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Rays Make a Move

No not a MLB move but I got you excited - admit it.

The Chicago Cubs traded left-handed reliever Darin Downs to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named.

The 23-year-old Downs, who was a fifth round draft pick in 2003, was 0-2 with a 6.56 earned-run average in 22 appearances with the Smokies.

Downs was assigned by the Rays to Class A Vero Beach, Fla.

Hat tip to Stacy Long

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SWEEP

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TB 6 Florida 4

Durham 4 Lehigh Valley 1

Montgomery 6 Mobile 3

Vero Beach 2 Clearwater 1

Columbus 3 Savannah 2

Hudson Valley 4 Brooklyn 1

Princeton 7 Danville 6

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TB 6 Florida 4

Durham 4 Lehigh Valley 1

Montgomery 6 Mobile 3

Vero Beach 2 Clearwater 1

Columbus 3 Savannah 2

Hudson Valley 4 Brooklyn 1

Princeton 7 Danville 6

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Rocco Baldelli did not play for Class A Vero on Monday as scheduled.

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Tough 1st inning for Glenn Gibson

Ouch. He has had just an awful start to the season. Time to controll/alt/del this kid and find out what is wrong.

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MiLB through May

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Taking age and position expectations into account, this is how I see it just using the raw #s.

Durham

Looking great -

  • None

Looking good -

  • Dan Johnson 1.034 OPS
  • Justin Ruggiano .935 OPS
  • Elliot Johnson .825 OPS
  • Joel Guzman .801 OPS (1.181 last 10 games) 10 errors 9/48 BB/K
  • Reid Brignac .799 OPS (Leads IL with 20 doubles)
  • Mitch Talbott .644 OPS (11/49 BB/K)
  • Nick Debarr .569 OPS
  • Jeff Niemann .704 OPS (Bombed last night)
  • Jeremy Cummings .391 OPS (Limited duty)
  • Juan Salas .678 (Limited duty)

Not so good -

  • Fernando Perez .740 OPS (14/9 SB/CS)
  • Nathan Haynes .630 OPS (in limited duty)
  • Mike DiFelice  .558 OPS (limited duty)
  • Chris Mason .841 OPS
  • Kirt Birkins  1.183 OPS (Limited duty)

Montgomery

Looking great

  • None

Looking good

  • Matt Spring 1.139 OPS (Limited duty)
  • Wade Davis .646 OPS
  • James Houser .667 OPS
  • Jake McGee.648 OPS

Not so good

  • Sergio Pedroza .674 OPS
  • Chris Nowak .725 OPS (C'mon Chris, Pick it up!  HR last night!)
  • John Jaso .697 OPS
  • Mike Wlodarczyk 1.145 OPS
  • Eduardo Morlan 1.028 OPS (DL)

 

Vero Beach

Looking great

  • Reed .301 OPS (Just promoted)

Looking good

  • John Matulia .860 OPS (Limited duty
  • Heath Rollins .681 OPS (10/58 BB/K)
  • Jeremy Hellickson .645 OPS (Tailing off a bit)
  • David Price .310 OPS (Limited duty)
  • Chuck Tiffany .523 OPS (9.24 BB/9)

Not so good

  • Quinn Stewart .637 OPS
  • Chase Fontaine .563 OPS (10 Errors relegated to mostly DH)
  • Ryan Royster OPS .544 (Yikes)
  • Nevin Ashley OPS .543
  • Matt Walker .803 OPS (6.64 BB/9)

Columbus

Looking great

  • Alex Cobb .605 OPS

Looking good

  • Greg Sexton .783 OPS (12 errors)
  • Jesse Darcy .562 OPS (a bit too old for Low A)
  • Austin Hinkle .401 OPS (Limited viewing)

Not so good

  • Reid Fronk .735 OPS
  • Cody Cipriano .657 OPS
  • Stephen Vogt .625 OPS
  • Omar Luna .606 OPS (9 errors)
  • Mike McCormick .593 OPS
  • Glenn Gibson .838 OPS

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Munter

SP Times: RHP Scott Munter was released from Triple-A Durham. Not a big loss. He has struggled this season.

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David Price

6IP 2H 0R 0BB 9K 7/2 GO/FO. One caveat. St. Lucie is an astounding 11-41. Still I'd say Price can stay in the rotation for now. ;-)

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Good night around the minors

Durham 3 Charlotte 1 (7) - Niemann 4IPs 4H 1R 0ER 0BBs 4Ks 3/5 GO/FO Brignac HR Durham 6 Charlotte 2 (7) - Brignac 3 for 3 (Double HR), Durham is looking like a solid lineup with all the Rays castoffs and Perez, Brignac Montgomery 4 Mobile 1 McGee 7IP 3H 0R 2BB 9K 5/6 GO/FO Vero Beach 10 Tampa 6 Royster 3AB 2R 2H 2BI 2BB (about time) Aybar played 2B 2 for 5 Maybe it comes down to Aybar and Zobrist. Columbus 2 Hickory 1 Flores 6 IP 1H 0R (at 23 years old, Flores is not much of a prospect at Low A) Hinkle struck out the side in the 9th for his 2nd save. McCormick 4AB 2H 1 Double (about time)

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Sickels Draft Board

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Sickels draft board as of 5/17

1) Buster Posey, C, Florida State: Great bat, has proven to be solid defender.

2) Tim Beckham, SS, Georgia HS: Overall tools package.

3) Kyle Skipworth, C, California HS: Hits, fields, and intuition loves him.

4) Gordon Beckham, SS, Georgia: Love him almost as much as Posey.

5) Justin Smoak, 1B, South Carolina: Best college bat but not as valuable defensively as Posey and Beckham.

6) Aaron Crow, RHP, Missouri: Stock has dropped just a hair but still looks great to me.

7) Brian Matusz, LHP, San Diego: Could easily flip with Crow.

8) Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt: Injury knocks him back a couple of notches but still elite.

Hat tip to BTF

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Should Joe Have Sent Aki?

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A minor point following this great effort but I would appreciate hearing everyone's opinion.

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Poll
In the 8th inning with the Rays leading 7-1 and Iwamura on 1st, the Yanks elected to have Giambi play well behind the runner. Probably cost the Rays a run when Carlos Peña singled with Aki still on first. Should the Rays have taken the base in this ca
Yes, definitely, No way to know how many runs are needed.
12 votes
No, the game was in hand and why give the Yanks any extra reason to get juiced.
14 votes

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