in the ...
2/11 Yankees Fans Unite: Is A.J Burnett Really Better Than We Think? : A.J Burnett is the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of baseball. There are times where you want to say, “thank goodness we have ...
2/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Is A.J Burnett Really Better Than We Think? : A.J Burnett is the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of baseball. There are times where you want to say, “thank goodness we have ...
2/10 The Captain's Blog: A Further Look at Keith Law’s Organizational Rankings : Yesterday, ESPN’s Keith Law released his annual list of the game’s top-100 prospects. Although the real value is in the individual ...
2/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Betting on the Super Bowl vs. the 2012 Red Sox : Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. Glory will come for either the Patriots or the New York football Giants. Just about everyone ...
2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: REVIEW: If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add? : Last week I asked the question, “If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?” I was curious to see which active ...
2/2 High Heat Stats: Young hurling stars of 2010-11 : Following our post on the young position stars, here are the pitchers’ top bWAR values over the past 2 years by those who ...
2/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing The Yankees 2012 Season: April : Spring Training will come and go before we know it and once Spring Training is over, that is when the Yankees have to focus ...
2/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing The Yankees 2012 Season: April : Spring Training will come and go before we know it and once Spring Training is over, that is when the Yankees have to focus ...
News -- January 2012
1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Prince, Zimmerman, Scutaro : On this date in 2006, the Cubs and Mark Prior avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $3.65MM. Prior invoked ...
1/25 Chicken Friars: Developing an Ace: Do the Padres Have a Number One Starter? : A comment from reader, Justme1103, on the question regarding what’s missing with the Padres sparked a thought. This was ...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals : There was no shortage of news this week but MLBTR also delivered a great deal of original content and reporting..
The Nationals ...
1/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Is Clayton Kershaw worth $10 million? : Yes.I could easily end the post right there -- and I contemplated it -- but I figure I'd go a little more in depth on the topic.The ...
1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Falling Arbitration Records : Back in April, I outlined the arbitration records for catchers, other position players, and starting pitchers. As expected, ...
1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Arbitration Deadline Passes; Deals for Upton, Price, and Badenhop : The deadline to sign arbitration eligible players before heading to arbitration hearings passed at 1 PM today. The Rays had five ...
1/17 Crashburn Alley: Hamels Kicks Off Farewell Tour with $15 Million Contract : The Phillies have signed LHP Cole Hamels to a one-year, $15 million deal, avoiding a final year of arbitration with one of their ...
1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Avoid Arbitration With Price, Upton : The Rays avoided arbitration with starter David Price on a deal worth $4.35MM, tweets MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith. Price's ...
1/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Pineda, Red Sox, Rays :
We've already rounded up some Orioles and Red Sox items this morning, but those aren't the only updates out of the AL East. ...
1/14 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2011 A.L. Pitchers : Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1662 9476 Roto Think Tank 78 18 11637 12.0 0 false 18 ...
1/14 The Biz of Baseball: Details For the 142 Players That Filed for Salary Arbitration in MLB for 2012 :
As part of the long-tenured agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, last night 142 players eligible filed for salary arbitration. ...
1/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Properly deploying Gardner : Brett Gardner is a player who’s always been a bit hard to pin down. When he first came up in 2008, he flashed great defense ...
1/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Breakout candidate 2012: Tampa Bay Rays’ Matt Moore : The Tampa Bay Rays seem to always have standout talent stashed away in the minors just waiting for an opportunity to shine. After ...
1/11 Justin Jabs: Bobblehead Days: Tampa Bay Rays : In 2011, the Tampa Bay Rays averaged next to last in attendance with under 19,000 per game. That’s unfortunate for a ...
1/10 Justin Jabs: Bobblehead Days: Tampa Bay Rays : In 2011, the Tampa Bay Rays averaged next to last in attendance with under 19,000 per game. That’s unfortunate for a ...
1/6 District On Deck: Looking at the Latest from Buster Olney : ESPN.com’s Buster Olney has been busy lately, counting down a number of rankings to lead off the year across Major League ...
1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays News and Notes: Desmond Jennings Is Awesome : With the offseason in full swing, it is time to get caught up on some of the more recent Rays story. Almost everyone in the Rays ...
1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Information : MLB Trade Rumors is the only website you need to track the progress of the 100+ arbitration eligible players this month, a list ...
1/3 Fragile Freddy's: Hall of Fame Week - Current AL Players : So looking at current players and their chances of making the Hall of Fame I feel there are three categories for players;- Yes ...
News -- December 2011
12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rays, Brewers, Whitesell, Pinto : On this date in 1998, the Tigers traded Luis Gonzalez to the Diamondbacks for Karim Garcia. Gonzalez would hit 224 home runs ...
12/28 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: MadBum : Clayton Kershaw was the King of the Southpaws in the NL West this past season, and one of the best in baseball. But I think the ...
12/27 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 20: Tim Beckham : I hope everyone had a good holiday. Last week, Prospect A-Z wrapped up with Tyler Skaggs, the lefty Arizona received from Anaheim ...
12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligible Extension Candidates : From Matt Moore to Chris Carpenter, extensions for players not eligible for arbitration happen all the time. More commonly, ...
12/22 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Why The Tribe Might Be Able To Woo Beltran : By Kevin Schneider Finally, the Indians appear to be courting a major free agent this offseason who could add needed punch ...
12/20 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: “NYBD Person of the Year” : The NYBD “Person of the Year” is the man, woman, or idea that ‘for better or worse,’ has most influenced New York baseball ...
12/18 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: “NYBD Person of the Year” : The NYBD “Person of the Year” is the man, woman, or idea that ‘for better or worse,’ has most influenced New York baseball ...
12/17 Yankees Daily: Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and David Robertson pick up GIBBYs : **** Friends. NEW YORK — Three Yankees were issued honors as winners in the Greatness in Baseball Yearly (GIBBY) Awards ...
12/16 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Links: Oswalt, Davis, Cedeno, Cuddyer :
Here's the latest from the National League East...
The Nationals "have had little contact with" Roy Oswalt, a source ...
12/16 Fragile Freddy's: State of the AL East - The Rotations : With just eight more shopping days ‘til Christmas (and frankly, nothing to write about) I thought I’d take a look at the starting ...
12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Braun, Felix, Hanley : Eight years ago today, the Orioles signed Miguel Tejada to a six-year contract worth $72MM, the richest deal in franchise history. ...
12/15 Boston Globe: The Red Sox have choices for a closer : By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
If you read Ben Cherington's comments from earlier today, obviously he's comfortable with the idea ...
12/11 Baseball Musings: Tinkle Tangle : David Price almost got more than urine on his shoes. He caught a man relieving himself on Price’s car after David left a ...
12/10 MLBTradeRumors: King's Latest: Yankees, Fielder, Rangers, McGehee : Here are some notes from George A. King III of The New York Post...
“I am ready to rock and roll," said Yankees GM Brian ...
12/9 MLB Dirt: Locking Up Moore is Huge for Him and the Rays : The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with top prospect Matt Moore on a guaranteed $14M over five years and the entire deal ...
12/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): More reason to hate the Rays : I don't know how they keep doing this:
Not counting the playoffs, Matt Moore has a grand total of three games and nine and one-third ...
12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Lock Up Matt Moore : The Rays have aut**** another precedent-setting contract, locking up 22-year-old phenom Matt Moore for at least five years, according ...
12/6 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: AL East :
The projection game is dicey, with a multitude of systems competing for the accuracy crown, and the inevitability of outlier ...
12/2 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 13: Matt Moore : We got back to shortstops yesterday, generally focusing on Tampa Bay’s Hak-Ju Lee. Just a year after being acquired from ...
News -- November 2011
11/27 Baseball Reality Tour: Stolen Bases Against Lefty Pitchers : From today's Buster Olney column, his Stat of the day:
"Ted Lilly allowed the most stolen base attempts in 2011, with baserunners ...
11/25 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Shopping Yonder Alonso For Pitching : The Reds are offering Yonder Alonso as trade bait in their search for a closer or a No. 2 starter, reports Yahoo Sports' Tim ...
11/24 MLBTradeRumors: Revisiting The MLBTR Writing Staff's Preseason Picks : This Thanksgiving, it's time to eat some humble pie. Last March, nine members of the MLB Trade Rumors writing staff unveiled ...
11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Tampa Bay Rays are the Rudy of MLB : Okay, let’s see a show of hands: Who thought the Tampa Bay Rays were toast in 2011? Anyone thought they actually had a chance ...
11/18 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Tampa Bay Rays : 91-71, 2nd place, 6 GB (lost ALDS 3-1 to Texas)Fragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Tampa Bay Rays. ...
11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go : The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the ...
11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Maddon and Gibson Named Top Skippers : Joe Maddon and Kirk Gibson were named managers of the year today. Unfortunately, both skippers watched their squads get eliminated ...
11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Maddon and Gibson Named Top Skippers : Joe Maddon and Kirk Gibson were named managers of the year today. Unfortunately, both skippers watched their squads get eliminated ...
11/15 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 2: Trevor Bauer : Yesterday, we reviewed one of the Rockies’ top prospects, third baseman Nolan Arenado. He’s been a solid, above average ...
11/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Votto, Price, Garcia, Yankees, Red Sox : Here's a look at some news out of the AL East..
The Rays are concentrating on upgrading at first base, DH, and landing two ...
11/13 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Home League Recap Part III: Results : Last time out I looked at my strategy in-season after what turned out to be an excellent auction. How did I actually do?2011 ...
11/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yu Darvish: A Rare Opportunity for the Yankees :
Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum, Jered Weaver, David Price, Stephen Strasburg. What do all these pitchers have in common, ...
11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Trade And Free Agent Market For Starting Pitchers : The Braves, Rays, Cardinals, Brewers, and Diamondbacks probably will not be in the market for starting pitching this offseason, ...
News -- October 2011
10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Price, Aardsma, Willingham, Angels : Happy Halloween to MLBTR's readers! We've already seen C.C. Sabathia sign an extension and Tony La Russa retire today. Here ...
10/30 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 10/23/11 - 10/29/11 :
Lots of original content from the MLBTR team this week as the offseason approaches. Here's a quick rundown:
MLBTR unveiled ...
10/30 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 10/23/11 - 10/29/11 : With the 2011 season in the rear view mirror, it's time to turn our attention to what should be a very interesting offseason. ...
10/27 MLBTradeRumors: David Price Among Those Reaching Super Two Status : Players with two years and 146 days of Major League service time will qualify for Super Two status, MLBTR's Tim Dierkes has learned. ...
10/23 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals : Here's look back at the original pieces we published here at MLBTR this week..
This week we completed our analysis of the ...
10/23 i70baseball.com: Verlander Unanimous Selection For Walter Johnson Award Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw named Walter Johnson Award winners by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
10/23 Mets360.com: A look at Mike Baxter’s chances in 2012 : One of the essential things to think about in the offseason is how the roster for the following year will shake out. We’ve done ...
10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays will work within their budget in an attempt to boost their offense, but they don’t intend to sacrifice run prevention ...
10/18 mlbreports.com : Evaluating Strikeout Pitchers For Your 2012 Fantasy Baseball Team : Tuesday October 18, 2011 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst – MLB reports): Depending on the type of fantasy league, ...
10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Heat Index: Top Rookies of 2012 : I realize the World Series is being played this week, but I am already looking ahead to next year, much like fans of the ...
10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles Series : Today we completed our analysis of the arbitration eligible players for all 30 teams, over 200 players in total. The biggest ...
10/16 The Golden Sombrero: Why the Playoffs Can Make Even the Worst Months Bearable : After each Ranger game this October, the sports fans of my dental school class usually have something to say to me about the previous ...
10/10 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Matt Moore :
The Tampa Bay Rays exhausted their season to the final stroke before clinching the playoffs, and with top starters David Price ...
10/7 Fragile Freddy's: LDS Update : Two Game Fives tonight on the heels of a terrific Game Five last night. Let’s take a look at the state of things. ...
10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go : The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the ...
10/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Rangers one win from repeat trip to ALCS : As Mike Napoli walked to the plate Monday night, the Texas Rangers trailed the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 with the American League Divisional ...
10/4 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Monday October 3rd : Tuesday October 4, 2011 April Whitzman (Blue Jays Writer – MLB reports): With the National League taking the night ...
10/4 The "Mc" Effect: The Drafting Genius of the Rays : The Rays are one loss away from elimination and are currently losing 2-0 in the 3rd innings of their game right now, so by the ...
10/3 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | For Napoli, The Price Was Right : The pitcher is tall and lean, fluid and precise; a baseball magazine cover boy. The batter is average looking, the guy next door ...
10/3 Baseball Musings: Rangers in Control : Texas defeats the Rays 4-3 to take control of their five-game division series. One bad inning by the Rays staff doomed the game. ...
10/3 Baseball Musings: Napoli Knocks : Mike Napoli breaks up David Price‘s shutout in the top of the seventh as he follows an Adrian Beltre single with a home ...
10/3 Baseball Musings: Rangers Versus Rays, Game 3 : David Price starts Ian Kinsler with a ball outside. He winds up popping out to first in foul territory as Casey Kotchman almost ...
10/3 Fragile Freddy's: LDS Update : Some quick thoughts on the various Division Series going on this weekend;Tampa Bay (1) – Texas (1)- Seriously, does Tampa ...
10/3 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today : The Rangers and Rays play the 5 PM game one more time as their ALDS shifts to Tampa Bay with Colby Lewis facing David Price. Lewis ...
10/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Pain in Title Town : Much has been made recently about Boston's ascendance to the top of the sports world, and with good reason. Beantown's four ...
10/1 MLBTradeRumors: How The AL Playoff Starters Were Acquired : As important as it is during the regular season, starting pitching becomes even more crucial in the postseason. Rotations are ...
News -- September 2011
9/30 Baseball Musings: Rays Win Game One : Everything goes right for the Rays in the first game of their ALDS against Texas. Raw rookie Matt Moore pitches seven shutout ...
9/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 ALDS Predictions : The MLB postseason kicks off tonight and we're giving you our predictions because we love to make ourselves look bad. Enjoy!Yankees ...
9/30 WSJ Daily Fix: Shields Finishes What He Starts : The Count: Under manager Joe Maddon, the Rays have kept young pitchers healthy in part by limiting their workload. That makes ...
9/30 El Maquino: MIRACLE! : > Ten and a half games. In August, the Braves had a ten and a half game lead over the Cardinals in the NL wild card “race”. ...
9/30 Neurotic Sports Fan: ALDS Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers : In past years, the Wild Card races has been boring: the Yanks win their respective divisions and the Sawx win the Wild Card, many ...
9/30 Baseball Analytics: Can Texas Stand the heat vs. Matt Moore? : The Tampa Bay Rays will give the ball to rookie Matt Moore against the Rangers' prolific offense tonight. The 22-year-old ...
9/30 Fragile Freddy's: Playoff Preview - Tampa Bay vs. Texas : Today I will take a look at the two American League Division Series. For each club I’ll look at a player and pitcher to ...
