Benjamin Thomas Zobrist (Zorilla) (twitter: @TheZobrists)

Positions: Second Baseman, Rightfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 26, 1981 in Eureka, IL
High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, IL)
Schools: Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX), Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006 (Age 25)   vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (team option), 4 yrs/$18M (10-13) & 14-15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.134, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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• 4/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Morning After: A 7th Inning Rally Only the Rays Could Have Possibly Pulled Off: Last night, the Tampa Bay Rays nailed down their first win of the season, beating the Orioles 8-7 in a wild game. The two biggest...
• 4/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 2: Shelley Duncan, Matt Joyce Deliver Huge Home Runs as Rays Come Back to Beat Orioles: Does pitching win championships? The Rays sure hope so. They’re a team built around pitching and defense who knows that...
• 4/3 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Time to forget about Robinson Cano?: If Robinson Cano isn’t the Dodgers’ second baseman next year, blame Jay-Z. A little. More accurately, you might blame...
• 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...
• 4/3 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 3: At this point, you might be saying to yourself, “Why am I reading this?” Bare with me. We’ll get it figured...
• 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 Splash Hit Blog: GIFPost: Not going to apologize for loving Evan Longoria’s defense: The O’s and Rays had the spotlight today, and while Matt Wieters, Ben Zobrist, and Chris Davis decided to dinger, Evan Longoria...
• 4/2 Vigilante Baseball : Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Shortstop: The top 5 shortstops have been consistent for the past few years. Troy Tulowitzki has the ability to hit 30 HR and steal 20 bases...
• 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 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...

• 3/29 TheLeadoffWalk: 2012's Non-All Star All Star Team: Every year, the All Star teams are announced and there is a generous amount of time dedicated to the ins and outs of any...
• 3/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Luke Scott Leaves Minor League Game With Calf Tightness, Rays Forced to Assess Options: There was just one hurdle remaining for Luke Scott before he would be officially placed on the Rays’ 25-man roster: a minor...
• 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: Could Luke Scott See Time in the Outfield for the Rays?: Taking a look at the Rays preliminary 25 man roster for Opening Day, it is noticeable that there are only four players listed...
• 3/28 TheFantasyFix.com: How To Do A Snake Draft: A Flow Chart: If you have a draft coming up this weekend and you have no idea what to do, I have the answer for you. The answer is the image...
• 3/27 Dropped Strike Three: The Definitive 2013 Phillies Prediction Post: It seems like only yesterday that the truck was packed and on its way to Clearwater... mostly because the last thing I wrote was...
• 3/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Roster Appears to be Set, Injury Updates: After much speculation, it appears as though the Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day roster may be set. Despite the presence of Craig Albernaz...
• 3/26 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live draft results from CBSSports 10 team roto league – alternate draft rankings for fantasy baseball 2013: As you would expect, the projected rankings will change between sites whether you are drafting at Yahoo, ESPN, CBSSports or another...
• 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...
• 3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Hellickson Pitches 7 Innings But Rays Fall To The Yankees In Extra Frames: The Rays’ offense, which had been sputtering of late, finally came alive but the Rays’ still fell to the Yankees 7-6...
• 3/24 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Mid-Round Draft Advice: Look for XBH: Last year, Miguel Cabrera led the league in extra-base hits in 2012 with 84. Robinson Cano followed him with 82.In third place?...
• 3/24 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Tampa Bay Rays: The series on team offense continues with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays finished eighteenth in the majors and eleventh in the American...
• 3/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Red Sox Even Thinking About Calling Up Jackie Bradley More About Desperation Than Team Philosophy: Easily the most talked about player in spring training for the Rays this year was outfielder Wil Myers, the high-profile acquisition...
• 3/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): Today’s Yankees and Rays lineups and some Jeter news: Via Bryan Hoch: RAYS Desmond Jennings CF Kelly Johnson 2B Ben Zobrist DH Matt Joyce RF Shelley Duncan 1B Yunel Escobar...
• 3/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria, Zobrist Have Big Days But Pitching Collapses as Rays Fall to Orioles and Pirates: Split-squad games always make things crazy. Not only do fans have two games they’re trying to keep track of at the same...
• 3/22 Fire Brand of the American League: Daniel Nava to Get His ChanceThe 30-year-old switch-hitter appears to have a roster spot, for now...
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Where Will The Rays Turn If Sam Fuld Isn’t Ready for the Start of the Season?: The past two years, Sam Fuld has been a spark-plug on the Rays’ roster, not being a starting player most of the time, but...
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look Back At The Tampa Bay Rays Team MVPs: 2007-2009: In this installment of our series on the Rays’ team MVPs, we take a look down memory lane at the accomplishments of Carlos...
• 3/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Luke Scott Helps Power Rays Past Tigers: Last season was a disappointment for Luke Scott. Thus far during Spring Training, he is doing his best to put 2012 behind him....
• 3/19 Baseball Analytics: Ben Zobrist, A Man for All Positions: Ben Zobrist is Joe Maddon's kind of player, playing anywhere and batting in any spot. Last season, he played four positions ...
• 3/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Does The Rays’ Strategy of Leaving Big League-Ready Pitchers at Triple-A Make Any Sense?: There was a time when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were infamous throughout baseball for rushing their pitching prospects to the major...
• 3/19 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Asdrubal Cabrera vs Ian Desmond - Who Would You Rather Have?: With statistics this close over the last 3 seasons, it is hard to argue who is more valuable, Asdrubal Cabrera or Ian Desmond. ...
• 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...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
• 3/17 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 20 Shortstops: Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is one of the game's most productive players on a per-game basis. Based on his...
• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney’s Hitless Streak Ends, Roster Moves: Fernando Rodney continued his impressive showing in the World Baseball Classic today as the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto...
• 3/16 Call to the Pen: WBC Recap, March15: Nelson Figueroa Pitches Puerto Rico Past Team USA: Puerto Rico stunned Team USA behind a great start by Nelson Figueroa to advance to the Championship Round in San Francisco. In...
• 3/16 The Sports Critic: Mets’ David Wright was Team USA’s MVP: It is just too bad that Team USA had to play Their March 14 and 15 World Baseball Classic games without David Wright. The New...
• 3/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sam Fuld Delayed, Roster Moves: One of the reasons why the Rays have been searching for outfield help may be due to concerns about Sam Fuld, and his ability to...
• 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,...
• 3/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Pressure on Jeff Niemann As He Starts for the Rays Vs. Orioles: Even though he’s 30 years old now, the Rays continue to see in Jeff Niemann flashes of the pitcher they selected 4th overall...
• 3/12 Splash Hit Blog: Team USA posts lineup, I use The Book to help make another one: Being a fan of material based off of research, it should not be surprising that I had read some of The Book by Tom Tango. Why...
• 3/12 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Shortstop: Below are my shortstop rankings for 2013.Jose Reyes (BA, R, SB)Troy Tulowitzki (BA, R, HR, RBI) Ian Desmond (BA, R, HR, RBI,...
• 3/12 Kings of Kauffman: Ned Yost Can Learn From Joe Torre’s Mistakes: I usually don’t like to speak ill of baseball managers who have multiple World Series rings, but at what point did Joe Torre...
• 3/11 El Maquino: WHICH STATS YOU LOOK AT DON’T CHANGE THE GAME YOU SEE: > When Ben Zobrist had lucked out of potential out murder for the first time in the second inning of Team USA’s WBC...
• 3/11 Rum Bunter: Pirates Jameson Taillon Impressive In First Appearance Against Team USA: Jameson Taillon took the mound in the biggest stage of his career against Team USA this afternoon.  In the end, it didn’t...
• 3/10 Baseball News Source: World Baseball Classic 2013: USA Advances to Second Round: Team USA again waited until late in the game to rally for a 9-4 win over Canada and advanced to the second round of the World...
• 3/10 Baseball Musings: Let Ben Hit: Trailing Canada 3-2 in the top of the 8th, the US gets the first two batters on, putting men at first and second for Ben Zobrist....
• 3/10 Tyler's Think Tank: WBC Roster Roundup: Braun leads a versatile U.S. team against international competition Here's a quick look at who's representing the United...
• 3/9 Call to the Pen: The Tampa Bay Rays: The Little Market Team That Could: The little market team that could, the Tampa Bay Rays keep chugging up the nasty American League East hill towards another 90...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 20 Second Basemen: Not only is he a talented and consistently productive player, but New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano is both of those...
• 3/7 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Top Ten Second Basemen: Ben Zobrist or Bust! If you don't get one of the top five second basemen this year, then good luck.See More Robinson Cano Ian...
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: How the Rays Can Break the Tampa Bay Trend of Bad Defense And Disappointing Results: The Tampa Bay Lightning have been frustratingly incapable of keeping the puck out of their own net the past two seasons, and the...
• 3/6 Mets Merized: Mets’ Ike Davis Doesn’t Make Team USA, Wasn’t Asked: Updated by John Delcos on 3/6 at 9:15 AM Ike Davis was on the WBC reserve list but wasn’t asked when Mark Teixeira was injured. Teammate David...
• 3/5 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Aaron Hill vs Dan Uggla - Who Would You Rather Have?: Second base lost one of its best this offseason when the Tampa Bay Rays signed Kelly Johnson, shifting Ben Zobrist to the outfield. ...
• 3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Why Are the Rays Looking for Depth At Catcher and in the Outfield?: At this point in time, the Rays have far from a perfect team, but they believe they have put together a very good group of players...
• 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...
• 3/3 Baseball News Source: WBC News: Japan, Chinese Tapei Now 2-0, Cuba Wins Opener: Two-time WBC champion Japan defeated China 5-2 to improve to 2-0 in Group A pool play  of the  World Baseball Classic. apan...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Dominates, Escobar, Roberts, and Rodriguez All Homer as Rays Overwhelm Orioles: Alex Cobb could finally relax. The 25 year right-handed entered spring training this year with a spot in the Rays’ rotation...
• 3/2 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball Shortstops: Below are my pre-season top 16 shortstop rankings:  Troy Tulowitzki, COL Jose Reyes, TOR Hanley Ramirez, LAD Starlin Castro,...
• 3/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Know Thy Enemy 2013: Tampa Bay RaysJoe Reilly brings you the 2013 Fire Brand Tampa Bay Rays season preview. ...

• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Jeremy Hellickson Makes Debut, Kelly Johnson Heads to the Outfield, Tim Beckham: Spring training has goten off to a great start for the Rays. For what it’s worth, they’ve gone 4-1 in their first...
• 2/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Yankees are the 10th grittiest team in baseball: In a feature that has both amused and confounded me, Max Weinstein of Beyond the Boxscore has determined who the grittiest players...
• 2/26 Sports are a Game: Draft Strategy and Rankings Detail: Second Base: The top of the 2nd base mountain is an agreed upon tier. Cano, Pedroia, and Kinsler are all worth candidates. Kinsler's batting...
• 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 Billy-Ball.com: I’m Walking: It’s Fats Domino‘s 85th birthday and since it always comes back to baseball, here are some walk stats in honor of...
• 2/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Mix and Match: The Potential of the Tampa Bay Rays “Quadtoon” at Second Base: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has managed to have some good fun with the local media in Tampa Bay by calling the playing time...
• 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...
• 2/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Escobar, Roberts Propel Rays With Key Doubles, Rays Pitching Staff Records 9 K’s, as Rays Beat Red Sox: Tampa Bay took on their division Boston Red Sox on Monday in Port Charlotte, and with a lineup where all ten players are expected...
• 2/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: 5 Prospects To Get Excited About: Top 5 prospects I am excited to see…….. Last year was truly a special year for baseball in terms of fans getting to...
• 2/25 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Base: Below are my second base rankings for 2013.Robinson Cano (BA, R, HR, RBI) Dustin Pedroia (BA, R, HR, SB) Ian...
• 2/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Close to Regular Lineup for Monday’s Game, Leslie Anderson Steps Up: Spring training has been exciting the past couple of days, but way too many of the players were prospects far from the major leagues...
• 2/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 2/23: The Boston Red Sox will officially open up Grapefruit League play this afternoon at 1:35 p.m. when they'll host the a split-squad...
• 2/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Alfonso Soriano Still A Player The Rays Could Acquire to Bolster Their Lineup?: The 2013 season is just over a month away, and it’s shaping up to be quite exciting for the Tampa Bay Rays. Pitching will...
• 2/20 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball Second Basemen: Second base is a position bred from defensive deficiency. If you look at every starting second baseman in the majors, odds are...
• 2/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Rundown from PHX: February 11: I’d like try and corral all the day’s spring training news into one resource every day. Do a bulleted list of what...
• 2/15 Call to the Pen: How Good is Aaron Hill?: The Arizona Diamondbacks recently continued their busy offseason by extending second baseman Aaron Hill through the 2016 season....
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Joshin’ Around: Pitchers and catchers have reported which means it is time to delve into all, yes all, sorts of fantasy baseball argle bargle!...
• 2/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Dollars and Common Sense Lead Michael Bourn to Cleveland and not Tampa Bay: The Cleveland Indians signed center fielder Michael Bourn to a four-year, $48 million deal earlier this week, adding to their...
• 2/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Evan Longoria, Everyone Excited for Start of Spring: We’ve finally made it. Rays pitchers and catchers have reported, along with quite a few position players, and baseball is...
• 2/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: Joshin’ Around: Pitchers and catchers have reported which means it is time to delve into all, yes all, sorts of fantasy baseball argle bargle!...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: If The Rays Go Fishing For The Longterm, Should They Net Mike Carp?: With the almost last minute signing of Kelly Johnson and the 2013 roster potentially set for spring training now under way, it’s...
• 2/12 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Outfielders Rankings: The Outfield is where you are going to find the most value.  Last season 10 of the top 25, 19 of the top 50 and 36 of the...
• 2/11 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: What Kind of Owner are You?: I  am entering my 20th season of Fantasy baseball, having played against literally hundreds of different opponents. Because...
• 2/11 Rays Colored Glasses: What Would It Take for Wil Myers to Make the Rays’ Opening Day Roster?: This offseason, the Rays’ biggest offensive move was to acquire top outfield prospect and reigning Minor League Player of...
• 2/11 WasWatching: MLB’s Most Valuable Position Players 2009-12: Here is the list: Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA R Pos Tm 1 Ben Zobrist 26.5 2009 2012 28-31 616 2596 355 *49/6837D5 TBR 2...
• 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: 2014 Free Agent Power Rankings: Here at MLBTR, we're always looking ahead.  As the 2012-13 offseason winds down, we've already got an eye on players scheduled...
• 2/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Brandon Inge Be the Perfect Fit To Fill the Final Hole on the Rays’ Roster?: Looking at the Rays’ roster with pitchers and catchers reporting on Tuesday, there seems to be one major question mark that...
• 2/9 Rays Colored Glasses: A Super-Utility Role Is Something Kelly Johnson Is More Than Capable of Playing: Something that immediately stood out after the Rays signed Kelly Johnson was the news that Johnson would play all of the field...
• 2/9 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part II: Outfields and DH’s: With the recent additions to AL East teams in Luke Scott and Travis Hafner to Tampa Bay and New York, respectively, it signals...
• 2/7 Blog Red Machine: Is Jay Bruce A Top 10 Right Fielder?: On January 25th, MLB Network unveiled their lists of the top 10 right fielders in baseball right now. Bill James, Eric Byrnes,...
• 2/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Have the Rays Already Offered Michael Bourn a Contract?: Lately we’ve heard a lot about negotiations between the New York Mets and free agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Nothing is...
• 2/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Officially Agree with Kyle Farnsworth, Kelly Johnson, DFA Elliot Johnson, Reid Brignac: We’ve been waiting to hear about a move like this for a while now. But now it has finally happened- the Rays have officially...
• 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Sign Kelly Johnson: The Rays announced that they have signed second baseman Kelly Johnson to a one-year deal. The SFX client will earn $2.45MM...
• 2/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Announce Invitees to MLB Spring Training Including Top Prospect Wil Myers: Pitchers and catchers report in just one week and everyone else not too long after. Spring training is so close. And now we finally...
• 2/2 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 right fielders in baseball: by: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer 1. Giancarlo Stanton Last season’s stats: HR: 37 RBI: 86 AVG: .290 OPS: .969...
• 2/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Future of Tim Beckham: Recently, John Sickels of SB Nation took a look at former Rays first round pick Tim Beckham. Essentially, at this point he views...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Matt Garza Pitches The Rays’ First No-Hitter: Opening Day is barely two months away for the Rays, and we are all playing the waiting game. We’re staring at our clocks, wishing...

• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Where do the Rays put their ‘Tat’ ?: By Tat, I mean Ryan Roberts, aka ‘TatMan’.  With the Rays roster essentially shaping up, assuming they were to make...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Kelly Johnson Signing Gives Them Additional Flexibility With Evan Longoria: Evan Longoria is the heart and soul of the Rays, and he will be for a very long time after the Rays signed him to an extension...
• 1/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Leslie Anderson – From Promise to Afterthought: Seemingly all offseason, there have been talks of the Rays seeking out a first base/corner outfield type, someone capable of playing...
• 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Vazquez, Dodgers, Rays: Free agent right-hander Javier Vazquez is getting his right meniscus repaired by one of the Marlins’ team doctors this Wednesday,...
• 1/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Make Second Surprise Infield Signing In As Many Years, Sign Kelly Johnson: When the Rays signed Jeff Keppinger, almost everyone’s reaction was confusion. Where would he play? He was a hitter who...
• 1/28 Jays Journal: Former Blue Jay Kelly Johnson Sign With Rays: Entering the winter, there was at least one given on the offseason agenda for the Toronto Blue Jays; they had to find a replacement...
• 1/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The Rays’ Continued Offseason Plans, Rays Facing Pivotal Seasons, Wil Myers: The 2012 offseason is nearing a close (after all, it’s already 2013), and the Rays have crossed off most of the things on...
• 1/27 Blog Red Machine: Reds Three Up — Week of 1/20/13: Leading up to and during the upcoming MLB season, I will be posting a weekly “Reds Three Up” and “Three Down” segments....
• 1/27 Rays Colored Glasses: What Ever Happened to Akinori Iwamura?: With the Rays signing Shelley Duncan over the last few days, Rays fans have been reminded of a name they had all but forgotten,...
• 1/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Talking to Rays Right-Hander Chris Archer About Pitching, Pinch-Running, and Charity Work: This past Thursday afternoon, Rays right-handed pitcher Chris Archer, who made his major league debut in 2012, was involved in...
• 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Evaluating the AL East, Part TwoDaniel concludes his two-part look at Boston's AL East competition in 2013....
• 1/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Mitch Talbot Was the One the Rays Really Wanted: The trade had just gone through and Andrew Friedman had to ecstatic. Aubrey Huff had been a great player for the Devil Rays for...
• 1/26 Jays Journal: Reader Weigh In: Which New Addition Has The Biggest Impact: The Toronto Blue Jays have made quite a few changes this winter, in what could perhaps be the most radical offseason makeover...
• 1/26 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Right Field: Right field is one of the AL East’s strongest positions, with the division having all potentially above average players...
• 1/24 Jays Journal: Sean Nollin To Start in AA And What Else We Learned Today From Alex Anthopoulos: Earlier today Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos parti**** in a live blog over at the Toronto Sun. It was a refreshing...
• 1/24 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Left Field: Although up until a few years, the AL East had its share of great left fielders, they’re all gone now. The new crop is not...
• 1/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Texas Rangers’ Matt Harrison Extension Could Be a Major Mistake: It was five years today that the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a 4-year extension with promising right-hander James Shields. The deal...
• 1/23 Crashburn Alley: Caring About Walks and Production: Moments ago, Ruben Amaro, Jr. said something to this effect (I paraphrase, but only gently): I don’t care about walks,...
• 1/21 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Second Basemen: Unlike at catcher and first base, the AL East is truly home to a couple of elite second basemen. Dustin Pedroia and Robinson Cano...
• 1/21 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview and Rankings – Second Baseman: At the height of the steroid era, second base was as deep of a fantasy position as there was.  There were plenty of starters...
• 1/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HOW THE YANKEES STACK UP: SECOND BASE: If you haven't see our series yet on how the Yankees stack up in the American League East, be sure and check out HOW THE YANKEES...
• 1/18 The Baseball Continuum: WBC Simulation: USA vs. Canada: On Sunday, March 30, 2013, Team USA and Canada will play the final Pool D game at Chase Field in Phoenix. Canada will technically...
• 1/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Breathe Sigh of Relief, Agree to Terms With Matt Joyce and Ryan Roberts To Avoid Arbitration: No one wants to go to an arbitration hearing. It’s a messy process that requires teams to divert time from other necessary...
• 1/18 MLBRandomFandom: Team USA Roster Unveiled for World Baseball Classic: By Nick CesareTeam USA RosterThe preliminary rosters for the World Baseball Classic were announced yesterday.   Team...
• 1/18 Obstructed View: US Roster for World Baseball Classic: The rosters for the WBC were announced yesterday's and here is the US roster. Player Pos. Team Mark Teixeira 1B Yankees Brandon...
• 1/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Five Rays Named to World Baseball Classic Rosters, Uniform Numbers: With baseball no longer in the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic is the only time every four years that we get to see players...
• 1/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Vision: Target & Avoid - AL East Edition: Our good friend Brett Barton (@BrettBarton_FBV) at Fantasy Baseball Vision will help you prep for your upcoming drafts. He...
• 1/15 Mets360.com: Is Justin Upton worth acquiring for the Mets?: He’s No. 10 on the Arizona Diamondbacks, but No. 1 on wish lists throughout baseball. Justin Upton continues to be available,...
• 1/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Brandon Allen’s Walk Off Home Run Magic Early in 2012: With Spring Training around the corner, it’s good to look back at the highlights of last season and then imagine what 2013 could...
• 1/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Is draft-pick compensation limiting Michael Bourn market?: No player has been more enigmatic this offseason than free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Making the National League All-Star...
• 1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Gift of a Lifetime: As we slide into the new year I would like to take a few minutes to thank a special player on the Tampa Bay Rays for his contributions...
• 1/7 Behind the Plate: 2013 Shortstop Rankings [...] ...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: How Much Are the Rays Risking By Starting Wil Myers at Triple-A to Begin 2013?: The Rays are one bat short of being ready to go on a playoff run. Wait, are they? They’re missing a DH, fine, but they have...
• 1/4 Braves Journal: New Year’s Prediction: Braves Lose the Wild-Card Game: It’s still early January, which means that there’s plenty of time left in the offseason for a few more major deals...
• 1/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Re-Evaluating Options For EllsburyAs the dust settles on an action-packed offseason, how will the Red Sox handle their center fielder's contract year?...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will Sam Fuld Fit in for the Rays in 2013?: After losing center fielder B.J. Upton to the Atlanta Braves, it remains to be seen how the Rays are going to piece together their...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Should Sam Fuld Fill The Rays’ Gap In The Outfield?: After losing center fielder B.J. Upton to the Atlanta Braves, the Rays have yet to sign an outfielder during this offseason. The...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Roberto Hernandez A Worthwhile Gamble, Best Quotes From Rays: When the Rays first signed right-hander Roberto Hernandez to a 1-year contract worth 3.25 million dollars plus incentives, everyone’s...
• 12/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Round Numbers: We love round numbers in baseball. Psychologically, there's a big difference between a .300 hitter and a .296 hitter, a 20 game...
• 12/27 District On Deck: Exploring A Michael Morse Trade: While there has been little news about the Adam LaRoche negotiations in recent days, except that nobody else wants to sign him,...
• 12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Make A Move for One of the Diamondbacks’ Lower-Profile Outfielders?: This offseason, the Rays already acquired one potential superstar outfielder, Wil Myers. They would love to acquire another, Justin...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: There’s Still Room for the Dodgers to Improve: Colletti said the Dodgers are never “going to be reckless with what we do.” Apparently no one told the Los Angeles...
• 12/22 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Must Exercise Judicious Use of Corner Outfielders: Outfielder Cody Ross just signed a three-year, $26 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, leaving the free agent market...
• 12/21 Baseball News Source: There’s Still Room for the Dodgers to Improve: Colletti said the Dodgers are never “going to be reckless with what we do.” Apparently no one told the Los Angeles...
• 12/21 mlbreports.com : The Tampa Bay Rays: The Hitters 1998-2012: Part 2 Of A 5 Part Article Series: twitter-follow screen_name=’mlbreports’ show_screen_name=’no’] Like us on Facebook here Friday, December.21,...
• 12/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Be A Sleeper Suitor for Michael Bourn?: The Rays are one position player away from being ready from having their team just about set for a promising 2013. The obvious...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Alfonso Soriano Be The Last Piece of the Rays’ 2013 Lineup?: One glaring need remains on the Rays’ roster for 2013: a designated hitter. Nothing is more telling of that than the Rays’ depth...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Peter Bourjos The Answer To The Rays’ Gap In Center Field?: The Angels’ outfield is suddenly crowded as they signed center fielder Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers yesterday. The Angels...
• 12/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays the Roof: Yet Another Tampa Bay Rays Stadium and Attendance Discussion: Anyone who lives in central or southwest Florida has heard the argument a million times. Listen to a few minutes of talk radio,...
• 12/13 Crashburn Alley: Let’s Get Excited: On Twitter this afternoon, loyal reader/follower Matt Jedruch (@MattJedruch) sent this to me: I get the general impression that,...
• 12/12 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Updated for Myers Trade Dec.11/2012: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5...
• 12/11 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look Back At James Shields’ Final Game With The Rays: No one can deny that although the Rays still have a great pitching staff after losing James Shields, there will be a void in the...
• 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....
• 12/10 Baseball Musings: Royals-Rays Blockbuster: The Rays send James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for four prospects, including Wil Myers. “We have to start winning...
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dan Johnson Could Return, Rays Just Miss on Schierholtz, Rays-Royals Trade Coming Together?: Rays fans will never forget the contributions that Dan Johnson gave to the Rays in 2010 and 2011, most notably his legendary home...
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Ben Zobrist’s Coming Out Party: Although Ben Zobrist is usually applauded for his strong defensive skills, Rays fans are also used to seeing Zobrist’s consistent...
• 12/6 Seedlings to Stars: Marlins Only Get Dietrich for Escobar: Ever since the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays completed their twelve player blockbuster deal last month, it’s been widely...
• 12/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Acquire Shortstop Yunel Escobar From Marlins, S**** Up Defensive Alignment: In a move that we talked about as a possibility yesterday, the Rays have acquired shortstop Yunel Escobar from the Miami Marlins...
• 12/5 Baseball Musings: Defensive Rays: I find it interesting what the Rays leave out of the discussion of the trade for Yunel Escobar: Escobar’s acquisition, along...
• 12/5 Call to the Pen: Marlins Trade Yunel Escobar to Tampa Bay: The Miami Marlins just keep trading away major league talent. Of course, this is one everyone saw coming. Late Tuesday night...
• 12/5 MLB Dirt: Rays Steal Yunel Escobar From Marlins: The Miami Marlins, desperate to rid themselves of shortstop Yunel Escobar and his $5M salary, have dealt him to the Tampa Bay...
• 12/4 Baseball News Source: Rays Trade Prospect to Marlins for Yunel Escobar: Tampa Bay gets a shortstop and the Marlins dump more salary The Tampa Bay Rays traded middle infield prospect Derek Dietrich...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Acquire Yunel Escobar: The Rays have acquired a new shortstop, getting Yunel Escobar from the Marlins for middle infield prospect Derek Dietrich today,...
• 12/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rumored Rays-Nationals Trade Come Together?: Rays fans have gotten used to hearing trade rumors between the Rays and the Washington Nationals. For a long time, the rumors...
• 12/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Free Agents Looking to Return, Could the Rays Acquire Yunel Escobar or Jason Kubel?: The Winter Meetings are in full swing and the rumors are non-stop. The Rays are no exception. Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Rays...

• 11/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Kazmir Dazzles With 10 K’s In Final Game With Rays: On August 28, 2009, Rays starting pitcher Scott Kazmir was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for Sean Rodriguez...
• 11/28 Seedlings to Stars: Mets Acquire Brandon Hicks From Oakland: Seemingly always on the lookout for added infield depth, the New York Mets have acquired infielder Brandon Hicks from the Oakland...
• 11/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Ryan Raburn Be Coming Home to Play for the Rays?: On October 6th, 2009, it was Game 163 between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to determine the champion of the AL Central...
• 11/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Imagining Jeff Keppinger in Pinstripes: The Rays failed to make the postseason in 2012- but Jeff Keppinger was a big reason they got as far as they did, winning 90 games...
• 11/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Acquire Chone Figgins?: The Rays love versatility. It gives them roster flexibility and the ability to put their best possible offensive players in the...
• 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...
• 11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Carl Crawford Slides Into History: While Rays fans are used to seeing center fielder B.J. Upton and left fielder Desmond Jennings display their quick feet while...
• 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...
• 11/21 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays Tim Beckham – 2013 – Breakthrough or Bust ?: By most accounts Beckham’s development has been slow The Tampa Bay Rays added Tim Beckham to the 40 man roster along with...
• 11/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Evaluating the 2012 Bowling Green Hot Rods Part 3: In the lower levels of the minor leagues, you can find loads of talent but also quite a bit of immaturity. That phrase described...
• 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 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Micah Owings Looks to Revolutionize Baseball, and That Could Happen With the Rays: The Rays are an organization that prides itself on roster efficiency. A large part of that is the versatility the Rays have featured...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields’ First Complete Game: Rays fans remember James Shield’s dazzling 2011 season when he pitched 11 complete games. His handiwork that year earned him...
• 11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Shin-Soo Choo Be A Trade Target?: After two consecutive years of starting off the season well and tanking down the stretch, the Cleveland Indians have decided to...
• 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....
• 11/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Would a Justin Upton Deal Be Worth the Cost for the Rays and Diamondbacks?: It started off sounding ridiculous. And now suddenly it could really happen. Ken Rosenthal has reported the Rays may now be the...
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: James Shields Twins: Fantasy Implications of Rumored Trade: We all know that the Minnesota Twins need starting pitching, so it’s no surprise that recent rumors have suggested that...
• 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...
• 11/8 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman Talks Pitching, Trades, Zobrist: When I asked Andrew Friedman how he’d assess the Rays’ starting pitching heading into 2013, he made his point pretty quickly....
• 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 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: Nick Swisher: I know a lot of Yankee fans despise Nick Swisher; if not for his outgoing personality than for his shortcomings in the postseason....
• 11/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: James Shields Twins: Fantasy Implications of Rumored Trade: We all know that the Minnesota Twins need starting pitching, so it’s no surprise that recent rumors have suggested that...
• 11/2 Baseball Reality Tour: 2010 - 2012 All Defensive Teams: Last time around, we looked at the 2012 All Defensive Teams when ranking players by various defensive statistics, such as Fielding...
• 11/1 mlbreports.com : Josh Hamilton Ready to Return to the Tampa Bay Rays?: Thursday November 1st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  What a great story it would be to see Josh Hamilton return to the team that drafted...
• 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...

• 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. Guaranteed...
• 10/31 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 12 Players Picked to Outperform Projections Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 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...
• 10/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Be Delivering The Melk Man?: Melky Cabrera was seemingly on his last chance as a major league player heading into 2011. Despite being the centerpiece of the...
• 10/26 Rays Colored Glasses: How Much Was Luck a Factor in Jeff Keppinger’s Breakout Season?: Last January, the Rays signed infielder Jeff Keppinger to a one-year contract. Keppinger’s role was unclear with the Rays...
• 10/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Finally Sign Mark DeRosa?: Over the past several years, the Rays have become well-known for their versatility. Ben Zobrist in particular has become the poster...
• 10/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Moving Evan Longoria: Evan Longoria is arguably the best hitter on the Tampa Bay Rays when healthy. In fact, over the fifteen year history of the Rays...
• 10/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Ticket To The Trop: A Home For History: Baseball is America’s favorite pastime, and organizations like to pay homage to the history of the game and their teams. Walking...
• 10/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Where Does Brandon Guyer Stand Now?: At times in 2012, it was downright depressing to watch the Rays bat. Evan Longoria and so many others were hurt, Carlos Pena was...
• 10/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Day Evan Longoria Played Shortstop: For one day, the baseball world diverted from its usual orbit. Evan Longoria is the Rays’ third baseman. He has been and...
• 10/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Ortiz, Peralta, Jackson: Some links from around the AL East for your Monday reading pleasure... David Ortiz is still looking for two years and $25-30MM,...
• 10/15 Baseball Press: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Eligibility: Martin Prado has a full resume for the 2013 fantasy season. (US Presswire)The 2012 regular season is over, and it's time to...
• 10/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Farm Fresh Left Side Players Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Reviewing The Ryan Roberts Trade: On July 24th, the Rays made their only major trade deadline deal, acquiring infielder Ryan Roberts from the Arizona Diamondbacks...
• 10/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Were the Tampa Bay Rays Baseball’s Most Versatile Team in 2012?: The Rays have always seemed to place a premium on versatility, featuring players like Ben Zobrist, Aubrey Huff, and Sean Rodriguez...
• 10/11 MLB Dirt: My Manager of the Year Award Ballot: As a proud member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance I get the privilege of voting on all of the regular season awards in addition...
• 10/11 WahoosOnFirst: Who Could Indians Get by Trading Asdrubal Cabrera?: Now that the Cleveland Indians have hired Terry Francona to manage their team it’s time for the new direction of the franchise...
• 10/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review – Right Field: In 2012, the Rays outfield was beset by injuries. Right field in particular was a bit of a revolving door for part of the season...
• 10/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Shortstop: Shortstop was a bit of a black hole in the lineup for the Rays during most of 2012. Elliot Johnson and Sean Rodriguez received...
• 10/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Second Base: In 2012, second base for the Rays was primarily held down by Ben Zobrist and, in the second half, Ryan Roberts. Will Rhymes, Sean...
• 10/5 WasWatching: Is Ben Zobrist The Best Player In Baseball Over Last 4 Years?: According to the leaders in WAR, over the last four seasons combined, he is: Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA OPS Pos Tm 1 Ben...
• 10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless?: If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone...
• 10/3 Call to the Pen: Ben Zobrist Deserves Some MVP Consideration: Sensing the angry mob that is building after simply reading the title above, I think it is prudent to clarify a little bit before...
• 10/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 161: Shields Strikes Out 15, But Magic Gone as Rays Fall to Orioles 1-0: It is awfully hard to be any better than James Shields was on Tuesday night. He faced 29 batters, two above the minimum. In other...
• 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 Birds Watcher: Orioles drop game one in Tampa: Not that they should expect any, but the Baltimore Orioles are getting absolutely no help these days. They got the pleasure of...
• 10/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 160: Rays’ Offense Keeps Them In The AL Wild Card Hunt: Despite the Baltimore Orioles clinching a playoff berth last night, the Rays did not let that discourage them. Steady offensive...

