SB Nation User Blog: ttnorm

Rays Make a Move

ttnorm — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:01:29 -0000

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

SWEEP

ttnorm — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:17:43 -0000

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

How do I make this a Fan Shot?

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.

ttnorm — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:25:23 -0000

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

Tough 1st inning for Glenn Gibson

ttnorm — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:17:42 -0000

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.

MiLB through May

ttnorm — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:00:10 -0000

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

Munter

ttnorm — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:24:38 -0000

Munter

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

David Price

ttnorm — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:13:44 -0000

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. ;-)

Good night around the minors

ttnorm — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:10:06 -0000

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)

Sickels Draft Board

ttnorm — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:08:39 -0000

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

Should Joe Have Sent Aki?

ttnorm — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:24:43 -0000

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

75 Words is a lot of words

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

26 votes | Poll has closed