9/29 mlbreports.com : Game 162 and Beyond – Can MLB Top That? : September 29, 2011 Rob Bland (Baseball Writer – MLB reports): In order to write all of this, I needed to step away from ...
9/29 Roto Think Tank: And It Ended With A Whimper : And so it ended, not with a bang but with a whimper. Fortunately for me, boring was good.For the fifth time in 14 years, I took ...
9/29 Baseball Musings: ALDS Preview, Rays Versus Rangers : The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers meet for the second consecutive season in the ALDS. The Rangers finished 96-66, first in ...
9/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THIS YANKEES LOSS TO RAYS MAKES HISTORY : OK, it was the final game of the season, Game 162. Everything has been wrapped up, the American League East, and the home field ...
9/29 Yankees Daily: Yankees lose to Rays 8-7 in 12 but Red Sox are out of Playoffs : ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the AL wild card with a stunning rally Wednesday night, overcoming ...
9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Rally Late to Win 8-7 : Pitching is a lot like real estate. It’s all about location. And the problem that has plagued David Price so many times this ...
9/28 Baseball Musings: Teixeira Slams : David Price loads the bases after the great B.J. Upton catch, and Mark Teixeira makes him pay with a two-out, 3-2, grand slam. ...
9/28 Tyler's Think Tank: It All Comes Down to This : After 161 games and one of the most painful Septembers in recent memory, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays are tied for ...
9/28 Boston Globe: Yankees will start Betances tonight : By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
You're all about to become big fans of Dellin Betances.
That's who the Yankees have decided to ...
9/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Price Takes the Mound in Regular Season Finale : One game. One game that could decide the your postseason fate. Depending on what happens in Baltimore, the Rays could clinch a ...
9/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Transitioning into the postseason; some observations : Over the past few days, we’ve been privy to some pretty enthralling baseball. As the final days of the season come to an ...
9/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : On the final day of the season, we know the six division winners, and we know the Phillies and the Yankees own the best record ...
9/27 Fragile Freddy's: Game 161 Recap : BOS – 002 302 010 – 8 – 11 – 0BAL – 100 201 021 – 7 – 13 – 0 It was not pretty but the Red Sox got a huge win ...
9/26 Chicken Fried Baseball: Let’s Go Red Sox : The Red Sox September collapse has been fascinating. The baseball media’s nearly unanimous pick to win the American League ...
9/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays VI: The end : Beginning tonight, the Yanks and Rays duke it out in the final regular season series of the year. The Yanks can win the season ...
9/26 B-R Blog: Recapping Sunday 9/25/11: SOX WIN!!! (a game … at last) : -- Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 (2nd game): The ominous words from Michael Kay -- "Scott Proctor has not pitched well for the Yankees" ...
9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 Rookie Hazing: The best of the best : It’s a Sunday and most of you are probably getting your chair ready for some football. You’ve got your chips and salsa ...
9/24 PaulLebowitz.com: It Takes At Least Two To Complete A Collapse : Not only does the collapsing team have to come completely apart and allow their pursuer(s) to catch and pass them, but the pursuer(s) ...
9/23 Baseball Musings: Rays Offense, Defense Fails : The Blue Jays beat the Rays 5-1 Friday night, dropping Tampa Bay 2 1/2 games back in the AL Wild Card race. Brandon Morrow, who ...
9/23 Baseball Analytics: Moore Mows Down Yankees : Matt Moore didn't face a full-strength Yankees lineup last night, as the AL East division champs gave regulars Brett Gardner, ...
9/23 MLB Dirt: Matt Moore Left Me in Awe : If you missed the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees last night then you missed the first ever start by the top pitching ...
9/23 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: James Shields : Talk about putting the cart before the horse. The season isn’t even over and it’s time to start stirring the pot ...
9/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Get A Look At Rays Top Pitching Prospect :
The Rays top pitching prospect, lefty Matt Moore, made his first major league start on Thursday against the Yankees and it ...
9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman On Rays' Pitching Depth : Some rival executives and scouts believe the Rays should trade some of their starting pitching depth for offense this winter, ...
9/20 Yankees Daily: Ivan Nova towers above as Yankees beat Rays 5-0 : NEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Nova pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Curtis Granderson drove in four runs and the New York ...
9/20 The "Mc" Effect: Rays & Red Sox (David & Goliath) : I don't normally write anything about the American League, but the Pirates season has been over for a long time and I figure maybe ...
9/20 Chicken Fried Baseball: Indifference? : So the Angels didn’t go undefeated over their final ten, and are now a full five games back in the West, and the Rangers ...
9/20 NY Baseball Digest: Retire Enter Sandman, Yanks Control Rays Destiny, Is NY Right for David, Looking Back ’96 : We have waxed poetic about Mariano Rivera for days now. I don’t think there is anything else left to say about his impact ...
9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays V: Shields is the new Felix : The Yankees kick off their last 10 games of the season with four against the Rays this week, three against Boston this weekend ...
9/19 Rays Colored Glasses: My Heart Skipped a Beat : When that screaming line drive off the bat of Mike Aviles ricocheted off the chest of David Price, you could hear a collective ...
9/19 Fragile Freddy's: Disaster in Progress : How do you analyze that which requires no analysis?It is possible that when tonight ends the Boston Red Sox will be in a tie in ...
9/19 B-R Blog: Plays and Notes from Games of Sunday, 9/18/11 : Tampa 8, Boston 5: I'm exhausted just from following this series online. Matt Joyce had his first 3-RBI game since April, and ...
9/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Good News and Bad News : The Good News:New England earned a solid Week 2 victory by dropping the Chargers this afternoon at Gillette by a score of 35 to ...
9/18 Baseball Musings: Rays Get the Job Done : Tampa Bay completed a run of six wins in seven games against the Red Sox in September with an 8-5 victory Sunday afternoon. David ...
9/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Jered Weaver tries to keep the Angels in the playoff race as he faces the Orioles and Alfredo Simon. Weaver goes for his 18th ...
9/18 B-R Blog: Scattered thoughts on select games of Saturday, 9/17/11 : Tampa 4, Boston 3; The gap's back down to 3 games, with David Price facing Tim Wakefield in Sunday's finale. -- Jeff Niemann gets ...
9/16 NY Baseball Digest: Joe Maddon: AL Manager of the Year : The Rays are on a roll and the Red Sox are doing their best impression of the 2007 Mets. Despite that, there is still just an ...
9/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays or Red Sox: Who would you rather face? : Despite the panic in Boston and a horrific stretch of recent play, the Red Sox still hold a 3-game lead over the red-hot Rays ...
9/16 Fragile Freddy's: Game 149 Recap : TBR – 004 002 300 – 9 – 9 – 0BOS – 001 000 001 – 2 – 6 – 1 If you are looking for good news last night’s game ...
9/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Friday Links : Alright folks. I know we’re kind of down and out. The Red Sox are in a precarious position, and it’s a little ...
9/16 SOX & Dawgs: The Race for the Postseason Heats up on "Sunday MLB on TBS" with a Crucial AL ... :
“Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on September 18 with an American League match-up between two division rivals and Postseason ...
9/15 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/15-9/18 :
Thursday, September 15th @ 7:10 PM
Jeremy **** RHP (12-10, 2.96) vs Kyle Weiland, RHP (0-1, 6.75)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, ...
9/14 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/15-9/18 :
Thursday, September 15th @ 7:10 PM
Jeremy **** RHP (12-10, 2.96) vs Kyle Weiland, RHP (0-1, 6.75)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, ...
9/14 mlbreports.com : The Hunt for Red Sox October : September 14, 2011 Rob Bland (Baseball Writer – MLB reports): Red Sox Nation is panicking. On September 1, the Boston Red ...
9/14 B-R Blog: Recapping Tuesday 9/13/11: No margin for error : On a night when both wild-card leaders won, each pursuer blew a lead in the bottom of the 7th with an ace on the hill and 2 outs ...
9/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Fall to Four Back : When the night started I wondered aloud, why can’t David Price beat these guys? I sat there critiquing the Rays’ approach ...
9/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Moore Looks to Help the Rays Win Now : The Rays’ success over the last half decade had revolved around drafting, acquiring and developing young pitchers. Up and down ...
9/13 The Golden Sombrero: Matt Moore Links : Even though Matt Moore was in Baltimore for Monday night’s game, he did not make his Major League debut. I thought that Rays’ ...
9/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : David Price tries to keep the Rays winning ways going as he faces Alfredo Simon and the Baltimore Orioles. Price had a little ...
9/12 Baseball Musings: The Next David Price : The Rays promoted Matt Moore to the majors to help out in the bullpen: The Rays are likely to use Moore cautiously at first, like ...
9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/10 :
When the Tampa Bay Rays came to town back in mid-August for a brief three-game two-day set against the Boston Red Sox, two of ...
9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/10 :
When the Tampa Bay Rays came to town back in mid-August for a brief three-game two-day set against the Boston Red Sox, two of ...
9/10 The Captain's Blog: Aces Up: Yanks’ Offense Lagging Against Elite Starters : The Yankees won’t be catching any breaks on their final West Coast trip. One day after being stifled by Jered Weaver, the Yankees ...
9/6 Brotherly Glove: The Phillies Long-Term Outlook Isn’t Bleak : “…But the Phillies could end up with Hanley Ramirez or David Price or Matt Kemp or any number of other really ...
9/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rays Chicanery : I’d be very, very careful if I were an interested club and the Rays start taking offers for James Shields after this season. ...
9/5 The Writer's Journey: A debut double for Devin : The Reds’ catcher of the future, Devin Mesoraco, made his debut against the Cardinals on Saturday. Mesoraco was part of ...
9/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankees beat Ricky Romero! : What a difference a year makes, at least as far as the Yankees facing elite AL East southpaws goes. In 2010, Jon Lester started ...
9/2 Baseball Musings: One Bad Inning : David Price allowed four hit and three walks in his seven innings of work while striking out eleven Orioles. Unfortunately, three ...
News -- August 2011
8/30 The Golden Sombrero: 2011’s 100th Golden Sombrero: Kelly Johnson (again) :
Bottom 2: Kelly Johnson struck out swinging against David Price
Bottom 4: Johnson called out strikes against Price
Bottom 7: ...
8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Tampa Bay Rays : We've covered the Orioles, Red Sox, and Yankees; now it's time to look at Rays players who will be arbitration eligible after ...
8/29 The Beanball: Doug Fister, The Next Great Control Artist : Doug Fister has never won more than six games in a single season, and has already been saddled with twelve losses this year. The ...
8/29 Baseball Analytics: Price's Fastball Priceless : David Price punched out a career-high 14 batters against the Blue Jays on Sunday, and the left-hander's mid-to-upper-90s heat was ...
8/29 B-R Blog: Selective summary for Sunday 8/28/2011 : -- David Price went 7 innings and set a Tampa Bay record with 14 strikeouts, breaking the mark shared by James Shields and Scott ...
8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Price and Jennings Shine for Rays : It was a record setting day for the Rays as they destroyed the Blue Jays 12-0 on Sunday. Behind seven strong innings from David ...
8/28 Baseball Musings: AL East Shutouts : Zach Britton was great as he earned a short shutout in a pitchers duel against Bartolo Colon as the Orioles drop the Yankees 2-0. ...
8/28 TampaSportsGuy: Royals Could Be Interested In James Shields : There have have rumors about trades involving James Shields all year, but the Kansas City Royals could actually provide what the ...
8/24 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Pull Rabbit Out of Hat, Extend Lead in Central : Entering play yesterday, the Detroit Tigers held a five-and-a-half game lead on both Chicago and Cleveland in the AL Central. ...
8/24 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Tuesday 8/23 : -- Ian Kennedy and Clayton Kershaw each won his 16th and remained tied for the NL lead, one ahead of Roy Halladay. Kennedy (16-4, ...
8/23 Baseball Musings: Half a Game More : The Tigers extend their lead in the AL Central with a nail-biter victory over the Rays. David Price held Detroit to two runs in ...
8/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Still A Heartbeat; Indians 7, Mariners 5 : By Mike Brandyberry Yesterday Shin-Soo Choo missed the game to see the birth of his daughter, Abigail, and enjoy the first ...
8/21 mlbreports.com : Tyler Beede Chooses Vanderbilt over the Blue Jays : Saturday August 20, 2011 Before the 2011 MLB Draft, Auburn, Massachusetts native Tyler Beede signed a National Letter of Intent ...
8/18 Boston Globe: Looking deeper at the Red Sox slump : By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
KANSAS CITY The Red Sox were 64-30 from April 16 to July 31. Throw in the 2-10 start and they ...
8/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/18 :
I guess we should be calling Tampa Bay Rays starter David Price a slacker. After all, he was the only Rays pitcher not to throw ...
8/17 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 8/17 :
After splitting a day/night doubleheader yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look to take the rubber game of a three-game set with ...
8/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Red Sox Go Down Again On Three Hits as Price Helps Rays Win Series : Talk about consistency and in a good way. For three games in a row, Rays pitchers held the Red Sox to three hits. That is just ...
8/17 Baseball Musings: The Price is Right : David Price pitches the third fine game for the Tampa Bay Rays in the final of their series against Boston, holding the Red Sox ...
8/17 TampaSportsGuy: Pitching Talent Brewing In The Minors; What Should The Rotation Look Like In 2012? : The Rays currently feature David Price, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis, and Jeremy **** in their rotation which is already ...
8/17 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 8/17 :
After splitting a day/night doubleheader yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look to take the rubber game of a three-game set with ...
8/16 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Draft: Recap and Draftees who Didn’t Sign : Tuesday August 16, 2011 Rob Bland (Intern- MLB Reports): Amongst all the madness that was the Draft Signing Deadline, ...
8/16 TampaSportsGuy: Rays MVP Race Heating Up : There are five players who should be in the race for the Rays season MVP in 2011: James Shields, David Price, Ben Zobrist, Evan ...
8/16 Fragile Freddy's: Series Preview - Tampa Bay Rays : Pitchers:Tuesday Game 1 - James Shields (11-9, 2.80) vs. Jon Lester (11-6, 3.32)Tuesday Game 2 - Jeff Niemann (7-4, 3.43) vs. ...
8/15 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Scouts Show Efficiency With **** And Moore : Des Moines, Iowa and Moriarty, New Mexico. Not exactly what could be considered as baseball capitals of the world. **** was drafted ...
8/15 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 8/16-8/17 :
Tuesday, August 16th @ 1:05 PM
James Shields, RHP (11-9, 2.80) vs Jon Lester, LHP (11-6, 3.32)
TV: NESN, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Postponed Again In New York : The Rays have made three trips combined to New York and Boston and each time, they have had a game postponed. Today’s is ...
8/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Braves showcasing minor league talent: Randall Delgado to start : By looking at the record of the Atlanta Braves, one would think nothing was wrong and everyone was healthy. But they’re ...
