7/26 Post-Game: Tampa Bay Rays @ Toronto Blue Jays

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 26, 2009 3:38 PM EDT

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Player	WPA
E Longoria	0.064
C Crawford	0.017
R Choate	0.007
D Thayer	0.002
J Nelson	0.002
G Gross	-0.001
C Pena	-0.01
B Upton	-0.026
D Navarro	-0.052
B Zobrist	-0.064
J Bartlett	-0.072
G Kapler	-0.072
P Burrell	-0.125
J Niemann	-0.169

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Maybe it's my old school upbringining, but i can't

believe how many times we strike out

Years ago, you might have one guy on a team who whiffed 20-25% of the time, but this Rays team could supply A/C in a stadium w/o it

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

anyone besides me hoping that Dillon gets DFA'd instead of Thayer being sent down

when Shouse comes up? The pen just got taxed yesterday and taking away a guy who can go multiple innings with a loogy (to pair with another loogy already in the pen) doesn’t give me much confidence if Price, Kaz or whoever has another 3-4 innings performance. I wasn’t a big fan of Dillon being on the roster instead of a guy like Elliot Johnson for PR reasons but now with 2 loogy’s I’d rather just not have the extra position player.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

Either way Shouse will help

i called for another LHP today, but if Thayer is sent down Choate and Shouse are both situational

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll get a jump on the Yankee series

We’re basically 7 GB, a sweep is in order, anything less than a series win, we are pretty much a WC chaser

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions

Baltimore still up 6-2 in the 9th

only 4 back out of the road trip wouldn’t be that bad, just got to get the job done at home.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

Come on Oakland you pansies!

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

Wouldn't it be something if you saw Cleveland trot out their longman in the bottom of the 1st instead of Cliff Lee. The Internet will go bonkers.

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

Yes

Swav or Die (>'-')> <('-')> <('-'<)
For the lulz

by SRQman on Jul 26, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

well Martinez isn't in the line-up

no word yet on the status of the locker :)

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh snap

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

uh oh Raymondo's hero just wen't deep to lead off the game for the Tribe

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

I did a study of all AL lead off hitters

Only DeJesus and Kinslwer approach BJ, and at least Kinsler will hit the long ball

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

That was fun while it lasted

Looks like Lee and Martinez are going to the dodgers.

Here’s the link

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9854894/Sources:-Dodgers-in-talks-to-get-Indians’-Lee

by PepeSilvia7 on Jul 26, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

Jeesh, Loney, a SP, and prospects?

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 26, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Who wins on that deal?

Depend on the pitcher?

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

MLBtr has 4 top 10 ten dodger spects including #1 Andrew Lambo

and maybe Kershaw

if he is there, Indians win

1. James Shields 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Matt Garza 4. David Price 5. Jeff Niemann

by joeybw on Jul 26, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd bet Billingsley

Indians would do it too, they’re top heavy with LHP

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Good for Cle, thats quite a loot

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by FreeZorilla on Jul 26, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

doesn't Martinez lose a good amount of value if he becomes a 1B exclusivley.

I don’t really see why the Dodgers would trade for Martinez? Nor do they have the P that Cleveland would want unless they give up Kershaw, which I don’t see happening.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Mark Shapiro = Bill Bavasi?

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Nobody is that bad

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I tell myself every year to not get hyped up about shit like this. So of course I ignore myself, and bam, it happens again. Cyanide pills for everyone!

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions

Yanks win 7-5

by St Longo Drew on Jul 26, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

Boston loses 6-2

if we can cut the wc lead down to 2 going into the Boston series that would be huge, anyone know who Boston plays next?

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

well if Cliff Lee has been traded to the Dodgers, no one told Eric Wedge

he is pitching.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

He can play today and still be traded

Swav or Die (>'-')> <('-')> <('-'<)
For the lulz

by SRQman on Jul 26, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I know but the way pepe delivered the message/link

made it sound like the deal was already done (I was being sarcastic)

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Lee still in there (where he is risking injury)

BS rumor please

1. James Shields 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Matt Garza 4. David Price 5. Jeff Niemann

by joeybw on Jul 26, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Me thinks this is all BS too. Just rumors to drive up the asking price.

by Doug09 on Jul 26, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Is Millwood hurt?

2 IP 0 R 40+ PC

Out of game

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

Yes.

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 26, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

That actually helps, not that i like to see it

by Raymondo on Jul 26, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

He's not very good.

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 26, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

any idea how bad he was injured

any chance we can move Kazmir for Salty or Teagarden?

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Not sure if this is sarcasm...

But why would Kazmir have value?

He’d be more of a salary dump then anything. Can he really get more than a C+ prospect at this point?

by tallyray on Jul 26, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Potential to be a shit load

Loney
Kershaw/Billingsley possibly to go with
Class AA third baseman Josh Bell
Class AA outfielder Andrew Lambo
Class AAA starter Scott Elbert
Class AAA right-hander Josh Lindblom as prospects who are being discussed. All of the prospects are in the Dodgers’ Top 10, according to Baseball America, with Lambo coming into the season as the Dodgers’ top prospect.
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1. James Shields 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Matt Garza 4. David Price 5. Jeff Niemann

by joeybw on Jul 26, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

all of those guys would be a lot

especially if Kershaw is involved. I don’t think I would give up Kershaw and Lambo for both Lee and Martinez much less the other guys too.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 26, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok I would say nothing is imminent

Now the Phillies are “seriously negotiating” also

1. James Shields 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Matt Garza 4. David Price 5. Jeff Niemann

by joeybw on Jul 26, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

wow where did I learn english

by gjsor on Jul 26, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

Heh, heres a real shocker

from rotoworld

A Dodgers spokesman said there was no truth to the report that the Dodgers and Indians were discussing a Cliff Lee-Victor Martinez megadeal.
That’s what we’d expect the spokesman to say, but it is telling that no one else has followed up the story since FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal reported it earlier this afternoon. Perhaps there was nothing to it at all.

1. James Shields 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Matt Garza 4. David Price 5. Jeff Niemann

by joeybw on Jul 26, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions