Rays Tales | With less help on hand, the changes were made to protect pitchers.
... access. … Pre-spring workouts at Tropicana Field were extra fun for reliever Ryan Thompson, a “low-key WWE fan,” who peeked in at the ThunderDome set and is now anglin ...
Veteran Rich Hill is slated to make his first Tampa Bay appearance in Fort Myers.
... rt Myers Pitchers: Rays — Rich Hill, Ryan Sherriff, Joe Ryan, Drew Strotman, Ryan Thompson; Red Sox — Eduardo Rodriguez, relievers TBA On deck Saturday: vs. Braves, 1: ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Some parts of Luis Patiño’s Rays debut felt familiar. He pitched to catcher Francisco Mejía, his friend and another part of the Blake Snell trade. He sported a gold chain around his neck, a birthday gift from former Padres...
... his Rays debut on Friday at JetBlue Park. Left-hander Ryan Sherriff, righty Ryan Thompson and pitching prospects Joe Ryan and Drew Strotman are also scheduled to take ...
Andrew Vaughn homers, CJ Abrams shows off his speed and more.
... e 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 STL MAJ #24 Jake Woodford 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 TB MAJ #25 Ryan Thompson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 TEX MAJ #21 Kyle Cody 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Related Stories ...
When I started watching Major League Baseball in the late 60s - early 70s, defense was valued over offense. At least on competitive teams, y...
... yler Glasnow, Pete Fairbanks, Ryan Yarbrough, Nick Anderson, Colin Poche and Ryan Thompson. What MIT is to engineering majors the Rays are to pitchers. There is a halo ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Last year, Michael Wacha decided to try something the Rays always encourage their pitchers to do: pitch to his strengths and throw his best offerings more often. Wacha’s changeup has long been his “bread and butter” pitch off his...
... Bay’s bullpen worked cleaner innings after that. Right-handers Chris Mazza, Ryan Thompson, Louis Head and Yacksel Ríos made scoreless appearances, and Ryan Sherriff a ...
Michael Wacha is slated for his first spring start. With ESPN televising, it’s a full nine-inning game.
... 0 Fenway South Drive, Fort Myers Pitchers: Rays — Michael Wacha, David Hess, Ryan Thompson, Pete Fairbanks, Ryan Sherriff, Chris Mazza; Red Sox, Martin Perez, reliever ...
The “Curse” The dreaded sophomore slump is a phenomenon that seems to affect athletes across all sports and especially baseball. Our friends over at Bat Flips & Nerds did a breakdown on this last year before the 2020 season that was simple yet...
... b-3877-469b-be7a-fa6bd3d3d8d1… Peep the extreme delivery angle from the Rays Ryan Thompson on this nasty frisbee slider But were those optics exactly that? Just optics ...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- As he headed home for the offseason, Brandon Lowe found himself reflecting fondly on the dream-come-true experience of reaching the World Series with the Rays but also kicking himself for the part he played in October. During...
... Tyler Zombro, Yacksel Ríos, Chris Ellis, Hunter Strickland, Pete Fairbanks, Ryan Thompson and Michael Wacha. • Cash said it was “very encouraging” to see Kittredge pi ...
A more comprehensive look at the best pitches and arsenals of 2020.
... y accident. — Luke Smailes (@CoeSoxMetrics) THREAD: (1/6) xRV indicates that Ryan Thompson likely benefited the most from this arm slot differential, but Diego Castill ...
A number of you continued voting on the organization’s top prospects, so we extended the list to 42.
... OF Nick Schnell 44 35 RHP Michael Mercado 30 36 SS Abiezel Ramirez 26 37 RP Ryan Thompson 25 38 RHP Sandy Gaston 23 39 LHP Michael Plassmeyer 23 40 IF Curtis Mead 22 ...
The Tampa Bay Rays traded catching prospect Ronaldo Hernandez and utility prospect Nick Sogard to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for relievers Jeffrey Springs and Chris Mazza. Springs has pitched...
... r sinkerballers to play up armside run in the past (notably Adam Kolarek and Ryan Thompson) as a way to help jam same-handed batters and generate groundballs. This wil ...
After storming through the 2020 season as the American League’s best team and reaching the World Series for the second time in franchise history, the Rays are coming off another winter of change as they report to Spring Training in Port Charlotte,...
... es way more qualified bullpen candidates -- including 2020 contributors like Ryan Thompson and Ryan Sherriff, recent trade acquisitions Jeffrey Springs and Chris Mazza ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Tampa Bay Rays have traded right-handed pitcher John Curtiss to the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league first baseman Evan Edwards. Following the trade, the Rays 40-man roster stands at 39 players. Curtiss, 27, went 3-0
... es ranked fourth on the team behind Pete Fairbanks (21), Aaron Loup (20) and Ryan Thompson (20). In the 2020 postseason, he went 1-0 with a 6.30 ERA (10-IP, 7-ER) in n ...