8/13 Baseball Analytics: David Price's Diminished Hook : David Price takes the mound tonight for the Rays in Yankee Stadium, bringing with him a 9-10 record with a 3.89 ERA. One ...
8/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Sabathia loses second straight start for first time all season : I missed this one, so this’ll be a quickie. Despite going eight innings and striking out seven, CC Sabathia gave up a career-high ...
8/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE RAYS PUT ON A CLINIC AGAINST SABATHIA : (Photo: Andrew Theodorakis/New York Daily News)
It was a marquee match up on Friday at the Stadium. CC Sabathia for the Yanks ...
8/12 Yankees Daily: Sabathia gives up five solo HRs as Yankees lose to Rays 5-1 : NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Damon, Casey Kotchman and Kelly Shoppach all connected in the third inning for three of Tampa Bay’s ...
8/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Flex Their Muscles and Take First Game Against Yanks : There were two things that the Rays had to improve tonight if they were going to win. 1)David Price was going to have to bounce ...
8/12 Baseball Analytics: David Price's Diminished Hook : David Price takes the mount tonight for the Rays in Yankee Stadium, bringing with him a 9-10 record with a 3.89 ERA. One ...
8/12 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Rays need a sweep to get back into the AL Wild Card race as they send David Price against CC Sabathia in the start of a three-game ...
8/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays IV: Beating Shields : The Rays come back to Yankee Stadium for a three-gamer this weekend, and while a set against the Rays is always fun, this one ...
8/8 MetsToday.com: Jose Reyes to DL : The Mets PR department has announced that both Jose Reyes and Dan Murphy have been placed on the 15-day disabled list. As expected, ...
8/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria Ties it Late but Rays Lose in Extras to the A’s : David Price, was quite literally, always in trouble today. In all five innings that he started, the leadoff man reached. He was ...
8/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 114 : 3:34PM EDT: Wild pitch and DeJesus scores (looked a bit more like a passed ball mind you on Shoppach)! A’s lead 4-3. 3:30PM ...
8/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEE KIDS ARE GROWING UP : There's no way to question it; Jesus Montero and Manny Banuelos are the future of the New York Yankees, and the day is coming ...
8/4 BomberBanter.com: Home Run Derby, All Star Game Over the last 15 or so seasons, I've done by best to give the All Star Break festivities as much attention as I could....
8/4 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: J.P. Arencibia (again) :
Top 3: J.P. Arencibia struck out swinging against David Price
Top 5: Arencibia struck out swinging against Price
Top 7: Arencibia ...
8/4 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions for the Rest of the Season : Two-thirds of the 2011 baseball season is in the books, and in the spirit of Talented Mr. Roto aka Matthew Berry, I ...
8/4 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CASHMAN HAS 1 MAJOR FLAW : Look, don't get me wrong, Brian Cashman has done a good job for the Yankees as GM since 1998, if he hadn't he would be gone ...
8/3 COSFBA: Line of the Day: Ricky Romero: August 2nd, 2011 : Ricky Romero allowed one hit, a solo home run to Desmond Jennings in the sixth inning, over eight innings while striking ...
8/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Romero Escapes Jam, Dominates Rays : Ricky Romero, similar to some Rays starters, has a very low ERA (2.98 after tonight) but his record stands at a pedestrian nine ...
News -- July 2011
7/29 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace Update : About 12 weeks ago, the day after the Wedding of the Year, we did this study to see which pitchers have the largest difference ...
7/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Pitchers not named CC : As the trade deadline approaches, I’m increasingly certain that the Yankees aren’t going to make a trade for a number ...
7/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Would You Hate to See Go? : Randi’s asked Cyndi yesterday, “If a totally unexpected, out of left field trade were to happen, what player would ...
7/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rays @ A’s Game 103 : 8:54PM PDT: Pennington keeps it up, smashing a double off the wall in left scoring Sizemore. It’s come in little pieces ...
7/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Are the Yankees any good at developing pitchers? :
In February of 2007, Baseball America deemed 20-year-old Phil Hughes the league's #4 prospect. A few rungs lower on the ...
7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger : Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the ...
7/22 B-R Blog: A rare tough loss for Sabathia in pinstripes : Thursday night, CC Sabathia allowed 2 runs in a CG (8-inning) loss to the Rays. It was the first time as a Yankee that Sabathia ...
7/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Girardi Might Come to Senses and Bat Gardner Leadoff :
Via Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News:
Derek Jeter was in his customary leadoff spot Wednesday night against David Price ...
7/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: Grandy, Nuney, Freddy help Yanks top Rays 4-0 : First Bartolo Colon. Then Freddy Garcia. Less than a week after putting together back-to-back mediocre starts against the Blue ...
7/20 Baseball Analytics: The Price is Almost Right : David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays improved both his walk and strikeout rates in 2011, posting the best K/9 IP and BB/9 IP marks ...
7/20 Yankees Daily: Granderson and Garcia help Yankees past Rays : ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Curtis Granderson backed a solid pitching performance by Freddy Garcia with a two-run homer, leading ...
7/20 My Pinstripes: Yankees Give Rays The 'G' Treatment : It's not quite the same as the M & M boys of Mantle and Maris, but the Tampa Bay Rays got a double dose of the letter 'G' ...
7/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: 7/20: Yankees vs. Rays : Good evening, Yankee fans! Hope you all had a good day and are settling in for the night to watch the Bombers take on David Price ...
7/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Pirates go for a sweep of the Reds with Johnny Cueto battling Jeff Karstens. Cueto, like Ryan Vogelsong, got a late start ...
7/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays III: Uh oh, two more Starters-They’ve-Never-Faced : Apparently four games against one AL East foe wasn’t enough, as the Yankees embark on their second-straight four-gamer tonight ...
7/18 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Should Move One Of Their Pitching Prospects : After the disastrous 16 inning defeat against the Boston Red Sox last night, many fans have written off the Rays and their run ...
7/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Is Brandon Morrow Elite? :
He shut down the Yankees
We've been fans since he was a prospect in the Mariners organization. A flame throwing right-hander ...
7/16 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/16 :
It's not too often that you see a team hit four home runs during a game and lose said game. But that's exactly what happened ...
7/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: JETER’S HIT MILESTONES : You tend to forget just how good Derek Jeter is and what he’s accomplished over his career. So we decided to put out his hit ...
7/15 Fanspeak.com: Orioles Sweep The Rays, Come Out Of The Gate On Fire
7/15 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/15 :
The first place Boston Red Sox return from the All-Star break tonight at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. They'll put ...
7/15 Baseball Musings: Home Run Efficiency : The Red Sox scored five runs on four home runs Friday night, but the Rays scored six runs on two long balls and went on to a 9-6 ...
7/15 Fragile Freddy's: Series Preview - Tampa Bay Rays : Pitchers: Friday – Andrew Miller (3-0, 3.57) vs. David Price (8-7, 3.70)Saturday – John Lackey (6-8, 6.84) vs. James Shields ...
7/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Tigers start the second half like they ended the first, with Justin Verlander on the mound. He takes on the White Sox and ...
7/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Ah, the break is nearly over : It’s only been just under a week since the Rays last played, but it has felt like an eternity! Perhaps the sickening feeling ...
7/14 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 7/15-7/17 :
Friday, July 15th @ 7:10 PM
Andrew Miller, LHP (3-0, 3.57) vs David Price, LHP (8-7, 3.70)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
7/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Getting acquainted with the future : Baseball America’s ability to rank prospects and to do it with surprising accuracy is reason enough to pay attention to ...
7/13 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Quickie: Halladay’s All-Star No-Hit Bid : The All-Star Game is managed strangely. That’s a given. It’s the only place where Roy Halladay could start a game ...
7/13 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB All-Star Game Recap: National League Defeats the American League for 2nd Year in a Row : Wednesday July 13, 2011 Rob Bland (Intern Candidate for MLB Reports): This year’s edition of the Midsummer Classic, ...
7/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IT'S MORE THAN 3000, IT'S DESTINY : (Photo: Getty)Where were you on July 9, 2011 at 2pm EST? Were you at home watching the Yankee game with friends and family? ...
7/12 For Baseball Junkies: DEREK JETER: FIRST YANKEE TO AMASS 3,000 HITS : Not Babe Ruth. Not Mickey Mantle. Not Yogi Berra. Not Lou Gehrig. Not Joe DiMaggio.Derek Jeter, the Captain, ...
7/12 mlbreports.com : Derek Jeter: New York Yankees Captain Joins the 3000 Hit Club : Saturday July 9, 2011 MLB reports: Only in New York. Derek Jeter entered today’s play with 2,998 career hits. ...
7/12 Fanspeak.com: Does a Laynce Nix For B.J. Upton Swap Work:
7/12 Blog Red Machine: Flaws, Foibles Find Reds in Fourth; Fans Feeling Frustrated : Dusty Baker (Photo: Jamie Ramsey) Well, we have officially reached the All-Star break and our Redlegs could certainly use the ...
7/12 The Process Report: Futures Game Impressions : Matt Moore The headliner, Moore pitched the fourth inning for the USA team. The pregame chatter seemed to revolve around Moore, ...
7/12 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Lose, Sonnanstine Demoted : Big post-game news, as Andy Sonnanstine goes to Durham in order to make room for Brandon Guyer. Nothing personal against Sonnanstine, ...
7/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: D-Rob and CC Named All-Stars, CC Not Going :
The Yankees initially had six All-Stars (Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, ...
7/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Root Against the Rays : Sorry Kansas City, but your wave of prospects and apparent bright future might be poorly timed. The prospect haul netted by the ...
7/12 The Captain's Blog: Baseball Needs Its Stars to Come Out : (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Since baseball unveiled ...
7/12 My Pinstripes: What The Opposition Had to Say About DJ 3K : As you read these comments, a lot of them from the top players in the game, you know that it's mainly scrubs and jealous players ...
7/12 My Pinstripes: Derek Jeter's 3000 Storybook Day : Derek Jeter is a private person to the rest of the world. Buttoned up in interviews. Quietly lives his life off the field, even ...
7/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: My Obligatory Jeter Post : When I sat down to write this, I had the intention to do something more logical, something more grounded, something a little more ...
7/12 B-R Blog: DJ3K:HR : Derek Jeter's 2nd hit of the game, a game-tying HR off David Price into the LF stands, was the 3,000th hit of his career. Wade ...
7/5 The Process Report: Wade Davis And Quality Starts : With Wade Davis’ most recent start in the books, it is becoming apparent that he hopes to squat on the naming right for the ...
7/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Send Three to the All-Star Game…and Hopefully Two More : The All-Star Game rosters were just unveiled and three Rays were selected. James Shields, David Price and Matthew Joyce were chosen. ...
7/2 Baseball Press: Impact Pitching Prospects in the Second Half :
Mike Minor is part of a terrific group of pitching talent in Atlanta (Icon SMI)As we near the halfway point of the baseball ...
News -- June 2011
6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price Pitches His Heart Out, Longoria Walks Off : David Price started this game really humming, just dominant. He struck out two in the first, two in the second and one in the ...
6/29 The Process Report: A Check Up On David Price’s Change-Up : Johnny Damon put the Rays ahead twice and Evan Longoria put them ahead for good, but as R.J. pointed out in the Daily Process, ...
6/29 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind Price, Longoria : Sometime early in the game, I tweeted that David Price had shutout stuff tonight. He did, as his fastball packed enough heat for ...
6/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Philadelphia plays host to the best pitching matchup of the day as Josh Beckett and the Red Sox visit Cliff Lee and the Phillies. ...
6/25 B-R Blog: Complete-Game James : James Shields won his 3rd straight complete game Friday night, limiting Houston to a run on 3 hits, with 9 strikeouts and 1 walk. ...
6/22 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Dominates Brewers : If you did not see the game, then just know that David Price was at his finest. After some early inning struggles, an early exit ...
6/22 Yanks Go Yard: Rays Take Series as Price Dominates : June 22, 2011 A: Milwaukee Brewers Attendance: 39,632 Rays (41-34) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 7 0 Brewers (41-35) 2 0 0 0 0 0 ...
6/22 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price allowed two runs in eight innings as the walked one Brewer and struck out ten in the Rays 6-3 victory. He’s ...
6/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Orioles and Pirates start off the day with Zach Britton facing Kevin Correia. The 23-year-old Orioles rookies is more than ...
6/20 Call to the Pen: Hindsight of Devil Rays Failure: Part 2 : This post is a continuation of “Hindsight of Devil Rays Failure” which you can read here.
Don’t be confused, ...
6/20 COSFBA: Line of the Day: June 19th, 2011 : James Shields of the Tampa Bay Rays pitched a complete game four-hitter and struck out 10 in a 2-1 win over the Florida Marlins. ...
6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't? : A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what ...
6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't? : A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what ...
6/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't? : A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what ...
6/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 6/17 :
On Baseball Tonight last night, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said that Clay Buchholz had no-hit stuff against ...
6/17 Yanks Go Yard: Red Sox Take Series With 4-2 Win : June 16, 2011 V: Boston Red Sox Attendance: 23,495 Red Sox (41-27) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 Rays (36-33) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 ...
6/17 Baseball Happenings: Game 68 Recap : BOS – 120 000 001 – 4 – 6 – 0 TBR – 010 001 000 – 2 – 6 – 0 The Boston Red Sox finished off a truly sensational ...
6/17 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 6/17 :
On Baseball Tonight last night, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said that Clay Buchholz had no-hit stuff against ...
6/16 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Hits Youkilis : The aspects I hate about baseball tend to be sore spots because of sabermetric angst or rage against half-brained tradition—like ...
6/16 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/16 :
After splitting the first two games, the Boston Red Sox look to take the rubber game of a three-game set with the Tampa Bay ...
6/16 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/16 :
After splitting the first two games, the Boston Red Sox look to take the rubber game of a three-game set with the Tampa Bay ...
6/16 The Process Report: What If: Josh Beckett : Sometimes, often whenever Josh Beckett is on the mound opposing the Rays (and having arguably the best start of his career), I ...
6/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Tigers and Indians play the rubber game of their series this afternoon, the winner claiming first place in the AL Central. ...
6/14 Baseball Happenings: Series Preview - Tampa Bay Rays : Pitchers:Tuesday – Tim Wakefield (3-1, 4.84) vs. James Shields (5-4, 2.85)Wednesday – Josh Beckett (5-2, 2.06) vs. Jeremy ...
6/13 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 6/14-6/16 :
Tuesday, June 14th @ 7:10 PM
Tim Wakefield, RHP (3-1, 4.84) vs James Shields, RHP (5-4, 2.85)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
6/13 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 6/14-6/16 :
Tuesday, June 14th @ 7:10 PM
Tim Wakefield, RHP (3-1, 4.84) vs James Shields, RHP (5-4, 2.85)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
6/12 The Process Report: David Price’s Startling Improvements : At this point, I can admit that it looks like I was wrong when I wrote this: I think—and I may turn out to be wrong—that Price ...
