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		<title>The Rays are smarter than the Yankees.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/the-rays-are-smarter-than-the-yankees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AJ Burnett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a busy week in the AL East and I had to sit down and look at it tonight. I&#8217;ve been listening to the radio and reading about the moves being made and I came up with this. The Rays are much smarter than the Yankees.  There are a few good things about being a small market team and they&#8217;re showing during the winter baseball season. Let&#8217;s break it down. The Yankees signed CC Sabathia to a $161 million deal and brought one of the best pitchers in baseball to New York. But how much did this improve them? I honestly don&#8217;t think it improved them much at all. Think about it like this. They signed a guy that won 17 games last year to replace a guy that won 20. Now I&#8217;ll say that Sabathia is better than Mussina and he would&#8217;ve probably won 22 or 23 games with the Yankees last year with the same run support Mussina got, but that&#8217;s still only a 3 game improvement. Not enough for that kind of money. They also signed AJ Burnett to fill in the rotation but they haven&#8217;t re-signed Andy Pettitte yet. That&#8217;s a 4 game improvement if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays trade Jackson for Joyce?</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/rays-trade-jackson-for-joyce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Hermida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Beimel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Burrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocco Baldelli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLB Trade Rumors has a post up that the Rays have traded Edwin Jackson to the Detroit Tigers for OF Matt Joyce. I&#8217;ve been duped by these rumors before so I&#8217;m not reporting it as being true, but if it is I really like this move. I obviously wanted a different Tigers OF but this one really makes sense for the Rays. Joyce is a young player, 24, with a lot of upside and is a decent outfielder from my understanding. I only saw him play a couple times so it&#8217;s hard to judge, but by numbers alone I would think the 12 homers he hit in 242 at bats in Detroit would translate to around 17-19 in our stadium. This fits extremely well into the Rays plan in every way as Joyce is cheap, under team control for a few years and has tremendous upside. It doesn&#8217;t hurt that he&#8217;s a Tampa native as well either. He&#8217;s left handed, which goes against what the Rays were shopping for, but he&#8217;s young and should be able to play every day. It solves the RF problem for us in theory and opens a spot in the rotation for David Price. It looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five moves the Rays should make.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Friedman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Sonnanstine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Zobrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Crawford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad Bradford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Wheeler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Niemann]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Talbot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[    In the spirit of trying to keep up with the goings on of the hot stove league I&#8217;ve decided to look at the possibilities and suggest five moves the Rays should make to improve their team. I will try to be as realistic as I can be while trying to view things from both sides. Let&#8217;s roll with it and see how it goes. Sign Joe Beimel: Starting slow and sounding as simple as possible, I know, but the addition of Beimel as Trever Millers replacement would be a huge upgrade to an already good bullpen. Beimel has done very well in the last few years with the Dodgers and, as a type B free agent, there would be no draft picks lost. Beimel could legitimately be used in more situations than just the lefty on lefty matchups if needed, but would be the ideal guy to slot in with Howell, Balfour and Wheeler in shutting teams down from the seventh inning on. There is a lot of competition out there for Beimel but I think it could be done. Re-sign Rocco Baldelli: One of those sentimental moves I think both sides would go for. The only problem that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays lose another 8-4.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/rays-lose-another-8-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t bring myself to say that the Yankees win, so I say we lose. Apparently the Devil Rays have suited up again and the Yankees have found the fountain of juice. There were a ton of broken bat bloopers, bad infield play and just all around bad luck. I don&#8217;t feel Jackson pitched awful, he was more a victim of circumstance tonight. I&#8217;m not saying he was good, just that the Yanks were catching all the breaks. As much as I hate the Yankees, I&#8217;m not going to overreact to all this though. We&#8217;re still down a couple players, the pitching is going to have some bad outings and the defense can&#8217;t be stellar every night. We all have to remember how things have gone for us this year. Most of the year, with guys like Gabe Gross batting .230ish, we got hits at all the right times in all the right places. I don&#8217;t like any slump coming now, but it happens. So let&#8217;s all just chill. Note time&#8230; No one should ever throw a fastball low and inside to Gabe Gross. That was an absolute bomb he hit. You couldn&#8217;t draw up a better pitch for him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays are gonna take it to the wire.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/rays-are-gonna-take-it-to-the-wire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Niemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Hellickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Ruggiano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reid Brignac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troy Percival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wade Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Ohman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays won today if you hadn&#8217;t heard. EJax pitched decent, Pena homered and all that good stuff. The game wasn&#8217;t televised so I couldn&#8217;t watch, but it appeared that Percival wasn&#8217;t a complete nightmare today either. A good day all around. Onto the trade deadline stuff. The Rays are currently linked to Jason Bay and are said to have the best offer on the table. What worries me about this story is that the Rays appear set in their offer and not willing to budge. I understand this with Wade Davis, David Price and Jeremy Hellickson, but I don&#8217;t understand the unwillingness to move Reid Brignac. I know he&#8217;s a &#8220;top prospect&#8221; and I understand that there is basically no depth with middle infielders in the minors. What I don&#8217;t get is the unwillingness to mortgage a little bit of the future to go for it now. Bay isn&#8217;t the ideal guy to put in RF, but he&#8217;s the exact type of bat that we need there. It&#8217;s all conflicting reports but the boys at Rays Index are saying that he&#8217;s basically untouchable and I trust what they say. On to the Brian Fuentes stuff, I don&#8217;t see it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays rumors and options.