and you all cry

Rocco is a great guy, and i hope/ he deserves another shot at making it back to the show. Having him and Hinske switch off playing RF and DH and still put Gomes in against lefties would be a much better situation at RF than obtaining Griffy for millions of dollars and half our farm…Best of luck and i hope we get to see him soon

Gomes does not have any chance at staying here ahead of Hinske or Aybar. I love Jonny Cakes, but those other 2 are real ballplayers.

Even Gabe Gross is more of a legit ML ballplayer than Gomes, but for some strange reason our team is more in need of a RH power bat than the LH bat of Gross, so Gomes may be kept over Gross. MAYBE

When Pena comes back next week we send down Ruggiano, and then Im guessing ‘if’ Rocco comes back we SHOULD drop Glover (and won’t because of Maddon’s unbridled commitment to carrying 12+ pitchers) but will end up DFA’ing either Gomes or Gross.

DFA’ing Gross makes sense because on a team witha healthy Pena and Rocco, the only time Gross would be used is as a lat einning replacement, but with Rocco on the roster we would have that need met as well as having an emergency/backup CF (which Gross also has been serving as)

Yea I’m sure 20 days should be enough time for his body to self destruct ; )

As much as I wanted to, it was hard for me to leave that softball hanging

There is no way they are going to DFA anyone on this roster to make room for Rocco.
The Rays brass is having a hard enough time managing this group of guys to make 25. We have about 27-28 guys who right now are worthy of a roster spot… I just don’t see anyone getting taken off to make room for Rocco, especially after his option was declined for next season…

If the Rays want him to get better, they should put him in the Independant minor leagues (not sure if he is allowed to do that, but it’s an idea) to let him continue playing… And if we can work out a cheap 2 year deal for Rocco, then give him a shot.

I just don’t see moving healthy “good” contributers for someone who might be able to play…

Hey, Rocco healthy and swinging is a dangerous player… I just need to see more of nights like last night to convince me we need to dump someone to get him here. Will 20 days be enough?

i think that bradford would be successful here and it would offically get rid of all of our favorite player gary glover

step 1: DFA Glover
step 2: ???
step 3: profit!

1. I do not like 7 man bullpens, but a series like this may demonstrate why managers do. We used every one of them except Hammel, and I am pretty sure Glover came in instead of him just in case there was a disaster and a long reliever had to be kept in reserve. In any case, I don’t think any were brought in unnecessarily, nor could any have been used again in game 3. In that sense, the 7 man bullpen served us well this time.

2. If then we assume that a 7 man bullpen is the new norm, I don’t agree with the hostility to Glover. As the last reliever down there, to be used only in situations like yesterday’s, he is probably as good as any other last reliever who serves that role. In his last 6 appearances, he has allowed a run only once, and in his 22 outings just 7 times. In those 7 times, 4 of them did not matter as the Rays were so far ahead they won anyway.

In these past 6 appearances, 3 times he went 2 innings, 4 times he finished the game and 5 times he did his job of saving other bullpen arms by finishing every inning he started.

3. I don’t think he is a good pitcher, but unless there is evidence that he is not doing his best I would not keep slamming him. I certainly would prefer someone else to be on the roster, but having said that once, see no reason to keep obsessing over it. The fact is that used as Maddon is he is not a problem. His role has become to save other bullpen arms, and he has done that pretty well.

4. The issue is probably moot anyway as when Reyes returns it is almost certainly Glover who goes. I know there is some nervousness about this as some think Maddon has an unreasonable preference for Glover, but I think that misreads Maddon. All you have to do is review when he calls upon Balfour and when Glover to recognize that he bases his decisions on performance, not irrational preferences. It’s just that he likes to take some time viewing performances before demoting someone.

I dont like , but he is FAR better than Camp or Meadows so we culd be doing a lot worse for our last RP. Guys like that used to make up the core of our ‘pen

Either way, I will be pissed if when the time comes to callup Rocco we end up getting rid of Gross or Gomes over Glover

He’s not the best, but he is servicable nd rarely gets opportunities to really throw a game away. As soon as he struggles we usually pull him right away and put a righty in there. He’s not that bad