http://www.rayslocker.com Daily Blog for Tampa Bay Devilrays Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:07:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Tampa Bay Rays fell to the New York Yankees 4-2 in New York Wednesday night and have now lost 8 in a row.  The game itself was overshadowed as the night belonged to Derek Jeter when he got his third hit in the 7th inning, which tied Lou Gehrig's ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/09/10/tampa-bay-rays-lose-as-derek-jeter-ties-lou-gehrigs-hits-mark/ The Tampa Bay Ray's playoff hopes are pretty much dead as they felt the nail in the coffin with the recent news that their powerful slugging first baseman, Carlos Pena is out for the year.  Pena, who is leading the AL in home runs (39), was hit by a first ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/09/08/tampa-bay-rays-carlos-pena-breaks-fingers-done-for-the-year/ The Rays have designated 34-year old righty reliever Joe Nelson for assignment. They needed Nelson’s roster spot for newly acquired Sean Rodriguez. Nelson pitched in 42 games (0 starts) for the Rays this season and he was 3-0 with 3 saves, a 4.02 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP. Nelson’s lack ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/09/02/the-tampa-bay-rays-dfa-joe-nelson/ The Los Angeles Angels have sent 25-year old righty swinging IF/OF Sean Rodriguez to the Rays to complete the Scott Kazmir trade. Rodriguez has played in 103 games in AAA-ball this season and he was 109 for 365 (.299 avg, 1.016 OPS) with 81 runs scored, 29 homers, 93 RBIs ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/09/01/the-tampa-bay-rays-acquire-sean-rodriguez/ 38-year old switch hitting catcher Gregg Zaun has been hot with the bat since coming over from the Orioles in a earlier this month. He has played in 15 games for the Rays and he is 15 for 49 (.306 avg, .823 OPS) with 5 runs scored, 2 homers and ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/08/31/gregg-zaun-is-pushing-dioner-navarro-to-the-tampa-bay-rays-bench/ The Rays have traded Scott Kazmir to the Angels for 21-year old lefty starting pitcher Alexander Torres, 21-year old lefty swinging 1B/3B Matthew Sweeney and a player to be named later. Kazmir was not pitching well until lately which is likely what ramped up the Angels’ interest in him. In ... http://www.rayslocker.com/2009/08/29/the-tampa-bay-rays-trade-scott-kazmir-to-the-angels/ Carlos Pena has been named the American League Comeback Player of the Year. http://www.rayslocker.com/2007/10/03/carlos-pena-is-named-the-al-comeback-player-of-the-year-award/ Scott Kazmir has been good for a while but he finally appears like he will work a full season. http://www.rayslocker.com/2007/09/19/the-tampa-bay-devil-rays-now-have-to-rocks-to-build-a-pitching-staff-around/ The Devil Rays have been playing good baseball lately and it has them only 1 game behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. http://www.rayslocker.com/2007/09/12/the-tampa-bay-devil-rays-are-almost-out-of-the-basement/ With Dioner Navarro and Josh Paul both a little nicked up the Devil Rays decided to recall Raul Casanova back up from the minors. http://www.rayslocker.com/2007/09/12/the-tampa-bay-devil-rays-bring-catcher-raul-casanova-back/