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Sonnanstine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Barmes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Ruggiano]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   There are a ton of rumors swirling around the Rays as the deadline approaches this Thursday and they&#8217;ve got everyone guessing as to what they&#8217;re gonna do. I know my stomach dropped Friday when I saw the Yankees had obtained Xavier Nady and Demaso Marte from the Pirates. I really wanted Nady and thought the Rays could&#8217;ve gotten him using some sort of package involvingguys like Edwiin Jackson, Jason Hammel, Jeff Niemann or Andy Sonnanstine. The Pirates need pitching and the Rays have some to spare, so what happened? It&#8217;s anybone&#8217;s guess. This is hard for me to swallow for two reasons. It really helps the Yanks, who are coming fast, and it blocked the Rays from the deal. They killed us twice so to speak. This all leaves me wondering what the Rays plan to do. They&#8217;re being linked to guys like Brian Fuentes, Ron Mahay, Clint Barmes (god no), Jason Bay (no way that&#8217;s going to happen), Matt Murton, Mark Texiera and Matt Holliday (just for fun on the last two). I&#8217;m getting more frustrated with this because they don&#8217;t seem to be actively trying to move a Jackson, Hammel or Sonnanstine the way they should be. When David Price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays win again, time to give props.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 03:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Wheeler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.P. Howell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays shut out another team tonight behind some nice pitching and defense. The defense is the main reason for the improvement of the pitching staff this year in my opinion and it&#8217;s time I gave some guys props for the work they&#8217;ve put in.    Matt Garza is almost as unpredictable as Edwin Jackson but he continues to put up solid performances when needed. He threw seven plus innings of shutout ball tonight and since coming off of the DL has been good. He is 3-1 in 36.1 innings with an ERA of 2.99 since his short DL stint and the team is 6-2 in his starts during that time. He has walked 15 and struckout 14 in that span which is troublesome but he&#8217;s getting it done.    Troy Percival is holding up better than I expected. I thought that, given his injury history and age, that Percy would have a hard time being a full time closer again but he&#8217;s doing it. Troy has saved 14 games so far and he appears to be all that was advertised. The games he&#8217;s given up don&#8217;t seem to effect him the next time out and he&#8217;s taking control of the bullpen. You can probably attribute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays have the best record in the A.L.!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troy Percival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays won again tonight in an extra inning thriller that ended with Jonny Gomes scoring on a Gabe Gross single. It seems all the stars have aligned for the Rays in this run. Ed &#8220;no decision&#8221; Jackson pitched lights out tonight and even though Percy blew this one the Rays came back and scored in the 11th off Mariano Rivera to bring their record to 23-16. They have won 11 straight at home, not that any of you are bothering to show up and watch, and 17 within one of the toughest divisions in baseball. This is getting beyond reality at this point. I had hoped for an improved team when the season started but good lord this is outstanding. They are not winning games against nobodies either. They have beaten the likes of Josh Beckett, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Roy Halladay, Ervin Santana and many more big names. They are beating the Red Sox, Yankees and Angels. They are pitching great, playing great defense and the bats are doing enough to win. This is the most excitement we have ever had as Rays fans and things overall should only get better. Don&#8217;t get caught up thinking they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays struggling in Sox rematch.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Last night the Rays got a poor performance from Edwin Jackson, who has quickly come back down to earth, and the offense struggled to drive in runs against Clay Buchholz in a 7-3 loss. The Rays left 17 men on base and just couldn&#8217;t seem to finish an inning off well. No one expects the Rays to beat the Sox every time and games like this will happen. Upton was out and will be out tonight as well but is expecting to be in the lineup tomorrow. Hopefully the Rays can pull this one out tonight and with Kazmir back tomorrow we might be able to squeak out another series win. Related Posts:Rays win again.and the bad Rays.Sonnanstine shines in win.Rays in a big one with the Sox.Rays sweep Orlando series.Rays lose a tough one.Rays win another series, Upton hurt.Rays avoid an embarrassing sweep at home.Rays bad again in loss to Sox.Kazmir is the man, should get Cy Young! Technorati Tags: Edwin Jackson, Tampa Bay Rays]]></description>
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		<title>Sonnanstine shines in win.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Sonnanstine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Hammel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirk Birkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Garza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Kazmir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[   Andy Sonnanstine threw another gem tonight as the Rays beat the Oriole&#8217;s 8-1 to even the series at one. This is creating a nice problem for the Rays as Sonny has pitched very well so far to the tune of four wins in the first month. Jackson is still up and down and Hammel had a rough night last night but they seem to be locked into spots due to the lack of options. We have harped on this but what are the Rays going to do when Kaz comes back Sunday? I&#8217;ve been on board with shopping and moving Edwin Jackson (I still am) but that&#8217;s not likely to happen so I have thought of something and I would like some opinions on it. I&#8217;m not sure so I would like someone to tell me but I believe that Matt Garza has more options. If that is so I would love to see the Rays send him down when Kazmir returns. I like Garza and think he&#8217;ll do fine here and I understand the pressure on the organization to keep him up here because of the trade but it makes more sense to me to send him down [...]]]></description>
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