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This has been a great Tampa Bay Rays season thus far–I hope we can all agree on that. However, other than the injuries that have never seemed to end, the...
Robbie Knopf|
On Saturday, Erasmo Ramirez became the latest Tampa Bay Rays pitcher to get hurt, leaving his start with a groin strain. We have yet to hear about the seve...
Robbie Knopf|
Yesterday was an amusing day in the Tampa Bay Rays system. We had a bunch of new developments for the Durham Bulls, an incredible pitching performance for ...
Robbie Knopf|
As we wait for Garrett Whitley to graduate from high school and sign with the Tampa Bay Rays, it’s a good time to look at the history of successes and fa...
David Egbert|
I was really hoping to be able to stop these combined MLB and MiLB recaps now that the profiles of all 40 draft picks are done, but here we are again. Tamp...
Robbie Knopf|
And so it ends. After eleven days of research and writing, I can finally say that I have covered all 40 Tampa Bay Rays draft picks as well as I possibly co...
Robbie Knopf|
As of this second, the rosters of the Tampa Bay Rays' three lowest domestic affiliates–the Hudson Valley Renegades, Princeton Rays, and GCL Rays–featur...
Robbie Knopf|
The Tampa Bay Rays' 2015 draft class simply isn't ceasing to be interesting. Down in the 38th round, we have one of our most interesting players yet. Stev...
Robbie Knopf|
When a college player with a good track record falls to the later stages of the MLB Draft, he must have some fatal flaw. For Tampa Bay Rays 36th rounder Br...
Robbie Knopf|
Steven Souza Jr. was back where it all began. He stepped into the batter's box in the bottom of the second inning against Jordan Zimmermann, the pitcher w...
Robbie Knopf|
The sky was the limit for Bryan Bonnell. He was a projectable 6'5", 190 right-hander coming out of high school with a sinking fastball touching 92 MPH...
Robbie Knopf|
When a high school player slips to the 34th round of the MLB Draft, he is rarely signable. However, the expectations for a 34th round college player aren't...
Robbie Knopf|
Especially from an outsider's perspective, it is tempting to say that Collin Chapman's selection in the 33rd round by the Tampa Bay Rays does not mean much...
Robbie Knopf|
It is great when a player has a variety of skills because it gives him the ability to help his team even when one thing, say his hitting, is not going well...
Robbie Knopf|
We are running late today, but let's recap what happened in the Tampa Bay Rays system on Monday. Tampa Bay Rays 6, Washington Nationals 1 Gio Gonzalez had ...
Robbie Knopf|
So many players who perform well in Division I baseball programs can't cut it in the pros–that certainly can't make you optimistic about Division III pla...
Robbie Knopf|
It is an incredible thing when a prospect suddenly finds power. Especially given the lack of home runs in today's game, a step forward in the power departm...
Robbie Knopf|
Sometimes in baseball, the starting pitching matchup in a game looks extremely one-sided. The worst is when it is an ace against a number five starter, but...
Robbie Knopf|
Back in 2006, Desmond Jennings was a two-sport star at Itawamba Community College before the Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the 10th round of that year's d...
Robbie Knopf|
If you feel bad about Conor Gillaspie's home run to give the Chicago White Sox a 4-3 lead against the Tampa Bay Rays last night, here is a reason to feel a...
Robbie Knopf|
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