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The Greatest (Devil) Rays to ever wear... #57

Uncontested numbers:

98-Jae Soe

97- Joe Beimel

80- Julio Santana

71- Danian Rolls

70- Joe Maddon (Manager)

68- Ruddy Lugo

63- Jim "the Rookie" Morris

42- Jackie Robinson (Retired by the MLB)

12- Wade Boggs (Retired)

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Voted By Draysbay.com

61- Travis Phelps (95% of the votes)

60- Jonny Gomes (61% of the votes)

59- Jorge Cantu (71% of the votes)

58- Wade Davis (54% of the votes)

Today, we discuss #57.

The Candidates:

Brad Pennington (1998), Juan Guzman (2000-2001), Carlos Reyes (2003), Bartolome Fortunato (2004), Scott Kazmir (2004-2005),  and Trever Miller(2008)

Brad Pennington played in exactly one game with the Devil Rays and faced 4 batters where he gave up one run and never recorded an out.

Juan Guzman was signed by the Devil Rays in 2000 to a two-year $12 million contract. Guzman would appear in one game for the D-Rays pitching 1.2 innings while allowing 7 earned runs and striking out 3.

Carlos Reyes appeared in 10 games, 3 which he started, and never recorded a win. Over his ten games in 2003 he did manage to strike out 13 and earn an ERA of 5.22.

Bartolome Fortunato will be known as the "other guy" in the Zambrano-Kazmir deal. While with the Devil Rays Fortunato did play in 3 games where earned an ERA of 3.68 over 7.1 innings of work.

Scott Kazmir wore the number "57" for two season has he racked up 215 strikeouts and earned 12 wins over that two year period.

Trever Miller wore "57" during his second stint with the Rays organization. During which time Miller played a decent left-handed reliever who earned 2 wins, 2 saves, and an ERA of 4.15.


So, I turn to you Draysbay, who was the best player to ever wear the #57?

Poll
Who was the best player while wearing the #57?
Brad Pennington
0 votes
Juan Guzman
1 votes
Carlos Reyes
0 votes
Bartolome Fortunato
0 votes
Scott Kazmir
45 votes
Trever Miller
3 votes

49 votes | Poll has closed

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Too bad nobody voted for Pennington

I honestly don’t have any recollection of him whatsoever. Usually I at least remember the names.

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by Brickhaus on Oct 14, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I don't remember him either.

Then again he played one year before I came to Tampa, so I remember ’99- forward. Here is a link to the one game he played in.
here

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 14, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the winner is...

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 15, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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