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		<title>The Rays are smarter than the Yankees.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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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>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>
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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 season over, sigh.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Time to wrap up the Rays season. What a season we had here, never saw this coming. I thought, the same as everyone else, the Rays would improve but not to this extent. Let&#8217;s wrap it up&#8230; The defense: The most dramatically improved thing on this team was the defense. The arrival of Jason Bartlett and Evan Longoria made this into the best left side defense in baseball. I was skeptical of Bartlett in the beginning (no need to bring my stupidity there again) as he had some unexplained throwing errors early but recovered to have a great season (should&#8217;ve got the gold glove over Young in my opinion). Longo was great defensively from day one and that&#8217;s that. Aki transitioned nicely over to second and Pena (won gold glove) was phenomenal. Having Pena at the corner saved Barty and Longo at least 5 errors a piece. Navarro&#8217;s improvement behind the plate was far and away the most amazing difference I saw. He was such a different player all around this year that I want to compare images from last season to see if this is the same guy. Unreal! Crawford and Upton were very good and have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gomes for Heilman? Please,please, please!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I saw this over at Rays Index and oh boy did I get excited. First things first, I&#8217;m no fan of Aaron Heilman because I don&#8217;t know much about him. All I know is he was one of the Mets better prospects a couple years ago and he apparently had a down year this past year. He may be good or he may be awful, but if the Rays could snag this guy for Jonny Gomes, why wouldn&#8217;t they? Now we all know what a big fan I am of Mr. Gomes, right? I find this somewhat humorous because I personally feel that Gomes is a non-tender candidate. It&#8217;s painfully obvious that he has no place on this team and he is due a raise in arbitration I believe. I don&#8217;t think he has any more options, so why keep him? If this deal is possible, make it! This is purely speculation on Mets Fever&#8217;s part, but it got my attention and got too excited. Oh well, that&#8217;s why I like the baseball hot stove. Related Posts:Zobrist is back, yay!Gomes is gone, yay!!!!!!Bay to Bay!Reyes signs with Mets.Rays have best record in MLB!Rays in first yet I still must bitch&#8230;.The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gomes is gone, yay!!!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I know there are a lot of Jonny Gomes fans out there and I have been driving you all crazy with my rants and complete disgust of this guy. Well it&#8217;s all over. Gomes was optioned to AAA Durham today in a move that brings back Ben Zobrist to fill the backup SS need. I haven&#8217;t had much time to post over the last few days, but I think we all knew I would be excited about this. I now say farewell to the strikeout machine and good riddance. I have had no love for this guy and am still confused as to what made him so popular here with the fans. I will now stop cold calling today and do a little celebrating. Which reminds me, if you need some Insurance of any kind in any state, pop on over to www.insuranceoptionsdirect.com and I&#8217;d be happy to help. Scott Brannelly Source: The Heater Related Posts:Zobrist is back, yay!All this damn work!Gomes for Heilman? Please,please, please!Rays in first yet I still must bitch&#8230;.This has to be Gomes&#8217; LAST chance!Rays reportRays grab Bradford, Crawford back in lineup.The Rays keep winning in Orlando.Rays reportBay to Bay! Technorati Tags: Ben Zobrist, Jonny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevermind, damn!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Jason Bay deal turns out to be false. No Bay, Gomes still here, shit! My day just went from bad to worse, I&#8217;m going to punch some walls. Related Posts:Bay to Bay!This has to be Gomes&#8217; LAST chance!Rays have best record in MLB!Rays in first yet I still must bitch&#8230;.Rays are gonna take it to the wire.Is anyone else already sick of hearing about Brett Favre?Rays rumors and options.Lightning look bad in third straight.Rays in first, Shields player of the week.Guest trash talking. Technorati Tags: Jason Bay, Jonny Gomes]]></description>
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		<title>Bay to Bay!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Pat yourself on the back Andrew Friedman, you stole a good hitter today. Friedman didn&#8217;t blink and nabbed the best right handed hitter available for two over rated prospects. I love this deal. I&#8217;m not sure how good an outfielder Bay is but his bat is what we wanted. This should mean two things for the Rays. They now have someone to throw out there every day who opposing pitchers have to respect. And it should mean the end of the line for Jonny Gomes! Two birds with one stone cliche inserted here. I would assume Bay takes over batting 3rd or 4th in some sort of Bay/Pena/Longoria sandwich. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve been as excited about a trade since the raping of the Mets for Scott Kazmir. Awesome job Andy! Scott Source: MLB Trade Rumors Related Posts:Rays have best record in MLB!Rays are gonna take it to the wire.This has to be Gomes&#8217; LAST chance!Nevermind, damn!Rays rumors and options.Gomes for Heilman? Please,please, please!Fantasy football time!Rays close to signing Pat Burrell.The Rays keep winning in Orlando.Rays trade Jackson for Joyce? Technorati Tags: Andrew Friedman, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Jason Bay, Jeff Niemann, Jonny Gomes, Reid Brignac, Scott Kazmir, Tampa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays in October. Let&#8217;s give props.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I&#8217;m going to ramble a little more here but I&#8217;ll try to make it quick. The first thing up is about the new commercial from Major League Baseball about the postseason. I was watching the new promo about October and it really shocked me when I saw the Rays in there. Has anyone else seen this? I&#8217;m a firm believer in the Rays making the post-season, but I was completely shocked when I saw that MLB actually put them in the commercial. Crazy! Anyway, I want to do something here. I have been getting picked on a lot by readers, friends and other people who say I&#8217;m too negative. Everyone is telling me that I find too much to bitch about with the Rays doing so good. Maybe, but who wants to read &#8220;the Rays are great&#8221; everyday, especially when we all know they still have some problems. That being said, I know I do focus on negatives and I know where I get it. My dad. I love my Dad, but he always pointed out the negatives and never emphasized the positives. Most of that was because my Mother never said anything negative. I remember when I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays are gonna take it to the wire.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<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>Glover&#8217;s gone and some other stuff.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Glover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter Pence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays activated reliever Gary Glover today and immediately designated him for assignment. Bye bye Glover, it&#8217;s been fun, uh not really. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got to say about Mr. Glover. Anyway, I had a slow day today so I decided to look at some of the past games this year with Justin Ruggiano to try and get a better hold of what type of player he is. I have come away with the same impression I had before, why no shot for this guy yet? He has decent pop in his bat, is a good fielder, has a decent arm in RF and has basestealing ability. I keep seeing other sites call him a tweener and that is a stupid statement. You can&#8217;t call someone a tweener when they haven&#8217;t played much at the next level. He&#8217;s done enough to earn a shot here and there is no real reason to keep him down at AAA. The thing that is getting to me is that Gomes (I know and I&#8217;m not letting it go either) continues to get limited playing time and complains about it. He says that he needs consistent playing time to get himself going. How [...]]]></description>
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