2024 Rays: Junior Caminero, come on down!!

[VORP Speed]

3. Junior Caminero, 3B
18. Carson Williams, SS
42. Curtis Mead, 3B/2B
60. Xavier Isaac, 1B

Wander who? Keep the line moving.


When Wander gets banned from the country, maybe Junior can slide into that contract.

 

[simplicio]

If y'all have Caminero and you're done with Paredes, send him over this way won't you?

 

[VORP Speed]

If y'all have Caminero and you're done with Paredes, send him over this way won't you?

Great Idea!!

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1753783919588110396

 

[VORP Speed]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/rays-extend-erik-neander-kevin-cash.html

Keeping the band together. Great move. Front office stability is nice!

 

[VORP Speed]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/rays-close-to-signing-phil-maton.html

Rays sign Phil Maton for the pen. Guaranteed $6.5m with a club option for a 2nd year at 7.75m. Pretty rich in Raysland for a bullpen piece. This puts their 2024 payroll at $100m!!! Heady stuff.

Rays are now closer in payroll to the Sox than the Sox are to the Dodgers.

 

[simplicio]

TBF, the Dodgers payroll is also closer to the GDP of Micronesia than it is to the Sox's.

 

[VORP Speed]

https://x.com/jeffpassan/status/1760025217366405281?s=46&t=VOPklDq0ggmwM6zlZRv9_g

There are still a few spots left on the Rays bandwagon if you want to root for a team that goes out and signs free agents!

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

Rosario and Chang? You're not going to trick me into having to root for that again.

 

[VORP Speed]

View: https://twitter.com/ericcross04/status/1762519071046693154?s=46&t=VOPklDq0ggmwM6zlZRv9_g


Sweet, effortless power

 

[jon abbey]

Caminero sent down, that seems unexpectedly early especially with the new rule about teams getting a 1st round pick for a ROY who is on the MLB roster from Opening Day. What’s the story, @VORP Speed ?

 

[VORP Speed]

Caminero sent down, that seems unexpectedly early especially with the new rule about teams getting a 1st round pick for a ROY who is on the MLB roster from Opening Day. What’s the story, @VORP Speed ?

Gotta sign that long, super cheap extension if you want to get called up early!

 

[jon abbey]

Ah good point, thanks.

 

[VORP Speed]

And they’re pretty set at 3rd base between Paredes and Yandy so I don’t think there’s any obvious need to rush him and they rather him play every day in Durham and force his way up. At minimum, they get him past the Super Two deadline.

 

[Bread of Yaz]

Bradley heading for an MRI for a possible pectoral injury. Seems like this may be a real retrenching year for Rays, with Franco gone, and Springs, McClanhan and Rasmussen on the shelf.

 

[VORP Speed]

Here is the rundown on the expected returns of the TJ brigade:

Baz—May/June
Springs—July/August
Rasmussen—August/September
McClanahan—2025

 

[VORP Speed]

I’ll let MLB trade rumors do the work on the offseason rundown. Cash and Neander going into their 10th seasons after Friedman and Maddon left. Cash now the longest tenured manager in MLB.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/offseason-in-review-tampa-bay-rays-16.html

 

[jon abbey]

24-6 start last year, 14-16 currently. TB should have a lot of reinforcements coming, guys coming back from injury and prospects both. We’ll see how well they can stay afloat until then.

 

[VORP Speed]

We’ll see how well they can stay afloat until then.

Not very well. They suck. Reinforcements urgently needed. Maybe the SkyRay will turn them around.

 

[jon abbey]

Caminero hit a new career exit velocity high in AAA tonight though, I think 117+.

 

[VORP Speed]

The Durham Bulls suck this year, too

 

[Bread of Yaz]

When do the Rays cut bait on Jose Siri? Seems to be killing them offensively and defensively and LeDuca can slide into center maybe?

 

[simplicio]

Junior Caminero, go on down: View: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1795926875149103322

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Junior Caminero, go on down: View: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1795926875149103322

Damn. That sucks.

 

[VORP Speed]

Painful season

 

[VORP Speed]

View: https://twitter.com/tbtimes_rays/status/1814059864840180108?s=46&t=VOPklDq0ggmwM6zlZRv9_g


Looks like it’s finally official. Almost 20 year odyssey has a happy ending. Mid-market, here we come!

 

[jon abbey]

I was going to post about TB getting guys back and quietly making a run at a wild card but then I looked at their remaining schedule and it is pretty relentless.

 

[VORP Speed]

Their schedule is brutal. They’ve been playing pretty well, though, and the pitching is getting dialed in. Crazier things have happened but not really holding out too much hope.

Just focusing on Opening Day 2028!

 

[VORP Speed]

Rays farm system shooting to the top of the post-trade deadline rankings.

 

[VORP Speed]

It took awhile with a few injuries this year, but Junior Caminero is finally coming on down. Kid is a stud. Imagine him and Wander being the left side of your infield for the next decade? I guess just Junior will have to do.

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/Ry_Bass/status/1844367980249178396

 

[Kliq]

View: https://twitter.com/Ry_Bass/status/1844367980249178396

I don't see any difference tbh

 

[tims4wins]

What makes this "heartbreaking"? There is a ton of heartbreaking stuff with regard to the storms. This is probably at the very bottom of that list.

 

[VORP Speed]

It was smart of the Rays to miss the playoffs. Maybe their supercomputer is capable of predicting hurricanes.

 

[Harry Hooper]

What makes this "heartbreaking"? There is a ton of heartbreaking stuff with regard to the storms. This is probably at the very bottom of that list.

I believe the Trop was supposed to be an important staging area as part of the emergency response, so that's not happening now. I wonder if the structure was built with a rating, as in should be able to come through a Cat 3 storm intact?

 

[yeahlunchbox]

I believe the Trop was supposed to be an important staging area as part of the emergency response, so that's not happening now. I wonder if the structure was built with a rating, as in should be able to come through a Cat 3 storm intact?

I've read it was rated for winds up to 110 and other places say 115. Apparently most people were moved out of there before the storm hit.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41709613/roof-tropicana-field-sustains-major-damage-hurricane-milton