6/12 The Process Report: Daily Process: Zobrist & Kotchman Lead Attack In Rays 7-5 Win : The Rays and Orioles traded blows in the latter stages of Saturday’s game before Tampa Bay landed the knockout punch(es) in ...
6/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Reds and Giants play game three of their four-game series with Mike Leake taking on Tim Lincecum. Despite his 4.63 ERA, Mike ...
6/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't? : A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what ...
6/8 Yanks Go Yard: Price Shuts Down the Angels, MLB Draft Starts : May 6, 2011 A: Los Angeles Angels Attendance: 32,287 Rays (31-29) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 9 0 Angels (30-32) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 ...
6/7 Yankees Daily: Rays Mix Upside with Probability on Day One : The Tampa Bay Rays had an unprecedented 10 picks before the second round even started. It’s hard to go wrong when you can ...
6/7 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup : Eric Hosmer played the hero Monday night as he hit a two-out single in the bottom of the eleventh, and the Royals beat the Blue ...
6/7 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price in Control, Ruggiano Homers in Rays 5-1 Win : On a night when the 2011 MLB draft dominated the news cycle, it was easy to forget the Rays had a game to play on Monday night. ...
6/6 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Links: Rendon, Bauer, Cole, Mock Drafts : We've already learned that right-hander Gerrit Cole will be the Pirates' choice with the first overall pick in today's amateur ...
6/5 Baseball Moves: Week 10 – Two Start Pitchers Click the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 10. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
6/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Rays need to swing the bat; get out of hitting slump : Walking into Tropicana Field on Tuesday night, I was elated with the thought of the game to come. I hadn’t been to a Rays ...
6/1 Nolan Writin': Colby Pitches a Gem and Neftali Feliz Doesn’t Give It Away : Rangers win 3 to 0 over the Tampa Bay Rays. Finally, Neftali Feliz was able to not blow a save, he did allow a lead off hit but ...
6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price strikes out eight in loss: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price gave up three runs and five hits while walking one and striking out eight in eight innings in a ...[+]
loss to the Texas Rangers Wednesday, June 1. He was 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA in four previous outings against the Rangers.
6/1 The Captain's Blog: Handy Men: Arod and Granderson Have an About Face Against Lefties : (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By roughing up Brett ...
6/1 My Pinstripes: Curtis Granderson Crushes Pitcher's Souls : There are certain players whose abilities you truly don't appreciate until you get to see them on a regular basis. Yankees centerfielder ...
News -- May 2011
5/29 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Matt LaPorta :
Top 2: Matt LaPorta called out on strikes against David Price
Top 4: LaPorta struck out swinging against Price
Top ...
5/28 COSFBA: Line of the Day: May 27th, 2011 : SP David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays allowed no runs, four hits and walked two while striking out a career-high 12 over seven ...
5/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): David Price’s close call with a sheared off bat :
Yep, this just happened tonite. If the MLB universe is going to overreact and demand rules changes for catcher/runner plays ...
5/28 Wahoo's Warriors: Price dominates Indians… again : There’s no shame in losing to the best, and that’s exactly what David Price was on Friday night. Price struck out ...
5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price posts career-high 12 Ks: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed four hits and two walks in seven scoreless innings with a career-high 12 strikeouts Friday, ...[+]
May 27, in a win against the Cleveland Indians. 'We couldn't do anything against him,' Indians manager Manny Acta said. 'He was overpowering.' Price was able to stay in the game after being hit by a piece of a broken bat in the seventh inning.
5/28 Yanks Go Yard: Price, Fuld Lift the Rays Past the Indians : May 27, 2011 v: Cleveland Indians Attendance: 16,800 Indians (30-18) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Rays (27-23) 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 ...
5/27 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind Price, Bat Buzzes Over Price : There are nights where all David Price needs is his fastball, a run or two, and some space. Tonight was one of those nights. Price ...
5/27 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price spins his second gem against the Indians this season, shutting them out for seven innings as the Rays take the game ...
5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Notes: Cole, Hultzen, Meyer : Eleven former first overall picks are currently on MLB rosters (DL included): Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez, Pat Burrell, Josh ...
5/27 Baseball Press: Daily Baseball on a Budget - May 27th :
Mitch Moreland is swinging a hot bat for the Rangers. (Icon SMI)Daily fantasy baseball leagues are the perfect opportunity for ...
5/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Indians bring the best record in the majors into Tampa Bay as Josh Tomlin faced David Price. Batters find it nearly impossible ...
5/27 Wahoo's Warriors: Tomlin goes for 7th win vs Rays : Josh Tomlin takes the hill tonight against the Rays in search of his 7th win. Over the past 30 seasons, only eight Tribe pitchers ...
5/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Detroit Tigers : The Tigers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series. Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season:
Eligible For Free ...
5/24 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Dodgers : The Dodgers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series. Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season:
Eligible For Free ...
5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Marlins | Chris Coghlan out Saturday: Florida Marlins OF Chris Coghlan did not play Saturday, May 21, against the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Edwin Rodriguez sat Coghlan ...[+]
because the Rays had SP David Price on the hill
5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price on short end in interleague start: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed five earned runs, six hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings in a loss Saturday, May 21, against ...[+]
the Florida Marlins. He also struck out four in the 107-pitch outing.
5/21 Yanks Go Yard: Vazquez, Marlins Shut Down Rays 5-3 : May 21, 2011 A: Florida Marlins Attendance: 21,814 Rays (25-21) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 1 Marlins (26-18) 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 ...
5/19 B-R Blog: Hector Noesi and making your MLB debut with 4+ innings of relief : Last night, Hector Noesi made his major league debut, pitching the last 4 innings of the Yankees' win over the Orioles. (Those ...
5/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Inter-League Ploy : If you haven’t noticed, the Cardinals are in the middle of a stretch during which they play 16 games in 16 days. That ...
5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Previewing Jaime Garcia's Arbitration Debut : If Jaime Garcia keeps pitching like this, David Price and Clayton Kershaw won’t be the only first-time arbitration eligible ...
5/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): A Rational Guide to the Slump (Glass Half Full Edition) : The Yankees are officially in a “slump”, defined as a patch where the team plays a lot worse than expected, loses a ton of ...
5/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): The IIATMS morning update: 5/17/2011 : Well, I'm officially out of snarky quips about the previous night's loss to lead these things off. What else is there to say, ...
5/16 The Process Report: Daily Process: Bullpen Holds Steady as Rays Beat Yankees : Whether the Rays can hang with the Yankees over the long haul will be answered in the months to come, but wins like tonight are ...
5/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks lose six straight for first time since 2007 : For the second game in a row the Yankees were able to tag an elite American League lefthanded starter to jump out to an early ...
5/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread and Series Preview | Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays I: Just win one : Due to a lack of time and also the shortened two-game set, this will be a bit of an abbreviated Series Preview. As you know, the ...
5/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Max Scherzer tries to improve his record to 7-0 Monday night. Photo: Icon SMI. The Yankees trail the Rays by two games as the ...
5/16 The Captain's Blog: Swept Away: Red Sox Pull Off Rare Feat at Yankee Stadium : After being swept by the Boston Red Sox at home, the Yankees concluded one of their most embarrassing and demoralizing weeks in ...
5/16 The Process Report: The Process Versus Yankees Hitters : A first place showdown in May… Batter Bats LHOPS RHOPS Derek Jeter Right .900 .734 Curtis Granderson Left .614 .890 Mark Teixeira ...
5/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Red Sox complete first three-game sweep of Yankees in New Yankee Stadium history; send Yanks to season-high 5th straight loss : The Red Sox prolonged the Yankees’ misery with a 7-5 victory Sunday night, marking the first three-game sweep by an opponent ...
5/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Swept at Home by the Red Sox :
The Yankees were swept by the Red Sox this weekend after they lost 7-5 Sunday night, blowing an early 4-1 lead.
Freddy Garcia ...
5/15 Baseball Moves: Week 7 – Two Start Pitchers Click the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 7. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
5/12 Wahoo's Warriors: David Price shuts down Tribe : Made my first trip to The Jake this season and was rudely greeted by David Price on his A-game. In eight innings of work Price ...
5/12 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Bautista, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays : Ten years ago today, Marlins starter A.J. Burnett pitched a no-hitter against the Padres despite walking nine batters. Now ...
5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price fine after comebacker: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (wrist) allowed just two earned runs and five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over eight ...[+]
innings in a win Wednesday, May 11, against the Cleveland Indians. He managed to throw 70 of his 112 pitches for strikes. Price was hit on the right wrist by a comebacker, and the baseball stitches left an imprint on his arm, but he was able to finish the game. After the game, he wore a wrap on the right wrist.
5/11 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price In Command Against Indians : The analytical focus of this site has largely centered on the “pitching backwards” strategy of the Rays rotation this season. ...
5/11 Yanks Go Yard: Rays End Indians’ Streak in Impressive Fashion : May 11, 2011 A: Cleveland Indians Attendance: 17,741 Rays (21-15) 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 8 11 0 Indians (23-12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 ...
5/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : My daughter is coming home from college today so I’m a bit rushed today. This will be a quick post. The Oakland Athletics ...
5/11 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: Cutting Edge :
The cut fastball was the feature item up for bid on the front page of ESPN.com’s baseball page yesterday. Buster Olney ...
5/10 NY Baseball Digest: Surprising Tampa Still a Distant Third in AL East : Going into the season I believed it would be the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East, and then everyone else. Last year’s division ...
5/6 COSFBA: Line of the Day: May 5th, 2011 : SP David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays allowed four hits and struck out 10 in 8 2/3 innings in a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue ...
5/5 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Brandon Morrow vs. David Price :
Welcome to the second installment of our scouting series on pitching duels. The first edition broke down veteran Dan Haren ...
5/5 Baseball Musings: Close, But No Cigar : David Price came within one out of a complete game, but Kyle Farnsworth comes in to get the final out as the Rays defeat the Blue ...
5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price shines against Toronto: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed one unearned run while pitching into the ninth inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday, ...[+]
May 5. He has never lost in his career against the Blue Jays, winning eight times in nine starts. Price allowed four hits and struck out 10 in 8 2/3 innings.
5/5 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Dominates, Rays Cruise : It’s a distant memory now, but a David Price day start versus the Jays gave a glimpse of the future back in 2009. Then, Price ...
5/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Astros and Reds start the day off with a 12:30 PM EDT game with Brett Myers facing Homer Bailey. Myers has allowed 8 home ...
5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Rotation shiftTampa Bay Rays SP David Price will take the mound Thursday, April 5, followed by SP James Shields Friday, April 6....[+]
Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will take the mound Thursday, April 5, followed by SP James Shields Friday, April 6.
5/1 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals : Here's a rundown of MLBTR's original content from the past week....
Our Draft Prospect Q&A series rolled on as Ben Nicholson-Smith ...
News -- April 2011
4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts In Draft History : One year ago yesterday, we took a look at the largest contracts ever given to drafted players in MLB history. It's time for an ...
4/30 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Roughed Up In Rays 8-5 Loss To Angels : Speaking of his left-handed ace, David Price, Joe Maddon summed it up best in his post-game interview when he said “David just ...
4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price looks awful as he falls to .500: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was roughed up for five earned runs, 12 hits and one walk in just 4 1/3 innings in a loss Friday, ...[+]
April 29, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He managed to get just 60 of his 98 pitches over for strikes. The 12 hits allowed marked a career high.
4/28 The Process Report: Daily Process: Zobrist Caps 10 RBI Day As Rays Sweep Twins : Feeling left out of the starting pitching parade, Jeff Niemann tossed a gem of his own as the Rays completed a day/night sweep ...
4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Price, Kershaw Likely To Redefine Market : C.J. Wilson, Mark Buehrle and (possibly) C.C. Sabathia aren’t the only left-handed starters pitching for contracts in 2011. ...
4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Records: Starting Pitchers : Several arbitration records could fall in 2012. Here's my best attempt at finding the current records for starting pitchers ...
4/25 The Process Report: Led By James Shields and David Price, The Rays Rotation is Eating Innings : The Rays pitching staff (with the exception of Jeff Niemann) is off to a rip-roaring start in 2011. So far, the Rays starting ...
4/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Tampa Bay Rays : The Rays are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series. Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season:
Eligible For Free ...
4/23 The Process Report: David Price, Cliff Lee, And Cutters : The topic of David Price‘s evolution as a pitcher has been discussed before. Since joining the big leagues, we’ve ...
4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price notches his third win: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed four earned runs, eight hits and two walks over eight innings in a win Saturday, April 23, ...[+]
against the Toronto Blue Jays, reports The Associated Press. After starting out 0-2, Price has rattled off wins in three straight starts. 'Outstanding,' manager Joe Maddon said. 'Great command of his stuff all night long. He threw the ball where he wanted to. He pitched really, really well.'
4/23 The Process Report: Daily Process: David Price Goes Eight Again : David Price went eight innings against the White Sox and managed to do the same against the Blue Jays. Although a spotty ninth ...
4/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Brandon Morrow comes off the disabled list as the Blue Jays continue their series with the Rays in Toronto. David Price takes ...
4/23 NY Baseball Digest: How Fast Can Matt Harvey Rise? : You couldn’t ask for a better start from 2010 #1 draft pick Matt Harvey. After four starts in High-A St. Lucie he’s ...
4/21 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Will John Danks Earn In 2012? : If they don't sign extensions, starters John Danks, Matt Garza, Jeremy Guthrie, and Jered Weaver will enter fairly uncharted ...
4/20 The Process Report: Daily Process: Davis Solid in Rays’ 4-1 Victory : Following in the footsteps of David Price and James Shields before him, Wade Davis turned in a solid performance against the ...
4/19 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap : The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Royals 3 (10) The Cleveland Indians ...
4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price evens record at 2-2: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed just four hits and two walks over eight scoreless innings in a win Monday, April 18, against ...[+]
the Chicago White Sox. Price also struck out nine batters in the 114-pitch quality start.
4/18 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Dominates, Fuld Does Fuld Things : We’ve talked quite a bit about Wade Davis taking off velocity in favor of control over the past few days. David Price, on the ...
4/18 Baseball Musings: Leading Off and Pitching In : The legend of Sam Fuld keeps growing. He turned in a four for four night from the lead-off spot, although he only scored one run, ...
4/18 The Process Report: Dream Processing: Tim Beckham Follows Mike Moustakas : This is sort of a new series I’m going to try out. The inspiration is from Jason Parks, as he wrote a series of “what could ...
4/18 The Process Report: The Process Versus Adam Dunn & White Sox Hitters : After losing three of four in Chicago, the Rays hope to return the favor as the White Sox come into Tropicana Field for a four-game ...
4/18 Baseball Moves: Week 3 – Two Start Pitchers Click the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 3....
4/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Ricky Romero is emerging as the ace of the Toronto staff 2011. Photo: Icon SMI The Blue Jays try for a split against the Red Sox ...
4/16 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace : Which pitchers have had the largest difference in average velocity between their fastball and change-up? According to fangraphs:
National ...
