Dallas/Arlington/State Treasurer on the other hand will be rooting for the Astros.MLB bust be praying the Astros don't win. One the stealing sign scandal and 2...they have a losing record. MLB will truly be embarrassed.
Why don't they just start Yarbrough? They seem to like him after an opener for some reason.Pitching is going to be really interesting in this 7 games straight series, especially for Rays coming off the all hands on deck elimination game. Helped a lot to not need to use Snell tonight.
I’m guessing they go Snell, Morton, Opener/Yarbrough, Glasnow, Opener/Bullpen
He got promoted to a true starter for most of the season, but they seem to think he is still below that quality cut-off level where you are better off having your appearances optimized with an opener, especially in playoffs where bullpen usage is going to be more aggressive.Why don't they just start Yarbrough? They seem to like him after an opener for some reason.
Thanks. He looks pretty damn good to me.He got promoted to a true starter for most of the season, but they seem to think he is still below that quality cut-off level where you are better off having your appearances optimized with an opener, especially in playoffs where bullpen usage is going to be more aggressive.
The losing record part is kind of irrelevant, everyone should know by now that in a playoff series no good team is that much of a favorite over another good team, especially when one of those teams hit much worse than expected over a shortened season. The true talent rays really aren't that much better than the astros right now.MLB bust be praying the Astros don't win. One the stealing sign scandal and 2...they have a losing record. MLB will truly be embarrassed.
We know that here, but mlb doesn't want "losing team wins WS" headline.The losing record part is kind of irrelevant, everyone should know by now that in a playoff series no good team is that much of a favorite over another good team, especially when one of those teams hit much worse than expected over a shortened season. The true talent rays really aren't that much better than the astros right now.
I'm on it, VORPy. Take us home!All aboard the Rays Bandwagon.
And I can't say it enough (although I say it a lot), spending money impacts a team's roster flexibility. For instance, right now 8 of 9 relievers in the TB bullpen have options, so if they suck, TB can send them down. If Adam Ottavino (for instance) sucks, nothing NY can do except a fake injury stint.This "cheapskates" stuff amuses me. Why throw money around if you can build a team without it? That's like saying that people who hire caterers are superior to people who cook inexpensive but delicious dinner parties themselves.
People who hire caterers aren't "superior" to anyone, they have the money to do it, doesn't mean they lack the ability.This "cheapskates" stuff amuses me. Why throw money around if you can build a team without it? That's like saying that people who hire caterers are superior to people who cook inexpensive but delicious dinner parties themselves.
You're comparing apples and oranges here, you are using TB's prorated 2020 salaries ($28M) and Cole's full-season salary ($36M), but TB's actual full season salaries were around $76M.they pay their entire team about 8 million less than Cole's annual salary.,
Thanks for the clarification, I read the annual team salaries wrong obviously, my apologies.You're comparing apples and oranges here, you are using TB's prorated 2020 salaries ($28M) and Cole's full-season salary ($36M), but TB's actual full season salaries were around $76M.
View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f7IcjW2zaeekwzASX-s5fFf3DFAZiQAIw-3tbKHCQUY/edit#gid=1520401900
28th according to this, which is using the pro-rated 2020 numbers.Thanks for the clarification, I read the annual team salaries wrong obviously, my apologies.
So they rank 27th out of 30 teams in salary then, is that correct or am I reading that wrong too?
Thanks Jon.28th according to this, which is using the pro-rated 2020 numbers.
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll
It's even better than the current MLB team, they still have the top-ranked farm system in the game and they didn't dip too much into it this year.Their management is top notch, to be that competitive ranked that low in payroll speaks volumes for the organization top to bottom.
This is exactly where I am. Go Astros!As much as I want to root against the Astros, I hope they win it all and MLB abandons the everyone makes the playoffs model
Which is known and acknowledged but that's once you get into the playoffs. It's one thing if it happened over a 16 game NFL season (who was it, the Seahawks that were 7-9 and made the NFCCG?). It's another where one of the basic tenets of your sport is the length and grind of 162 games to sort out the rabble. Any sport, no matter how bad a team, can got on a stretch relative to the length of their schedule where their a coincidence of getting hot, getting lucky and going up against the opposite. But that's not equivalent to picking a lotto ball out of a drum and that team getting a shot to have that chance. Which is the supposed to be the point of the regular season.The losing record part is kind of irrelevant, everyone should know by now that in a playoff series no good team is that much of a favorite over another good team, especially when one of those teams hit much worse than expected over a shortened season. The true talent rays really aren't that much better than the astros right now.
This is the John the Baptist season, getting everyone’s attention before the Chosen One arrives.It's even better than the current MLB team, they still have the top-ranked farm system in the game and they didn't dip too much into it this year.
What stands out to me from that list is not a single Boras client.You're comparing apples and oranges here, you are using TB's prorated 2020 salaries ($28M) and Cole's full-season salary ($36M), but TB's actual full season salaries were around $76M.
Alvarado evidently lost 21 pounds while he was recovering, TB seems to have endless reinforcements.For ALCS, Rays add reliever Alvarado, who’s coming back from injury, and Fleming who is a fifth starter/bulk guy and drop reliever Richards and OF (and very good dancer) Phillips
They had a dozen pitchers on the IL at one point. It was crazy. Some really good arms in there.Alvarado evidently lost 21 pounds while he was recovering, TB seems to have endless reinforcements.
If I remember correctly, the Rays have a pretty good bullpen. If all Blake could give was 5 innings, so be it.Arozarena laser beam to center ties it at 1. The Natural strikes again.
Blake at 105 pitches thru 5. Going to full counts on almost every batter, but somehow still holding the Stros to 1 run.