Rays Colored Glasses » Lance Cormier http://rayscoloredglasses.com A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 03:22:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Assessing the players: Lance Cormier http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/11/18/assessing-the-players-lance-cormier/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/11/18/assessing-the-players-lance-cormier/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:31:05 +0000 http://rayhawkreview.com/?p=1460 Time to look at Lance Cormier, another member of the infamous Rays bullpen from the 2010 season. Cormier pitched well enough for the Rays (compared to some of the other pitchers in the bullpen) despite not having an overpowering fastball like a David Price would have. Cormier is a flyball/ground out type pitcher, meaning he [...]

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]]> Time to look at Lance Cormier, another member of the infamous Rays bullpen from the 2010 season. Cormier pitched well enough for the Rays (compared to some of the other pitchers in the bullpen) despite not having an overpowering fastball like a David Price would have. Cormier is a flyball/ground out type pitcher, meaning he uses location to get the hitter to hit a bad pitch and play into the defenses hands. Let’s look more closely at the numbers behind Cormier.

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]]> http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/11/18/assessing-the-players-lance-cormier/feed/ 0 Sean Rodriguez Wants To Play http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/03/05/sean-rodriguez-wants-to-play/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/03/05/sean-rodriguez-wants-to-play/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:11:20 +0000 Dustin Staggers http://rayhawkreview.com/?p=294 The main piece in the trade that sent Scott Kazmir to the Anaheim Angels, Sean Rodriguez, started off the Spring season with a HR in the Rays first game.  He then proceeded to follow up that first HR with another in the Rays 2nd game, a 6-5 win against the Baltimore Orioles. The Rays put [...]

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]]> The main piece in the trade that sent Scott Kazmir to the Anaheim Angels, Sean Rodriguez, started off the Spring season with a HR in the Rays first game.  He then proceeded to follow up that first HR with another in the Rays 2nd game, a 6-5 win against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Rays put some more bats on the ball yesterday, with Matt Joyce driving in the winning run in the 9th inning.  Joyce, Ruggiano, Longoria, Patt Burell, Rodriguez, Elliot Johnson and Reid Brignac all had one in the game.

Jeff Niemann looked great in his first spring start.  He worked 2 IP, and gave up one hit for a HR.  The bullpen was awful as Balfour, Lance Cormier, and Alexander Torres all allowed at least 1 ER.

If Sean Rodriguez can show the Rays that he can handle the 2b duties (he had an error yesterday) and can rake like the Rays imagined he would, there is a possibility that he could be the opening day starter at 2B and Ben Zobrist would move to RF.  This would further complicate the OF glut that we currently have, but might give us our best lineup.  Joyce and Rodriguez are essentially battling for one starting position more than likely, even though they play different spots on the field.

]]> http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/03/05/sean-rodriguez-wants-to-play/feed/ 1 Rays 25 Man Roster Prediction http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/02/22/rays-25-man-roster-prediction/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2010/02/22/rays-25-man-roster-prediction/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:48:38 +0000 Dustin Staggers http://rayhawkreview.com/?p=287 With players trickling into camp Sunday and this morning I figured it was time to do my Annual Roster Predictions that I do for every one of our Tampa teams before the season begins.  There will be some real competition this year at multiple positions, namely backup IF, DH, SP and OF. Without further ado… [...]

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]]> With players trickling into camp Sunday and this morning I figured it was time to do my Annual Roster Predictions that I do for every one of our Tampa teams before the season begins.  There will be some real competition this year at multiple positions, namely backup IF, DH, SP and OF.

Without further ado…

Starting Rotation:
James Shields
Matt Garza
Jeff Niemann
David Price
Wade Davis

Middle Relief:
Grant Balfour
Lance Cormier
Randy Choate
JP Howell
Dan Wheeler

Closer:
Rafael Soriano

C:
Kelly Shoppach
Dioner Navarro

Infielders:
Carlos Pena
Ben Zobrist
Jason Bartlett
Evan Longoria
Sean Rodriguez
Reid Brignac

Outfielders:
Carl Crawford
Matt Joyce
BJ Upton
Gabe Kapler

DH:
Pat Burell
Willy Aybar

Most notably, that leaves, Andy Sonnastine, Jeremy Hellickson and Desmond Jennings off of the Rays Opening Day Roster.  I would almost gaurantee you see Hellickson and Jennings up at some point before the All Star Break, especially Hellickson at the first sign of an injury to one of our starting arms.  The situation with Jennings will be a little more tenuous as based on this roster, we have 4 OF’s already, with Zobrist being able to move to the OF with having both Reid Brignac and Sean Rodriguez available to backup all the IF spots.  Sonnastine could also find his way onto the roster in place of a Randy Choate if Choate were to struggle.

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