8/23 GDT: Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

This lineup can hit fastballs so Price can’t continue to rely on it so much.

Every GDT is posted exactly 2 hours before game time, right at the top of the hour.

got claimed by the red sox.

Somebody help him:

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You rep the Rays … no wonder we have dreck position players in the minor leagues and we miss out on getting the one or two guys that can make a difference.
I forgot they traded Corcoran … so throw in some other Mariner garbage pitcher. It’s the
only kind they have. Jojima is better than ANY catcher the RAYS have at any level, save for Zaun. And Jojima is only average on a good day.
Burrell, blindfolded, is better than Langerhans and Saunders put together. If all you want is a weak hitting, mediocre outfielder playing LF, Saunders and Langerhans are your guys. And it’s not because Burrell is all that good on defense, it’s these guys are about the same, but at least Burrell can hit the ball out of the infield.
The idea, dummy was to SAVE money, not build the 1927 Yankees.
And for sure you are braindead if you don’t understand … but I will enlighten you.
You trade Burrell and Iwamura, you save $13 million. You are stuck paying that amount if you keep both players. Now both of those guys would help the M’s. Aki is a gold glove 3B guy.
Burrell can DH and play LF and since the M’s have Gutuierrez and Ichiro in CF & RF, they can
afford to take a hit defensively in LF, provided the guy they get CAN HIT some and with pop.
The M’s free up money since Beltre is a FA and he is way over priced, so they can let him walk.
But he is a good glove … so that would leave a big hole for them at 3B, since they have no one
comparable glove wise in the minors.
Okay now let’s look at who has any value on the M’s … that they would part with. Bedard &
Jojima … Everyone needs a back up catcher who can hit some, so trade wise Jojima has value.
The sticking point is how much will he cost. Bedard is as good a pitcher as there is in baseball,
when he is healthy.
His health issues are a problem. But even if he can come back at 75% he is better than anyone on the RAYS and probably by a bunch. The question is can he start again and hold up? Maybe, but
probably not … On the other hand, NO TEAM is going to light up Bedard over two innings if he is even 75% healthy. At 100%, he would be money in the bank … to close two games a week.
And sure it’s a gamble.
So we end up with Bedard and Jojima … we trade Jojima for some position prospects and end up with Bedard and a better future … ANY other players are just window dressing.
The reason I put in Corcoran and the like, is everyone needs middle relief … if you have a bunch of guys with MLB experience waiting in AAA, you can use them if you have health issues in your pen
or trade them as part of a package for a key piece you need to get to the promised land, or shore up you minor league crew.
You don’t always trade people, because they can play for you.

Feldman is a righty
Kapler has never faced him
Gross is hitting .400 with a HR off him

….Kapler is starting today

Texas
  
I. Kinsler 2b
M. Young 3b
M. Byrd lf
A. Jones dh
J. Hamilton cf
N. Cruz rf
H. Blalock 1b
I. Rodriguez c
E. Andrus ss

Tampa Bay
  
J. Bartlett ss
C. Crawford lf
E. Longoria 3b
B. Zobrist 2b
C. Pena 1b
P. Burrell dh
G. Zaun c
B.J. Upton cf
G. Kapler rf

but: Here’s a link and read the second to last comment.

hes hitting .250

Stop playing “Shea Goodbye” already, MLB Network

dropping Ginsburg and Bukowski in a song is a great way to get into my heart

because a kid had cancer and the Rays, of course led by Pena, dedicated their 08 season to him

Just decided, trading for him will be my new obsession

Rays wives prevail in walkoff, 6-5

The Rays wives/girlfriends beat the Bucs wives/girlfriends 6-5 on a walkoff single by Jennifer Hickey in the sixth inning in a charity softball game benefitting the 1Voice Foundation.

Both sides had a good time with the event, with Pat Burrell dumping a cooler of water over the head of winning coach Brian Anderson, and Dioner Navarro providing the obligatory post-game shaving cream pie for Hickey.

Bill’s Keys:

Whose Kingdom
Just a Bit Outside
Leave the Reservation

Future pitching coach?

but not expecting many hits…..

Tyler Bortnick singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Kelvin Castro.
Eli Sonoqui singles on a fly ball to left fielder Neil Medchill. Tyler Bortnick to 3rd.
Mayobanex Acosta walks. Eli Sonoqui to 2nd.
Elias Otero walks. Tyler Bortnick scores. Eli Sonoqui to 3rd. Mayobanex Acosta to 2nd.

This is a conspiracy so that I dont get to watch. I hate this.

Who am I to disagree?

wonderful

fuck you, Cruz

You’ve been selected as a contestant on the Price is Right: Walk edition

but yay no 2 out rallys

Bells and Whistles

needs his 40/40 season

let’s move to the Family Feud. Maybe it’ll give us a bit more luck.

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Price_is_Right_-_Loser_Sound_%28The%29.html

I would’ve gone for the FF buzzer, but TVTunes doesn’t have it.

Chain Reaction (1980s version)

With no Feliz, the pen doesnt scare me at all

Why doesnt he jump in a fire?

Seriously.

My faith in him is all but gone at the plate.

at least we have the top of the lineup coming up.

7IP, 5k, 0BB, 3h, 0ER

Does Henderson preach the opposite?

so what does Eric Bruntlett do……makes an unassisted triple play to end the game……unbelievable