***official 2013 tampa bay rays thread***

[wo0t]

Rays pitching continues to be a nightmare. Cobb is really the only one who seems to have his **** together. Moore has nice numbers for the most part, but he's definitely still figuring things out. The rest, including Price have been atrocious. I'm still baffled at what happened to most of our starter's velocities.

[BullStampede]

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
J Odorizzi 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 92-58 5.40
J McGee 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11-8 8.27
J Lueke 0.2 1 3 3 4 0 0 28-11 6.23
K Farnsworth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 8.10

These are the pitchers who have thrown so far in thsi game. lol at our ERAs. Throw in the 5+ for Price and our pitching is a ****ing mess.

[KryptonKnight]

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
J Odorizzi 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 92-58 5.40
J McGee 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11-8 8.27
J Lueke 0.2 1 3 3 4 0 0 28-11 6.23
K Farnsworth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 8.10

These are the pitchers who have thrown so far in thsi game. lol at our ERAs. Throw in the 5+ for Price and our pitching is a ****ing mess.

I thought a 8+ ERA was good? You telling me it's not?

[PushupBrah]

My reaction at the end of the game

[KryptonKnight]

My reaction at the end of the game

Here's mine:



Poverty pitching staff of peace. Five different pitches: Brb average ERA of almost 5.

We can't score enough runs to cover the defense. feelsbadman. Can't stomach watching us lose games in the last inning of the game.

Fully convinced Rodney's performance last year was a fluke, nothing more. Brb being clutch closer with an ERA over 5.

[PushupBrah]

Yeah hope we can get it together for the Yankee's. I will be at the game Sunday. Hope they don't let me down....

[KryptonKnight]

Yeah hope we can get it together for the Yankee's. I will be at the game Sunday. Hope they don't let me down....

You're on your own with that one. Should be a good game even if (when) they lose.

[PushupBrah]

You're on your own with that one. Should be a good game even if (when) they lose.

Inb4 the sweep






























































not srs

[Like It Or Not]

Inb4 the sweep






























































not srs

Sweep for which team???? LOL

[BullStampede]

Couldnt believe they blew it AGAIN last night.

[danbuc]

Yeah hope we can get it together for the Yankee's. I will be at the game Sunday. Hope they don't let me down....

LOL Yanks suck ass at the Trop you should be good as long as we have a 10 run lead...maybe :/

[KryptonKnight]

LOL Yanks suck ass at the Trop you should be good as long as we have a 10 run lead...maybe :/

Inb4 Rodney gives up 11 earned runs in the top of the 9th.

[PushupBrah]

Sweep for which team???? LOL

The Ray's doing the sweeping of course






























































not srs

Hope they pull it off though.

On another note. Did anyone else think it was funny that they brought in Farnsworth at the end to lose the game? It's almost as if they knew the game was about to be lost so fuk it. Bring in Farnsworth to just get it over with.

[KryptonKnight]

Good luck with that sweep.

Had a 2 run lead then Rodney blew it.

Poverty closer of peace.

[danbuc]

GTFO ******* Rodney!

[KryptonKnight]

GTFO ******* Rodney!

When they don't have an 5 run lead going into the 9th, don't expect them to win.

[reLaxx1]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/93...tampa-bay-rays


Can't help but feel like he's a piece of sht, and laugh my ass off at the same time. lol

[BullStampede]

Saw that earlier. what a *******.

Good win streak boys. Yeah it was against the Marlins but it is something. Only 3 games out of first place lol.

[KryptonKnight]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/93...tampa-bay-rays


Can't help but feel like he's a piece of sht, and laugh my ass off at the same time. lol

LOL @ throwing fiddy cents @ a bish. Strippers gonna strip.

Inb4 poverty lap dance of peace.

Saw that earlier. what a *******.

Good win streak boys. Yeah it was against the Marlins but it is something. Only 3 games out of first place lol.

A win's a win though. Hopefully we can continue to win more games.

[Like It Or Not]

Nothing like having a $hitty interstate rivalry to take advantage of and get on a nice little winning streak. Such a waste seeing the Marlins new stadium EMPTY!!

Joe doing a good job of piecing some starters together in Price's absence. New kid Colume looked good last night....Archer coming back for Saturday's game.

Great seeing Yanks lose 5 in a row as Rays win 5 in a row.

[BullStampede]

Lets keep this going against the Tribe. Need at least 2 of 3.

[Like It Or Not]

Holy Fawk..Is this real life? SO glad Rays didn't re-sign him. WHEW!!! Rays always look like genius'...not signing Carl Crawford..(look what he did for Bo Sox), Garza, BJ....damn.....scary.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/93...j-upton-minors

B.J. Upton could be demoted
Associated Press

ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez says he has considered asking center fielder B.J. Upton to work out his struggles in a minor league assignment.

