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While the homers were flying in the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim yesterday, two out of three games in the Rays system ...
Robbie Knopf|
It is always sad when the Tampa Bay Rays need to get rid of a player. For some, like Grant Balfour, he has to wonder whether his successful career has reac...
Robbie Knopf|
The concern for any rookie in baseball, even the most talented of them, is that he will hit a wall and be unable to adjust. Souza entered the Tampa Bay Ray...
Robbie Knopf|
The 2015 MLB Draft will begin on June 8th, and it will be a big one for the Tampa Bay Rays as they have their earliest pick since they selected Tim Beckham...
Robbie Knopf|
There were actually only two completed games at full-season ball in the Tampa Bay Rays system, but luckily for us, both of them were entertaining. We will ...
Robbie Knopf|
Who had Erasmo Ramirez as the starting pitcher who would stop the Tampa Bay Rays' skid? The Rays' starters have admittedly been excellent even while the te...
Robbie Knopf|
There was something different about Jake Elmore when he made his Tampa Bay Rays debut. He was a player who had always possessed strengths: good plate disci...
Robbie Knopf|
The Tampa Bay Rays' minor league starters on Friday were quite an impressive group–the veteran Matt Buschmann joined Ryne Stanek, Taylor Guerrieri, and B...
Robbie Knopf|
Few things in baseball are more frustrating than a struggling bullpen. You hand your relief corps a lead only to watch them give it away once again. Of cou...
Robbie Knopf|
Several Major League Baseball teams have been hit with a rash of injuries this season and no team has been struck harder than the Tampa Bay Rays. At one po...
David Egbert|
Five consecutive losses–you take a surprising start and wipe it away with one sorry stretch. Is this the beginning of the end for the Tampa Bay Rays? Is ...
Robbie Knopf|
Streaks are a funny thing in sports and in a multiplicity of other situations in our lives. We wonder what they mean, whether they are just random fluctuat...
Robbie Knopf|
A fact that I have never shared on this site is that I grew up a fan of the New York Yankees, like my father and his father before him. My great-grandfathe...
Robbie Knopf|
We don't usually appreciate depth as much as we should. Every team has it to some extent, keeping some combination of veterans and prospects at Triple-A, b...
Robbie Knopf|
There was just one win in the Tampa Bay Rays system out of the four games played, and even that win featured a bullpen collapse. At least we can focus more...
Robbie Knopf|
The Tampa Bay Rays' loss yesterday was extremely frustrating, but for what it's worth, the minor league system had a perfect 4-0 day. It was a day of impre...
Robbie Knopf|
Maybe the positives from Tuesday night's game for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Seattle Mariners will outweigh the negatives in the long-term. Alex Colome...
Robbie Knopf|
What a year it has been for the Tampa Bay Rays on the injury front. James Loney, who entered this season having stayed off the disabled list for his entire...
Robbie Knopf|
It is impressive that Matt Andriese was able to give the Tampa Bay Rays some good outings despite a bizarre schedule. Andriese twice needed to start for t...
Robbie Knopf|
Once again, fortune was not on the side of Jake Odorizzi even as he delivered another spectacular outing. He wound up going 7 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 ea...
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