Tampa Bay Rays call up pitcher Jose De Leon from Durham
According to ESPN senior writer Buster Olney, the Tampa Bay Rays have called up right-handed pitcher Jose De Leon from Triple-A Durham. The move will add depth to a bullpen depleted by Sunday evening’s...
View ArticleJose De Leon’s Tampa Bay Rays debut uneven, but ends in victory
Sunday night’s 15-inning marathon against the Minnesota Twins may have pushed the hand of the Tampa Bay Rays in calling up pitching prospect Jose De Leon. The 24-year-old was going to be joining the...
View ArticleEleven best seasons by relief pitchers in history
In this series, we are choosing the best seasons at each position by using the Baseball-reference.com stat Wins Above Replacement, or WAR. It is a statistic that tries to objectively combine all of a...
View ArticleForgettable end to Tampa Bay Rays west coast road trip
A 10-day, nine-game road trip that took the Tampa Bay Rays out west ended Sunday and not a moment too soon. The Seattle Mariners turned what was looking like a successful, albeit exhausting, venture...
View ArticleSam Dyson is a low-risk, low-reward move for the San Francisco Giants
For a team with one of the worst records in baseball (i.e. the San Francisco Giants), adding a major-league caliber player should be an improvement to their roster. The Texas Rangers designated their...
View ArticleWashington Nationals lose again, Max Scherzer reaches 2,000 strikeouts
The Washington Nationals lost again on Sunday, finishing off what was a miserable weekend. As good guests will do, they allowed the Texas Rangers a win in all three games. In the series finale, the...
View ArticleWild, high-scoring Cleveland Indians comeback with 0 homers
As if Monday night’s high-scoring comeback by the Cleveland Indians against Cole Hamels and the Texas Rangers’ beleaguered bullpen wasn’t wild enough. Down 7-1 after two innings and 9-3 through four,...
View ArticleWashington Nationals trade retrospective: Stealing Tanner Roark from Texas
Last month, Washington Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark made a start against the Texas Rangers. Many may have forgotten or never even realized, the Rangers are the ones who originally drafted him way...
View ArticleSolo home runs not enough for Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays kept up their franchise record-setting pace of slugging home runs Friday night, but a few familiar sights led to that not being enough to top the visiting Texas Rangers. Those sights...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays match season-worst 4-game losing skid
The sky is falling for some Tampa Bay Rays fans. Their St. Petersburg-based overachievers just lost four straight and are now tied with the streaking Kansas City Royals for the second and final...
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