Winning in St.Petersberg(Tampa Bay Rays 2008-)

Winning in St.Peterberg
(Tampa Bay Rays(2008-)
Attachment 17433

Club Officals:
Owner-Stuart Sternberg
President-Stuart Sternberg
General Manager-Andrew Friedman

Manger and Coaches
Manager-Wade Boggs
Bench Coach-Fred Mcgriff
Hitting Coach-Jose Canseco
Pitching Coach-Bob Gibson
First Base Coach-George Hendrick
Thrid Base Coach-Rickey Henderson
Bullpen Coach-Bobby Ramos

History:

Unifourms:
Attachment 17525

Retired Numbers
12-Wade Boggs
42-Jackie Robinson(All of Baseball)

Names:
Tampa Bay Devil Rays(1998-2007)
Tampa Bay Rays(2008-)
Ballpark
Tropicana Field (1998–present)

Major league titles

World Series titles (1) 2008

AL Pennants (1) 2008

Division titles (0) None

Wild card berths (1) 2008

Mr. Steriody is your hitting coach? :) Watch him claim that all the Rays use 'roids in a book or something lol

Dynasty Rules
Not really alot of rules

Can only accept 5 computer offered trades per year
Can make 4 trading block trades per year
Can sign 2 free agent during year
Off-season free agents 4 per year
undrafted free agented after draft 2 per year


Will be using montly updates and a few special posts(team milestone major trades deadline etc.)

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

Mr. Steriody is your hitting coach? :) Watch him claim that all the Rays use 'roids in a book or something lol

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lol

Attachment 17436
This was the first trade for the Rays for 08

Season Preview:Rays Batters
Linuep W DH
1.Carl Crawford LF
2.B.J Upton CF
3.Carlos Pena 1B
4.Erik Hinske DH
5.Evan Longoria 3B
6.Dinoer Navarro C
7.Justin Ruggiano RF
8.Akinori Iwamura 2B
9.Jason Barlett SS

Lineup W/O DH
1.Carl Crawford LF
2.B.J Upton CF
3.Carlos Pena 1B
4.Erik Hinske RF
5.Evan Longoria 3B
6.Dinoer Navarro C
7.Akinori Iwamura 2B
8.Jason Barlett SS
9.Pitcher

Bench
Andy Cannizaro IF
John Weber OF
Shawn Riggans C
Cliff Floyd OF
Willy Aybar IF

Top 3 Prospect Batting
1.Joe Mahter RF(AAA)
2.David Freese 3B(AAA)
3.Ryan Royster LF(A)

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Originally Posted by howardryan6

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Tampa Bay Rays Preview:Pitchers

Starting Rotation
1.James Shields
2.Matt Garza
3.Edwin Jackson
4.Andy Sonnanstine
5.Jason Hammel

Bullpen
LR.Scott Dohmann
MR.Dan Wheeler
SR.Trever Miller
SR.Gary Clover
SU.Al Reyes
CL.Troy Percival

Top 3 Pitching Prospects
1.David Price (A)
2.Wade Davis (AA)
3.Jacob McGee (A)

April 26,2008
Attachment 17447

Other moves:
SP David Price promoted to AA
LF Ryan Royster promoted to AA

April 28,2008
Rays moves:
Sign Val Majewski to 3yr 450,000 deal and placed on bench
Sign Pablo Ozuna to 1yr 1.1mill deal and placed on bench
Shawn Riggans sent to AAA
John Weber sent to AAA

Winning in St.Petersberg
(Tampa Bay Rays 2008-)
Attachment 17449

Team Record: 15-13
Month Record: 15-13

Standings:
AL East
1.Boston Red Sox 17-9
2.New York Yankees 18-10
3.Tampa Bay Rays 15-13
4.Toronto Blue Jays 12-14
5.Baltimore Orioles 12-17

Team Stats:
Batting: .244
Runs Scored: 134
Runs Allowed: 136
ERA: 4.64
Pythagorean W-L: 14-14 (.500)

Finances:
Cash: 26,704,268
Team Payroll: 59,125,082
Payroll Budget: 90,565,462

Team Leaders:
ERA: James Shields (0.89)
Wins: James Shields, Matt Garza (4)
Saves: Troy Percival
Strikeouts: Matt Garza (29)

Average: Akinori Iwamura (.295)
Home Runs: Carlos Pena (8)
RBI: Akinori Iwamura (25)
Stolen Bases: B.J Upton (9)

Team Injuries:
Erik Hinske 4 days left
Rocco Baldeli 10 days left

Recap:

