Good News, Bad News

by Kevin Gengler on Jun 26, 2008 4:32 PM EDT

The good? David Price makes his AA debut tonight with Montgomery, while Tim Beckham makes his professional debut in Princeton playing DH. Also, Rays 1B Carlos Pena will be DHing for high class-A Vero Beach and should be activated if all goes well. Also, relief prospect Eduardo Morlan will represent the Rays as a member of the World team in the Futures Game.

The bad? ProjectProspect is reporting that top LHP prospect Jake McGee will undergo Tommy John surgery. McGee was removed from a start last week with forearm/elbow soreness. Assuming he has the surgery within the next few weeks, it will wipe out the rest of this season(obviously) as well as most of next season. For means of comparison, Phillies RHP prospect Kyle Drabek had TJ last June and won't return to a mound during a game until August this year at the earliest. TJ is no death sentence for a pitcher, particularly one of McGee's age, but he lives and dies by his fastball. If his velocity never returns to the mid-high 90's, I very much doubt how effective he can be.

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my god, are you serious?

i know TJ surgery is very successful, but still, this a major major blow to our org.

by davidsmarch on Jun 26, 2008 4:37 PM EDT 0 recs

....Fuck.

by P Brady on Jun 26, 2008 4:38 PM EDT 0 recs

Can we keep the F bombs in the game thread please

RJ is not an elitist douchebag who hates scouting

by ttnorm on Jun 27, 2008 8:13 AM EDT up 0 recs

I think it's appropriate here

Emotional response to absolutely terrible news.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Jun 27, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

new plan

should be to make him a reliever when he comes back and let him rebuild his arm strength. His fastball is his bread and butter anyhow so just let him pump gas from the pen and scrap working on a third pitch and just focus on two pitches.

by Jason Collette on Jun 26, 2008 4:49 PM EDT 0 recs

This is why I try not to get too worked up about pitching prospects and start projecting who will be slotted where in the 2010 rotation. Just hope the velocity returns.

But hey, we still have healthy Wade Townsend, Jeff Niemann, Chuck Tiffany, ~~David Newmann and Will Kline~~ projected for the 2014 rotation!

Longlorious.

by RATW on Jun 26, 2008 4:55 PM EDT 0 recs

There is no such thing as a pitching prospect

by GomesSweetGomes on Jun 26, 2008 4:55 PM EDT 0 recs

this sucks... but

he is young and will be able to come back from this….
Also agree with the idea of making him a reliever after this, as that seemed to be the road he was traveling anyway…

by Hazleton Jason on Jun 26, 2008 5:00 PM EDT 0 recs

There is also no such thing as to many pitching prospects

by K-Rock on Jun 26, 2008 5:10 PM EDT 0 recs

any more upfates from any of the others?

Pena, Beckham, Price?

by blazinrayz on Jun 26, 2008 8:49 PM EDT 0 recs

Pena's back tomorrow.

Beckham is 1-3, Price 2 IP 0 BR 2 K

by R.J. Anderson on Jun 26, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

how did price do today?

by RaysOfHope on Jun 26, 2008 10:25 PM EDT 0 recs

Price: 6 IP 4 H 4 BB 7 K 2 ER

Walk less next time.

by R.J. Anderson on Jun 26, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

hellickson go tomorrow? pretty good start besides the walks

by RaysOfHope on Jun 26, 2008 10:32 PM EDT 0 recs

He only had one BB

through 5.

by bobr on Jun 26, 2008 11:13 PM EDT 0 recs

Well

The McGee news fucking blows goats. At least DP and Beckham are doing well.

by JMB on Jun 26, 2008 11:17 PM EDT 0 recs

McGee was in AAA....

Right? Does this open up a spot for then to put price up for a start or 2 given that he still blew away A batters? This gives him more time to adjust to better hitting people and would, imo, make him more major league ready for a playoff run if something were to happen to one of our starting 5.

by chancedj on Jun 27, 2008 1:34 PM EDT 0 recs