4/16 The Process Report: Wade Davis Trades Speed For Control : Whether you watch last night’s game on TV, on-line, or at the ballpark, you probably noticed that Wade Davis’ velocity was ...
4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rendon, Buchholz, Price : Six years ago today, baseball finally returned to Washington D.C. when the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks in their home opener ...
4/14 The Process Report: The Rays Rotation And Sliders : Just how far away have the Rays moved from the slider? To expand on yesterday’s post, I decided to go year-by-year using the ...
4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: What’s the buzz? Putting Carl Crawford’s brutal start into perspective : In an interview on WEEI radio this morning, Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz said he thinks Carl Crawford is the key to ...
4/13 The Process Report: The Future Process: Alex Torres and Alex Cobb : While Matt Moore and Chris Archer continue to climb the minor league ladder, the Durham combination of Alex Torres and Alex Cobb ...
4/13 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/13 :
Guess who has the worst record in all of Major League Baseball right now? Give up?? Well it's the beloved Boston Red Sox who ...
4/13 The Process Report: The Extra 2% In Pitching Arsenals? : Wade Davis did a nice interview over at Prospectus today where he discusses the technical side of pitching. He let this response ...
4/13 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/13 :
Guess who has the worst record in all of Major League Baseball right now? Give up?? Well it's the beloved Boston Red Sox who ...
4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price earns first win of the season: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed two earned runs, five hits and two walks over 7 2/3 innings in a win Tuesday, April 12, ...[+]
against the Boston Red Sox. He also struck out three batters in the 116-pitch quality start.
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/12 :
After a 16-5 beatdown last night, the Boston Red Sox look to recover yet again and pick up in a win in game two of a three-game ...
4/12 Baseball Musings: Duel at Fenway : David Price and Jon Lester lived up to the billing of this match up, the Rays prevailing 3-2. Despite Lester getting the loss, ...
4/12 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price, Rays Beat Lester : Terry Francona approached tonight’s matchup against David Price consciously. Lineup stalwarts like Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz, ...
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/12 :
After a 16-5 beatdown last night, the Boston Red Sox look to recover yet again and pick up in a win in game two of a three-game ...
4/12 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Rays hope David Price is right as they try to make it two in a row against the Red Sox. Photo: Icon SMI The Yankees open a ...
4/12 The Process Report: Clay Buchholz Extension: A David Price Blueprint? : Soon after Wade Davis signed his four-year extension worth $12.6 million (with the potential to be seven-years, $36.1 million) ...
4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/11-4/13 :
Monday, April 11th @ 7:10 PM
Jeremy **** RHP (0-1, 4.76) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (0-1, 5.40)
TV: NESN, ESPN, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Top Starters Unwilling To Go Year-To-Year : Baseball players, starting pitchers in particular, are a risk-averse bunch. Given the choice between multiyear security and ...
4/11 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/11-4/13 :
Monday, April 11th @ 7:10 PM
Jeremy **** RHP (0-1, 4.76) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (0-1, 5.40)
TV: NESN, ESPN, MLB.tv
Radio: ...
4/10 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 4/3/11 - 4/10/11 : The offseason hot stove has cooled down as teams evaluate their needs early in the season, but we're still providing plenty of ...
4/10 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 4/3/11 - 4/10/11 : Time to take a look back at what happened off-the-field during the first full week of the 2011 season...
The biggest story ...
4/8 The Golden Sombrero: My First Week of Fantasy Baseball: Team **** or GTFO :
When I say this is my first week of fantasy, I don’t mean the first of the season—I mean I’ve ...
4/8 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Super Two Players For 2012 : The cutoff for super two players will be two years and 146 days of service time after the 2011 season, according to preliminary ...
4/7 Call to the Pen: The Actual Velocity of Rookies : One of my biggest pet peeves with baseball scouting reports is the inflation of velocity readings. How many starting pitchers ...
4/7 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Falling Behind : Falling behind is about the only thing the Rays have done well this season. They have fallen behind in each of the first six games ...
4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price hit with another loss: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price gave up three earned runs and nine hits while walking one and striking out only two in six innings ...[+]
to lose his second game of the year against the Chicago White Sox, according to The Associated Press. Price is 0-4 in his career versus the White Sox.
4/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : A battle of high ERA aces takes place in Cleveland as Boston sends Jon Lester against Fausto Carmona. Lester, a high strikeout, ...
4/6 The Process Report: Daily Process: Jeremy **** Is Unimpressed With The Angels : Some people need a day-to-day or game-to-game narrative to really entrench themselves in the season. If that sounds like you, ...
4/6 B-R Blog: The Orioles’ great start : In their first 4 games this season, the Orioles haven't allowed more than 1 run in any game: Rk Gm# Date Tm Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank ...
4/5 The Process Report: Daily Process: It’s Still Not Panic Time : I won’t bury the lead: The Rays are 0-4 and have scored six runs. That’s bad. Still, I believe this is an above .500 team. ...
4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: David Price : Last year 25-year-old lefty David Price established himself as one of the best pitchers in baseball, finishing second in the American ...
4/5 Through The Fence Baseball: O’s reload: Tampa Bay Rays April 1-3 : Game one, Season Opener 4/1/2011 There’s a witch on the mound. Opening the season against the Rays at home with David Price ...
4/5 Baseball Daily Digest: BDD 2011 Division Previews: AL East : The calendar may have turned to April, but the 2011 BDD Previews march on as baseball fans across the nation celebrate Opening ...
4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Major Arbitration Paydays For 2012 : Last month we looked at the best players who will be arbitration eligible for the first time in 2012, including Andrew McCutchen, ...
4/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price open to long-term deal with team: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price said Saturday, April 2, that he is open to signing a long-term deal with the team, reports Marc ...[+]
Topkin, of the St. Petersburg Times. 'If it's realistic, absolutely, that is something I would definitely do,' Price said of signing a potential long-term contract. 'I love it here, absolutely. Everyone here knows that I'm a huge fan of this organization and all the people that are in the clubhouse. I feel like it's the right place for me.'
4/3 MLBTradeRumors: David Price Would Be Open To Long-Term Deal : In the wake of Wade Davis' four-year extension, left-hander David Price says that he would be open to signing a long-term deal ...
4/3 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Mark Reynold’s 7th Inning Double : In a series that featured some really good pitching (or some really bad hitting by the Rays, at least), it only took one big hit ...
4/2 The Golden Sombrero: Sombrero Staff Prognostications: Justin’s 2011 Predictions :
AL East:
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees (Wild Card)
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
AL Central:
Chicago ...
4/2 The Process Report: The Rays Drop Game One to Orioles : David Price pitched well through four. He located his fastball, openly challenging (and winning) hitters over the plate while ...
4/2 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Brian Roberts’ Triple : In addition to our regular notes (see below), for some games we will look at a play, at-bat, or pitching match-up that had a ...
4/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price has marginal first outing: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed four earned runs, five hits and a walk in seven innings against the Baltimore Orioles Friday, ...[+]
April 1, in his Opening Day start. Price also struck out seven batters, throwing 103 pitches in his initial outing of the regular season.
News -- March 2011
3/31 The Process Report: Is This The Last Opening Day for James Shields? : The Rays open the season tomorrow night. It’s the third consecutive season they will start on day two of the regular season ...
3/31 The Process Report: Rays Sign Wade Davis to Seven-Year Extension : And so, the cycle of Rays’ life begins anew. Prior to the 2008 season, the Rays signed James Shields to an extension. The guaranteed ...
3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Half Of Opening Day Starters Were First Rounders : Even though former top picks such as Zack Greinke, Adam Wainwright and Stephen Strasburg are currently sidelined, a substantial ...
3/30 MLBTradeRumors: How Teams Obtained Their Opening Day Starters : You can define a No. 1 starter in any number of ways, but in one respect, managers around the game have already done the work ...
3/29 The Golden Sombrero: My Denslow Cup Draft: Explanation of picks :
Last Tuesday evening was the annual Denslow Cup draft. Luckily I was back home in Farmington so that Griff ...
3/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: The TYA Staff’s 2011 MLB Predictions : In honor of the onset of the 2011 MLB season, we’re pleased to present the 2011 predictions of our entire 10-man staff. ...
3/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Ranking Pitchers by Win Projections : Awesome reader Gavin emailed a question in today. He writes...
In a real simple season long pool. All it is, is u take 20 pitchers, ...
3/28 The Process Report: The Other Members of Montgomery’s Stacked Rotation : About a week and a half ago, I wrote about Matthew Moore and Chris Archer. The pair have since been moved to Double-A Montgomery ...
3/28 Motor City Bengals: Fearless Predictions for 2011, Born of Ignorance : In the American League, the Rays fall off just enough (though they won’t be awful) to be uncompetitive in their division. ...
3/27 Baseball Musings: Rays Robbed : The Tampa Bay Rays players had their rented house robbed: Evan Longoria, David Price and Reid Brignac tried to look at the positive: ...
3/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Rays : Rays (14-13) vs. Pirates (10-19) 1:05 PM EST–McKechnie Field, Bradenton Here is the MLB.com Gameday Radio: WPGB The Bucs ...
3/26 The Process Report: What Juan Cruz Brings : Now that Juan Cruz is all but ensured a spot on the roster, let’s talk about him some more. Everyone who has seen Cruz knows ...
3/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Bust Candidates - Young Pitchers Pushed Too Far : Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated published a list of players under 25 years of age who experienced an increase in innings from ...
3/25 B-R Blog: The 20 most productive pitchers of 2010 : Following on to my list of the 20 most productive hitters of 2010, here's a list of the 20 most productive pitchers. First, here ...
3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price dominant against Red Sox: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed one earned run, five hits and two walks while striking out seven batters in 6 1/3 innings ...[+]
Tuesday, March 22, against the Boston Red Sox, reports Ian Browne, of MLB.com. 'I'd like to get my slider back to where it was (a couple of weeks ago,' Price said. 'It wasn't very good today, but my curveball was pretty good.'
3/22 The Daily Catch: Quality Starts Correlation to Record : One way to determine a pitcher’s value no matter what team they play on is quality starts. The definition for a quality ...
3/21 C70 At The Bat: UCB Project: American League Predictions : With the season finally on the near horizon, it is time for another one of those time-honored traditions, that of making the predictions ...
3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to start Opening Day: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was officially announced as the team's Opening Day starter Tuesday, March 15, according to the St. ...[+]
Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. Price will be followed in the rotation by SPs James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis and Jeremy Hellickson.
3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price pleased with slider: Although his Saturday, March 12, outing did not go as hoped, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was happy with the way his slider ...[+]
looked, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. 'That's the best my slider's been probably in two years, so that's pretty exciting,' said Price. 'I haven't mixed in my curveball yet, and I'm getting some pretty good swings on my slider for me, and that's huge for my confidence, to be able to put guys away late with something else than a fastball.' Topkin reports that Prices improved slider is thanks to a grip change which was recommended by his college pitching coach, Derek Johnson. 'I was still throwing the grip he showed me in college, and then he thought he found a better grip and he showed me that this offseason,' explained Price.
3/14 The Process Report: Spring Fling? David Price Re-Unites With The Slider : One of the tougher things to navigate through during spring training is determining what could be an interesting footnote and ...
3/13 Baseball Press: 2011 Fact or Fiction: David Price :
Will the changes in Tampa effect Price's 2011 performance? (Getty)Fact or Fiction examines the 2010 performance of a player, ...
3/12 Motor City Bengals: Questioning the Elite-ness of Justin Verlander : After an incredibly disappointing 2008 season, Justin Verlander took a big step forward for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. I don’t ...
3/11 Call to the Pen: The All-Division World Series: AL East vs. NL East : Call it East Coast bias, but the public has spoken, voting both the AL East and NL East All-Division teams as the best in their ...
3/7 The Process Report: David Price Continues Evolution With Change-Up : For a pitcher like David Price -the established ace of a major league staff- spring training might seem like an exercise in futility. ...
3/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Rays 4, Pirates 2 : Here’s the box At the plate: Matt Diaz showed off his ability to hit lefties with a two-run homer off David Price. Neil ...
3/7 Tomahawk Take: Hey Braves Fans Things Aren’t What The Seem Part II : My partner Bob here at Tomahawk Take pointed out that while Kawakami had pitched in bad luck in 2009, he thought his “peripherals” ...
3/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Rays : Rays (1-7) at Pirates (5-5) 1:05 PM EST–McKechnie Field, Bradenton Audio Link On the mound: Ross Ohlendorf, Evan Meek, Jose ...
3/5 MLBTradeRumors: Is James Shields The Next Rays' Starter To Go? : Quality starting pitching is the best currency in the game, and no team has traded more of it in recent years than the Rays. They've ...
3/5 The Process Report: Rays-Related Tidbits From The Sloan Conference : Jonah Keri told the story about a team scout’s infatuation with Albert Pujols and how the Rays completely bungled Pujols’ ...
3/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price struggles with control: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed three runs and two hits while walking two and striking out one in his spring outing Wednesday, ...[+]
March 2, against the Toronto Blue Jays, according to MLB.com's Gregor Chrisholm. Price also threw a wild pitch and allowed a home run. He threw 44 pitches during the outing.
3/2 The Golden Sombrero: Some Outlandish Predictions for 2011 :
Mark Twain is responsible for po**** the Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke quote, “There are three kinds of lies: ...
3/1 Call to the Pen: Which AL Division is Best? Vote Between the AL All-Division Rosters! : Well, the NL East won the NL poll in a landslide over the Central and West, taking 93 of 142 votes. Many believe the AL East to ...
News -- February 2011
2/28 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Tampa Bay Rays : The Tampa Bay Rays went for it all in 2010 and won the AL East before being knocked out of the playoffs by the Texas Rangers. ...
2/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Rays…again : Rays (1-0) at Pirates (0-1) 1:05 PM EST–McKechnie Field, Bradenton Here is the MLB.com Gameday Radio: WPGB / Pirates Radio ...
2/26 Buccos Buzz: Battle for Rotation Spot Begins : The Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 in today’s Spring Training game. Both teams fielded what could resemble ...
2/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Rays 9, Pirates 5 : Here’s the box. On the mound: Charlie Morton got off to a nice start, pitching two scoreless innings. He allowed one hit ...
2/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Rays : Pirates (0-0) at Rays (0-0) 1:05 PM EST–Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte Here is the MLB.com Gameday Radio: WPGB Now ...
2/25 Buccos Buzz: Steve Pearce Impresses in Exhibition Win : The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their Spring Training exhibition schedule with a seven-inning match against Manatee-Sarasota College ...
2/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates put Manatees in their proper place with 21-1 thrashing : What better way to start off the season with an absolutely dominant performance over the Hated Manatees? There is none. Notes ...