• 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...
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes (long division edition): Tigers 6, @Twins 4 / Rays 10, @White Sox 4: Each Central challenger had their ace on the hill for the last time in the regular...
• 9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 158: Matt Joyce Helps Power Rays Past White Sox: Matt Joyce got his first at bat in the seventh inning. Despite not starting, he homered twice, helping lead the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/29 Southside Showdown: White Sox Staying Alive in Central Race: Gavin Floyd gave up a homerun to Ben Zobrist in the first inning and White Sox fans sighed. Not a sigh of relief, but a sigh of...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: Mariners Stuggles In Tampa Mirror Safeco: Beavan threw 8 strong inningsBlake Beavan is back from AAA and proving that he's ready to handle the Major Leagues. In his second...
• 9/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 157: Rays Offense Lets Gavin Floyd Off The Hook: In a matchup featuring two teams fighting for their playoff lives, White Sox starter Gavin Floyd and five relievers combined to...
• 9/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 155: Carlos Pena Helps Lead Rays To Victory: The Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot streak, winning their seventh consecutive game on Wednesday night, defeating the Boston...
• 9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Final Red Sox Home Travesty - 9/26: After falling 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox will play their final home game of the 2012 season. Tonight, they'll look to...
• 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 Crashburn Alley: Obscure Former Phillies Hour, Vol. 2: Willie Montanez: Hello and welcome! It’s Obscure Former Phillies Hour! Today’s lucky contestant comes courtesy of reader @jcamaratta,...
• 9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Final Red Sox Home Travesty - 9/26: After falling 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox will play their final home game of the 2012 season. Tonight, they'll look to...
• 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Toronto Blue Jays’ Carlos Villanueva: Jerk of the Day: For the second time in one week a player from the Toronto Blue Jays has earned Jerk of the Day honors. Four days ago it was Yunel...
• 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...
• 9/25 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 Crashburn Alley: Chase Utley Back to Form in 2012: This season, the city of Philadelphia has been focused on two key words regarding Chase Utley, completely unrelated to what he...
• 9/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Ben Zobrist Overcomes His Limitations to Stabilize the Shortstop Position for the Rays: For the first 423 games of his professional baseball career, Ben Zobrist played a position other than shortstop just twice. That...
• 9/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 151: Rays set strikeout record, beat Toronto 12-1: The Rays have proven the past two nights that not only can they win, but also they can deliver in the late September grind. At...
• 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: BBA Linkfest - around the horn in general: Hey! Got a few minutes? Hope so because what follows is a group of links to some of the best baseball writing on the...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Ben Zobrist is the Rays’ Greatest Offensive Asset: With the Rays snapping their four game losing streak last night, everyone seemed to be finding their swing again while beating...
• 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 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/20: For the first time since 1997, the Boston Red Sox will finish with a record under .500. That year they ended up at 78-84. Since...
• 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...
• 9/20 BoSox Injection: Rays Turn The Beat Down Around, Take Series Finale 13-3: If ever a late season game summed up a team’s infuriatingly poor 2012 campaign, it was the Red Sox/Ray’s series finale...
• 9/20 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/20: For the first time since 1997, the Boston Red Sox will finish with a record under .500. That year they ended up at 78-84. Since...
• 9/20 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Travesty - 9/19: After putting another damper on the playoff hopes of their opponent last night, the Boston Red Sox look to do it again tonight...
• 9/20 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/19: The dream of a .500 season for the Boston Red Sox is still alive. Of course they'll still need to win their final 13 games of...
• 9/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Yunel Escobar Be A Possibility This Offseason?: Over the last three seasons, the shortstop position for the Tampa Bay Rays has been a disaster offensively. With players the caliber...
• 9/19 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Travesty - 9/19: After putting another damper on the playoff hopes of their opponent last night, the Boston Red Sox look to do it again tonight...
• 9/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Sean Rodriguez Doing Nothing for the Rays But Losing Games: It takes an idiot to punch a wall and break his hand. It takes an even bigger idiot to say something like this. #Rays Rodriguez...
• 9/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Scott Sheldon, A Player the Rays Wish They Had: No more Rays minor league recaps for a while, so we’ll replace their morning slot with completely random content that may...
• 9/19 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/19: The dream of a .500 season for the Boston Red Sox is still alive. Of course they'll still need to win their final 13 games of...
• 9/19 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Travesty - 9/18: After winning 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to continue to play spoiler in the second game of a four-game set with...
• 9/18 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Travesty - 9/18: After winning 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to continue to play spoiler in the second game of a four-game set with...
• 9/18 BoSox Injection: Trop ’til You Drop. Sox Spoil Rays’ Homecoming With 5-2 Win.: Would it not be delicious if Monday’s 5-2 Red Sox win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa was a tune up for their upcoming...
• 9/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 147: Offense Disappears as Rays’ Slide Continues: Alex Cobb held the Boston Red Sox without a hit for the first five innings Monday night. However, that was not enough as the Red...
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Travesty - 9/17: After taking two-of-three in Toronto over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox finish up their seven game road trip starting tonight....
• 9/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Analyzing the 2012 Princeton Rays Part 2: We continue our look at the Rays prospects who spent 2012 at the Rookie-level Princeton Rays. Plenty of upside to be found here,...
• 9/17 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout takes a prime barstool at Ferg's and analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Travesty - 9/17: After taking two-of-three in Toronto over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox finish up their seven game road trip starting tonight....
• 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....
• 9/17 Yanks Go Yard: Kuroda Strikes Out 10; Martin Clubs Another HR En Route to Series Win: In a series the Yankees desperately needed, they came through. Ironically, it wasn’t their ace who help set the tone, rather...
• 9/16 My Pinstripes: Yankees Battery Powers Past Tampa Bay: The Yankees best pitcher of the second half picked up his 14th win of the season and his catcher continued his mini-resurgence...
• 9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 146: Moore Off, Offense Gets Too Little, Too Late as Rays Lose Series to Yankees: For the second straight game, the Rays managed a late rally. And for the second straight time, they lost. Matt Moore looked great...
• 9/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: "I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COME TOGETHER": The race for the AL East Division crown is in full throttle and the Yankees are hanging by a thread as we march toward the...
• 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...
• 9/14 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 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 19: How to Name Your Keg: It’s getting cold again, which excites me to no end. I love the change in weather, as would anyone who sweats as much as...
• 9/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 143: Rays Stunned By Orioles in 14-Inning Thriller to Complete Sweep: It was beautiful baseball. Maybe that is even amplified by the feeling that every Rays fan is feeling right now. Every obstacle...
• 9/13 High Heat Stats: Is Darwin Barney baseball’s best defensive infielder?: Quick – who’s the best defensive 2nd baseman in baseball? Chase Utley? Robinson Cano? Dustin Pedroia? All fine second...
• 9/12 Jays Journal: Who’s on first, but What’s on second? Replacing Kelly Johnson: Back in late April, Kelly Johnson was arguably the most productive hitter on the team. He was sitting at 0.8 WAR, and when projected...
• 9/10 MetsToday.com: Do the Mets Have Difference Makers?: NOTE: This is a guest post by longtime, loyal MetsToday commenter “Argonbunnies.” Enjoy. After Omar Minaya’s...
• 9/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on James Shields’ 2-Hit Shutout and B.J. Upton’s 3 HR Game: Sunday was a momentous day for the Rays are they achieved a series win versus the Rangers in resounding fashion, with James Shields...
• 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 138: Ben Zobrist Works Extra Inning Magic: When a team comes from being left for dead to making the playoffs, there are a number of games along the way that help build momentum....
• 9/7 Baseball Musings: Closer East: The Yankees and Orioles each hit three home runs Friday night, but the Yankees drive in seven runs with theirs to five for Baltimore,...
• 9/6 Rays Colored Glasses: As Elliot Johnson Falters, Rays Must Consider Alternate Options: It seemed like a good move at the time, putting Elliot Johnson back at his natural position, second base. But the result was more...
• 9/6 Rays Colored Glasses: B.J. Upton Walks Off With a “Bang”: B.J. Upton will leave Tampa Bay having never lived up to expectations. It has been over 10 years since Upton was drafted by the...
• 9/5 Yanks Go Yard: Alone on Top: Yankees grab back sole possession of 1st place: It says a lot to watch how a team reacts when they have completely hit bottom. The Yankees may have reached that spot Tuesday...
• 9/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 137: Key Error Leads To 6-4 Loss: The Rays had a golden opportunity to making the American League East race even closer. However, the Yankees proved too much to...
• 9/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees exit Tampa on high note, beat Rays 6-4: The Yankees entered play Wednesday night having lost three consecutive games and five of their last six, and had watched their...
• 9/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: TICK, TICK, TICK: Time is not an ally of the New York Yankees. Tim McCarver uttered those words during Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, moments before...
• 9/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 135: Bats Come up Huge in Clutch as Rays Take Opener Versus Yanks: For whatever reason, one-run games have been the Rays’ Achilles’ heel in 2012. Entering Monday, they were just 19-24,...
• 9/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees come up short again, division lead down to one: For a good chunk of the afternoon, it looked like the Yankees were finally going to be on the right side of fortune today. 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...
• 9/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 133: Rays Keep Composure to Win Niemann’s Return: It’s the worst feeling in the world. You know something bad is going to happen. You wonder if you’re just a pessimist,...

• 8/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Start September Call-Ups With Ramos, Thompson, Brignac and Gimenez: On September 1st, major league active rosters expand to 40 players. Players will come up at different times as minor league seasons...
• 8/29 Baseball News Source: AL Reacps – Longoria leads Tampa Bay over Texas: Tampa Bay 8  - Texas 4 - Evan Longoria hit two home runs, B.J. Upton and Elliot Johnson added two more in the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 130: Evan Longoria Leads Barrage, As Rays Win 8-4:   In the early going, this game had all the makings of being a rout for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rangers fought back, but...
• 8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 129: Shields Strong But Missed Opportunities Haunt Rays: 1-0. Again. There is no worse feeling. Your pitchers dominated and you let them down. Again. Yu Darvish was great on Tuesday night....
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Sean Rodriguez Hits Something: Sean Rodriguez finally hit something Sunday night. Unfortunately, it was not a baseball that he struck – it was a locker....
• 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...
• 8/27 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....
• 8/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rays Game 125: The A’s stole one late in St. Petersburg tonight as a late go ahead home run from Jonny Gomes broke the tie against a tough...
• 8/25 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers Beltre Hits for Cycle Against Minnesota: Beltre Stays Hot Minnesota 0 – Texas 8 - Adrian Belte continued his torrid hitting, hitting for the cycle and backing up...
• 8/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 126: Rays Fall Short As Oakland Rallies For Win:   The Rays let the lead slip away Friday night, as Joel Peralta gave up a two out, two run home run in the eighth, giving...
• 8/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Should I pick up Stephen Drew?: I have gotten a few questions about Stephen Drew, but it is a case-by-case basis with him. I figured I’d write a post giving...
• 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: Game 123: Bats Get Back on Track to Lift Rays to Series Victory vs. Royals: The Rays’ bats went on a one-day vacation on Tuesday, costing them an easy win. But the bats came back on Wednesday afternoon...
• 8/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Ben Zobrist: A Love Story!: Ben Zobrist is an advanced stat stud and, in my mind, could be one of the most underrated fantasy, maybe even real life, baseball...
• 8/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: B.J.’s Birthday, Zobrist, Bullpen: B.J. Upton had an exciting day on Tuesday, celebrating his 28th birthday. A couple interesting tweets to commemorate the occasion....
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Sean Rodriguez to return in September: Tampa Bay Rays SS Sean Rodriguez is expected to return when rosters expand in September. 2B Ben Zobrist is expected to move over...[+] to shortstop.
• 8/21 Baseball News Source: Rays Luke Scott Activated from DL – Sean Rodriguez sent to AAA: The Tampa Bay rays activated DH Luke Scott from the 15 day disabled list and optioned infielder Sean Rodriguez to Triple-A Durham. Scott...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Honor 2002 Champs Then Blow Eight Run Lead: You can officially look at the Angels in two different ways: A. This is rockbottom and there’s nowhere to go but up B. They’re...
• 8/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 119: The Comeback: It’s hard enough for Rays fans to watch a game starting at 10 PM EST and stay awake. And after the way the game started,...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: Five Pitches: The Angels blew an 8-0 lead to lose to the Rays 10-8 on Saturday night. The turning point came in the top of the fifth inning....
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Seven Run Third Sinks Angels: Jered Weaver was due to have a bad game. Let’s not go crazy about it. However, if he’s not going to pitch well the...
• 8/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Jeff Keppinger Signing Tells You Once Again to Never Doubt Andrew Friedman: Everyone was confused- why in the world had Andrew Friedman and the Rays signed Jeff Keppinger? Sure, he’s versatile like...
• 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 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 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...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Defensive Improvements Lead to Recent Surge: Over the last few years, one of the hallmarks for the Tampa Ray Rays have been their stellar defensive play. Since becoming a...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 115: Cobb Sharp, Upton Homers as Rays Win 7th Straight: On Monday night, the Rays gave Evan Longoria his first day off since his return from the DL. But great pitching to go along with...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist expected to stay at SSTampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon indicated there is no reason to move 2B Ben Zobrist from shortstop at this point....[+] Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon indicated there is no reason to move 2B Ben Zobrist from shortstop at this point.
• 8/13 Rays Colored Glasses: What Evan Longoria Means To The Rays Offense:   The Tampa Bay Rays have struggled to score runs for most of the season. Meanwhile, Evan Longoria has been injured for most...
• 8/13 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: August 13, 2012: Ezequiel Carrera $15. Other bids: $15, $10, $1.I profiled Carrera in Friday's Gearing Up. The top two bids here were...
• 8/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Sunday lineup notes: Tampa Bay Rays INF/OF Ben Zobrist is playing right field against the Minnesota Twins Sunday, Aug. 12, with INF Sean Rodriguez...[+] playing shortstop.
• 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...
• 8/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 112: Matthew Joyce Leads Offensive Explosion As Rays Win 12-6:   The Tampa Bay Rays jumped out to an early 8-1 lead, holding on to a 12-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Matthew Joyce...
• 8/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays Use Ben Zobrist More at Shortstop?: On Thursday, Ben Zobrist started at shortstop for the Rays. It was his first game at shortstop since 2009. Is that something that...
• 8/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 111: Lobaton, Longoria Lead Rays To Sweep: The Rays offense exploded and Matt Moore continued a streak of dominant performances by the rotation as the Rays capped off their...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist in at SS: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist is in the lineup at shortstop Thursday, Aug. 9. He said the team asked him to play there. He hasn't...[+] played there since 2009.
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 110: Alex Cobb Leads Rays To Victory:   Alex Cobb pitched seven strong innings, helping lead the Rays to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays...
• 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...
• 8/8 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Miguel Cabrera And The Detroit Tigers Hold On Against The New York Yankees: AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 5 After falling behind 6-3, the Yankees scored two runs in the top of the ninth...
• 8/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 109: James Shields Dominates in Longoria’s Return: James Shields and Fernando Rodney combined on a three hitter in Evan Longoria‘s first game back from the disabled list,...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Offensive Offense: To state that the Rays’ offensive efforts have been mostly futile this year is a bit of an understatement. At this point...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist returnsTampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (back) returned to the lineup Tuesday, Aug. 7....[+] Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (back) returned to the lineup Tuesday, Aug. 7.
• 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...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist has upper back spasms: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (back) left the game against the Baltimore Orioles Sunday, Aug. 5, because of upper back spasms....[+] The injury is not considered to be serious.
• 8/4 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Felix Hernandez Tosses two-hit shutout at Yankees: NEW YORK –  Felix Hernandez pitched his third shutout of the season, allowing only two hits to a powerful New York Yankees...
• 8/2 Broad Street Believers: The Ryan Howard Contract: One of our most dedicated “BSBelievers,” has been asking for quite some time now for a post about Mr. Howard, and...
• 8/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Trades That Didn’t Happen: Beyond acquiring Ryan Roberts back on July 24th, the Rays did nothing at the MLB Trade Deadline. That does not mean that there...
• 8/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 105: Rays Defeat Oakland 4-1 Behind Alex Cobb:   After a rough July in which he went 1-4 with a 5.32 ERA, Alex Cobb had to be looking forward to August. With the new month,...
• 8/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 104: James Shields Dominates As Rays Win 8-0:   James Shields had been the subject of trade rumors for for weeks. On Tuesday night, he showed why. Shield pitched his seventh...

• 7/29 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Matt Moore Shuts Down Halo Offense: Momentum is a good as your next day’s starting pitcher. Tampa bay certainly had momentum on their side. Matt Moore pitched...
• 7/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The History of the Rays As Sellers at the Trade Deadline Part 7: As we continue to wonder what the Rays will do at this year’s trade deadline, we continue our look back at what the Rays...
• 7/28 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Anibal Sanchez Gets Rude American League Welcome from Blue Jays: TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays welcomed Tiger starter Anibal Sanchez to the American League with three home runs to beat...
• 7/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 100: Keppinger Provides The Only Offense as Haren, Pujols Defeat Rays 3-1: Tampa Bay arrived in Los Angeles for Friday’s series opener knowing full well that they’d be facing a tough Angels...
• 7/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 99: Shields K’s 10 But Collapses in 5th as Rays Fall in Finale to O’s: The Rays entered Thursday looking for a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. James Shields entered Thursday looking to remain calm...
• 7/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The History of the Rays As Sellers At the Trade Deadline Part 4: The Rays have a lot of options in play for what they’re going to do at the July 31st MLB Trade Deadline. Will they be buyers?...
• 7/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 96: Moore As Good As Ever, But Rays Offense Comes Up Short:   Matt Moore‘s two best outings of the season have both been losses. First his 10 strikeout performance on May 28th...
• 7/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Nonsensical Rumors, Scott and Cobb Injuries, Ramos Demoted: A seemingly interesting rumor floated out recently that the Rays were discussing a trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
• 7/21 The Rays Today: That Was A Long One: Posted in B.J. UptonBen ZobristCarlos PenaJ.P. HowellJames Shieldstonight’s game took 14 innings before Ben Zobrist was...
• 7/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Reid Brignac Contribute Anything to the Rays?: For the first time all season, I thought of Reid Brignac. The Rays were ahead 4-3 on Wednesday with 2 outs and the tying run...
• 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 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...
• 7/19 WahoosOnFirst: Late Rally Boosts Tribe to 10-6 Comeback Win Over Rays: The Indians’ offense finally started taking advantage of run-scoring opportunities Wednesday night as some late-inning magic...
• 7/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 92: Squandered Opportunities, Bullpen Sink Rays: The Tampa Bay Rays had several opportunities to turn this game into a rout in their favor. However, the Cleveland Indians used...
• 7/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Potential Trade Targets: Marco Scutaro: Given the Rays struggles on offense for much of this season, it is obvious that they need an upgrade in their lineup. Of the position...
• 7/18 WahoosOnFirst: Offense Sputters Again as Indians Fall to Rays 4-2: The Indians’ offense sputtered again and Josh Tomlin ran into some early trouble as the Rays tied the series with a 4-2...
• 7/16 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Rays:   So maybe a trip north of the border wasn’t what the Cleveland Indians needed to get back on track. The Tribe scored 10...
• 7/16 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 7/15: Despite a solid effort from Clay Buchholz, the Boston Red Sox fell 5-3 last night. Today, they look to get back on track and...
• 7/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 89: Shields, Rays Falter, Drop Series to Red Sox: The Rays scored 3 runs in the first inning against Josh Beckett, but nothing went right after that as they fell 7-3 to the Red...
• 7/15 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Move Within A Game Of Third With 7-3 Win Over Rays:   In stark contrast to the previous two games of the series against the Rays, the Red Sox did not score three runs today....
• 7/15 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 7/15: Despite a solid effort from Clay Buchholz, the Boston Red Sox fell 5-3 last night. Today, they look to get back on track and...
• 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: Game 87: Pedro Ciriaco Leads Sox Past Rays: After a four day layoff for the All-Star Break, baseball games began once again, kicking off the beginning of the stretch run....
• 7/13 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/13: After enjoying the past four days off for the 2012 All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox head out on the road to St. Petersburg,...
• 7/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Does It Make Sense For the Rays To Trade B.J. Upton?: As a team, you want to put your best players on the field. Are the Rays doing that right now? Given all the injuries they have...
• 7/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout finishes his grouper sandwich and analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 7/13 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/13: After enjoying the past four days off for the 2012 All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox head out on the road to St. Petersburg,...
• 7/12 Call to the Pen: A Perfect Lineup: Every once in a while, I like to take stock of the various players around baseball and imagine what it would be like to compile...
• 7/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Ranting and raving about the All-Star Game:   Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is upon us. The game is also known as the Midsummer Classic – but I like to call...
• 7/9 WahoosOnFirst: Chris Perez Blows Save in Heartbreaking Loss to Rays: Asdrubal Cabrera made a costly error and Chris Perez blew his first save since Opening Day as the Indians ended the inaccurately...
• 7/8 The Rays Today: A Ninth Inning Rally Put The Rays On Top: Posted in Ben ZobristCarlos PenaElliot JohnsonWill RhymesThe Rays went into the ninth inning of todays game down 6-4 but they...
• 7/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 86: Improbable Rally in 9th Ends Rays’ First Half On a Promising Note: It was not looking good at all. The first four innings were an utter disaster. Zach McAllister got the start for Cleveland was...
• 7/8 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tampa Bay Tags Perez for Three in the Ninth; Rays 7, Indians 6: By Bob Toth A ninth inning rally by the Tampa Bay Rays off of Cleveland’s closer Chris Perez erases some of the earlier positive...
• 7/7 WahoosOnFirst: Rays’ Bats Come Alive, Rout Indians 10-3: Justin Masterson and Alex Cobb entered the evening as pitchers heading in opposite directions. Masterson had been sharp over his...
• 7/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Six-Run Fifth Inning Takes Down Tribe; Rays 10, Indians 3: By Christian Petrila The Indians and Rays played a game with a final score that would resemble that of a Browns-Buccaneers game....
• 7/5 Yankees Fans Unite: Yankees Catching is a mess: Joe Girardi has made it clear that he prefers a defensive-first catcher.  Offensive backstop Jorge Posada was switched to DH...
• 7/5 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: The Indians are rolling again. In fact, over the past week they’ve looked nothing like the team that struggled throughout...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Potentially Available Second Basemen: MLB second basemen have combined to hit .255/.317/.381 for the first half of the season -- hardly an impressive offensive performance....
• 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 The Rays Today: Rodney Earns 24th Save In Win Over Yankees: Posted in Ben ZobristDesmond JenningsEvan LongoriaFernando RodneyJames ShieldsSean RodriguezWe are half way through the season...
• 7/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Ty Morrison Zooms Forward: The Rays drafted Ty Morrison in the 4th round of the 2008 MLB Draft. The Rays signed him to a well above-slot $500,000. Observers...
• 7/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s 2012 All-Star Game ballot: I completely understand what the All-Star game is all about.  It’s set up for the fans, by the fans, but the definition...
• 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 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: Its Been A Rough June For Tampa: Posted in Alex CobbBen ZobristHideki MatsuiAfter finally ending that dreadful June where the Rays were 12-15 and had a franchise...
• 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 79: Rays lose 5-3, Drop series to Tigers: Following Friday night’s encouraging 4-2 win over Justin Verlander, in which the Rays hit three home runs, it seemed as if they...
• 7/1 Baseball Musings: Batter and Pitcher of the Month: Joey Votto collects one of his many June hits. Photo: © Anthony Gruppuso-US PRESSWIRE The best batter of June turned out to be...

