There is always a rule of thumb for Spring Training, don’t read too much into it.  I generally abide by that rule, especially when assessing players that are going to have a hard time making the roster.
SORRY! Jeremy Hellickson was nasty yesterday in his 2nd outing for the Rays.  He faced 4 batters, 4 [...]

Game Recaps – 3/5/2010 vs NY Yanks
This was a much anticipated game for fans of the Rays young pitchers.  Both David Price and Jeremy Hellickson took the mound for the Rays, and neither disappointed.  Price struck out 2 in 1.2 innings, giving up 2 hits, and 0 runs.  Hellickson gave up 1 hit in 1.1 [...]

The main piece in the trade that sent Scott Kazmir to the Anaheim Angels, Sean Rodriguez, started off the Spring season with a HR in the Rays first game.  He then proceeded to follow up that first HR with another in the Rays 2nd game, a 6-5 win against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Rays put some [...]

The Rays lost their first Spring game yesterday against the Baltimore Orioles, 12-2.  As we all know, Spring stats and scores have to be taken with a grain of salt and a more careful examination of the box scores.
James Shields and Matt Garza combined for 3 IP, and 2k, 2bb and 1 ER.  Garza gave [...]

Buster Olney wrote an article this morning naming the five best rotations in baseball.  While the Rays weren’t in the top 5, they were around 9th depending on how you interpret his Others in the conversation list.
The first two choices, the Sox and the Yanks are hard to argue with.  The Sox took a rotation [...]

As we continue our Roster Rundown before Spring Training, we move to 1b and Carlos Pena. Pena, who might be GM Andrew Friedmans best acquisition since Stuart Sternberg took over the team  is looking to bounce back from a year where he was productive but with much room to improve.
While Pena showed last season that [...]

With Spring Training beginning in about two weeks for most teams, General Managers around the league are doing some last second looks around the Free Agent market and are finding some players that produced quite well in 2009. There are rumors that Andrew Friedman has looked into three of them specifically: Johnny Damon, Jonny [...]