2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price impressive Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was impressive during a live batting practice session Wednesday, Feb. 23, breaking the bats of 3B ...[+]
Evan Longoria, OF Johnny Damon and OF Manny Ramirez, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
2/22 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Prospect Q&A: Sonny Gray : As the 2011 Draft draws closer, MLBTR will be introducing you to a handful of the top eligible prospects with a series of Q&As. ...
2/21 Fantasy Sports Information: 2011 MLB Fantasy Busts – Overvalued : Busts and overvalued players can kill a fantasy baseball team, especially if you have some bad luck along the way. We all know ...
2/16 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Starting Pitcher Rankings, Your Top 90 Starters : Picks 20 - 50 are where you win your league. Know the under rated pitcher in your draft, pick pitching late. Load ...
2/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Starting Pitcher Rankings, Your Top 90 Starters : Picks 20 - 50 are where you win your league. Know the under rated pitcher in your draft, pick pitching late. Load ...
2/11 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: AL Central Prospects | Baseball Digest : BD Hot Stove: AL Central Prospects | Baseball DigestThis is it. Are you excited? Are you ready to go? You do know what I am talking ...
2/7 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Starting Pitchers Rankings, 1 : Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders ...
2/7 The Process Report: The American League East Rotations : Exactly as it sounds. Orioles Red Sox Yankees Blue Jays Price Shields Niemann Davis **** Summary Baltimore Orioles At the top ...
News -- January 2011
1/31 The Golden Sombrero: The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #31 – Matt Moore (Video) :
#31 Matthew Moore – Tampa Bay Rays
LHP
DOB: 6-18-89
ETA: 2013
A former Moriarty High School Pinto (NM) and ...
1/31 The Process Report: Jake McGee’s Future : Folks tend to imagine every pitching prospect with an explosive fastball in the bullpen. As well as David Price pitched at Vanderbilt ...
1/31 The Process Report: Keys to Contention: Wade Davis : The Rays’ rotation looks a bit different than it did the last time Wade Davis pitched. Then, he was option number four, number ...
1/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Baseball Road Not Taken : After taking a step back and seriously contemplating what the Tampa Bay Rays have done during the off-season, I was reminded that ...
1/15 The Process Report: Quantifying The Rays Draft Pick Surplus : With the Rays owning a near monopoly on the top 90 picks, a lot of people are left wondering what exactly it means. In an attempt ...
1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hoffman, Soriano, Price : On this day seven years ago, the Angels signed Vladimir Guerrero to a five-year contract worth $90MM. The deal also included ...
1/14 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: Rays Place The Tavern travels to Tampa. Say that fast three times....
1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Six working out: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price, SP James Shields, C John Jaso, RP J.P. Howell, P Andy Sonnanstine and OF Matt Joyce are working ...[+]
out at Rays prospect mini-camp Wednesday, Jan. 12, the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin reports.
1/12 The Process Report: Picturing a David Price Extension : As it stands (and even with some player-friendly arbitration projections), it’s hard to arrive at a payroll number at more than ...
1/11 The Captain's Blog: A Look at Arod’s 2010 Peformance Against Lefties : Over at the Yankeeist, Larry Koestler took a look at one of 2010’s most curious mysteries: Alex Rodriguez’ shockingly poor ...
1/10 The Process Report: The Next Man Up : Five years and one month after trading Dewon Brazelton to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs, Andrew Friedman completed his ...
1/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Masters Of The Universe : Pending physicals, the Rays have traded RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and a player to be named later to the Cubs for RHP Chris ...
1/7 The Biz of Baseball: Cubs, Rays Strike a Deal Sending Matt Garza to Chicago :
Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago reports that the rumored deal between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs has been completed and ...
1/7 The UpperCard Network: Cubs Close To Acquiring Matt Garza : The Cubs are prepared to send four prospects to the Rays in exchange for Matt Garza. A trade appears close, but no announcement ...
1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs To Acquire Matt Garza : The Cubs and Rays have agreed to a trade that will send Matt Garza to Chicago, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. Chris ...
1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs, Rays Working On Garza Trade : Cubs GM Jim Hendry is working feverishly to acquire Matt Garza from the Rays, according to Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald. The ...
1/4 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Angels : I know this article is supposed to be about identifying fantasy baseball keeper targets but I can't help but mention how badly ...
1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins Warren Spahn Award: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was named the Warren Spahn Award winner for the 2010 season, according to MLB.com's Bill Chastain. ...[+]
The award is presented to the best left-handed pitcher in the majors each season.
News -- December 2010
12/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Missing Bats in the Strike Zone : Here are just a couple of views at one distinctive pitching statistic we don't often talk about but is pretty telling. Tonight, ...
12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Loading Up On Draft Picks : The Rays have become baseball's model franchise when it comes to drafting and developing players from within. Four-fifths of their ...
12/11 Giants Nirvana: Jonathan Sanchez's Growth : In an agonizing playoff drive that ran down to the wire, Jonathan Sanchez's maturation as a pitcher was arguably one ...
12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Not looking to trade starters: The Tampa Bay Rays are not looking to trade SPs David Price, Matt Garza, Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann or Jeremy Hellickson, according ...[+]
to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
News -- November 2010
11/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankees' Top 10 WPA Games of 2010 : Following up on yesterday's Top 10 WPA Swings of 2010 post, today we'll take a look at the Yankees' Top 10 WPA Games of this past ...
11/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price receives a bonus: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price received an $80,000 bonus for finishing second in the AL Cy Young voting, the St. Petersburg Times' ...[+]
Marc Topkin reports.
11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Regular Season Award Winners Cashing In : Players take a lot of pride in individual awards. While most will say that team success outweighs winning a Cy Young, Gold Glove, ...
11/19 SOX & Dawgs: King Felix Hernandez Wins 2010 AL Cy Young Award :
Despite just 13 wins on the season, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix ...
11/18 Baseball Musings: Price Says Right : David Price agrees with the voters that Felix Hernandez deserved the Cy Young award: Price said he considers ERA the most important ...
11/18 B-R Blog: Felix Hernandez wins the AL Cy Young award : This is a good day for stats geeks like us. Felix Hernandez, despite a 13-12 record, easily won the AL Cy Young award, and deservedly ...
11/18 The Biz of Baseball: "King" Felix Hernandez Wins 2010 AL Cy Young Award : Baseball writers ignored the fact that the Seattle Mariners posted 101 losses, and with it, abysmal run support, focused on his ...
11/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Felix Hernandez Wins Cy Young, Sabathia Takes 3rd :
There was a lot of debate leading up to this because of his win-loss record, but Felix Hernandez of the Seattle ...
11/18 The UpperCard Network: Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young : Felix Hernandez has been named the 2010 AL Cy Young Award recipient. King Felix finished above David Price and C.C. Sabathia. ...
11/18 Baseball Musings: AL Cy Young Countdown : The countdown clock is active at the BBWAA site, awaiting the results of the Cy Young voting at 2 PM. This could easily be one ...
11/18 Baseball Musings: Hernandez Wins Cy Young Award : Felix Hernandez wins the AL Cy Young award, and the voting was not even close. The King took 21 of 28 first place votes, beating ...
11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young Award : Felix Hernandez won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. David ...
11/18 Jason's Baseball Blog: Fantasy Rankings in Review – Starting Pitchers : Back in February, I took my first shot at attempting to rank players for fantasy purposes. After a full season, I thought it wise ...
11/16 The Process Report: Tim Beckham’s Offense : Aspects I’m ignoring to try and move the Tim Beckham conversation forward: 1) Defense 2) Baserunning 3) The opportunity cost ...
11/16 My Pinstripes: The Envelope Please : It's award season for MLB, which means it is time for the My Pinstripes awards as well.MVPWe'll start off with the big one right ...
11/1 Call to the Pen: Will Boston Keep Finishing Third? : For the last couple of years, the AL East has posed a three-headed monster for the rest of baseball. With the New York Yankees, ...
News -- October 2010
10/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price named AL Outstanding Pitcher: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was named the American League's Most Outstanding Player as part of the Players Choice Awards, according ...[+]
to the Philadelphia Daily News.
10/27 Jason's Baseball Blog: Season Previews in Review: American League East : Back during Spring Training, I took a look at each team and made predictions about how each team would do and how I thought their ...
10/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 10.24.2010 : Tough enough: The Phillies were out-managed; out clutch-hit; out pitched; and outplayed, but the key to the entire series ...
10/23 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: Walter Johnson Award : It was "The Year of the Pitcher" after all, so it should come as no surprise that this was easily the most difficult ballot to ...
10/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Chapter of the BBA Announces AL Pitcher of the Year Award :
Today’s Baseball Bloggers Alliance ballot is for our version of the Pitcher of the Year Award, the Walter Johnson Award.
The ...
10/22 TetreaultVision: The Offseason Suits David Price : The common expression of a player banished to the offseason as competitors fight on for postseason glory is that he has been sent ...
10/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Musings on the ALCS thus far as we wait for Game 3 : Contrary to what you may have heard, the Yankees are still alive and well.Additionally, the Yankees can beat Cliff Lee. Going ...
10/17 Jason's Baseball Blog: The AL Walter Johnson Award : Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we have been voting on our award winners for the regular season. Previously I have ...
10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Orioles : Let's continue our look at the five largest bonuses each team has given to amateur players with the Orioles...
Matt Wieters, ...
10/13 Caught Looking: Tuesday’s recap: Lee stifles Rays again : Game 5: Rangers 5, Rays 1 The Rays have to shudder at just the mention of Cliff Lee‘s name. Lee was brilliant again for ...
10/12 Baseball Musings: Stretch Time : The Rangers go down in order in the top of the seventh as Grant Balfour relieves David Price. Tampa Bay has nine outs to score ...
10/12 Baseball Musings: Three K : Cliff Lee shuts down the Rays with three strikeouts in the bottom of the fourth, preserving the Rangers 2-1 lead. I thought the ...
10/12 Baseball Musings: Bartlett Hustles : Jason Batlett picks up this third hit of the game with two out in the bottom of the fifth. It looked like a single to left-center, ...
10/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees News: Simulated Game, Pitching Updates, Marte, and More :
Sorry for the lack of updates, but I’ve got enough now to hold you over for a while. The Yankees haven’t announced ...
10/12 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today : The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays both face elimination Tuesday night as Cliff Lee and David Price battle for the second time ...
10/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Anxiety : I began writing a blog entry yesterday that started like this:This is a strange feeling. As a Rangers fan, I’m used to must-win ...
10/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers in Five : The divisional series between the Rays and Rangers will go to a fifth game, and Texas will win its first ever playoff series on ...
10/11 Caught Looking: Should the Rangers have started Cliff Lee in Game 4? : It’s yet to be determined that the Rangers holding Cliff Lee for Game 5 against the Rays is the right decision or not with ...
10/11 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees News: Hughes, Joba, Burnett, and More :
So the Yankees took yesterday and today off and won’t begin working out to prepare for the ALCS until tomorrow which ...
10/11 Caught Looking: Sunday recap : Game 4: Rays 5, Rangers 2 Well it looks like this series will live up to the hype as the Rays won their second straight game on ...
10/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Matt Garza, David Price unavailable for Game 4 Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Matt Garza and David Price are the only pitchers unavailable for Game 4 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers ...[+]
Sunday, Oct. 10, according to Roger Mooney of The Tampa Tribune. Garza is unavailable because he started Game 3 Saturday, Oct. 9, and Price is unavailable because he would start Game 5 (if necessary) Tuesday, Oct. 12.
10/10 NY Baseball Digest: How Will the Staff Lineup for the ALCS? : Now that the Twins have been disposed of, what will the pitching staff look like for the ALCS? Unlike the five game series, the ...
10/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Blame Game James : Rangers 6-Rays 0: It's easy to say that, in no particular order, James Shields should've kept his mouth shut before the series; ...
10/7 Caught Looking: Halladay’s no-hitter dominates game 1 headlines : Caught Looking breaks down the playoff games from the night before in a feature that will continue throughout the postseason. ...
10/7 Call to the Pen: TWiP (10/7): The Top 100 MLB Prospects 2010: #70-61 : Welcome to the October 7, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects!
In this, the fourth installment of my top 100 prospects list ...
10/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price hit hard in Game 1: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed five runs and nine hits while striking out eight and walking none in a loss to the Texas ...[+]
Rangers in Game 1 of the Division Series Wednesday, Oct. 6, according to The Associated Press. Price has never beaten the Rangers, going 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA against them in four regular-season starts.
10/6 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price is lifted from the game after 6 2/3 innings. He leaves with the bases empty, but losing 5-0 to Texas. He did not walk ...
10/6 Baseball Musings: Half a Cycle : Bengie Molina homers into the first row down the line in leftfield to give the Rangers a 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth. David ...
10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Prince Of New York's 2010 Award Winners : Award winners without bias, fear, partisanship or stat zombieing; and my pre-season pick is listed too----don't judge me!!! American ...
10/6 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Underway : Elvis Andrus grounds out to third baseman Evan Longoria to start the ALDS series pitting Texas against Tampa Bay. Andrus did force ...
10/6 Caught Looking: NLDS, ALDS Preview : Phillies-Reds This matchup is very simple to me, I don’t think it will be much of a series. Let’s see, you have the ...
10/6 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today : Cliff Lee and David Price kick off the 2010 playoff season Wednesday afternoon with a 1:37 PM EDT scheduled start time. Lee split ...
10/5 Pirates Property: Postseason Primer: Rangers vs. Rays : The Skinny: The Texas Rangers (90-72) are making their first playoff appearance since 1999 and seeking their first postseason ...
10/4 Baseball Moves: Playoff Profiles: Tampa Bay Rays : Season Summary
Having come back down to Earth somewhat in 2009 after making it to the World Series in 2008, the biggest question ...
10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price named AL Pitcher of the Month: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for the month of September, according to The ...[+]
Sports Network. Price went 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA during the month.
10/4 Baseball Musings: Division Series Preview, Rangers Versus Rays : The Rangers and Rays start off League Division Series (LDS) play Wednesday afternoon. Here’s how the offenses compare: Team ...
10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to pitch Game 1: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will start Game 1 of the Division Series against the Texas Rangers Wednesday, Oct. 6, according ...[+]
to The Associated Press. SP James Shields will get Game 2 Thursday, Oct. 7, and SP Matt Garza will start in Game 3 Saturday, Oct. 9. SP Wade Davis would start Game 4 if necessary and Price would start a potential Game 5.
10/4 Baseball Musings: AL Cy Young Vote : Last night I sent my ballots to the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA). Here are my votes for AL Cy Young: ...
10/4 Baseball Musings: AL MVP Vote : Last night I sent my ballots to the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA). Here are my votes for AL MVP: Josh ...
10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price to pitch in relief Saturday: Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will pitch in relief against the Kansas City Royals Saturday, Oct. 2, ...[+]
according to The Associated Press. He will be limited to throwing two innings and 30-40 pitches. SP Jeremy Hellickson and RP Andy Sonnanstine will also appear in the game Saturday, throwing two to three innings each. 'We want him to pitch again before the playoffs and we thought it would be better (Saturday) than Sunday,' manager Joe Maddon said. 'We don't want to be restricting him with the way he is pitching.'
