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It had been a great run for Matt Buschmann, the career minor leaguer who has toiled away as essentially minor league filler. His 5-0 record and 3.36 ERA si...
David Hill|
It is always interesting when a player comes out of nowhere to potentially establish himself as a legitimate prospect. It is even more interesting when tha...
David Hill|
When the Rays have an injured pitcher starting rehab games, they like to send them to their High-A Charlotte affiliate, which is conveniently located just ...
Robbie Knopf|
The past several years, there has been no team in baseball better at reclamation projects than the Tampa Bay Rays. From fireballing late-inning relievers t...
Robbie Knopf|
Sometimes, a look at a player's statistics over the course of the season do not give a true indication of how well that player has performed. A look at Vic...
David Hill|
At the start of the year, it was felt that the Durham Bulls had a second major league ready starting rotation. Prospects such as Chris Archer, Jake Odorizz...
David Hill|
Dylan Floro let one opportunity pass him by, and suddenly his career went into a downward spiral. Entering the 2009 MLB Draft, Floro tantalized scouts with...
Robbie Knopf|
The Rays still have rotation depth. But right now, they are not exactly at full strength. Matt Moore and Alex Cobb are on the DL, leaving the Rays with fou...
Robbie Knopf|
The only bad thing about feeling like you're unstoppable is knowing that it's eventually going to end. Talent is biggest determinant of where professional ...
Robbie Knopf|
The past several hours, Rays fans have heard that their team was in the midst of discussions for a trade. They also had no idea who those discussed were ce...
Robbie Knopf|
Two days ago, the Rays acquired Jesse Crain from the Chicago White Sox for future considerations, and that may end up being the biggest deadline deal the R...
Robbie Knopf|
Every minor league baseball player lives for "the hug." Your manager comes up to you and tells you one of two things: you have either been called...
Robbie Knopf|
Jesse Crain has not yet put on a Rays uniform and it could be a while before he does. Even though the Rays acquired Crain yesterday, he is currently on the...
Robbie Knopf|
Over the course of a season, what is more important, your pitchers pitching well or them providing length? Obviously you wish that they'd do both, but you ...
Robbie Knopf|
Before David Price  went on the DL, fans throughout baseball had to wonder whether they were really seeing the same pitcher that won the AL Cy Young Award...
Robbie Knopf|
As much as we want to see an entire's season worth of data to judge a pitcher's performance, so much of how a pitcher does is based on streaks, some good a...
Robbie Knopf|
The Rays have been privileged over the years to have some of the top pitching prospects in baseball come through their organization. And now, we are seeing...
Robbie Knopf|
Promotions in the minor leagues can often be a funny thing. There are certainly cases where a top prospect dominates his competition to earn a promotion, b...
Robbie Knopf|
The crop of prospects at first base is better than the catchers but nobody is knocking on the door for big league playing time at this point. Let's take a ...
David Egbert|
Amid the four Bowling Green Hot Rods players who were suspended for methamphetamine, two of them were top prospects: outfielder Josh Sale and second basema...
Robbie Knopf|
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