Rays Bums of May

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We did a feature last week highlighting the players who have excelled in the month of May for the Rays. Today we will look at 4 players who exemplified the most suckiness during May! These first 3 guys have been so awful, that their stats almost made me throw up a little bit in my mouth when I actually looked them up.

Carlos Pena - .549 OPS for a guy who is supposed to be our slugger is about all that needs to be said. He had 12 hits all month.

Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last 28 days	26	103	87	5	12	4	0	3	9	1	0	12	31	.138	.262	.287	.549

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Generated 6/1/2010.

BJ Upton – Not quite as worthless as Pena was this month because of his 9 steals, but about equally putrid at the plate. 29 strikeouts and 16 hits for the month.

Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last 28 days	24	90	81	13	16	5	2	2	6	9	2	9	29	.198	.278	.383	.660

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Generated 6/1/2010.

Jason Bartlett – At least JB is getting on base due to his 17BB’s for the month, but he isn’t doing anything else of value at the plate.

Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last 28 days	24	101	80	12	16	6	0	1	6	1	0	17	14	.200	.340	.313	.653

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Generated 6/1/2010.

Lance Cormier – When you’re strikeout to walk ratio as a reliever is less than 2, and you’re letting opponents SLG .587, you’re pretty useless. He gave up runs in 4 seperate appearances this month, one of which was a .2 IP 4 ER effort vs the Sox. Luckily, the rest of the pen is pitching great.