• 6/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 78: Rick Porcello Shuts Down Rays On Retro Night: Tonight, the Rays paid homage to the 1970′s with Retro Night, including specially designed “throwback” uniforms....
• 6/30 StanGraphs: Picking All-Stars and Taking Names, Part Two: The National League All-Star picks have already been chronicled, so the next natural step is to examine the American League for...
• 6/30 Rays Colored Glasses: The Zorilla Squad: Ben Zobrist is the only Zorilla in the history of professional baseball. But there are a bunch of players with the last name of...
• 6/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Is it time to be a buyer or seller?: Nash, It’s the time of year when the big league teams start deciding if they should be buyers or sellers, what about us fantasy...
• 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Is it time to be a buyer or seller?: Nash, It’s the time of year when the big league teams start deciding if they should be buyers or sellers, what about us fantasy...
• 6/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Ben Zobrist’s Baserunning Woes: Around baseball, Ben Zobrist is known primarily for his defensive versatility. Rays fans and people who watch him closely have...
• 6/27 The Rays Today: Another Sweep, Just Not The Kind We Like: Posted in Ben ZobristBurke BadenhopMatt MooreThe Rays tried their hardest to keep up with the Royals today, they were able to...
• 6/27 The Rays Today: Free Song: Posted in Ben ZobristJulianna Zobrist(Ben Zobrist‘s wife) Has a new EP out on iTunes, there is also one song on there for...
• 6/27 Full Spectrum Baseball: Kipnis Shakes Things Up At Second BaseRight now, the ESPN Player Rater has second-year player Jason Kipnis easily leading the way....
• 6/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 74: Archer Enigmatic, Bullpen Collapses as Royals Embarrass Rays Again: The Rays have been outscored 16-2 in their last two games. By the Royals. Every team has stretches like this over the course of...
• 6/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 72: Rays Slam Lee, Phillies, Clinch Doubleheader Sweep: Thus far in 2012, Cliff Lee is 0-4. Unbelievable. He really hasn’t pitched that bad all season, posting a 3.48 REA and 3.13...
• 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...
• 6/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 70: Keppinger Clutch in Return, But Comeback Comes Up Short as Rays Fall to Phillies: When players return from the DL, you don’t know what you’re going to get. Sometimes they’re still not 100% and...
• 6/23 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: As a professional scout told me years ago, to check which players are playing at the top of their game, all one needs to look...
• 6/21 District On Deck: Game 67: Nationals 5, Rays 2: As children, our mothers told us “cheaters never prosper.” Tampa Bay Rays’ pitcher Joel Perralta learned the...
• 6/21 Southside Showdown: Adam Dunn and the Three True Outcomes:   At the moment, Adam Dunn leads the American League in home runs (23), walks (55), and strikeouts (109). Those three categories...
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Tampa drawing plenty of free passes: The Tampa Bay Rays hitters led the Major Leagues with 248 walks entering play Wednesday, June 20. 1B Carlos Pena entered second...[+] in the American League with 49, while 2B Ben Zobrist was third in the AL with 46. The pair are on pace for 118 and 111 walks, respectively.
• 6/20 FanSided: Game 66: Nationals 3, Rays 2: After tempers fumed last night and both managers argued profusely in press conferences hours prior to tonight’s contest, it...
• 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist has another multihit game Friday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored against the Miami Marlins Friday, June...[+] 15. It was his fifth consecutive multihit game, matching a career best.
• 6/16 The Rays Today: Rays Continue To Dominate The Marlins: Posted in Ben ZobristCarlos PenaMatt MooreThe Rays definitely came to play tonight beating the Marlins 11-0 and holding them to...
• 6/16 FanSided: Trevor Plouffe: All he does is hit home runs!: Remember Cris Carter? Before he became a superstar receiver for the Vikings, Carter was a troubled young player trying to make...
• 6/14 Baseball Musings: Edge of Your Seat Win: The Mets beat the Rays 9-6 Thursday afternoon, but Tampa Bay scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth and had the bases loaded...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist returnsTampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (hand) returned to the lineup Thursday, June 14....[+] Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (hand) returned to the lineup Thursday, June 14.
• 6/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Injury Concern, Draft Signing, Another NDFA: The Rays have had enough with injuries. But maybe they’re not out of the woods yet. Ben … [visit site to read more]Rays...
• 6/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist out with illness : Updating a previous report, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said OF Ben Zobrist (illness, hand) is not in the starting lineup...[+] Wednesday, June 13, because of a fever. Maddon said Zobrist’s hand is sore but would not have been an issue.
• 6/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist out againTampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (hand) is out of the lineup again Wednesday, June 13....[+] Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (hand) is out of the lineup again Wednesday, June 13.
• 6/13 PaulLebowitz.com: The Best Manager In Baseball(?): Put Joe Maddon in the manager’s office of the Padres, the Athletics, the Cubs or even the Red Sox and their record isn’t...
• 6/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist scratched: The Tampa Bay Rays scratched 2B Ben Zobrist (hand) from the lineup with a bruised right hand Tuesday, June 12. X-rays on his hand...[+] were negative, and he's listed as day-to-day.
• 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...
• 6/10 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Scouting the Waiver Wire — Week 11: It’s time to start thinking about making moves to solidify your spot at the top, begin the long slog up the standings or potentially...
• 6/10 The Rays Today: Rays Back To 10 Games Over .500 Winning 4th straight: Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays beat the Marlins this afternoon to take the series and the last 4 games they have played. It looks...
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist homers twice in Saturday win: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist had two home runs and four runs batted in Saturday, June 9, in a 13-4 win over the Miami Marlins....[+]
• 6/9 The Rays Today: Good Day For Rays Baseball: Posted in Uncategorized  Before the start of todays game the wives of the Rays and Marlins played a softball game to raise...
• 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 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 YankeeAnalysts.com: How the Youthful Rays Were Beat by an Old Man: “I don’t really try to strike guys out,” Pettitte said. “I feel like I’m able to keep guys off balance an awful...
• 6/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Yanks vs Rays 6/5: The Yanks and Rays lock horns once again in a battle for early June AL East supremacy…whatever that means. The pitching...
• 6/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Oakland’s Josh Reddick is on the rise — will he keep producing?: He was cut from his middle school team … twice. Drafted in the 17th round of the 2006 draft by the Boston Red Sox. Traded...
• 6/2 FanSided: Game 53: Rays Lose Pitcher's Duel 2-1  Defense has been an issue for the Rays all season, and today it cost them in the standings. Starters ...
• 6/1 Baseball Reality Tour: June Swoons and Stars or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love BABiP and K/BB Rates: It's June 1st, and that can mean many things. for one: regression. Below are a couple of arrangements of players, as squads, whose...

• 5/31 The Rays Today: The Rays Get Swept For The First Time In Over A Year: Posted in Series Wrap upEarlier today the Rays lost their 3rd in a row to the White Sox who have swept their last 2 series. The...
• 5/31 60ft6in.com: Pierzynski Is Still A Piece Of Garbage: A.J. Pierzynski is an A-Hole. No, that is not news. Everyone knows that he is a dirty player. Everyone also knows that he makes...
• 5/30 FanSided: Game 51: Rays 4-hit by White Sox to Seal Sweep: Timely hitting is important to winning games. Unfortunately, timely hitting doesn't matter when you just don't get hits and don't...
• 5/28 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: Rays 4, @Red Sox 3: Back at ya, BoSox — The day after Salty‘s come-from-behind 2-run walk-off that broke up Fernando...
• 5/27 FanSided: Could the Rays Add a Pitcher to Trade for a Catcher?: There aren't many quality catchers in baseball. There are certainly more capable pitchers around. We also know that the Rays have...
• 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 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/25: After enjoying a day after 20 straight games, the Boston Red Sox return home to kick off a seven-game homestand at Historic...
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/25: After enjoying a day after 20 straight games, the Boston Red Sox return home to kick off a seven-game homestand at Historic...
• 5/25 FanSided: Explaining the Rays' Defensive Struggles: The Tampa Bay Rays: your American League leaders in errors. Who would have ever thought that we'd say that? But more importantly,...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Errorless streak in OF over for Ben Zobrist: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist made his first career error in the outfield Tuesday, May 22, against the Toronto Blue Jays, ending...[+] a streak of 270 games and 479 chances.
• 5/22 The Rays Today: Tonights Lineup: Posted in Uncategorized  Joe Maddon changed it up a little bit tonight placing Carlos Pena in the lead off spot and Ben Zobrist...
• 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...
• 5/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/18: One of the players, indirectly or directly responsible depending on your point of view, who played a role in Wednesday night's...
• 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...
• 5/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/18: One of the players, indirectly or directly responsible depending on your point of view, who played a role in Wednesday night's...
• 5/17 FanSided: Game 39: Moore Figures It Out 3 Innings Too Late as Rays Fall to Boston: Finally we saw him. We saw that pitcher that we had been expecting to see all season. Moore was hitting spots and baffling hitters....
• 5/17 Fragile Freddy's: Game 38 Recap: BOS – 111 000 020 – 5 – 7 – 1TBR – 001 100 010 – 3 – 8 – 0 The redemptive feature of a Major League Baseball season...
• 5/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/17: After falling 2-1 last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of their two-game set tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana...
• 5/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/17: After falling 2-1 last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of their two-game set tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana...
• 5/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/16: After taking 5-of-6 on the homestand, including the final five games, the Boston Red Sox head to the road for their next eight...
• 5/16 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout stops at Ferg's for a cold one before analyzing the Tampa Bay Rays....
• 5/16 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/16: After taking 5-of-6 on the homestand, including the final five games, the Boston Red Sox head to the road for their next eight...
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist heating up: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist is hitting .333 with two homers and five RBIs in his last seven games. His average has risen from...[+] .189 to .234 over the last 10 days.
• 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 High Heat Stats: Warming up in the bullpen: Notes from Monday games, to whet your appetite: – Starlin Castro ranks 12th in MLB with a .333 BA … and 64th with a .349 OBP. Through 35 games, he has 48 hits and...
• 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...
• 5/13 FanSided: Game 35: Rays Celebrate Mother's Day with a Win, Despite a Late Inning Surge by the O's: The Rays managed to avoid a sweep by the Orioles on Sunday afternoon despite the O’s scoring 7 runs in the last 4 innings. The...
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Tampa Bay Odd Fellows: Every other player in an odd slot in the Tampa Bay lineup on Sunday generated a multi-hit game. The five went 12 for 23 with five...
• 5/11 FanSided: Game 33: A Tale Of Squandered Chances  The Rays had ...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: CC dominates, Yanks win 5-3: CC Sabathia turned in his best start of the year tonight, striking out 10 Tampa Bay Rays (including striking out the side in...
• 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 The Captain's Blog: Hit, Don’t Walk: Batters with Lowest Ratio of On-Base Percentage to Batting Average: Some hitters have a unique ability to get on base despite hitting for a low batting average. That skill, which I recently examined...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game 31: Yanks vs. Rays: Despite expectations that they’d do so, the Yankees DID NOT activate Brett Gardner tonight. He’s going for an MRI...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Robertson blows save in 9th, Yanks fall 4-1 to Rays: This game story really only needs to talk about two innings. In the first, the Yankees got an RBI double from Robinson Cano...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Ibanez’s two homers power Yanks over Rays: The Yankees beat the Rays 5-3 tonight, behind the power of three home runs, two by DH Raul Ibanez and one by Curtis Granderson,...
• 5/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 28: A former Cy Young Award winner in Bartolo Colon takes on a potential future winner and last year’s American League Rookie...
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Two outTampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton (quadriceps) and OF Ben Zobrist are out of the lineup Thursday, May 3....[+] Tampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton (quadriceps) and OF Ben Zobrist are out of the lineup Thursday, May 3.

• 4/27 MLB Dirt: Albert Pujols’ Poor Plate Discipline: Last week over at DraysBay I wrote about plate discipline and I used Ben Zobrist as my prime example for great plate discipline....
• 4/26 FanSided: Game 19: Moore Fades But Allen Comes on Strong as Rays Clinch SweepThere's never a single moment where everything ends. The end of one thing is the start of something else. ...
• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist homer snaps slump: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist broke a string of 17 hitless at-bats when he homered Wednesday, April 25, against the Los Angeles...[+] Angels of Anaheim.
• 4/18 FanSided: Where Has the Rays' Speed Gone?: The Rays are 5-6. They aren't playing as well as they have the potential to be playing early in the season. They have a 5.90 team...
• 4/16 FanSided: Game 10: Rays Walk out of Boston with a Win: I'd like to introduce myself as the new Staff Writer for Rays Colored Glasses. My name is Joel Trunfio, I hail from Boston, and...
• 4/16 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: The Sox came home this weekend and settled the nervous Nellies of the world (like me to be honest) with three impressive victories...
• 4/14 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/14: After taking the home opener 12-2 yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look for another win in game two of a four-game set with their...
• 4/14 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/14: After taking the home opener 12-2 yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look for another win in game two of a four-game set with their...
• 4/14 Red Sox Life: Looking for Signs: Things to think about during Jacoby watch ...Mark Melancon gave up a home run to Ben Zobrist, but that's not so bad, because Zobrist...
• 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 | Ben Zobrist goes yard: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and his first home run of the season in a loss Friday, April 13....[+] He also walked once in the game.
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Kinsler, Baker, Trout, Loney: Eight years ago today, Barry Bonds passed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list by taking Ben Ford of the Brewers deep. His...
• 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...
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist has late-game winner: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist stroked a two-run single in the ninth inning Wednesday, April 11, against the Detroit Tigers. The...[+] single was part of a 4-2 win over the team, as the Rays scored all four of their runs in the last inning.
• 4/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Contemplating Cano’s next contract: The decision about whether to resign Robinson Cano (for how much money and how many years) will be one of the most difficult decisions...
• 4/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Raul Ibanez, not really an outfielder: Joe Girardi did not have a good weekend in St. Petersberg. On Friday, his bizarre first inning decision to intentionally walk...
• 4/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game 3 Recap: Swept in Tampa: After dropping the first two games of the season to the division rival Rays, the Yankees entered today’s game looking to...
• 4/8 FanSided: The Competition: Tampa Bay Rays: Continuing our 5 part series "The Competition" comparing the Tigers to other likely AL playoff teams, today we look at Tampa Bay...
• 4/8 It's About the Money (Stupid): Comeback falls short as Yankees drop second straight: For the second day in a row the Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, and for the second straight day the Rays' seventh hitter started...
• 4/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Recap, Girardi, Cervelli: The Start It was Hiroki Kuroda‘s first start with the Yankees tonight, and it all started it off with your routine groundball...
• 4/7 My Pinstripes: The Pena is Mightier Than The Closer: An opening game (opening day is really at home...to me anyway) match up of CC Sabathia and James Shields. You're talking a 2-1/3-2...
• 4/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Anatomy of a blown saveVia Brooks Baseball: The one pitch to Ben Zobrist by Mariano Rivera. The location tells us all we need to know. ...
• 4/7 NY Baseball Digest: One Day, This Ending Could Be For Real: Only the Yankees and Mariano Rivera blowing a save could make for mass hysteria on Opening Day. All the other 29 teams have...
• 4/6 High Heat Stats: Rays-Yanks opener, and a couple other game notes: As it was in the end, so it shall be in the beginning: The Rays walked off winners against the Yankees today, putting themselves...
• 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 It's About the Money (Stupid): Mo blows lead, Pena shines, as Yankees drop opener to Rays: In a game that failed to go according to script pretty much all game, a duel of 2011 Cy Young contenders turned into a slug...
• 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),...

