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• Take a moment to honor and be thankful for all the brave men and women in the armed forces who serve and protect this country.
• The Atlanta Braves signed knuckle baller, R.A. Dickey to a potential two year deal, with one year and $8 million guaranteed
• The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates discussed a mega deal at the trade deadline involving Andrew McCutchen but nothing came to fruition
• MLB is considering changing the strike zone in time for the 2017 season
• Jose Fernandez was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year
• The Texas Rangers will be getting their new ballpark by the 2021 season
• Neil Allen, former member of the Rays minor league staff and current pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins, discussed developing pitchers
• Steven Souza Jr is on pace to be ready by spring training, he’s currently rehabbing from season ending hip surgery

November 11th in Rays History:

Happy birthdays to two former Rays, Damion Easley (1967) and Roberto Hernandez (1964)

1997 - The Rays make their first ever trade as they acquire Mike Kelly from the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named. The player turned out to be Dmitri Young who went on to have a solid career for the next decade and half. Kelly meanwhile would be out of the majors after 1999.

2013 - Wil Myers is announced as the winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award following a season in which he slashed .293/.354/.478 with 13 HR over 88 games. Chris Archer would finish third in the voting.

Trivia:

By the Numbers.

Last week, Ian posed the question which pitcher in team history had the most outings in which he delivered five innings or less and the answer was Scott Kazmir with no one really close to touching his number of outings.

However, my question is, which Rays pitcher had the most five inning or less outings in a single-season?