10/2 Baseball Moves: TWTW (9/25/2010 – 10/3/2010)* : *This post will go up at its regularly scheduled spot (Saturday morning) but will be updated on Monday, October 4th after the ...
10/1 Baseball Press: 2010 MLB Playoff Preview - Tampa Bay Rays :
The Rays are rolling into the postseason once again (AP)
The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the franchise's second ever playoff ...
10/1 Giants Nirvana: Pedro : Lincecum's start on Wednesday evoked memories of Pedro Martinez. Not the Pedro that was nearly unhittable in 1999 and 2000. The ...
10/1 Sabernomics: Why It’s OK for Players to Call Out Fans : Earlier this week, Evan Longoria and David Price stated that they were embarrassed by the weak attendance to their potential ...
10/1 WalkOff Walk: This Tweet In Baseball: Jocular Jocks Jaw It Up : It's the last week of the regular season and our favorite players are doing one of two things: either getting ready for the playoffs ...
10/1 Baseball Musings: Planning for the Future : Looking over today’s starting pitchers, I just want to say I’m looking forward to the day Zach Kroenke faces Zack ...
10/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price could start Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said SP David Price could make one final start in the regular season Saturday, Oct. 2, according ...[+]
to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. Price is scheduled to start Game 1 of the American League Division Series Wednesday, Oct. 6. Price would be pitching on three days of rest, but it is unlikely that he would pitch five innings.
News -- September 2010
9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price won't start Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price said he will not be making his scheduled start against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, Oct. 3, so ...[+]
that he can get ready for Game 1 of the American League Division Series, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
9/29 My Pinstripes: CC Doesn't Flinch in a Pinch : Written for Baseball Digest.With his team sputtering through the month of September, manager Joe Girardi wasn’t fulling around ...
9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price dominant in clincher: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed six hits and no walks while fanning eight in eight shutout innings to beat the Baltimore ...[+]
Orioles Tuesday, Sept. 28, The Associated Press reports. He didn't allow a runner past second base in his 19th win. The Rays clinched a playoff spot with the win.
9/28 Baseball Musings: Rays Clinch : David Price pitches eight shutout innings, and Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena homer as the Rays defeat the Orioles 5-0 to secure ...
9/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : It’s the older versus the new in Toronto as the Yankees try to clinch a playoff spot for the second game in a row. CC Sabathia ...
9/28 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Beltre, Athletics, Gibson : Links for Tuesday, as David Price tries to clinch a playoff berth for the Rays a day after tweeting that last night's attendance ...
9/28 Crashburn Alley: For Fourth Consecutive Year, Phillies Are Playoff-Bound : Phillies fans — and the players themselves — are quickly becoming spoiled. The Fightins clinched the division for ...
9/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: Lester Forces His Way Into Cy Young Debate :
In recent weeks a lot has been made about the American League Cy Young award and the debate has mostly surrounded CC Sabathia ...
9/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks fall to Sox 7-3, lost four straight at home for first time all season : I've been trying my best to paint a rosy picture around the Yankees' recent struggles, but even I'm finding my patience getting ...
9/25 My Pinstripes: Ugly, Uglier, Ugliest : The last 3 games could be described in the title above, pretty much in any order you choose. Just as things were looking back ...
9/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Busy day, so a quick games of the day. Texas send Derek Holland against Oakland and Gio Gonzalez. A Texas win clinches the AL ...
9/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Notes: Ring, Brackman, Marte, D-Rob, and Kearns :
The big series in the standings may be the Yankees vs. the Rays, but judging by the ticket prices on StubHub, the one the ...
9/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Hurts Cy Young Chances in Yankee Loss :
The CC Sabathia vs. Felix Hernandez debate may be over last night as Sabathia dropped a big game to the Rays by allowing ...
9/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Meh : This one doesn't even deserve a snappy title. Staked to a 2-0 lead on a Marcus Thames two-run bomb off David Price in the second, ...
9/23 Baseball Musings: Rays in Control : The Rays blow out the Yankees 10-3, David Price earning his 18th win. Twice the Yankees had him on the ropes with the bases loaded, ...
9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price strikes out seven Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price gave up three runs and eight hits while walking four and striking out seven in a win over the New ...[+]
York Yankees Thursday, Sept. 23, according to The Associated Press.
9/23 Baseball Musings: No Cy for CC : The Rays score seven runs in the sixth inning as they take an 8-3 lead over the Yankees. CC Sabathia allowed six of the runs in ...
9/23 My Pinstripes: Rematch Deluxe : Can CC Sabathia and David Price match their output from last week's head to head start? Both tossed eight scoreless innings ...
9/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : It’s a good day for the AL Cy Young race as Felix Hernandez starts us off with a game against the Blue Jays and Shawn Hill. ...
9/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Notes: D-Rob, Nova, Brackman, Crawford, and More :
Last week’s matchup of CC Sabathia vs. David Price is the closest thing to Roger Clemens vs. Pedro Martinez there ...
9/23 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 23, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
9/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Sabathia Does Not Deserve Cy Young :
The 2010 Cy Young conversation had been a fascinating debate. It had raised questions about how to determine if a pitcher ...
9/21 Baseball Moves: AL/NL POTW (9/13 – 9/19) : AL Hitter:
Shin-Soo Choo Cle OF (ESPN 100%)
This week: 10/20, 7 R, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 2 SB, .500 AVG, .615 OBP, 1.150 SLG, 1.765
Shin-Soo ...
9/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: American League Postseason Preview: Starting Pitchers : After reviewing the bullpens of the presumptive AL playoff field yesterday I thought it'd be interesting to take a look at the ...
9/20 My Pinstripes: I Hate Bad Sports Days : I hate days like Sunday. I was already still fuming from the Yankees loss yesterday when I sat down to watch the Giants football ...
9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Rays VI: The Voyage Home : As you may have heard, the Yankees and Rays played three one-run games in Tampa Bay last week that resulted in the Rays taking ...
9/19 Baseball Musings: Reverse Fister : Doug Fister pitched well over all this season, but coming into Sunday’s Mariners game against the Rangers, Doug had allowed ...
9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price's consecutive scoreless innings streak ends Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price's streak of 19 consecutive scoreless innings ended Saturday, Sept. 18, when Los Angeles Angels of ...[+]
Anaheim OF Juan Rivera hit a three-run homer, according to The Associated Press. Price allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings in a no-decision, with two walks and five strikeouts.
9/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Hughes and CC, closer than you think : Recently I put together a post analyzing Ivan Nova's performance. My purpose was to take a look at his peripheral stats to try ...
9/15 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Playoffs Preview: Volume 1 : In a 2006 article, Baseball Prospectus co-founder Nate Silver outlined statistics that can be used to accurately predict playoff ...
9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price moved up: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will be moved up to pitch against the New York Yankees during next week's four-game series, according ...[+]
to MLB.com. Price's next start will come against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Saturday, Sept. 18. SP Jeff Niemann will be moved back a day and will start Sunday, Sept. 19.
9/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Best Start of Clayton Kershaw’s Career… : …was also the 4th-most-valuable game any starting pitcher has had this year, based on WPA (Win Percentage Added): Rk Player ...
9/14 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 13 : Home Run of the Day: Reid Brignac, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 20.32seconds) [video]
An absolute gem of a pitching duel between ...
9/14 NY Baseball Digest: Why the Yanks Will Have Trouble in Playoffs : Simply put: Quality lefties give them trouble. The last two nights will attest to that. Against Cliff Lee and David Price in the ...
9/14 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 13 : Home Run of the Day: Reid Brignac, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 20.32seconds) [video]
An absolute gem of a pitching duel between ...
9/14 Call to the Pen: Rays Strike First in Pivotal Series : There’s nothing like a pennant race to bring out the best in a team, and that idea was on full display Monday as a Reid ...
9/14 Baseball Moves: Video of the Day 9/14/10 : A walk-off home run in extra innings from Reid Brignac puts the Rays ahead of the Yankees by .5 game in the AL East. The round-tripper ...
9/14 MLBTradeRumors: Nine Rotations Already Set For 2011 : There are no sure things when it comes to starting pitching, but some teams are better-positioned than others for 2011. These ...
9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price throws eight scoreless: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed three hits and struck out four in eight shutout innings in his no-decision against the New ...[+]
York Yankees Monday, Sept. 13, The Associated Press reports.
9/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: In Another Walk-Off Yankees Lose 7 of 8 :
Tonight’s pitcher’s duel lived up to its billing as both CC Sabathia and David Price each threw eight scoreless ...
9/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays walk off on Yankees 1-0 in 11 as Bombers waste incredible effort from Sabathia and lose fourth straight for first time all year : Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, when I was convinced the team was ready to turn things around and right the ...
9/13 Baseball Musings: No CCs Left : Kerry Wood strikes out Carl Crawford leading off the bottom of the ninth. Crawford argues the call and gets tossed from the 0-0 ...
9/13 Baseball Musings: Monster Matchup : CC Sabathia and David Price are delivering tonight, each allowing one hit through five innings. Each walked a batter. CC struck ...
9/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Notes: Vazquez, Swisher, Gardner, and Matchups :
The Yankees have been bad lately, but they’re still in first place because the Tampa Bay Rays have also been struggling. ...
9/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Athletics and Royals play a rare Monday afternoon game to get out of the way of the Monday night football game next door. ...
9/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Rays V: Another potential playoff preview : The Yankees (87-56) head down to Tampa (86-56) tonight for their fifth set of the season with the Rays, who they have gone 5-6 ...
9/12 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 13, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Starting rotation may be adjusted: The Tampa Bay Rays may make an adjustment to their starting rotation on their off day Thursday, Sept. 16, in order to have SP ...[+]
David Price start the final game of a series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium next week, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times.
9/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Experience of The Core Four Will Prove Invaluable In The Playoffs For The Yankees :
There has never been a more successful quartet of players than Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada ...
9/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: The starting pitching depth in the AL East : Given the success of the young starting pitchers on our divisional rivals who have made the Yankees look silly for the last three ...
9/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/7 :
After a big win last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to do the same thing in game two of a three-game set against the Tampa ...
9/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/7 :
After a big win last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to do the same thing in game two of a three-game set against the Tampa ...
9/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : CC Sabathia goes for his 20th win of the season as the Yankee host Baltimore and Jake Arrieta. Unlike the other Orioles starts, ...
9/7 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 9/7 :
When you took a look at the lineup that Terry Francona put out for Monday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, you probably ...
9/7 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 9/7 :
When you took a look at the lineup that Terry Francona put out for Monday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, you probably ...
9/3 MLBTradeRumors: The Rays' 2011 Rotation : The Rays have the second-best record in baseball thanks, in large part, to one of the game's deepest rotations. The team can bring ...
9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price breaks club record for wins: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (16-6) allowed a solo homer, a double and two infield singles over eight innings Wednesday, Sept. ...[+]
1, in a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Price walked two and struck out seven for his club-record 16th victory, according to Associated Press reporter Fred Goodall.
9/1 Baseball Musings: Hot Rod : Sean Rodriguez misses the cycle by a double, driving in and scoring the first Rays run on a homer. Evan Longoria drove in the ...
9/1 MLBTradeRumors: The Orioles' 2011 Rotation : The Orioles' 2011 rotation will likely feature many familiar faces, but the results could be noticeably different if Baltimore's ...
9/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The west offers a number of good games today, two of them early. The Phillies and Dodgers send Roy Oswalt and Clayton Kershaw ...
News -- August 2010
8/31 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series: #7 – Tampa Bay Rays : For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #7: Tampa Bay Rays General ...
8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/27 :
After a day off, the Boston Red Sox head to Tropicana Field in Tampa, FL for a pivotal three-game weekend series with the Tampa ...
8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/27 :
After a day off, the Boston Red Sox head to Tropicana Field in Tampa, FL for a pivotal three-game weekend series with the Tampa ...
8/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Red Sox trail the Rays and Yankees by 5 1/2 games as they open a three-game series in Tampa Bay. Jon Lester faces David Price ...
8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/27 :
Due to some personal obligations that precluded me from talking about the Boston Red Sox splitting the doubleheader on Wednesday ...
8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/27 :
Due to some personal obligations that precluded me from talking about the Boston Red Sox splitting the doubleheader on Wednesday ...
8/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: The ridiculously good starting pitching of the 2010 Toronto Blue Jays : As we've seen over 12 games thus far against the Blue Jays in which the Yankees have gone 5-7, this year's Toronto team has some ...
8/25 Baseball Musings: Trade Offs : The Red Sox fall in the night cap of their double header to the Mariners 4-2. Tim Wakefield got the start as a back injury to ...
8/25 MLBTradeRumors: What's Next For Jorge De La Rosa? : In March, Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd explained the double-edged sword of Jorge de la Rosa's 2010 performance, talking to Jim Armstrong ...
8/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Know your enemy: Potential opposing starting pitchers in the postseason : Last season the Yankees steamrolled the competition down the stretch. They went 9-1 versus the Red Sox in the second half, and ...
8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23 : After a 1 hour 44 minute rain delay to start the game, the Boston Red Sox almost lost the start of Clay Buchholz to the rain ...
8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23 : After a 1 hour 44 minute rain delay to start the game, the Boston Red Sox almost lost the start of Clay Buchholz to the rain ...
8/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 8.22.2010 : Less value, less hype, less worry: Every once in a while, when driving through the streets of Brooklyn I'll see a very expensive ...
8/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Nationals try to play spoiler as they send Stephen Strasburg against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick. Strasburg faces the Phillies ...
8/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Sabathia Not Close to Cy Young Despite Win Total :
For years the measure of a really good pitcher was how many wins he was able to rack up. Last season though something happened, ...
8/16 Baseball Musings: Pitching Efficiently : Both Cliff Lee and David Price made it through the first two innings without allowing a hit. Both faced just six batters, as a ...
8/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Two AL Cy Young candidates face off in the Texas/Tampa Bay game as Cliff Lee takes on David Price. Lee comes into the game third ...
8/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Sabathia and the Black Aces :
via Wikipedia:
The Black Aces is a book written by former Major League pitcher James “Mudcat” Grant about the ...
8/12 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Mad Caps : Much has been made of Stephen Strasburg’s innings count this season, and the fact that the Nats will not allow the phenom to ...
8/11 B-R Blog: Jeremy **** does it (7 IP, 3 H) again : Last night Jeremy **** made his second career stat and again allowed just 3 hits in 7 innings. This time he allowed no runs, ...
8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price moved back: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will be moved back one day to start against the Texas Rangers Monday, Aug. 16, according to The ...[+]
Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. SP James Shields will start Friday, Aug. 13, SP Andy Sonnanstine will go Saturday, Aug. 14, and SP Jeremy Hellickson will start Sunday, Aug. 15.
8/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price sets team wins record: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price labored through five innings allowing two runs on five hits and four walks while fanning nine to ...[+]
beat the Detroit Tigers Monday, Aug. 9, The Associated Press reports. It was his 15th win of the season, which broke the franchise single-season wins mark.