• 3/31 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/31: It's the last day in March and with Opening Day 2012 around the corner, we still only know 3/5 of the Boston Red Sox rotation. The...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: AL Central: I am continuing my 2012 prediction series by revealing my AL Central standings a few positive and negative predictions for each...
• 3/23 Baseball Musings: Fractured Phillies: The Phillies confirmed their backup second baseman, Michael Martinez, will miss six to eight weeks with a broken foot: “We’re...
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: RCG Rays 2012 Season Preview: Ben Zobrist: Ben Zobrist is the exemplary Ray. He’s a great team player who does everything … [visit site to read more]RCG Rays...
• 3/20 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball AL-Only Outfielder Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball AL-Only Outfielder Rankings...
• 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...
• 3/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/18: After splitting their split-squad doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, the Boston Red Sox head north up I-75...
• 3/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/18: After splitting their split-squad doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, the Boston Red Sox head north up I-75...
• 3/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Stl Cardinals – Pure Fantasy:   No, it isn’t THAT kind of fantasy.  It’s “fantasy baseball”, and it might be the only time that...
• 3/14 The Daily Catch: Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia Shines Amongst Competive AL East Rivals: This article is courtesy of our friends at Rant Sports Written by: Dan Flaherty   If any player deserves the title of “Heart...
• 3/14 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Tampa Bay Rays: The series on team offense continues with the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay finished fifteenth in the majors and eighth in the American...
• 3/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Open Mic: Critique This Draft Part 2Consider this a 2nd open invitation to critique a fantasy baseball draft....
• 3/11 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/10: After falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates last night, the Boston Red Sox continue their Grapefruit League campaign with a matchup...
• 3/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/10: After falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates last night, the Boston Red Sox continue their Grapefruit League campaign with a matchup...
• 3/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Who Is Lurking In The AL East?: Last year we saw a handful of players surprise even the most optimistic fans and become stars in one of the most competitive leagues...
• 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Keeper Emails: This week I’m going to show you some keeper emails I recently received, plus my responses.  Then I’ll going to add...
• 3/6 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Second Base PreviewSecond base is a position full of question marks. Will Ian Kinsler, Rickie Weeks, and Chase Utley stay healthy enough......
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Neil Walker: With Andrew McCutchen's extension completed, the Pirates will focus their attention on second baseman Neil Walker, according...
• 3/1 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Second Base: With the already strong top three in the American League to go along with full seasons in 2012 out of Dustin Ackley, Jason Kipnis,...

• 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 Release Points: Analysis of the 2012 Cleveland Indians: Designated Hitter: Orginally presented on February 4 for the Cleveland chapter of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), an in-depth player/positional...
• 2/25 The Golden Sombrero: Liveblogging My 1st Mock Draft of 2012: All fantasy baseball players begin jonesing for a fix after the New Year kicks off.  I cannot be excluded from this group. I...
• 2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays News and Notes: Ben Zobrist Reports to Camp:   Ben Zobrist became the final regular toRays News and Notes: Ben Zobrist Reports to Camp - Rays Colored Glasses - Rays Colored...
• 2/24 Baseball Musings: Grand Expectations: Ben Zobrist has his focus in the right place: “It’s exciting, a new year, 2012. We’re planning on winning the...
• 2/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Comparing the AL East Outfielders Defensively: The American League East is one of the toughest and fastest paced divisions in Baseball. Almost all of these teams have the potential...
• 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: Comparing the AL East Outfielders Defensively: The American League East is one of the toughest and fastest paced divisions in Baseball. Almost all of these teams have the potential...
• 2/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Infielders: In a series of articles this week we will be ranking the starting players in the AL East for every position. Today the infielders...
• 2/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Infielders: In a series of articles this week we will be ranking the starting players in the AL East for every position. Today the infielders...
• 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: American League second basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays News and Notes: Maddon Already Looking at Lineups: In his weekly roundup, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times spoke with Joe Maddon, and says Maddon is already looking at the possible...
• 2/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Stephen Vogt, the Ultimate Rays Utilityman?: The Rays organization is packed with utility players, players who can play more than one position. Every team has several utility...
• 2/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: American League second basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy...

• 1/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: It’s Nearly Time for Fantasy Baseball Once Again: Generally speaking, I don’t tend to delve much into the fantasy sports world in any of my writing. It’s not that I have anything...
• 1/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Are the Rays compiling similar players to maximize trade value?: Devon talked about yesterday how the Rays were close to signing Jeff Keppinger. Keppinger is a utilityman, albeit one with a...
• 1/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Baseball's All-Underrated Team: C Miguel Montero-The 28 year-old Arizona backstop has had trouble staying on the field, but as he showed last year he can be...
• 1/18 The Daily Catch: Projecting the 2012 Rays: This article is courtesy of our friends at DRAYS BAY Written by: mr.maniac With many projections starting to float out there,...
• 1/14 Red Sox Beacon: Underdogs: Coming off of a 97 win, 101-Pythag win season in which the New York Yankees ran away with the American League East, the Bombers...
• 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...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Trade History: Ben Zobrist: At face value, the Aubrey Huff deal of 2006 didn’t offer much in return. The Rays were trying to get rid of Aubrey Huff’s...

• 12/26 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Matt Joyce: When it comes to signing young players to long-term contract extensions, no team has been as aggressive as the Rays in recent...
• 12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: What gift will Andrew Friedman give the Rays this offseason?: Andrew Friedman has worked miracles before. He turned a forgettable trade, Aubrey Huff to the Astros for half a season, into franchise...
• 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...
• 12/17 SoDo Mojo: Do It Now: A Dustin Ackley Extension: When you look at what has made a team like the Tampa Bay Rays successful over the last few years you always talk about their...
• 12/11 Phillies Nation: Utley’s Subpar 2011 Raises Questions About Future: We continue on with the final player reviews for 2011. Today, Chase Utley. From the moment I stepped foot into Bright House Field...
• 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...

• 11/22 High Heat Stats: Home Runs:One at a Time- Now Complete: A while back, over at the old blog, I took a look at the players who hit the most home runs without hitting more than one in a...
• 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Wins AL MVP: Justin Verlander won the American League MVP award, according to the Baseball Writers Association of America.  Verlander took...
• 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: 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...

• 10/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is Robinson Cano … overrated?: Stephen Rhoads at RAB scooped me Thursday. My intention had been to write a post investigating how much money Robinson Cano might...
• 10/21 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA American League Stan Musial (MVP) Award: After running through the analysis for this year's Baseball Bloggers Alliance Stan Musial Award, my two biggest dilemmas...
• 10/20 MLB Dirt: Stan Musial Award – American League MVP: In one of the tougher awards to decide from, I had to choose between Jose Bautista and Jacoby Ellsbury at the top of my American...
• 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 YankeeAnalysts.com: For you crazies who think the Yankees should decline Nick Swisher’s absurdly reasonably priced option based on the results of an inherently random small sample size: Now you’ve done it. You’ve really done it. Just when I thought Yankee fans couldn’t get any battier, they want...
• 10/2 Fragile Freddy's: Sunday Notes - Awards: Like everyone else I have to jump in on my end of season award winners;American League MVPJustin Verlander – The big righty...

• 9/30 The Golden Sombrero: ALDS Rangers vs. Rays Open Thread: We’re Ready for Moore: Matt Moore 1-0, 9.1 IP, 14.46 K/9, 2.89 ERA, 2.17 FIP, 1.85 xFIP, 0.4 fWAR Tampa Bay Rays: Sean Rodriguez, SS B.J. Upton, CF Evan...
• 9/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers: Tampa Bay Rays (91-71; 2nd place, AL East; won Wild Card) vs Texas Rangers (96-66; 1st place, AL West) — Keys for the Rays:...
• 9/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 162: Yankees 7, Rays 8 (12 Innings): The last day of regular season baseball provided plenty of excitement for AL East fans.  The Yankees bashedtheir way to a...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: Rays in the Ninth: The Rays need one run to tie the Yankees and survive a while longer. Corey Wade gets Ben Zobrist to fly out leading off the inning....
• 9/28 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays – Last Game Of The Regular Season! -2011: Starting Lineups A-Rod is scratched from the lineup with a sore right knee. New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: From Err to Z: Ben Zobrist muffs a two-out grounder by Robinson Cano in the top of the first. Curtis Granderson scores from second, and instead...
• 9/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 161: Yankees 3, Rays 5: The Yankees and Rays battled back and forth Tuesday night, as Bartolo Colon put together a decent (albeit not particularly...
• 9/28 B-R Blog: Wild Card Recap for Tuesday 9/27/11: 4 teams, 2 spots, 1 day: -- Red Sox 8, Orioles 7 /  Rays 5, Yankees 3 -- Phillies 7, Braves 1 / Cardinals 13, Astros 6 In the woolliest of wild-card...
• 9/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES WILL LOSE ALDS WITHOUT MOMENTUM: The Yankees lost tonight and yes, they are Eastern division champs, but don't we want to win? We need momentum and we need to...
• 9/27 Yankees Daily: Yankees lose to Rays 5-3 as Red Sox and Rays remained tied in WC: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist homered Tuesday night, helping the surging Tampa Bay Rays continue...
• 9/27 Baseball Musings: Two-Run Homers: Ben Zobrist hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning against Bartolo Colon to give the Rays a 2-0 lead over the...
• 9/27 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays game 161 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Eduardo Nunez SS Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Alex Rodriguez 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Nick...
• 9/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 160: Yankees 2, Rays 5: After playing 23 innings of baseball on Sunday, the Yankees leapt out to an early lead on Monday.  James Shields was not...
• 9/26 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays Game 160 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Alex Rodriguez DH Jorge Posada 1B Eric...
• 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"...
• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Curse of the Bam-Theo: A commenter left this in regards to the Red Sox collapse: David, could this be the Adrian Gonzalez curse? I don’t believe...
• 9/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Clearly Hungover the Day After Clinching: It may be time to start considering whether the Yankees might want to consider leaving Bartolo Colon out of the playoff rotation....
• 9/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: A stark example of why wins and losses don’t measure pitching performance: If I could choose to eliminate one statistic from all of baseball, I’d choose a pitcher’s wins total gleefully. There...
• 9/22 Yankees Daily: Rays rough up Yankees 15-8 as the long game tortured Yankee Fans: NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Moore struck out 11 in five innings of his first major league start and the Tampa Bay Rays unloaded...
• 9/22 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Rays Game 156 -2011: Starting Lineups Tampa Bay Rays Desmond Jennings LF B.J. Upton CF Evan Longoria 3B Matt Joyce RF Johnny Damon DH Ben Zobrist 2B...
• 9/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY POSADA'S CLUTCH HIT CLINCHED THE AL EAST: What a day in the Bronx. Heading into last night's game, we knew if the Yankees swept their doubleheader against the Rays, and...
• 9/22 My Pinstripes: Posada's Pinch Is A Clinch: He's had a miserable season. Benched, pinch-hit for, his position taken away from; publicly humiliated, some of it caused by...
• 9/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees clinch 17th American League East title; beat Rays 4-2: Approximately seven hours after earning their 2011 postseason berth, the Yankees clinched their 17th American League East title,...
• 9/21 Yankees Daily: Yankees are the AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CHAMPIONS: NEW YORK (AP) — Jorge Posada came off the bench and helped the Yankees to yet another first-place finish with a go-ahead single...
• 9/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Bullpen Costs Them Again: The Red Sox opened the door for the Rays Wednesday night, losing to the Orioles 6-4. Tampa Bay then slammed it on their hands...
• 9/21 Baseball Musings: The Stopper: CC Sabathia loaded the bases in the top of the eighth inning with one out, the Rays and Yankees tied at two. Joe Girardi went...
• 9/21 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Rays Game 155 -2011 game Two of DH: Starting Lineups Tampa Bay Rays Desmond Jennings LF B.J. Upton CF Evan Longoria 3B Ben Zobrist 2B Johnny Damon DH Sean Rodriguez...
• 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 MLB Dirt: Overlooked 5-Tool Players: I think we sometimes mistake the meaning of what a 5-tool player is. At first glance, we want to call guys like Matt Kemp 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 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/18: Just when the confidence of Red Sox Nation was back at a comfortable level, it went right back down after the Boston Red Sox...
• 9/18 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/17: As the Nation breathes a little easier after last night's win by the Boston Red Sox, things will go back to being a little tense...
• 9/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/18: Just when the confidence of Red Sox Nation was back at a comfortable level, it went right back down after the Boston Red Sox...
• 9/17 Baseball Musings: Big Ben Strikes: Ben Zobrist goes deep in the bottom of the first as the Rays take a 2-0 lead over the Red Sox in the first. The home run was very...
• 9/17 Neurotic Sports Fan: Debate #3: Team to beat in the AL?: Mitc**** into the 2011 Season, the AL favorites were the Usual Suspects, the Red Sox and Yankees, along with last years AL Champs,...
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/17: As the Nation breathes a little easier after last night's win by the Boston Red Sox, things will go back to being a little tense...
• 9/16 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/16: After falling last night to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox look to prevent them from getting any closer in the AL Wild...
• 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...
• 9/15 Roto Think Tank: You Might Have a Bad Owner in Your League If...: Yesterday I talked about a clear and obvious sign that your Rotisserie league might have an ownership problem. But besides...
• 9/15 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/15: After splitting a two-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox will host the Tampa Bay Rays in a four-game series...
• 9/13 B-R Blog: Recapping Monday 9/12/11: No one’s clinched yet: -- Rays 5, Orioles 2: Reason #755 why I don't bet on sports: This seemed like the classic "trap" game: Coming off a sweep of Boston,...
• 9/12 Baseball Musings: Rays of Hope: The Tampa Bay Rays inched a bit closer to Boston as they defeat the Orioles 5-2. Jeff Niemann pitched seven strong innings, allowing...
• 9/12 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: One of my goals with this blog is to always provide a fair and even-handed look at the Boston Red Sox and the game of baseball. ...
• 9/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Get the Sweep!: The Rays have rode the back of James Shields for about a month as they have tried to claw their way back in the AL playoff chase....
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Doubles Leader: Alex Gordon hit two doubles in the Royals 2-1 victory over Seattle Sunday afternoon. That gives him 45 doubles on the season,...
• 9/11 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 9/11: After losing their fourth game in a row, including a second straight game against the Tampa Bay Rays last night, the Boston...
• 9/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Bring Home Extra Inning Win: Slow and steady wins the race. It seemed like that was the mantra for the Rays most of the game as they methodically scored one...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/10: After falling again last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get snap out of their funk in the middle game of a three-game set...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/10: After falling again last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get snap out of their funk in the middle game of a three-game set...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/9: After losing three-of-four in north of the border, the Boston Red Sox return to the lower 48 states as they try to get back...
• 9/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Take Game One: You can’t win every game in a series unless you win the first one. Step one, check. The Tampa Bay Rays jumped on the slumping...
• 9/9 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/9: After losing three-of-four in north of the border, the Boston Red Sox return to the lower 48 states as they try to get back...
• 9/8 Roto Think Tank: Playing for Batting Average Late: Is it worth playing for batting average this late in the season?Probably not.The top two teams in my A.L.-only league entering...
• 9/8 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Notes: Scouts, Crane, American League: The Astros have been around for 50 seasons and they have never lost 100 games. That's going to change this year, once Houston,...
• 9/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Lock Robby up already!: A couple weeks ago, Mike Axisa of RAB contemplated on whether the Yankees could benefit from an early extention on Cano’s...
• 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Desmond Jennings: At the moment, the AL Rookie of the Year race seems to be wide open. Right-handers Michael Pineda, Ivan Nova, Jordan Walden...

• 8/31 Baseball Reality Tour: 2011 American League MVP Race: We had so much fun last week, checking in with the contenders of the 2011 National League MVP, that we couldn't resist checking...
• 8/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: The Arrival of Jennings, Is it Too Little Too Late?: Generally I haven’t been a big fan of ESPN’s Sweet Spot Blog over the past few months. The writing of David Schoenfield just...
• 8/27 Baseball Musings: Mr. Double: Ben Zobrist added to his league lead in double with his 43rd of the season as the Rays defeated the Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday afternoon....
• 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...
• 8/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Jeremy **** vs. the Mariners = Easy Win: After last night’s thrilling win over Seattle, the Rays came out and totally dominated the Mariners tonight 8-0. Joe Maddon...
• 8/20 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Tamba Bay Rays Sting Sloppy Sailors: Watching tonight’s game at Tropicana Field reminded me of the old Kingdome days complete with an odd ugly stadium, sparse...
• 8/19 TampaSportsGuy: Three Durham Hitters To Keep An Eye On: We know that the Rays have a lot of talent in their farm system, but pitching has been the focus lately. With Matt Moore tearing...
• 8/19 SoDo Mojo: Series Preview: Mariners at Rays: Ahoy, welcome aboard. Our Mariners forge out to sea, braving the colder waters of the Atlantic beneath their vessel. There be...
• 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 TampaSportsGuy: Desmond Jennings Provides Rays With Optimism For The Future: The Rays haven’t really given their fans a reason to be optimistic this year. Surely there have been several bright spots...
• 8/17 Fragile Freddy's: Game 121 Recap: TBR – 020 010 300 – 6 – 12 – 0BOS – 001 001 000 – 2 – 3 – 1 The good news was that the Sox got a strong start...
• 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 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 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/16: After winning in game one of the day/night doubleheader, the Boston Red Sox go back at it again with the Tampa Bay Rays in game...
• 8/16 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 8/16: After enjoying a day off on Monday, the Boston Red Sox make a brief stop at Historic Fenway Park for three games in two days...
• 8/14 SoDo Mojo: Obvious Upgrades, Outfielders and Other Assorted Things: I made a comment the other night on twitter that there wasn’t much room for an upgrade on this team. That’s kind of...
• 8/13 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Rays Game 118 -2011: Starting Lineups Tampa Bay Rays Desmond Jennings LF Johnny Damon DH Evan Longoria 3B Ben Zobrist RF Casey Kotchman 1B B.J. Upton...
• 8/12 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Rays Game 117 -2011: Starting Lineups Tampa Bay Rays Desmond Jennings LF Johnny Damon DH Evan Longoria 3B Ben Zobrist RF B.J. Upton CF Sean Rodriguez...
• 8/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Rays vs. Yankees, 8/12/2011 (7:05PM EST on YES): Hope everyone is enjoying their Friday!  Tonight looks to be a good game as two dominant lefties face off.  Use this as your...
• 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...
• 8/11 Baseball Musings: Extra Zobrist: Ben Zobrist hit a double and a triple Thursday afternoon, the double extending his American League lead in the category to 37....
• 8/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Roberts, Lester, Nova: Curtis Granderson added to his MVP-caliber season with home run number 32 today and he now has a .276/.367/.584 line. He'll...
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: **** is Brilliant, but Kotchman is the Hero Against the Royals: Jeremy **** given an extra day of rest by Joe Maddon, initially struggled in his start tonight. He gave up a quick run in the...
• 8/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Pedroia, Ellsbury, A-Gonz: All Legitimate AL MVP Candidates: Last nigh, with one swing of the bat, Jacoby Ellsbury thrust himself upward as perhaps the top contender for AL MVP. Stats are...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Random Recap: Games of Wednesday, 8/3:  A late bulletin from the corner of First Time for Everything and the Boulevard of Broken Streaks.... -- Jacoby Ellsbury had...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: When The 40/60/80 Arbitration Rule Doesn’t Work: If you’re interested in contracts between teams and players, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the 40/60/80 rule (see...

• 7/31 Baseball Moves: Player of the Week: Billy Butler: If you go back even just a week with Billy Butler you’ll realize why fantasy owners were cursing themselves for acquiring...
• 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Zobrist Gets the Hit as Rays Lose: The Rays offense only managed one hit for hitting coach Derek Shelton’s birthday today against the Mariners in Seattle....
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Another Run in a No-Hitter: Michael Pineda pitched four innings against the Rays today without allowing a hit. He walked two, and the second resulted in Johnny...
• 7/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 105: 2:09PM PDT: About six or seven rows deep, Jennings deposits his first ever MLB home run into the left field bleachers. Sean Rodriguez...
• 7/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rays @ A’s Game 104: 8:53PM PDT: Looks like the Rays are mailing this one in (can’t blame them). They pulled Evan Longoria earlier replacing...
• 7/26 For Baseball Junkies: Best Nicknames: AL (MLB): Last week, we did the Best NL Nicknames of all-time.  Today, we're taking a look at the American League.  There...
• 7/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Jennings Was the Spark but Rays Record the Loss: My questions going into tonight’s game were, will Desmond Jennings be the spark everyone hopes he will be, and will Jeff...
• 7/23 B-R Blog: A.J. Burnett: A studied and subjective nonappreciation: [... and a long one. Feel free to bail out.] With A.J. Burnett walking off the mound in the 6th inning Saturday -- ticked off,...
• 7/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Royals Beat Up on Rays: Tonight’s final ugly score was 10-4 Royals. The obvious question going in to tonight’s game was How will Wade Davis...
• 7/21 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays game 96 – 2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Brett Gardner CF Derek Jeter SS Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Jorge Posada...
• 7/21 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Outfield Raises Questions: The Rays outfield this year hasn’t actually changed much from the previous season except the hole left by Carl Crawford....
• 7/20 COSFBA: Investment Market: Buy, Sell and Hold: July 20th, 2011: table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table...
• 7/19 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays game 94 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Jorge...
• 7/19 My Pinstripes: Yankees Walk To Win: Mark Teixeira snared the last out from the stands.A.J. Burnett was going through one of those frustrating nights last night that...
• 7/18 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Rays game 93 -2011: New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Jorge Posada DH Russell...
• 7/18 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/17: After taking yesterday afternoon's game, the Boston Red Sox look for the series win in the finale of a three-game set with the...
• 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...
• 7/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/17: After taking yesterday afternoon's game, the Boston Red Sox look for the series win in the finale of a three-game set with the...
• 7/16 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/16: After seeing their six-game winning streak fall by the wayside last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to the business...
• 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 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...
• 7/14 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Major League Debuts From June 30 To July 10: I’ve been busy lately, which caused the delay to last week’s post. It actually worked out well, with this week being...
• 7/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Inaugural TVPRCRP All-Star Teams: I hate the All Star Game. When I was a kid it was exciting, you got to see the National League play the American League for the...
• 7/12 Southside Showdown: Konerko Arizona-Bound: Okay, so Paul Konerko was going to Arizona anyway – he lives in Scottsdale, but now he’ll be going donning a cap of...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: It Was a Classic Pitcher’s Duel, But a Very Disappointing Loss: The Yankees took the rubber game of this shortened three game series with a 1-0 win. It was a classic pitcher’s duel and...
• 7/12 Fire Brand of the American League: When An 18-Wheeler Gets Rollin’: Dec. 18th, 2010 Merry Christmas, Boston. You have the makings of a shutdown bullpen. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images We...
• 7/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: It's been over two months since we gave out any hardware, so we're overdue for another edition of Player of the Fortnight. For...
• 7/12 The Process Report: The Great Zobrist vs. Cano vs. Pedroia Debate: Over at River Avenue Blues, Stephen Rhoads took to answering the age-old question: Who is the best second baseman in the division....
• 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 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays, Niemann Defeat Yankees: Jeff Niemann had a fine start, lasting into the eighth and allowing only one run. Say what you will about Niemann’s previous...
• 7/6 MLB Dirt: Loads of Talent in the Outfield: National League Shane Victorino (PHI) – Snubbed from the “real” roster, The Flyin’ Hawaiian has the 3rd...
• 7/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Brian Duensing Shuts out the Rays–How?: The last time the Rays played in Minnesota it was snowing. In late April, the Rays played three games over two days and outscored...
• 7/3 Fragile Freddy's: AL All Stars: Once again it is time to take a look at the All Star teams for each league.  As always, rather than try and pick a perfect...
• 7/3 The Process Report: Evan Longoria Is The Run Producer: During one of the games this weekend, I didn’t note which, the Rays broadcast ran a poll question, asking which player would...
• 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....
• 7/3 Baseball Musings: All-Star Selections: The IBWAA did have me submit an All-Star ballot, and I differ with the fans at three positions in the AL. I put Ben Zobrist at...
• 7/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees All-Star Roster Math: Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez, and Derek Jeter are in, barring unprecedented late runs.  How does it look...
• 7/1 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR-Stars: With most teams at or past the midpoint of the season, and the annual Po**** & Pity Game almost upon us, let's stage a fantasy...

• 6/30 MLB Dirt: My AL All-Star Starting Lineup: My NL All-Star lineup was posted yesterday and here is my American League starting lineup. Catcher: Alex Avila has really jumped...
• 6/29 Fungoes.net: Our 2011 All-Star ballot: Invoking the principle of the last responsible moment — “polls” close this Thursday — we present our 2011...
• 6/27 MLB Dirt: My 2011 AL All-Star Starting Lineup: Now, it is time for the American League starting ballot: Catcher:  Alex Avila (DET) – This is an easy call. His +2.7 fWAR  is...
• 6/26 The Process Report: Elliot Johnson’s Bizarre Strikeout Rate: Elliot Johnson topped 100 plate appearances during the Milwaukee series, and I have to admit that I’m more interested in him...
• 6/25 The Process Report: Daily Process: James Shields Tosses 6th Complete Game Of 2011: James Shields is beyond pitching 2.0 at this point. The right-hander completed his sixth game of the season – third in a row...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: Aaron Gleeman Joins The Roundtable: Joining the Brotherly Glove roundtable this week is the one-and-only Aaron Gleeman of NBCSports.com’s Hardball Talk. Aaron...
• 6/24 Cut Four: American League All Stars: The Major League Baseball All Star game is set to take place on Tuesday, July 12th, just over two weeks away. Online voting for...
• 6/23 DC is for Baseball: Latest AL and NL Vote Totals: 2011 MLB All-Star Game: Thursday, June 23, 2011       MLB reports:  With the MLB All-Star Game less than three weeks, the race to finalize the lineups...
• 6/22 The Process Report: Ben Zobrist Is Invisible: When I wrote about Evan Longoria’s status as a five-tool player, I neglected to follow the post up with the intended sequel...
• 6/21 Giants Nirvana: Twins-Giants Series Preview: Probable pitchers, along with their current FIPs... Tuesday: Carl Pavano (3.87) v. Madison Bumgarner (2.91) Wednesday: Nick...
• 6/21 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Niemann Escapes 6th Inning Jam: For the most part, Jeff Niemann had an uneventful return to the Rays’ rotation. The right-hander threw six scoreless innings...
• 6/20 Call to the Pen: The Magic of Casey Kotchman: It’s June 11th in the ninth inning of a Rays-Orioles match up, and Tampa Bay is down 5-4. Casey Kotchman singles to center...
• 6/19 The Process Report: The Casey Kotchman Post: This is my sixth season writing about the Rays. I started writing on DRaysBay in late 2006 and quit in early 2010. I did Maddon’s...
• 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 - 6/15: After seeing the Tampa Bay Rays end their nine-game winning streak last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back into the...
• 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...
• 6/15 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/15: After seeing the Tampa Bay Rays end their nine-game winning streak last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back into the...
• 6/14 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/14: After taking winning their last nine straight games, including the past six on the road, the Boston Red Sox look to keep those...
• 6/14 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/14: After taking winning their last nine straight games, including the past six on the road, the Boston Red Sox look to keep those...
• 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...
• 6/12 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Offense Outlasts Orioles in 9-6 Win: The Rays and Orioles picked up their seesaw battle on Sunday after a back and forth extra-inning affair on Saturday. The Rays...
• 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...
• 6/12 Baseball Musings: Late Saturday Roundup: The Braves and Astros scored more in the tenth inning than they did in regulation as a 2-2 tie ends in a 4-1 Atlanta victory....
• 6/9 The Process Report: Sean Rodriguez Is The Baserunning Embodiment of The Extra 2%: I’ve been toying with writing a post about Sean Rodriguez versus right-handed pitchers similar to the one I did with Matt Joyce,...
• 6/7 SOX & Dawgs: AL All-Star Voting Update - 6/7: When the American All-Star Game voting totals came out for the first time last week, there were no members of the Boston Red...
• 6/7 SOX & Dawgs: AL All-Star Voting Update - 6/7: When the American All-Star Game voting totals came out for the first time last week, there were no members of the Boston Red...
• 6/4 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind **** Effort; Longoria Exits With Injury: The Rays won the game which is great, but they lost their All-Star third baseman for the second time this season to an injury...

• 5/30 The Process Report: Evan Longoria Had Been Better Than You Thought: I’m going to steal this idea from Colin Wyers, but since he is infinitely smarter than me, I will leave out the part about adjusting...
• 5/29 The Process Report: Batting Evan Longoria First: I’m not going to spend too much time on this, but Evan Longoria is batting leadoff again today. The Rays offense has some issues....
• 5/25 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL/NL Only Leagues: Chris Denorfia will have plenty of at-bats in San Diego. (Icon SMI)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under the...
• 5/24 Yankees Daily: Ultimate Base Running added to fWAR: I was so excited to see that Fangraphs has added UBR (Ultimate Base Running) to the site and more importantly to fWAR. I have...
• 5/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tis The Season of Super Two: Last year I wrote a pair of columns for the now defunct Inside Pulse Sports under the heading “Super Two, Super For Who?,”...
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: Winning the Game but Losing Coke: The Tigers downed the Rays 6-3 but lost starter Phil Coke in the process. He left after 3 1/3 innings, having allowed one run,...
• 5/21 The Process Report: Swing Potency: Part 2: In part one, I looked at the relationship between swinging hard and making contact. I graphed contact percentage on swings inside...
• 5/20 The Process Report: J.P. Howell Returns, Dan Johnson Exits: The best news of the day is that J.P. Howell is indeed back and that Rob Delaney was demoted for him. The big news from Durham...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist snaps streak: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist went 0-for-4 Thursday, May 19, snapping his own streak of reaching safely in 23 straight games....[+]
• 5/18 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: Change for a Quarter, AL: Teams are reaching the quarter-lap mark on their schedules, and today we offer an early look at the fantasy baseball studs of...
• 5/18 Stealing First Base: Yankees at Rays Game 40 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Russell...
• 5/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: A-Rod’s first two-home-run game of season paces first Yankee win in a week: Alex Rodriguez hit two home runs off James Shields, and the Yankee offense finally broke through the five-run ceiling it had been...
• 5/18 B-R Blog: Fewest career RBI for a player with an 8+ RBI game since 1919: Since 1919, there have been 114 players with at least one game with 8 or more RBI. The 3 players to do it the most are Lou Gehrig,...
• 5/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 40: Yankees 6, Rays 2: The Yankees looked to end their losing streak at six on Tuesday, as they attempted to split a two-game series against the...
• 5/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA Game Thread, Tuesday May 17th, 2011: There’s little point sugar coating this stretch of awful play from the Yankees, but I do believe in emphasizing the positive....
• 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: 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...
• 5/15 PaulLebowitz.com: That Rays Magic: Closer attention is being paid to the Tampa Bay Rays and their “way”. A large part of this is because of Jonah Keri’s...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist reaches base three times: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBIs and two walks Wednesday, May 11, against the Cleveland Indians....[+] The homer and RBIs were the first of the month of Zobrist.
• 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 Roto Think Tank: OBP versus BA: One of my Twitter followers asks:how would u rank these 1B in an OBP league? Justin Smoak, Eric Hosmer, Carlos Pena, Freddy...
• 5/10 The Process Report: Return Of Zorilla?: Ben Zobrist’s Regaining Power Stroke: It is hard to say Ben Zobrist has flown under the radar this season considering he has already been named American League Player...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist extends hit streak to 14 games: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored Sunday, May 8, against the Baltimore Orioles. He has...[+] now hit safely in 14 straight games.
• 5/8 MLB Fantasy Recon: Buy & Sell Notes from Razzball: Grey over at Razzball offers up some buy and sell notes heading into the new week, starting with Jake Peavy.  Peavy looks...
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist extends hit streak to 13 games: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 4-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and a strikeout Saturday, May 7, against the Baltimore...[+] Orioles, extending his hit streak to 13 games.
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist pushes hit streak to 12 games: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 1-for-3 with two walks and a run scored Friday, May 6, against the Baltimore Orioles. Zobrist...[+] pushed his hit streak to 12 games.
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Sam Fuld receive a breather: Tampa Bay Rays OF Sam Fuld, who is in a 2-for-35 slump in his last seven games, will take his first game off of the season Friday,...[+] May 6. OF Brandon Guyer will make his major league debut in left field and will hit sixth. 2B Sean Rodriguez is playing second base and 2B Ben Zobrist is in right while OF Matt Joyce also takes a breather.
• 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...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist extends hit streak to 10 games: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 1-for-4 with a double, walk, run scored and two strikeouts Wednesday, May 4, against the Toronto...[+] Blue Jays. The double extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Evan Longoria hitting cleanup: Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria was moved to the cleanup spot for the game Wednesday, May 4, with OF Johnny Damon hitting third....[+] OF Sam Fuld is leading off and 2B Ben Zobrist is hitting second.
• 5/3 The Process Report: Daily Process: B.J. Upton Homers For The Win: Here’s a statement that gives you all the information you need to know about the pacing of tonight’s game: The most exciting...
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Upton, Upton, and Away: B.J. Upton followed a Ben Zobrist single with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth as the Rays walk off with a 3-2 win over...
• 5/3 Call to the Pen: Longoria Returns: Evan Longoria returns to action tonight for the Tampa Bay Rays. Tuesday will mark the first game the third baseman has played...
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Evan Longoria returning: Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria (oblique) is batting third and starting at third base Tuesday, April 3. 2B Ben Zobrist is hitting...[+] fourth and patrolling right field, while 2B Sean Rodriguez will play second base, C Kelly Shoppach will start behind the plate and 2B Elliot Johnson will play shortstop.
• 5/3 Baseball Press: Buy Low: Nick Markakis: Nick Markakis could wind up as the steal of the year. (Getty)Buy Low takes a look at fantasy players who are slumping or generally...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist named AL Player of the WeekTampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist was named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, May 1....[+] Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist was named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, May 1.
• 5/1 Baseball Musings: Productive Out: The Angels came back from trailing 5-0 after one inning to beat the Rays 6-5. Vernon Wells won’t get credit for this in...
• 5/1 The Process Report: Daily Process: Fifth Inning Meltdown: Mike Scioscia is a bit like the Mike Holmgren of baseball. Scioscia’s coaching tree grows by the offseason (just look in the...

