The Rays are now 6-6 in the spring.
Several prospective Bulls are doing very well. Jon Weber leads the non-roster list with 22 at-bats, an average of .364 and leads the team in RBIs with 10. Elliot Johnson is also doing well with an average of .333 in 21 at-bats, 6 RBIs, and 3 homers. Chris Richard is getting a good bit of playing time with 19 at-bats, an average of .316 and 3 RBIs. Reid Brignac finally got a couple of hits, bringing his average up to .130 in 23 at-bats. And Fernando Perez (more later) is hitting .211 in 19 at-bats, with 4 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Complete stats here.
In yesterday’s game Perez hurt his wrist going after a fly ball. He could be out for at least a week, according to the Rays website. Reporting in the St. Petersburg Times discusses the impact that may have on where he goes at the beginning of the season.
In the same article we hear that several players have been taken off the Rays roster and sent to minor league camp. Since it's in the same location (Port Charlotte), guess that means moving your gear out of one locker and into another nearby. Of interest to Bulls fans are two pitchers, Chad Orvella and Calvin Medlock. Neither pitcher got much time with the Rays this spring. Orvella got 2.2 innings and Medlock got 2.1.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
How They’re Doing #2
The Rays are now 5-4 in Spring Training games. For some reason their loss against Puerto Rico doesn’t show up.
Potential Bulls are getting a fair amount of playing time, probably because several Rays regulars have yet to show up on the field. Pena has only played in one game, Upton has not played at all, Akimura is playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic, and the Rays can’t seem to make up their minds about right field.
Justin Ruggiano leads the Rays in at bats with 19, and is hitting .316 with 2 RBIs. Elliot Johnson is hitting .389 in 17 at bats, with 5 RBIs and 2 home runs. Reid Brignac isn’t doing too well at the plate, hitting only .063 in 16 at bats. That’s just one hit, his first at the major league level, but that was a home run. Fernando Perez is doing just OK at .188 in 16 at bats, but he’s stolen 2 bases and scored 4 runs. Jon Weber is a standout, hitting .313 in 16 at bats with a team-leading 8 RBIs. And Chris Richard has had a great start hitting .357 in 14 at bats, 3 RBIs, 1 homer, and an outstanding .500 OBP.
Complete spring training stats are here.
Potential Bulls are getting a fair amount of playing time, probably because several Rays regulars have yet to show up on the field. Pena has only played in one game, Upton has not played at all, Akimura is playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic, and the Rays can’t seem to make up their minds about right field.
Justin Ruggiano leads the Rays in at bats with 19, and is hitting .316 with 2 RBIs. Elliot Johnson is hitting .389 in 17 at bats, with 5 RBIs and 2 home runs. Reid Brignac isn’t doing too well at the plate, hitting only .063 in 16 at bats. That’s just one hit, his first at the major league level, but that was a home run. Fernando Perez is doing just OK at .188 in 16 at bats, but he’s stolen 2 bases and scored 4 runs. Jon Weber is a standout, hitting .313 in 16 at bats with a team-leading 8 RBIs. And Chris Richard has had a great start hitting .357 in 14 at bats, 3 RBIs, 1 homer, and an outstanding .500 OBP.
Complete spring training stats are here.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Montoyo v Maddon -- Oops
Guess I should have looked at rosters more closely. Charlie is the coach, not manager, of Puerto Rico’s team. José Oquendo is the manager. (Thanks, N.)
Montoyo vs. Maddon -- Follow-up
The matchup got exactly zero attention in the Tampa Bay press or Rays blogosphere. Too bad. Montoyo’s team beat the Rays 2-1. Could have been an interesting take on the game, at least for Bulls fans. Box score here.
Mitch Talbot looked good for the Rays and there’s a very good chance that he will start the season with the Bulls.
Mitch Talbot looked good for the Rays and there’s a very good chance that he will start the season with the Bulls.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Talk About Conflicts -- Montoyo vs. Maddon!
In general, I really couldn’t be much more disinterested in the “World Baseball Classic”, but tonight’s tuneup game between Puerto Rico and the Rays could be interesting. (Not quite sure why Puerto Rico counts as a country, but that would require digging into the Classic deeper than I want to go.)
The manager for Puerto Rico is Charlie Montoyo, the Bulls manager. So it could be his chance to show up his big boss, so to speak. On the other hand, a number of prospective Bulls are still on the Rays roster and they have the chance to give their future boss (Montoyo) a hard time. Of course, what they’re probably thinking is that they want to play so well that they never have to play for Montoyo in Durham.
Will be fun to see how it turns out.
The manager for Puerto Rico is Charlie Montoyo, the Bulls manager. So it could be his chance to show up his big boss, so to speak. On the other hand, a number of prospective Bulls are still on the Rays roster and they have the chance to give their future boss (Montoyo) a hard time. Of course, what they’re probably thinking is that they want to play so well that they never have to play for Montoyo in Durham.
Will be fun to see how it turns out.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Fan Fest 2009
Don’t know about others, but on the weekend evenings where kids get to run the bases after the game, I sometimes wonder, “What about old farts like me?” I wouldn’t mind a trot (well, maybe shuffle is the right verb) around the bases or at least just a look at the DBAP from the players’ perspective.
This Friday, the 6th, you can do that.
Looks like the snow and ice will have melted by then, so a good time to get out of the house and go have lunch at the DBAP. Should be fun. From 11 to 2. See the link here for more info.
This Friday, the 6th, you can do that.
Looks like the snow and ice will have melted by then, so a good time to get out of the house and go have lunch at the DBAP. Should be fun. From 11 to 2. See the link here for more info.
Monday, March 2, 2009
How The Players are Doing, #1
My guess is that anyone who’s managed to find this site also knows how to chase down the box scores for Rays spring training games, so I won't post the links here. They’ve played five games so far, winning 1 and losing 4.
But we can keep an eye on potential Bulls by checking out their spring training stats. They can be found here. Several are doing just fine, with the exception of Reid Brignac who’s yet to get a hit. Jon Weber’s gotten a couple of RBIs, as has Eliot Johnson and Fernando Perez. A couple of key Rays players are either not yet playing or off with the World Baseball event, so several potential Bulls are probably getting more playing time than they’d normally get.
Missing from action on the pitching side is Jeremy Cummings. He was on the roster at the start of training, but he’s yet to make an appearance. Too bad. He played very well for us last year, filling a big hole in the rotation when he showed up from Taiwan. See the item over at The Rays Party (Thanks, Cork).
But we can keep an eye on potential Bulls by checking out their spring training stats. They can be found here. Several are doing just fine, with the exception of Reid Brignac who’s yet to get a hit. Jon Weber’s gotten a couple of RBIs, as has Eliot Johnson and Fernando Perez. A couple of key Rays players are either not yet playing or off with the World Baseball event, so several potential Bulls are probably getting more playing time than they’d normally get.
Missing from action on the pitching side is Jeremy Cummings. He was on the roster at the start of training, but he’s yet to make an appearance. Too bad. He played very well for us last year, filling a big hole in the rotation when he showed up from Taiwan. See the item over at The Rays Party (Thanks, Cork).
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