Howdy all! So, over on Royals Review, I was once again able to take part in their yearly Offseason Simulation (link here: https://www.royalsreview.com/2023/11/5/23943804/the-2023-sb-nation-off-se...
https://www.draysbay.com/2023/11/7/23950308/offseason-sim-rays-edition-at-last
Real quick, as the Rays GM for this year's sim over with Royals Review, here's a quick run-down of all the moves I've made so far. Will save my rationales behind them for tomorrow, when I'll do a...
https://www.draysbay.com/2023/11/5/23948181/offseason-sim-day-1
Now that the Rays have come up short in their quest to overtake or tie the O’s in the head-to-head series, we’ll need some help in these final weeks of the season. Consider this our place t...
https://www.draysbay.com/2023/9/18/23879966/scoreboard-watching-thread-2023-edition
Is it just me or is it really a major issue, Since McClanahan is having "Tommy John" surgery, this is now 14 Tommy John surgeries the Rays have had since 2018, 14!!!!!!!!!! Something must be go...
I'm sure you woke up this morning to blockbuster news from Ken Rosenthal in the Athletic regarding a possible sale of the Rays, which included those wanting to take the Rays out of the Tampa Bay ...
Rays Stadium Saga If you read the first part of his video and his intro, he points to an article from John Romano, which would add sunshine palm trees and a nearby creek. Now, if he had dug de...
https://www.draysbay.com/2023/4/7/23674518/issues-with-depressed-ginger-rays-stadium-saga-video
What's his trade value, rn? Coming out of the WBC? He has been an absolute stud, Señor Octubre, in March. The Rays look pretty good, kids that can play Left department... Whats his value?! Is ...
If potentially spurning a division rival at a vaguely reasonable price isn’t reason enough, anyone in dire need of convincing could watch all 23 innings of one run ball the Guardians pitched ag...
Previously I inquired about Josh Lowe’s demotion, which occurred in the middle of his hot streak at the plate. He seemed to be coming into his own, but I don’t watch the games, and some comme...
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/8/14/23305410/2023-rosterbation
In light of the 2022 Rays having 16 players on the IL as of the writing of this post, I wanted to create a post to discuss UCL injuries in particular. In recent years it seems the Rays have had a...
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/7/15/23220460/ucl-injuries-anatomy-and-risk-factors
Well my last post (link here ) had its comments closed, as I guess FPs do that now after a month of being active, so that's smart, but anyways might as well start a new one of these to continue....
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/7/1/23192244/more-amateur-looks-at-minor-league-players
So like an idiot, I finally paid for MILB.TV, and the 1st 2 games I decided to view were ones from LHP Mason Montgomery and then RHP Logan Workman. Both pitchers were drafted last year out of col...
It's easy to come across Rays fans on any online message board commenting on Ryan Yarbrough's velocity. It seems to be the end-all-be-all answer to Yarbrough's struggles since 2021. The prevail...
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/5/16/23076570/ryan-yarbrough-has-a-problem-but-it-is-not-his-velocity
I'm wondering if there's a good service that will send you daily updates of like who they are playing or maybe scores after the game something like that where I get a text message about the game?...
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/4/14/23025925/best-daily-update-text-service
After 3 games and 5 ABs in the spring, this 24 year-old right-handed hitting outfielder is slashing .800/.857/2.657, which includes a triple and a home run. The Rays saw something in Mr. Cardenas...
https://www.draysbay.com/2022/3/22/22992210/is-it-too-early-to-talk-about-ruben-cardenas