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Rays Links:
- Some have been asking about the status of Garrett Whitley and Chris Betts, Neil Solondz will have both of them today on his weekly "This Week in Rays Baseball"
This Week in @RaysBaseball starts at 12:30 p.m. with @MikieMahtook8 @RealGWhit @ChrisBetts26 @JonathanMayo memories of Zim, and much more.
— Neil Solondz (@neilsolondz) June 5, 2016
- Topkin brings up five things the Rays need to do in order to turn their season around.
- Jonny Venters made his return to a professional pitching mound last night, with Lizzie providing reports that he was in the low 90's
#Rays LHP Jonny Venters pitches one scoreless inning in first regular season outing since 10/3/12: 0 H, 2 BB, 1 K on 24 pitches, 11 strikes.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) June 5, 2016
- Steve Kinsella has more on the above over at Sports Talk Florida
- Nick Franklin, who has struggled for most of his Rays tenure, is riding a hot streak in Durham that may seem him receive one last chance with the Rays.
- Topkin looks back at the Rays draft history over the past 10 years and whether they should have drafted differently
- The Process Report examines how the Rays offense has performed after two months.
Around the League:
- One of the greatest players in franchise history, both in terms of on-and-off the field production, James Shields is heading back to the American League as the Padres have traded to him the Chicago White Sox.
- Mark Teixeira has been placed on the disabled list and now he may be out for the rest of the season
- MLB Daily Dish has a lot of draft coverage available here
- In an alternate history timeline, Tom Brady would have been greasing up baseballs instead of deflating footballs
- Marlon Byrd was recently suspended for a full 162 games due to failing another drug test, but there will always be more like him willing to cheat in order to receive higher paydays