Hitting:
Attachment 17450
Hitting Notes:
Aknori is 2 homers and 9 rbis away from what he did his rookie year.
Carl Crawford is slowing up 1 steal this season so far.
Pena is on pace to hit 48 homers 8 so far
Pitching:
Attachment 17451
Pitching Notes:
James Shields' era is 0.89 he has 4er in 5 starts 4-1 record era in his wins is 0.00 and in his loss 6.00
Scott Kazmir Returns to the rotation after miss april
Percival has nine saves on pace for 54.
Other Notes:
Wade Davis is 4-1 at double-A
Last year #1 overalll pick David price is 3-0 in 6 starts at A and A
Jacob McGee is 2-1 in 4 starts at A
David Freese has 6 homers 26 rbis at AAA
Ryan Royster has 7 homers 25 rbis at A and AA

April Around the MLB
Attachment 17452

Individual Leaders
ERA: AL: James Shields(TBR) NL: Bret Myers 1.08
K: AL: Erik Bedard(SEA) 46 NL: Johan Santana 45
W: AL: Joe Saunders(LAA), Ervin Santana(LAA) 5 NL: Johan Santana 5
S: AL: Joe Nathen(MIN), Mariano Rivera(NYY), Troy Percival(TBR) 9 NL: Francico Cordero(CIN), Billy Wagner(NYM) 9
AVG: AL: Kevin Youkilis(BOS) .392 NL: Russel Martin(LAD)
HR: AL: Travis Hafer(CLE) 10 NL: Carlos Beltran(NYM) 13
RBI: AL: Travis Hafner(CLE) 29, NL: Dan Uggla(FLA) 28
SB: AL: B.J Upton(TBR) 9 NL: Juan Piere(LAD) 19

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National League Standings
National League East
1.Mets 17-9
2. Philies 15-13
3.Nationals 13-13
4. Braves 11-16
5. Marlins 11-18

National League Central
1.Cubs 17-8
2.Reds 16-9
3.Astros 14-12
4.Brewers 12-14
5.Cardinals 10-15
6.Pirates 9-17

National League West
1.Dodgers 18-9
2.Rockies 17-12
3.Padres 17-12
4.D-backs 11-15
5.Giants 6-22

American League Standings
American League East
Last post
American League Central
1.White Sox 17-12
2.Tigers 15-12
3.Twins 14-13
4.Indians 12-15
5.Royals 12-15

American League West
1.Rangers 17-11
2.Angels 14-14
3.Mariners 10-17
4.A's 7-20

Trades
Attachment 17453
Milestones
Attachment 17454

June 2,2008

Attachment 17456
This was the headline of the day.

Wade Boggs, Andrew Friedman, and Nolan Ryan meet today to discuss a possible pitching trade to upgrade the starting rotation.

NR:I think we need to make a trade to upgrade the rotation. We're 33-24 but in 3rd we need a big trade.
WB:Okay who's on the block?
AF:I have gotten calls about Aaron Cook, Dontrelle Willis,Jo-Jo Reyes, and Jered Weaver, why dont we call up Wade Davis?
NR:He wont be ready until september and David Price could call him in August.
WB:We should get Aaron Cook.
NR:What do they want?
AF:I'll on the phone and get back to you tommorow

Winning in St.Petersberg
(Tampa Bay Rays 2008-)
May Review
Attachment 17458

Team Record: 33-24
Month Record: 18-11

Standings:
AL East
1.Boston Red Sox 38-16
2t.New York Yankees 32-23
2t.Tampa Bay Rays 34-24
4.Toronto Blue Jays 31-23
5.Baltimore Orioles 21-35

Team Stats:
Batting: .261
Runs Scored: 307
Runs Allowed: 348
ERA: 4.09
Pythagorean W-L: 34-23 (.596)

Finances:
Cash: 37,426,172
Team Payroll: 57,125,082
Payroll Budget: 85,600,989

Team Leaders:
ERA: James Shields (2.33)
Wins: James Shields, Matt Garza (7)
Saves: Troy Percival (16)
Strikeouts: Matt Garza (63)

Average: Akinori Iwamura (.293)
Home Runs: Carlos Pena (15)
RBI: Akinori Iwamura (42)
Stolen Bases: B.J Upton (16)

Team Injuries:
Jason Hammel 126 left
Recap:

Hitting:
Attachment 17459
Hitting Notes:
Aknori has more homers and rbis then he did last year.
Pena has 15 homers and was named rays batter of the month(7homers)
Longoria has 7 homers.
Baldeli is the big guy on the bench 2 pinch hit homers.
Pitching:
Attachment 17460
Pitching Notes:
James Shields could win the cy young 7-2 record.
Scott Kazmir Returns to the rotation after missing april and went 3-1
Other Notes:
Wade Davis is 6-3 at double-a
Last year #1 overalll pick David price is 3-1 in 11 starts at A and AA
Jacob McGee is 4-1 in 9 starts at A
David Freese has 11 homers 48 rbis at AAA
Ryan Royster has 9 homers 43 rbis at A and AA