• 4/30 Baseball Moves: Player of the Week: Ben Zobrist:   I’m not going to lie, there has been a lot of hype around Ben Zobrist the last couple years, and for the life of me,...
• 4/30 Baseball Musings: Bobble Tie, Wild Ending: After two straight complete games, James Shields took a 1-0 lead into the ninth inning. He gave up a lead-off double that brought...
• 4/29 COSFBA: Did You Know?: April 29th, 2011: If you weren't already aware, know this. I am a box score guy. I love the simplicity of the story it tells with numbers. I'm also...
• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist could hit cleanup: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist or OF Matt Joyce will likely serve as the team’s cleanup hitter once 3B Evan Longoria (oblique)...[+] returns to action.
• 4/29 Fire Brand of the American League: A Look at the Red Sox Defense: Over the past month, we’ve talked a lot about the state of the lineup and pitching staff. We’ve looked at platoon situations...
• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist drives in 10 during doubleheader: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist became the fourth player to record at least seven hits and 10 RBIs in a single day since RBIs became...[+] an official stat in 1920, reports ESPN.com. Zobrist finished the doubleheader Thursday, April 28, against the Minnesota Twins by going 7-for-10 with two home runs and three doubles. 'I really had no idea what was happening,' Zobrist said. 'I just was kind of in the zone. Just trying not to think about it too much.'
• 4/29 COSFBA: Line of the Day: April 28th, 2011: 1B/2B/OF Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays was a combined 7-for-10 with two home runs and 10 RBI in a doubleheader sweep of the...
• 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...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Bad Day at Target Field: The Rays take the night cap from the Twins 6-1. That means Minnesota was outscored 21-4 at home today. Ben Zobrist drove in two...
• 4/28 The Process Report: Daily Process: Offense Stays Rolling, Pummels Blackburn: Today’s game marked the 15th major league start in Jeremy **** career and the third time he faced the Twins. While I acknowledge...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Eight Man: Ben Zobrist knocked in eight of the 15 Rays runs against the Twins Thursday afternoon with a single, two doubles and a home run....
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist goes off: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist set a franchise record with eight RBIs in the team's first game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota...[+] Twins Thursday, April 28, with a home run and two doubles. He went 4-for-6 in the game and scored twice.
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist drives in three runs: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist drove in three runs Wednesday, April 27, as he guided his team to an 8-2 win over the Minnesota...[+] Twins.
• 4/28 The Process Report: Daily Process: Offense Provides Davis With Plenty in 8-2 Win: The slow and steady approach continues to work for Wade Davis. The right-hander worked into the seventh inning once again and...
• 4/26 The Golden Sombrero: Trade Bait: Zobrist, Crawford, Kinsler, Puma, and Konerko: Playing fantasy baseball is fashionable for many reasons.  It appeals to not only rad people, such as myself,...
• 4/26 Baseball Press: Sell High: Ben Zobrist: Zobrist's power surge may be just what you need to trade him. (Getty)Sell High takes a look at fantasy players who are performing...
• 4/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: Week 4 Sit & Start from The Fix: You look Narvelous!An interesting piece from James Bryce and J.J. Omar over at The Fantasy Fix going over some Sit and Start Options...
• 4/24 The Process Report: Daily Process: James Shields Dominant In Shutout Of Blue Jays: The Rays won 2-0 Sunday afternoon to meatloaf the series (take two of three) against the Blue Jays. Ben Zobrist provided the only...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist batting cleanup: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist is hitting fourth in the lineup Saturday, April 23, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg...[+] Times.
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist continues to disappoint: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist was hitless in five at-bats with a strikeout Friday, April 22, against the Toronto Blue Jays, dropping...[+] his season average to .183. Zobrist has gone four straight games without an RBI.
• 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Sean Rodriguez, Ben Zobrist have two-hit games: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Sean Rodriguez and OF Ben Zobrist each had two-hit games Tuesday, April 19, against the Chicago White Sox. Rodriguez...[+] lifted his average to .206, while Zobrist is batting an even .200. Both played accounted for the only extra-base hits Tuesday, as Rodriguez had a double and triple, while Zobrist also posted a triple.
• 4/19 The Process Report: Daily Process: James Shields Throws a Complete Game: James Shields had arguably the best start of any Rays pitcher this season (with David Price’s effort last night coming in...
• 4/19 Baseball Musings: The Shield: James Shields goes the distance as the Rays continue winning with a 2-1 victory over the White Sox. Shields worked efficiently...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Felipe Lopez, Ben Zobrist each swats HRs: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Felipe Lopez and OF Ben Zobrist each connected for their second home runs of the season Monday, April 18, against...[+] the Chicago White Sox. Lopez finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs, while Zobrist went 1-for-4 with the two-run homers and three strikeouts.
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Johnny Damon sitting: Tampa Bay Rays OF Johnny Damon (finger) is not in the lineup Monday, April 18, but hopes to return to action before the end of...[+] the team's homestand, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. OF B.J. Upton is also sitting Monday, with 2B Ben Zobrist in left field.
• 4/17 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Lose After Otherwise Perfect Week: Jeremy **** pitched okay against Minnesota. His final line included three strikeouts, two walks, four earned runs, six hits, and...
• 4/16 The Process Report: The First Base Alternatives: The sample size is a little bigger now, but Dan Johnson is still struggling. Comparing Johnson to Pat Burrell and Hank Blalock...
• 4/16 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Johnny Damon’s Walkoff Single: At this point, we might as well rename this portion of the site “the Johnny Damon play of the game.” For the second time in...
• 4/16 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Again, Jeff Niemann Looks Normal: For the first time this season, Jeff Niemann looked like himself. Niemann’s game is control and arsenal depth and he flashed...
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist out of lineup: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist is not in the starting lineup Friday, March 15, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times....[+] 2B Sean Rodriguez is starting at second base.
• 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 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 Red Sox Beacon: Even Nibbling Beats This: Two innings. Just 16 batters faced. Seven runs. 42 pitches. Those short sentences, in a twitch-inducing nuts**** make up Daisuke...
• 4/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: Gauging Slow Starts - Zobrist, Jeter, Jackson: Elite Second Baseman, Ben ZobristRay Flowers over at Roto Info looks at few players getting off to slow starts and gauges what...
• 4/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: Ups and Downs from the Fix: Scherzer is your perfect April buy low candidateZach Britton is one name you've become more familiar with over the last week....
• 4/11 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: April 11, 2011: Sam Fuld $18. Other bids: $10, $8, $8, $6, $6, $3, $3.For early April, this bid qualifies as major action for an A.L.-only...
• 4/8 The Process Report: Manny Ramirez Retires, Casey Kotchman Up: I don’t have much to say about Manny Ramirez retiring. I wrote the basics for Baseball Prospectus, but it’s hard for me to...
• 4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Hitters in slumps to start season: The Tampa Bay Rays are in the midst of a team-wide slump that has led to an 0-5 start. Martin Fennelly of The Tampa Tribune reports...[+] OF Manny Ramirez is 1-for-17 to start the season and OF Johnny Damon is 1-for-15. In addition, 1B Dan Johnson is 1-for-19, OF Matt Joyce is 1-for-14, 2B Ben Zobrist is 3-for-17 and C John Jaso is 0-for-10.
• 4/6 The Process Report: Game-Changer(s): Top of Rays’ Lineup: Although the Los Angeles Angels scored five runs against the Tampa Bay Rays, none stands out as a true game-changer. In fact,...
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist feeling good: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist said he is feeling good at the plate to begin the season, according to the St. Petersburg Times'...[+] Joe Smith. 'He's in a better setup, I think a better position with his hands to begin with,' manager Joe Maddon said. 'And from that, I think we're seeing better at-bats.'
• 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...
• 4/4 The Process Report: Does a Felipe Lopez/Sean Rodriguez Platoon Make Sense in Evan Longoria’s Absence?: Yesterday, I talked about the impact of losing Evan Longoria for three-to-four weeks. With the potential to miss 20-t0-25 games, we could...
• 4/3 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes - Opening Weekend Edition: Holliday's injury opens the cleanup spot in St. Louis. (Getty)While baseball's opening weekend brings lots of joy, it also brings...
• 4/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: 5 Thoughts/Open Thread: Rough game today, huh? Not the way the Yankees drew up Phil Hughes first start of the year no doubt. Here are some thoughts for...
• 4/3 The Process Report: Daily Process: Sam Fuld Does Sam Fuld Things: Tommy has more on Wade Davis coming up, but his seventh inning is going to overshadow an otherwise solid outing. There strikeout...
• 4/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist could bat third: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist could move into the No. 3 spot in the batting order as a result of the injury to 3B Evan Longoria...[+] (oblique), according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times.
• 4/3 Baseball Musings: Nick of Time: The Orioles/Rays game ends in dramatic fashion. Down 3-1, two on and two out, Ben Zobrist launches a shot to rightfield. Nick...

• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman, Rays Take Calculated Risk With Deal: Wade Davis has appeared in 35 big league games and today the Rays signed him to a deal that could pay him over $35MM. Davis gets...
• 3/31 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 pre-season preview: AL East – Tampa Bay Rays: CF BJ Upton Tampa Bay Rays (2010 record: 96-66) Everyone thinks the Rays will take a significant step backward in 2011, but I...
• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Extend Wade Davis: The Rays announced that they agreed to a four-year extension with Wade Davis that's worth at least $12.6MM and could be worth...
• 3/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Preview: Tampa Bay Rays: (This post is a continuation in a series. For previous posts, click here.) 2010 record: 96-66 (1st place A.L. East) 2010...
• 3/25 Baseball Moves: Man with a plan: I’ve come to know myself as a chaotic person. I’m more at home doing five tasks at once than concentrating on one...
• 3/25 Baseball Moves: Top 5 Over-Hyped Fantasy Players: At the start of every season there always seems to be a group of players who receive more love than I can swallow. You know,...
• 3/24 The Process Report: Joe Maddon and Pinch Runners: Tommy tweeted earlier about how he felt Elliot Johnson and Sam Fuld were going to make the Opening Day roster. Both are out of...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Heart of order settled: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has settled on his No. 2-4 hitters this season, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney....[+] OF Johnny Damon will hit second, followed by 3B Evan Longoria and OF Manny Ramirez. Maddon would like 2B Ben Zobrist to lead off against righties and OF B.J. Upton in the top spot against lefties. Upton could drop to sixth when he is not leading off. C Kelly Shoppach could hit as high as fifth against lefties. 'Shop is looking pretty good against lefties like he's supposed to,' Maddon said. 'That's an interesting concept, too. When Shop starts hitting lefties like you see him here in this camp, that's his M.O., he's looked a lot better at the plate, so there's a potential to see something like that, too.' C John Jaso was being considered at the top of the lineup at the start of the spring, but Maddon has since changed his mind.
• 3/23 MLB Fantasy Recon: Ben Zobrist on the Rebound?: The Rays offense is going to need some new heroes this year after Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena left town for a chance to win...
• 3/22 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News From The Fort - 3/22: Before enjoying their only day off of spring training on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox will play host to the Tampa Bay Rays at...
• 3/22 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News From The Fort - 3/22: Before enjoying their only day off of spring training on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox will play host to the Tampa Bay Rays at...
• 3/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist not ruled out for full-time leadoff duties: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon did not rule out using 2B Ben Zobrist in the leadoff spot from the right side, as well as the...[+] left, reports Marc Topkin, of the St. Petersburg Times. Still, Maddon is believed to be more comfortable using Zobrist in the leadoff spot against righties, and OF B.J. Upton in the leadoff spot against left-handed pitching.
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist looking good in leadoff spot: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist singled and stole a base while using his new batting stance in the leadoff spot Sunday, March 20,...[+] according to The Associated Press. 'He's doing a nice job at the top of the order,' manager Joe Maddon said. 'Zo was nice today. He can be the man of a thousand stances sometimes, but I like that.'
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Suitors For Chris Davis: Teams are asking the Rangers about Chris Davis and, by the sounds of it, he wouldn't mind if they listened to offers. Davis...
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | May bat Ben Zobrist leadoff: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist may hit leadoff this season, especially against righties, due to his high walk rate, his .374 OBP...[+] over the past two seasons and the fact he saw 4.1 pitches per at-bat last season, reports Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. 'I guess it makes sense if I get on base a lot,' agreed Zobrist. 'As far as comfortability, I would say I'm more comfortable now hitting a little bit lower in the lineup than I am presently batting leadoff. But in the past, I've done a lot of leadoff hitting. And I'm not going to let it change my approach, and that's the important thing.'
• 3/10 The Process Report: A Spring Training Post (For Once): Whatever mechanical adjustments Andy Sonnanstine is in the process of adding aren’t transparent in his delivery. For the most...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist could return Tuesday Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (ankle) could return to action Tuesday, March 8, reports Bill Chastain of MLB.com....[+] Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (ankle) could return to action Tuesday, March 8, reports Bill Chastain of MLB.com.
• 3/5 The Process Report: Casey Kotchman is Jeff Francoeur: As I was reading Joe Posnanski’s take on Jeff Francoeur, I realized something. For all intent and purposes, Casey Kotchman is...
• 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: The Bubble Contenders: The importance of spring training won/lost records and performances aside—yes, I’m being sarcastic—certain teams...
• 3/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist scratched: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (ankle) was scratched Friday, March 4, with a sore ankle, the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin...[+] reports.
• 3/3 The Process Report: Joe Maddon & The Batted Ball Platoon Strategy: Spring is here. After months of sitting without on-field action, teams have reported, the weather is nice, and the giddy feeling...
• 3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Season Isn't Over Yet: Now that March has arrived, few free agents remain and the offseason is essentially over. But if last year is any indication,...

• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist taking new approach: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist is taking a simpler approach after his poor 2010 season started with a sore neck, which resulted...[+] in discomfort at the plate and poor mechanics throughout the season, reports Evan Drellich of MLB.com. 'It probably started getting better midseason,' Zobrist said, 'but at that point, I had these habits that I was in as a hitter that I just had a hard time getting out of the rest of the season. On top of that, I was pressing, because I wasn't hitting like I wanted to hit.' Entering Spring Training, he's much closer to a simpler and more comfortable mindset, writes Drellich. 'It's definitely gotten better - just wait a long time and let it go kind of thing,' said Zobrist.
• 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 Baseball Press: Not With a Ten-Foot Pole: Second Basemen: Ben Zobrist isn't worth the risk on draft day (Getty)With fantasy drafts hitting full stride over the next few weeks, you will...
• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | John Jaso staying at top of order: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is impressed with the way C John Jaso performs at the top of the lineup, and he may keep him...[+] there, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. Jaso will be at the top of the order again Saturday, Feb. 26. The lineup will start with Jaso, followed by OF Johnny Damon, 3B Evan Longoria, OF Manny Ramirez, 2B Ben Zobrist, OF B.J. Upton, 1B Dan Johnson, 2B Sean Rodriguez and SS Reid Brignac.
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist takes grounders at first: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist took some ground balls at first base along with 1B Dan Johnson and 1B Casey Kotchman, according...[+] to Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg Times.
• 2/23 The Process Report: Reid Brignac Transforms Like Optimus Prime: Prospect analysts have considered Reid Brignac a star in the making since the Tampa Bay Rays drafted him in the second round of...
• 2/20 MLB Fantasy Recon: Your 2011 Fantasy Baseball All Over Rated Team: These are useful fantasy players.  Most of these players should be rostered in every league.  However, you can do better...
• 2/10 NY Baseball Digest: Rays Still Good, But a Notch Below Yanks and Sox: A little while back, we did an examination on one of the Yankees oldest enemies; the Red Sox. Now we’re going to look in...
• 2/8 The Process Report: Rays Clear Room on 40-Man Roster; Designate Justin Ruggiano & Leslie Anderson For Assignment: Source The moves clear room on the 40-man roster for Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon. Sam Fuld’s inclusion in the Matt Garza...
• 2/7 Blog Red Machine: Reds Top Prospects According to Baseball ProspectusComparing more prospects listings. This time, Baseball Prospectus....
• 2/7 Call to the Pen: Is Cord Phelps Better Than Jason Kipnis?: One of the prospects getting lots of hype of late is Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis. Considered one of the best prospects...
• 2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Second Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...
• 2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Outfield Rankings 2: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...
• 2/1 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Outfield Rankings 2: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...

• 1/31 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Second Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -ShortstopsSecond base is a big position...
• 1/31 The Process Report: Keys to Contention: Ben Zobrist’s Power: Ben Zobrist hit .238/.346/.353 in 2010. A modest rate when compared to second basemen (.265/.330/.389) and less so compared to...
• 1/28 Baseball Daily Digest: First Rays of the New Rising Season: The most successful salary purge in history stole the headlines last week, overshadowing the Rays’ two-headed signing of AL...
• 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...
• 1/22 The Sporting Hippeaux: Plowing The Depths of the Designated Hitting Market: When the week began, the only question remaining for the Hot Stove season was how to sort out the plethora of defensively-challenged...
• 1/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Hot And Not: Brilliance either way: The overwhelming reactions to the Rays “combo” signings of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez have...
• 1/22 The Process Report: Maddon’s 13: A Look At How Johnny Damon & Manny Ramirez Fit Rays Lineup: Trying to predict a major league lineup 24 days before pitchers and catchers report is an exercise in futility. Trying to predict...
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Dan Johnson the starter: Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman said 1B Dan Johnson would be the team's starting first baseman if the...[+] season opened Wednesday, Jan. 19, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Joe Smith. 'Right now, (Dan) Johnson would play first. He's someone we feel could hit 20-plus home runs and get on base. We like what he's capable of, and if we ever got to the point where we upgrade that spot, we're in great shape.' IFs Sean Rodriguez and Ben Zobrist are both options at second base.
• 1/17 The Process Report: Rays, B.J. Upton Avoid Arbitration With One-Year Deal: A day before the deadline to exchange salary arbitration figures, the Rays and B.J. Upton agreed on a one-year deal worth $4.825-million....
• 1/15 Giants Nirvana: Garza vs. Cain - Part Two: Not-so-great Expectations: This is a continuation of a previous post, The Matt in the New Hat. In the first segment of the piece, I examined the similarities...
• 1/10 The Process Report: A Closer Look at Robinson Chirinos: When the trade broke, I wrote that Robinson Chirinos was the most interesting – if only because of his unusualness – prospect...

• 12/30 The Process Report: Pointless Rosterbation Thread of The Offseason: Purely rosterbatory in nature. No shred of truth (to my knowledge) that the Rays are interested in these players or that their...
• 12/23 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: ISO Outliers: Last week, I looked into isolated power and compared it to batters’ walkrates with the idea that more patient hitters would...
• 12/22 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Setting Course with the Mariners: Pineda's value could outweigh his 2011 draft position. (Mitc**** we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier impact...

• 11/27 COSFBA: Thankful: This is the time of year where everyone takes a moment to voice all that they are currently thankful for, reflect on the past...
• 11/25 COSFBA: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Awards: 10/09/2010: The 2010 regular season is now behind us and it's time to hand out some hardware. The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has new names...
• 11/16 The Process Report: Rays’ Non-Roster Invitee Candidate: Drew Sutton: In 118 major league plate appearances, he owns a slash line of .229/.302/.381. He’s 27-years-old and has played in just 55 major...
• 11/16 Jason's Baseball Blog: Fantasy Rankings in Review – Shortstop: Back in February, I took my first shot at attempting to rank players for fantasy purposes. After a full season, I thought it wise...
• 11/12 Jason's Baseball Blog: Fantasy Rankings in Review – Second Basemen: Back in February, I took my first shot at attempting to rank players for fantasy purposes. After a full season, I thought it wise...
• 11/11 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano Wins Silver Slugger: Robinson Cano had an amazing year this season and the awards are starting to pile up. He won a Gold Glove earlier in the...
• 11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Suitors For Gordon Beckham: Rival teams believe the White Sox will listen to offers for Gordon Beckham, according to Yahoo's Tim Brown. Let's take a look...
• 11/9 The Process Report: Matt Joyce & Platoon Partners: The field for potential right fielders against lefties shifts depending on where Ben Zobrist winds up. If he is the everyday first...