8/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: State of the Yankees 1/3rd of the Way Through :
The book Moneyball is many things to many people, but one of the things I took away from the book that I always liked was ...
8/5 Baseball Press: The 606 - August 5, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
8/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Giants are closing on the Padres and extending their lead in the wild card as they face the Rockies in Colorado. Madison Bumgarner ...
8/4 NY Baseball Digest: Comparing Possible AL Playoff Rotations : It seemed like the Yankees were getting some of the best starting pitching since the late nineties dynasty. When they were on ...
8/4 Baseball Press: The 606 - August 4, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
News -- July 2010
7/31 Call to the Pen: Astros/Yankees Trade Analysis: Lance Berkman for Two Prospects : Yet another big name was on the move late Friday, as Houston first baseman Lance Berkman was shipped to the Yankees for pitcher ...
7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins 14th game: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price became the first pitcher in the American League to win 14 games this year by beating the Detroit ...[+]
Tigers Thursday, July 29, according to The Associated Press. He gave up two runs and seven hits while striking out nine and walking two in 6 1/3 innings. Price tied a franchise record for wins in a season.
7/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : David Price goes for his 14th victory of the season as the Rays host the Tigers and Rick Porcello. Rick is a good example of how ...
7/27 NY Baseball Digest: Girardi Should Platoon Granderson : Yes. Yes, Granderson is on a hot streak. Yes, he is doing damage the past 2 days. Still, with all the work Kevin Long has put ...
7/27 B-R Blog: Matt Garza’s no-hitter : Click through for a few tidbits about Garza's no-hitter.
Sorry I don't have more time to write this. Real life is getting in the ...
7/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Yankees play at 1:05 EDT, hosting the Royals and Kyle Davies. Kyle allowed Alex Rodriguez‘s 500th home run, and may ...
7/24 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – July 24 : That was a nice day yesterday, other than picking two Blue Jays and then seeing their game postponed. Both Cubs did some damage, ...
7/23 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 23, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
7/19 MLBTradeRumors: The 2011 Rays And Carl Crawford : The Rays are willing to spend this season, but they're lowering payroll under $60MM for 2011. The upcoming payroll drop means ...
7/19 B-R Blog: David Price, C. J. Wilson, and a tale of two pitchers : Well, not a tale as much as a couple of short lists...
David Price's start against the Yankees yesterday was one of the worst ...
7/18 The Captain's Blog: Yanks Trounce Rays, But Pay A Price : If the Yankees were going to win the rubber game of their weekend series against the Rays, it seemed a given that Andy Pettitte ...
7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price gives up seven runs in loss Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price fell to 12-5 on the year Sunday, July 18, after giving up seven runs through five innings to the ...[+]
New York Yankees, reports The Associated Press. Price allowed seven hits and four walks while striking out three.
7/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees score 7 on David Price; Andy Pettitte likely to land on DL with groin strain : A day after A.J. Burnett and the Rays exposed the weakness of the Yankee bullpen, Andy Pettitte would exit in the 3rd inning with ...
7/18 Baseball Musings: Two to Go : Alex Rodriguez hit his 15th home run of the season and 598th of his career in the Yankees 9-5 win over Tampa Bay. The bullpen ...
7/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Lefties battle at Yankee Stadium as the Rays as the American League ERA leader David Price faces number four in ERA, Andy Pettitte ...
7/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: A.J. gets pulled in the third inning; Rays pummel Yankees : After missing Friday's game I made certain that I'd be free to watch Saturday's game. Sadly, it was a debacle. A.J. Burnett struggled, ...
7/17 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 18, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
7/16 Baseball Press: Mid-Season Mailbag :
Can rookie Brennan Boesch last all season? (AP)
The Baseball Press crew is always down to answer baseball related questions. ...
7/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yankees vs. Rays III : Divisional rivals -- not to mention the teams with the two best records in Major League Baseball -- the Tampa Bay Rays (54-34, ...
7/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price throws two scoreless All-Star innings: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price threw two innings of scoreless ball during the All-Star Game Tuesday, July 13, according to The ...[+]
Tampa Tribune's Joe Henderson.
7/13 Baseball Musings: All-Star Game Underway : Hanley Ramirez fouls off the first pitch from David Price, and the game is underway. Update: After two ground outs, Ichiro Suzuki ...
7/13 Baseball Musings: The Great Wright Way : David Wright gets the first hit for the NL, a single that Robinson Cano knocked down, but then bobbled. Cano had trouble with ...
7/13 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Dunn, Beltre, Lee, Sabathia : Links for Tuesday, as we wait for David Price to throw the first pitch of the All-Star Game to Hanley Ramirez...
For the ...
7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | Have rotation set for after break: The Tampa Bay Rays will have SP James Shields start in the team's first game after the All-Star Game and will be followed by SPs ...[+]
Jeff Niemann, David Price, Wade Davis and Matt Garza, reports Marc Topkin, of the St. Petersburg Times.
7/9 B-R Blog: David Price strikes out 10+ for the 3rd time in his career : Two nights ago, David Price struck out 10 Red Sox and joined an interesting club.
Here are the guys since 2000 to strike out ...
7/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price could start All-Star Game: New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi is leaning toward starting Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price for the American League in the All-Star ...[+]
Game Tuesday, July 13, over SP Andy Pettitte, according to the New York Post's Brian Costello.
7/8 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 8, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
7/7 Baseball Musings: Price Point : David Price walks one and strikes out ten in 7 2/3 innings as the Rays defeat the Red Sox 6-4. With two runs allowed, his ERA ...
7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins 12th game: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price pitched into the eighth inning to become the American League's first 12-game winner Wednesday, July ...[+]
7, by defeating the Boston Red Sox, according to The Associated Press. He allowed two runs and eight hits while walking one and striking out 10 in 7 2/3 innings.
7/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Braves and Phillies play the rubber game of their series with Kris Medlen taking on Jamie Moyer. Both pitchers exhibit fantastic ...
7/7 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 7, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
7/6 Baseball Musings: Hitting Against the Best : Carroll Rogers notes that the Braves have seen a number of staff aces in recent weeks. It is amazing, when you stop to think about ...
7/6 B-R Blog: Young Starting Pitchers Off To A Hot Start Since 1996 : In all the full-seasons since the last work stoppage in baseball, which young starting pitchers had at least 10 wins in the first ...
7/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : MLB | American League All-Star pitching staff announced: The following pitchers will represent the American League in the 2010 All-Star Game, according to MLB.com: Tampa Bay Rays SP David ...[+]
Price, Boston Red Sox SPs Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester, New York Yankees SPs Phil Hughes and CC Sabathia and CL Mariano Rivera, Oakland Athletics SP Trevor Cahill, Kansas City Royals CL Joakim Soria, Cleveland Indians SP Fausto Carmona, Chicago White Sox RP Matt Thornton, Seattle Mariners SP Cliff Lee, Texas Rangers CL Neftali Feliz and Detroit Tigers CL Jose Valverde.
7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Yankees host a rare Friday afternoon game as Toronto sends Brett Cecil against A.J. Burnett. The Blue Jays are in a bit of ...
7/1 Baseball Musings: Mid-Season Awards : The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the results of all-star and mid-season award voting on Thursday, ...
News -- June 2010
6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price strikes out 11 while picking up 11th win Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (11-3) became the first 11-game winner in the majors with his victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks ...[+]
Saturday, June 26, according to The Associated Press. He allowed two runs on seven hits over eight innings, with one walk and 11 strikeouts.
6/26 Baseball Musings: Falling Price : David Price bring his ERA down slightly as he allows two earned runs over eight innings as the Rays rebound from getting no hit ...
6/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Johan Santana faces his old team for the first time today as the Twins send New York favorite Carl Pavano against the Twins. Santana ...
6/24 Call to the Pen: Call to the Pen All-Star starters : On Tuesday, July 13th the 81st All-Star Game in major league history will be played in Anaheim. Today, we reveal the 2010 Call ...
6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price surrenders four runs Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (10-3) gave up six hits and four runs, three earned, while striking out nine in six innings in a ...[+]
4-1 loss to the Florida Marlins Sunday, June 20, according to The Associated Press.
6/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The AL East dominates the games of day, starting with former AL Central rivals Johan Santana and CC Sabathia battling at Yankee ...
6/20 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 20, 2010 :
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most
intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the ...
6/19 My Pinstripes: Yankees Power Their Way To Subway Win : Perhaps it was the ineffective Phillies offense rubbing off on them or more likely an ill-time slump. Whatever the case the Yankees ...
6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price the first in AL to 10 wins: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price allowed two earned runs on eight hits and three walks while fanning seven in five innings to beat ...[+]
the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, June 15, The Associated Press reports. He became the American League's first 10-game winner this season.
6/15 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 15, 2010 : A full plate of interleague delectables served up with all the fixins. Enjoy!Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates Freddy ...
6/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Roy Halladay and CC Sabathia face off in New York as the 2009 World Series opponents meet again. This post documented Roy’s ...
6/14 Tomahawk Take: Braves Off Day Links : The Braves recently wrapped up their 11 game road trip with a 7-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Braves were able to keep their ...
6/11 Baseball Musings: Bend, But Don’t Break Winners : David Price and CC Sabathia ended up with better results than you might expect from their pitching lines. Milliliter gave up ...
6/10 Baseball Musings: Bend, But Don’t Break Winners : David Price and CC Sabathia ended up with better results than you might expect from their pitching lines. Milliliter gave up ...
6/10 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 9, 2010 : Well, we survived the hype. We now resume your regularly scheduled fantastic slate of summer baseball. Weather permitting.
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6/10 Baseball Daily Digest: Grading the MLB Draft’s First Round… : …throughout the past decade. Since it can take years to find out how teams fared in making their draft selections, it doesn’t ...
6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins ninth game: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price became the first nine-game winner in the American League by beating the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, ...[+]
June 9, according to The Associated Press. He gave up one run and four hits while walking five and striking out four in six innings. Price has won all three of his starts against the Blue Jays this season, giving up three runs (one earned) in 23 innings. He is 5-0 in six career starts against the Blue Jays.
6/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Josh Johnson and Roy Halladay start a night of superb pitching matchups as the Marlins and Phillies continue their series. ...
6/8 WalkOff Walk: Happy Strasmas/Stantukah : After months of hearing him spoken of in hushed tones by Bob Ley today is the day that major league baseball fans finally get ...
6/4 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Orioles, Lee, Padres, Stanton, Angels : Major league executives told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark which starters they would most want to have for the next ten years. Zack ...
6/3 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 3, 2010 :
Two aces square off from Kauffman Stadium - Can Greinke find a win? (AP)
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the ...
6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins eighth game Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price became the first starter in the American League to win eight games by defeating the Toronto Blue ...[+]
Jays Wednesday, June 2, according to The Associated Press. He allowed two runs (none earned) and nine hits while walking none and striking out three in eight innings. Price has won six of his last seven decisions.
6/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : The Phillies have gone ten game without scoring more than three runs. They’ll try to break out of that slump as they send ...
6/2 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 2, 2010 :
Price and Marcum square off in an AL East matchup north of the border. (AP)
Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the ...
News -- May 2010
5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price suffers loss Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (7-2) allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings in a loss to the Chicago White Sox Friday, ...[+]
May 28, according to The Associated Press. He walked four and struck out four.
5/28 WasWatching: Girardi’s Call On All-Star Pitchers : I was just looking at the best starting pitchers in the A.L., to date, this season:
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5/24 B-R Blog: RESULTS: Stat Challenge Week 7 (Spring Training) : Here are the results for our final exhibition contest. As you probably already know, starting next week the contests count for ...
5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price not sharp but wins: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price improved to 7-1 with a win over the Houston Astros Sunday, May 23, The Associated Press reports. ...[+]
He allowed five runs in five innings.
5/23 Baseball Musings: Bad Day for Aces : Three former Cy Young award winners and a young, impressive lefty got knocked around this afternoon. Roy Halladay gave up seven ...
5/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Arms Raysed : The Tampa Bay Rays have, by far, the best pitching staff in baseball. Their arms have allowed just a smidge over three runs per ...
5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price strong Tuesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price threw six strong innings to beat the Cleveland Indians Tuesday, May 18, according to The Associated ...[+]
Press. Price has now won four straight decisions. Price gave up an unearned run and four hits during his outing. He also walked three and struck out five. Price improved to 11-3 in his career at home.
5/18 Baseball Musings: The Amazing Rays : The Rays pick up twelve hits and six walks as they defeat the Indians 6-2. Even with the offensive outburst, the Tampa Bay ends ...
5/18 WalkOff Walk: Without You: Today's Afternoon Games : Brewers at Reds, 12:35: So, yeah. First place Reds. 8-1 in their last 9 games. They're on such a roll that even Homer Bailey ...
5/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day : Ubaldo Jimenez leads the NL in ERA. Photo: Icon SMI
There are almost too many good games today. The first pits the Twins against ...
5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price wins third straight game: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight decision against the Los Angeles Angels ...[+]
of Anaheim Wednesday, May 12, according to The Associated Press. Price allowed three runs (two earned) and seven hits while striking out six and walking three in 6 1/3 innings.
5/11 B-R Blog: Johnny’s Gem : Johnny Cueto pitched a gem of a game tonight for Cincinnati. Cueto shut down the Pirates, allowing only 1 hit and a hit batsman, ...
5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price earns win Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price (4-1) allowed one unearned runs on three hits over 7 2/3 innings Friday, May 7, in a victory over ...[+]
the Oakland Athletics, according to The Associated Press. He walked four and struck out six.
5/8 B-R Blog: Bibbidi Bobbidi BAbip : Batting Average on balls put into play (BAbip) is a pitcher's batting average allowed on batted balls ending a plate appearance ...
News -- April 2010
4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price reaching back when it counts: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price is backing off his velocity early in counts to have better control and throw more first-pitch strikes, ...[+]
one scout said, according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark. 'He's backing off his (velocity) early in the count, early in innings and in non-RBI situations to throw first-pitch strikes,' the scout said. 'But then, when he has an RBI situation or he has to reach back with two strikes, he can go get 94 or 95 (miles per hour.) It isn't as commandable at 94-95. But because he's ahead in the count, and the life on it is so electric, it doesn't even have to be in the zone. They still swing at it, and it's tough to catch up to.'
4/29 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts In Draft History : It's been 20 years since the Oakland A's sent shockwaves through baseball by signing high school righthander Todd Van Poppel ...
4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Rays | David Price masters Toronto again: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price struck out nine and walked one in his first complete game Sunday, April 25, as the Rays beat the ...[+]
Toronto Blue Jays 6-0 in his four-hitter. Price improved to 9-1 in his career against the American League East.
4/24 MLBTradeRumors: Famous Unsigned Draft Picks : Each year, the 30 clubs will select 50 or so players in June's amateur draft, but they only end up signing around 30 of those ...