Upton, signed to the biggest contract in franchise history at five years, $75.25 million, has a .146 batting average, 109 points below his seven-year career mark with Tampa Bay.

Gonzalez indicated that Upton has enough service time in the majors to refuse an assignment if he disagrees with the move.

"In my own mind, you think about those things, but really I haven't gotten to that point," Gonzalez said. "I think there's some logistics -- contractual things and that sort of stuff -- that they might not be able to do it that easy."

“
It's a hard decision. It's a decision that you take very, very seriously. You talk collectively with your coaches about it, and it's something always falls on my shoulders, right? That's fine. I'm comfortable with that. But you've got to think about 25 (players), six staff members, four clubhouse guys, the front office and the fans.

” --Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez, on considering demoting B.J. Upton
Upton was not available for comment before Atlanta hosted the Washington Nationals.

Gonzalez has spoken with Upton about his absence from the lineup, but not about an assignment in the minors.

"He understands to a certain point," Gonzalez said. "Like good players do, they want to play. We've had conversations and he's making the adjustments and we'll see."

Upton is hitless in the Braves' past seven games. He was out of the lineup Friday for the second straight night.

Gonzalez credited Upton and struggling teammates Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla for taking extra batting practice four hours before the game.

"They work," Gonzalez said. "You've got to really tip your hat and really root for them because they really work it, show up and bust their butts."

Upton, Heyward and Uggla were out of the lineup in Thursday's 11-3 win over Toronto. Heyward pinch hit in the seventh inning and reached on catcher's interference before playing the rest of the game.

Against Washington, Heyward was batting leadoff for the second time in his four-year career and first time since going 1-for-4 in a 3-1 win at Seattle on June 27, 2011.

Heyward, who started in center field for the second time this season, is hitting .195 in 12 games since returning May 17 from an appendectomy.

Heyward began the night 7-for-14 in his career against Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg. He wasn't surprised that Gonzalez moved him to the top spot in the batting order.

"Anything can happen throughout the year," Heyward said. "You can never count one thing out. You can never guarantee one thing. It's a 162-game season, so anything is possible. Whatever is best for the team on any given night needs to be done."

Upton's lack of playing time has coincided with the consistent power numbers being produced by rookie Evan Gattis, who has been getting starts in left field following catcher Brian McCann's return May 6 from shoulder surgery.

Gattis leads all rookies with 12 homers, 23 extra-base hits and 32 RBIs despite getting just 137 at-bats.

"Every time you run him in there, he does something, you know?" Gonzalez said.

Regarding Upton's immediate future and whether the Braves might ask him to accept an assignment in the minors, Gonzalez said the Braves have no timetable.

"It's a hard decision," Gonzalez said. "It's a decision that you take very, very seriously. You talk collectively with your coaches about it, and it's something always falls on my shoulders, right? That's fine. I'm comfortable with that. But you've got to think about 25 (players), six staff members, four clubhouse guys, the front office and the fans."

[reLaxx1]

Said it many times before, even in the Braves thread, BJ is awful, and what makes it better knowing that we had Jennings taking his place. BJ will NEVER be a good hitter, for so many reasons. He also had his dumbfuk plays in the outfield.

It's Crawford all over again.

[Like It Or Not]

Lets keep this going against the Tribe. Need at least 2 of 3.

Done!

Best record in AL for month of May...isthisreallife? Averaging more than 5 runs a game? WTF???? Who is this team? or...where have they been?

3 back..not too bad

[KryptonKnight]

Done!

Best record in AL for month of May...isthisreallife? Averaging more than 5 runs a game? WTF???? Who is this team? or...where have they been?

I cannot beleaf.

[BullStampede]

**** yes. They have been playing amazing ball. Need our pitching to keep it up.

[KryptonKnight]

LOL @ Stephen A. Smith being concerned about New York.

Only 3 GB. Pitching staff is still kinda chitty though.

[KryptonKnight]

Rays score 3 in the top of the 9th to beat the Tigers, and the pitching staff DIDN'T blow the lead!

[PushupBrah]

Rays have called up Will Myers.

Roberts sent back to Durham.

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/ar...#disqus_thread



Personally I'd lose Luke Scott. Dude has been awful this year. At least Roberts was hitting the ball....

[Like It Or Not]

Rays have called up Will Myers.

Roberts sent back to Durham.

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/ar...#disqus_thread



Personally I'd lose Luke Scott. Dude has been awful this year. At least Roberts was hitting the ball....

I hope this kid is worth all the hype.....Price should eb back soon too, hopefully he has his $hit together and the rays can put together a nice stretch....losing 3 of 4 to KC is pretty pathetic.