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		<title>Rays trade Jackson for Joyce?</title>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Jackson]]></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>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Reyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Sonnanstine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Zobrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Crawford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad Bradford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Floyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Wheeler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evan Longoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Perez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Glover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Balfour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Shields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Talbot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rocco Baldelli]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=336</guid>
		<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>Rays avoid an embarrassing sweep at home.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Hammel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Kazmir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rays ended the madness tonight and got away with a 7-5 win to avoid being swept by the retirement home bandits. They had a big inning in the second in which they scored 5 runs on hits by Gross, Aki and Aybar and things looked back to normal on the mound and in the field. The crowds picked up the last two nights also with 25,000 plus at both games. It got scary but it worked out. Anyway, let&#8217;s get to it. Kazmir still isn&#8217;t right. He is slowly improving but there still appears to be something wrong with him. He threw 6 innings of one hit ball with five walks. That&#8217;s right, 5 freakin walks! I don&#8217;t know how he got away with it against the Yanks but he did. I can only hope that there&#8217;s nothing seriously wrong with him and it all is corrected by the time the playoffs roll around. I have given credit to Jason Hammel in the past for having the toughest job on the team. No more. That was completely embarrassing tonight to have to bring in your closer to finish off a game that you were winning 7-0 in the ninth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays drop first to the Yankme&#8217;s.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:38:36 +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[Brian Runge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Garza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Mussina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know, but you should all know by now that since my life is chaotic, my postings become chaotic. I&#8217;m trying to slow things down a little now but we&#8217;ll see how it goes. Anyway, the ancient relics in pinstripes came to town and took game one of the series 7-2. I heard their pathetic chants at the game and I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll have a whole lot to say tomorrow so I will only say one thing, wait til the series is over idiots! The stat padder in blowout games that is Gay-Rod, oops A-Rod, came out to play and the man who should be wearing a Rays uni hit a bomb to left. It was hard to watch and even harder to listen to. The Yanks may have the oldest, most over-rated and overpaid team in baseball but they still have the most annoying fans. These are fans who didn&#8217;t bother to show up to the game either. I also hate to sound like one of those people here too but did anyone else feel like Matt Garza was being screwed tonight? Talk about an erratic umpire! Now some notes&#8230;. Even though the Rays didn&#8217;t produce too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays have been blessed and WILL make the playoffs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Crawford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Floyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evan Longoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous reasons to think the Rays will or won&#8217;t make the playoffs. We know them all down here. I have watched and been a fan of this team since it&#8217;s inception and I, along with everyone else here, have been waiting for that breakout year like the Bucs or the Lightning had. The Rays compare more to the Bucs for me as I believe this is the first of many years of relevance. The Lightning had a more of a flash and dash type of thing and have struggled to remain a power since their Stanley Cup victory. The Bucs have been up and down since their Super Bowl run yet were &#8220;almost&#8221; there many times before. It&#8217;s hard to predict what the Rays will be. Here are some reasons to think they won&#8217;t make the playoffs. The Pink Sox will make a run as they&#8217;ve been there before and have the firepower to overcome mediocre pitching. The Rays have yet to really slump yet this year. Aside from the losing streak going into the all-star break, they haven&#8217;t stumbled over themselves too much. Injuries have started to hit at the wrong time. Crawford, Longoria and Percival are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays injuries pile up, announcement coming.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Reyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Pena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Floyd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays have experienced a multitude of injuries so far yet the newest could hurt badly. In last nights game Carlos Pena left with what is being called &#8216;hamstring tightness&#8217; and this scares all Rays fans. Pena is off to a good start power-wise and is a great defensive first baseman. If he goes down for an extended period of time this could be trouble. Pena is struggling as far as his average goes but that&#8217;s a little deceptive as his presence is what matters. He is not the type of guy who is going to hit .300 but he will punish pitchers when they make mistakes. From what I&#8217;ve seen this year with Upton starting slow, but picking up lately, and no consistent protection established behind him yet Pena has not been getting much to hit and that is why his average is down. If he&#8217;s lost Eric Hinske can fill in and you won&#8217;t see a huge difference offensively but the defense will be sorely missed. Last night we saw a play where Evan Longoria had to rush a throw to first that went into the dirt and Hinske couldn&#8217;t dig it out. This is a play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longoria sent down.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/longoria-sent-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Floyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evan Longoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Shields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Guzman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willy Aybar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays officially sent top prospect Evan Longoria down to AAA Durham today according to Marc Topkin. As I&#8217;ve been harping on this issue alot recently this move really disappoints me. I understand what the Rays are trying to do but it still doesn&#8217;t make sense. In doing this they officially tell Longoria, and every other young prospect, we don&#8217;t care what you&#8217;ve done we&#8217;re going to try to save money. They also have rid themselves of any good will keeping Longoria on the roster now would have gotten them when it comes time to negotiate a new deal. In a way it also hurts the good will created this off-season in the signing of James Shields and Carlos Pena long term as well as the signing of Cliff Floyd and Troy Percival. This is not a situation where know one knows who the best player for the position is, we all do. This now leaves us with Willy Aybar, Joel Guzman and Eric Hinske (presumably) to fill the third base role. That is not ideal for any team. I&#8217;m not saying these guys are bad players, I&#8217;m saying they probably won&#8217;t be great and Longoria probably would be [...]]]></description>
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