Congrats to both!

This question comes from Jeff Zimmerman (of FanGraphs and Royals Review fame): Back when he was with the Devil Rays in 1998-2000, does anyone remember why he had two surgeries? How fast did he come back from Tommy John? Was his recovery rushed at all? Any longtime fans out there care to chime in?

Jeff Sullivan is rolling with this piece on the AL East Divisional race

Help make the tenth annual survey a success by providing your opinion on Rays fielders.

Or at least that's what Mississippi Matt Smith argues in his latest, most incendiary piece on NotGraphs. It is surprising to read how unmitigatingly terrible the Orioles are, despite being 1.0 game of the top spot in the toughest division in sports.

He is doing work for the Jays radio market now and he had a nice blog post on Niemann's post-game reaction and Howell's pre-game attitude.

buried within Sobsey's recap from Durham's final win is a note about how Torres has scrapped his curveball for a slider.

Nice to see one of the upper level teams do well this season

For a player to be named later. Given Francisco's numbers, the PTBNL is likely to be a lower level arm of little significance.