Now that we have had a full day to digest the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers and three other prospects, let’s take a moment to see what others are saying about the deal. But before that, one more observation. I don’t […]
Baseball America has unveiled their list of the top ten prospects in the Rays organization and Chris Archer is on top. Here’s the top ten, along with their highest level, and ranking last year in parantheses… Chris Archer, SP, MLB (3) — 6th round, 2006 (CLE) Taylor Guerrieri, SP, low-A […]
The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Red Sox 3, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: The Bullpen. It wasn’t the bullpen’s fault, with four guys combining to keep the Rays in it late. […]
It is time for our annual Meta-Analysis of the Rays top prospects. In the science community, a meta-analysis is what we do when we take the work of a bunch of other people, tease the data a little, draw some conclusions that nobody had noticed before, and then pawn it off […]
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David Price on Joe Maddon’s extension (via Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times): “Joe is a players’ manager and I love playing for him…I’m happy he got an extension. My turn.” We used to think the Rays missed the boat on this one. But after seeing what David Price […]
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Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page) Here are a few leftover links to get your weekend started… In addition to the six Rays on ESPN.com’s list of the top 100 prospects, they also released the Rays Top 10 prospects list. Matt Moore Hak-Ju Lee Chris Archer Enny Romero Mikie […]
The Rays placed six prospects among ESPN.com’s top 100 prospects for 2012. Leading the way is Matt Moore, who is third, trailing only Mike Trout of the Angels and Bryce Harper of the Nationals. Last season, the Rays had eight players on the list. Jeremy Hellickson, Desmond Jennings, and Jake […]
Matt Moore is the top prospect in baseball according to MLB.com. And overall, the Rays are well-represented on the first top prospects list of the year, with six players total. Joining Moore on the list are Hak-Ju Lee (46), Chris Archer (74), Tim Beckham (92), Mike Mahtook (96) Taylor Guerrieri […]
Matt Moore is the Rays top prospect
Most of you are familiar with our “Rays Prospects Meta-Analysis.” Well, over at Business Insider I did the same thing for all of the top prospects in Major League Baseball. In the overall ranking, Jeremy Hellickson is the fifth best prospect in baseball. He is joined by Matt Moore (15), […]
