Category: Tampa Bay Rays
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Zach Putnam, Shae Simmons ascend to 8th inning roles
June 10, 2014 Chicago White Sox – Zach Putnam got the final two outs of the 8th inning on Monday, marking the fourth straight time that he’d bridged the gap to Ronald Belisario. The 26-year-old righty doesn’t have the best ratios in the world (19 Ks vs 9 BBs in 24.1 innings), but he keeps…
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Grant Balfour out as closer; Rays to use committee
June 9, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays – The Rays will go with a closer-by-committee for the time being, announced Joe Maddon this morning. Grant Balfour will be part of that committee, but as mentioned in our previous update, we like Joel Peralta to get the next save chance, with Jake McGee and Juan Carlos Oviedo…
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Grant Balfour on the verge of losing closer gig
June 9, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays – Grant Balfour gave up five more runs on Sunday and now has a 6.46 ERA. Joe Maddon wouldn’t say if Balfour had finally lost the job that he should’ve lost a long time ago, but it seems silly to keep running him out there. Until we see evidence…
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Joel Peralta struggling; Jose Valverde somehow still relevant
May 26, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays – Joel Peralta has had his problems with the long ball this year, but despite Jake McGee’s dominance, Peralta has consistently been the 8th inning guy all year long. However, McGee owners had reasons to feel optimistic yesterday, as Peralta, for the first time, was summoned in the 7th,…
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Grant Balfour on the hottest of Hot Seats
May 23, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays – We’ve mentioned Grant Balfour’s ratios here before, but it truly is incredible to see a pitcher with peripherals this bad continue to get the ball in the 9th inning. After walking two (and getting annoyed with the crowd for booing him) in a blown save on Thursday afternoon,…