Rays News and Notes: MLB Makes “Maddon Rule”
Remember last season when Joe Maddon ruffled some feathers by sending Sam Fuld to the mound to warm up before pulling him without seeing a batter? Well, now there’s a rule to prevent this. Maddon…Read More
Arbitration Deadline Passes; Deals for Upton, Price, and Badenhop
The deadline to sign arbitration eligible players before heading to arbitration hearings passed at 1 PM today. The Rays had five arbitration eligible players. The most noteworthy of those five were BJ…Read More
Zobrist Gets the Hit as Rays Lose
The Rays offense only managed one hit for hitting coach Derek Shelton’s birthday today against the Mariners in Seattle. Alex Cobb suffered his first loss and is now 3-1 The Mariners took an early…Read More
The 2011 Season Simulation
We are currently in the day-and-age of technology. Anyone who says that they don’t have a cell phone, probably remembers what it was like to hear music through an eight-track player, sorry guys but…Read More
JP Done For The Year
JP Howell had shoulder surgery yesterday on his Labrum, that will put him out until the beginning of the season next year. Howell, started the season on the DL with a weak shoulder and took necessary time…Read More
Price and Longo Shining For The Rays During Homestand
The Rays managed to end the homestand against the Mariners and Indians winning 4 out 5. But none of the…Read More
Could Hellickson Land Rotation Spot?
There is always a rule of thumb for Spring Training, don’t read too much into it. I generally…Read More
Rays 25 Man Roster Prediction
With players trickling into camp Sunday and this morning I figured it was time to do my Annual Roster…Read More
Keith Law Thinks Rays Have Third Best Farm System
3. Tampa Bay Rays The Rays have graduated a fair amount of talent in recent years but continue to come…Read More
Stubborn Joe
This post was written by a regular contributor on the Pewter Plank, our draft guru, John Crimmins. In…Read More
Tampa Bay Rays Midseason Grades
MVP - Ben Zobrist I even had a little issue typing that out myself, and I know a lot of people will…Read More
7 Game Win Streak Did Little To Improve Standings
After the completion of a 7 game win streak yesterday with a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Rays…Read More
JP Howell Pitches A Perfect 8th In The World Baseball Classic
It wasn’t technically a perfect inning, but Rays reliever JP Howell pitched a 10 pitch, 6 strike,…Read More