• 10/27 Baseball Daily Digest: The 2010 P-WSAT:   Pre-World Series Assessment Test, 2010   True or False 1. The last time the Giants won the World Series, Willie Mays was...
• 10/23 MLBTradeRumors: 2011 Payroll Commitments: With the 2010-2011 offseason drawing closer, we're going to start hearing more and more about how much each team is able to spend...
• 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...
• 10/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Newsflash---The Rays Weren't That Good: No, they weren't: You can go into the stat zombie tenets of run differential and that the playoffs are a crapshoot if you...
• 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 Baseball Musings: Rays Threaten: Sean Rodriguez and Jason Bartlett single with one out in the third to put runners on first and second. Bartlett’s was a...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Early Relief: Derek Holland replaces Tommy Hunter after just four innings and 73 pitches. He struck out seven while walking none, but gave up...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Triple Pena: Carlos Pena sends a ball deep to the fence in the leftfield power alley, and the carom bounces away from the outfielder, giving...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Underway in Arlington: John Jaso leads off with a line drive single to center against Tommy Hunter as the Rays and Rangers start game 4 of their ALDS. ...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: The Z that Stands for Zobrist: Ben Zobrist doubles to right-center with one out in the seventh to give the Rays another scoring opportunity. Darren Oliver is...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Range Versus Positioning: If you saw Valdimir Guerrero bat leading off the second inning, you saw him scorch a hard ground right at Ben Zobrist. Ben made...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Carlos Pena out of lineup for Game 2: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Carlos Pena is out of the lineup for Game 2 of the Division Series Thursday, Oct. 7, with 2B Ben Zobrist replacing...[+] him at first base, according to ESPN.com. The team is facing another left-handed pitcher in Game 2.
• 10/6 Baseball Musings: Getting One Back: Ben Zobrist homers with one out in the bottom of the seventh to close the gap to 5-1 Texas over Tampa Bay. Zobrist hit just 10...
• 10/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: 25 Random Facts About the 2010 Yankees: So a couple of weeks back, Yahoo Sports writer Jeff Passan wrote a column called Think you know baseball? No, you don’t. It...
• 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...
• 10/1 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...

• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Evan Longoria out Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria (quadriceps) is out of the lineup again Thursday, Sept. 30, and is not expected to play until...[+] Friday, Oct. 1, or Saturday, Oct. 2, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. 2B Ben Zobrist is starting at third Thursday.
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Carlos Pena to sit Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Carlos Pena is scheduled to sit on the bench again Thursday, Sept. 23, with 2B Ben Zobrist likely starting at...[+] first base, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton sitting Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 1B Carlos Pena and OF B.J. Upton are sitting the bench Wednesday, Sept. 22, with 2B Ben Zobrist in center field...[+] and 1B Dan Johnson starting at first base, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist snaps skidTampa Bay Rays 2B/OF Ben Zobrist snapped an 0-for-23 slump Sunday, Sept. 19, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Tampa Bay Rays 2B/OF Ben Zobrist snapped an 0-for-23 slump Sunday, Sept. 19, The Associated Press reports.
• 9/15 My Pinstripes: I Had A Dream: I was watching the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. First place in the AL East was on the line. The Yankees had come into...
• 9/14 Baseball Moves: AL/NL POTW 9/6 – 9/12: AL Hitter Coco Crisp OAK OF (ESPN 62.3%) This week: 8/18, 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 SB, .444 AVG, 1.323 OPS. Extrapolated out, Coco...
• 9/12 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 10: Home Run of the Day: Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers #2 (Trot Time: 24.48 seconds) [video] Bobby Abreu also hit a walkoff home...
• 9/11 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 10: Home Run of the Day: Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers #2 (Trot Time: 24.48 seconds) [video] Bobby Abreu also hit a walkoff home...
• 9/8 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/8: After getting s**** last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to keep their very slim playoff hopes alive and take the series...
• 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...
• 9/6 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/6: After being swept by the Chicago White Sox over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox look to keep their slim playoff chances alive...
• 9/6 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/6: After being swept by the Chicago White Sox over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox look to keep their slim playoff chances alive...
• 9/6 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 5: Home Run of the Day: Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 22.95 seconds) [video] This Cardinals/Reds rivalry should...
• 9/6 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 5: Home Run of the Day: Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 22.95 seconds) [video] This Cardinals/Reds rivalry should...
• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Evan Longoria's RBI single wins Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria had an RBI single Wednesday, Sept. 1, according to Associated Press reporter Fred Goodall, that...[+] helped his team to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Longoria's single scored IF Ben Zobrist with the game-winning run.

• 8/30 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 8/29: After a tough loss last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to take the rubber game and move closer to the Tampa Bay Rays in...
• 8/29 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 8/29: After a tough loss last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to take the rubber game and move closer to the Tampa Bay Rays in...
• 8/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Just Get It Over With Already: We all know what the question is going to be in the aftermath of today’s game: did Manny Ramirez purposefully argue with...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Rays To Sign Brad Hawpe: The Rays will sign Brad Hawpe, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Red Sox, Rangers and Padres also showed some interest...
• 8/22 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: August 20: This is up pretty late tonight, so it's going to be brief. I'm busy entertaining some guests this weekend, so the post may be...
• 8/21 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: August 20: This is up pretty late tonight, so it's going to be brief. I'm busy entertaining some guests this weekend, so the post may be...
• 8/21 Baseball Musings: Maddon’s Math: Joe Maddon comes up with some creative ways to do math, but this statement takes the cake. Ben Zobrist made an error that allowed...
• 8/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist walks three times Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist walked three times Wednesday, Aug. 18, and had 11 in the six-game homestand, according to The Tampa...[+] Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. Zobrist leads the team with 71 free passes and has 43 since June 23, which is the most in the majors. 'I'm just trying to stay back and see the ball first,' Zobrist said. 'I think early in the season, I was too aggressive, trying to hit everything. So I'm trying to look for my pitch and stay back to make sure I see the ball. If I don't see what I'm looking for, I let it go. And they're not throwing me strikes.'
• 8/11 MLBTradeRumors: How Reasonable Are Jeff Francoeur's Demands?: In a move that has amused those who follow the New York Mets closely, Jeff Francoeur has gone public with his demands to be traded...
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist, Dan Johnson to play first: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist and 1B Dan Johnson are likely to split time at first base with 1B Carlos Pena (foot) on the disabled...[+] list, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist likely to remain at first: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said 2B Ben Zobrist will likely remain at first base until 1B Carlos Pena (foot) returns to...[+] the lineup, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney.
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist returns Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (back) is back in the lineup Wednesday, Aug. 4, batting leadoff and playing first base, according...[+] to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney.
• 8/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist on the mendTampa Bay Rays IF/OF Ben Zobrist (back) could return in the next couple of days, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Tampa Bay Rays IF/OF Ben Zobrist (back) could return in the next couple of days, The Associated Press reports.
• 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist sidelined Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (back) was sidelined for the fourth straight day by stiffness in his lower back Sunday, Aug. 1,...[+] according to The Associated Press.

• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist likely to miss weekend series: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (back) said he is unlikely to play in the weekend series against the New York Yankees, according...[+] to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. 'They said it's probably going to be a couple of days at least, so, for me, I'm hoping to be back by the Minnesota series,' Zobrist said. 'I don't know if I'll be ready to go for any of these games here. They told me they think it's probably too inflamed to be back in two days or whatever.'
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist not feeling much better: Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (back) said he wasn't feeling much better Thursday, July 29, the St....[+] Petersburg Times' Joe Smith reports. He said the injury likely resulted from too many swings in the batting cage.
• 7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist out today: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist (back) is out of the lineup Thursday, July 29, but said he's able to pinch hit if treatment gets...[+] him loose, the Tampa Tribune reports.
• 7/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist leaves early Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist (back) left the game early Wednesday, July 28, with lower back stiffness, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 7/27 Call to the Pen: Notable Numerals: Dan Haren, Jered Weaver and More: As we approach the trade deadline in the MLB, moves are beginning to happen and rumors are heating up as I write this column....
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | B.J. Upton sprains ankle Tuesday: Tampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton (ankle) left the team’s game in the first inning Tuesday, July 27, with a sprained left ankle, reports...[+] MLB.com’s Adam Berry. Upton sprained the ankle while chasing down a ball in center field. Upton was able to go to the dugout walking on his own and is considered day-to-day with the injury. 2B Ben Zobrist replaced Upton in center field and SS Reid Brignac entered the game at second base.
• 7/27 My Pinstripes: Matt Garza No-Hits Tigers: Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays has just completed a 9-inning no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. It's the first no-no in...
• 7/26 My Pinstripes: Matt Garza No-Hits Rays: Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays has just completed a 9-inning no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. It's the first no-no in...
• 7/26 The UpperCard Network: Rays Likely Keeping B.J. Upton: While the Rays have received significant interest for B.J. Upton, FOX Sports.Com’s Ken Rosenthal reports the Rays are likely...
• 7/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist drives in three runs Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs against the Cleveland Indians Saturday, July 24, according...[+] to The Associated Press.
• 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...
• 7/11 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – July 11: Much has been made about how bad the shortstop position is this year in fantasy ball. Having Asdrubal Cabrera in just about...
• 7/10 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 1955 Topps #17 Bobby Hofman: Starting next week, Card of the Week moves to Wednesdays. (Click on images for larger versions) Here we have one of the classic...
• 7/7 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Seek Impact Bats: The Rays are looking for impact bats and have inquired on Josh Willingham and Adam Dunn, according to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com....
• 7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Three to rotate in leadoff spot: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said to expect a rotation of 2B Ben Zobrist, OF B.J. Upton and 2B Sean Rodriguez in the leadoff...[+] spot, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. C John Jaso has been dropped to the bottom of the order. 'I wouldn't settle in with Zo, because of Zo's performance right-handed versus left-handed,' Maddon said. 'Sean, primarily his on-base is through the knock. He's got to hit the ball as opposed to work the walk. So you like the guy who has the most optimal chance to do both, and right now it might be B.J. on one side and Zo on the other.' Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to eight games Tuesday, July 6. He is hitting .417 with five home runs and 19 RBIs since May 29.
• 7/5 Baseball Musings: Penning a Win: The Red Sox chased Rays starter Matt Garza after three innings, leading 4-1 at that point. The Rays bullpen allowed just one run...
• 7/4 B-R Blog: Ben Zobrist: MVP: Ben Zobrist deserves some serious consideration for MVP due to certain contributions that don't show up in the stats. Last year,...
• 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist at 1B Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays IF Ben Zobrist is in the starting lineup at first base Saturday, July 3, reports Roger Mooney, of The Tampa Tribune....[+]
• 7/3 NY Baseball Digest: What Does Pagan-Coeur Look Like?: It appears that Carlos Beltran is doing well in his rehab stint and some believe he very well could join the team as early as...
• 7/2 Sabernomics: 2010 PrOPS Over- and Under-Performers (Through 07/01): PrOPS updated through July 1 (minimum 240 PA). I report the top-30 over- and under-performers. Introduction to 2010 PrOPS. Introduction...

• 6/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist gets day offTampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist is out of the lineup Thursday, June 24, the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin reports. ...[+] Tampa Bay Rays OF Ben Zobrist is out of the lineup Thursday, June 24, the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin reports.
• 6/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist in midst of hitting streak: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist is riding a six-game hitting streak in which he is batting .292 (7-for-24), according to MLB.com's...[+] Jocelyn Syrstad. Zobrist has six RBIs since June 15.
• 6/17 NY Baseball Digest: Cano/A-Jax Lead in Runs Saved: John Dewan’s “Stat of the Week” examined the early return on the top fielders who saved runs this year. If you...
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Reid Brignac, Sean Rodriguez sharing second base: Tampa Bay Rays IFs Reid Brignac and Sean Rodriguez will split time at second base with SS Jason Bartlett (hamstring) returning...[+] from the disabled list, according to The Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. 2B Ben Zobrist will mostly play right field now that OF Gabe Kapler (hip) is on the disabled list. However, manager Joe Maddon said he will ease Bartlett back into action, and he won't start Thursday, June 17.
• 6/16 WasWatching: Top 25 OF In The A.L.: You know…a case could be made that…both Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner should be on the All-Star team this year. It...
• 6/16 Sabernomics: 2010 PrOPS Over- and Under-Performers (Through 6/15): I have updated PrOPS through June 15 (minimum 200 PA). I report the top-30 over- and under-performers. Here is my previous post...
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Three go deep Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist, C Dioner Navarro and 1B Carlos Pena all hit solo home runs in a winning effort Wednesday, June...[+] 9, according to The Associated Press. Navarro's homer was his first since Oct. 3 of last year. Pena has four home runs in the last three games and tied the team's record of 128 career home runs.
• 6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | B.J. Upton hitting leadoff, Carl Crawford resting: Tampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton is hitting leadoff Tuesday, June 8, with OF Carl Crawford receiving the day off, according to The...[+] Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. OF Gabe Kapler is starting in left field and 2B Ben Zobrist is in right.
• 6/3 MLBTradeRumors: The David DeJesus Trade Market: We heard from ESPN.com's Jayson Stark back on May 20 that the Royals were telling teams interested in making a trade to "get back...

• 5/31 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 30: Home Run of the Day: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals #3 (Trot Time: 21.43 seconds) [video] There's been some talk recently...
• 5/31 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 30: Home Run of the Day: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals #3 (Trot Time: 21.43 seconds) [video] There's been some talk recently...
• 5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Making lineup changes: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said 2B Ben Zobrist will hit leadoff against right-handed hitters for the foreseeable future,...[+] with SS Jason Bartlett hitting ninth, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. However, Bartlett will continue to hit leadoff against lefties.
• 5/26 B-R Blog: 2010 All-Stars determined by WAR: Here are the leaders among WAR broken down by position so far in 2010. One could think of this as a possible set of all-star selections. Position  ...
• 5/25 Baseball Press: Roto Renaissance Men (Week 7): Nelson Cruz and his Boom Stick get top honors (AP) Renaissance Man [ren' i-sans' man] n - a man who knows a lot about...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist heating up: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist went 2-for-4 with his second home run of the year Sunday, May 23, and has hit safely in 11 of his...[+] last 12 games and is hitting .384 (28-for-73) during May, according to MLB.com's Spencer Fordin.
• 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...
• 5/21 Baseball Musings: Finding Their Power: Jason Bartlett hit his first home run of the season in the first inning against the Yankees Wednesday night. Ben Zobrist hit...
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist, B.J. Upton go deep Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist and OF B.J. Upton both homered in a winning effort Thursday, May 20, according to The Associated...[+] Press. Zobrist drove in three runs in the contest and ended his drought of 159 at-bats without a homer.
• 5/20 Baseball Musings: Finding Their Power: Jason Bartlett hit his first home run of the season in the first inning against the Yankees Wednesday night. Ben Zobrist hit...
• 5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Destinations: Jose Bautista: You're forgiven if you overlooked Jose Bautista coming into the season, too. He had never had a slugging percentage above .420...
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist hitting leadoff Monday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist is batting leadoff Monday, May 17, according to The Tampa Tribune's Roger Mooney. SS Jason Bartlett...[+] is not in the lineup. Bartlett is hitting .231 overall as a leadoff hitter.
• 5/14 B-R Blog: Not As Easy As 1-2-3: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder...players this season with 145+ PA and 3 HR or less... Rk Player HR PA Year Age Tm G AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG Pos 1 Nyjer...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist given Friday's game off: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist was given the night off Friday, May 7, against the Oakland Athletics, according to The Associated...[+] Press. 2B Sean Rodriguez started in his place.
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: 2011 Contract Issues: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays face two contractual options after the season: Reliever Dan Wheeler has a $4MM club option with a $1MM buyout. ...

• 4/29 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Howard, Prince, Konerko: On this date five years ago, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux faced off in the first matchup of 300-game winner since Don Sutton...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Embree, Zobrist, Wakefield: Links for Monday, as we digest Ryan Howard's $125MM extension... Alan Embree told Dan Barbarisi of The Providence Journal...
• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | More on Ben Zobrist's contract: Updating a previous report, Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist will receive a $561,900 signing bonus as part of his three-year contract...[+] extension that will pay him $18 million for 2010-13, according to The Associated Press. He will make $4.5 million in both 2011 and 2012 and $5.5 million in 2013. The team holds a $7 million club option for 2014 with a $2.5 million buyout. If that is exercised, the team can exercise a $7.5 million option for 2015 with a $500,000 buyout. Zobrist would receive a $750,000 assignment bonus if traded before the end of the 2011 season and a $500,000 assignment bonus if traded after the 2011 season but before the end of the 2013 season.
• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 4/18/10 - 4/24/10: Let's take a look back at the past week on what's looking like a slow Sunday... The week's top story is the extension...
• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Posey, Crisp, Angels: Sunday night linkage.. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times likes the Ben Zobrist contract extension for both parties. ...
• 4/23 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Zobrist, Pierzynski, Lowe, Padres: Links for Friday... Ben Zobrist said signing his extension was a "no-brainer," according to Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg...
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | More on Ben Zobrist: Updating a previous report, the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a five-year, $30 million contract extension with 2B Ben Zobrist Friday,...[+] April 23, according to The Associated Press. The first three years of the extension are guaranteed and the team holds options for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
• 4/23 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Sign Ben Zobrist To Extension: The Rays have signed Ben Zobrist to a contract extension, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. The deal buys...
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Zobrist to sign five-year contract extension: The Tampa Bay Rays will announce a five-year contract extension for 2B/OF Ben Zobrist on Friday, April 23, according to Tampa...[+] Tribune reporter Roger Mooney. The first three years are guaranteed and there are club options for 2014 and 2015. Financial terms will be disclosed at a news conference at Tropicana Field.
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Ben Zobrist rests Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist took his first day off of the year Wednesday, April 21, according to The Associated Press. He is...[+] hitting just. 115 since April 14.
• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: First Time Arbitration-Eligibles: More than 80 players project to be eligible for arbitration for the first time after the 2010 season.  It's a big step in a...