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Art Deco · 06-13-2025, 09:50 PM

Game 1:

Mother Nature put out the fireworks in the Minnesota on July 4 with the Rays on the short end of the stick after 4 1/2 innings.

Game 2:

Game 3:

Between the second and third games we made another deal to fortify the bullpen:

It's welcome back to Florida for Puk, who was a star for the Florida Gators about 10 years ago. He's an upgrade as a second lefty behind Garrett Cleavinger in the pen as rookie Mason Montgomery had been a mixed bag this season. Montgomery will go to Durham to make room for Puk, who had a 3.24 ERA and 15 saves for Arizona, which is in rebuild mode. We only had to give up a couple of C+ prospects in Baker and Lindsey while Puk is still under team control albeit at a projected $5.5M in arbitration.

Meanwhile the Rays' recent surge continues with a road series win in Minnesota which saw some quality pitching as they only allowed 7 runs in the 3 games and are now a season-high 6 games over .500. They have a very busy week ahead with 8 games in 7 days - the regularly-scheduled 3 in Detroit plus resumption of a suspended game between the clubs in Tampa the week before followed by 4 games in Boston before hitting the All-Star break. The amateur draft will also come at the end of the week and the Rays are picking their highest (#14) since 2018.

Here's how the standings look:

The Rays and Tigers are 3 games up on Toronto in 4th place in the wild card standings.

Players of the Week:

AL: Vinnie Pasquantino (KC), 14-30, 1 HR, 7 RBI
NL: Bryan Reynolds (PIT), 13-26, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Rays News: We had a couple of minor leaguers win Player of the Week in their respective leagues: Low-A Charleston's Emelien Pitre was 10-23 with 5 HR and 12 RBI as last year's 2nd round pick won the Carolina League honors and slugging prospect Brailer Guerrero was the DSL honoree after going 10-23 with 5 HR and 14 RBI.

06-13-2025, 09:50 PM	#26
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,591	July 4-6, 2025: at Minnesota (3) Game 1: Mother Nature put out the fireworks in the Minnesota on July 4 with the Rays on the short end of the stick after 4 1/2 innings. Game 2: Game 3: Between the second and third games we made another deal to fortify the bullpen: It's welcome back to Florida for Puk, who was a star for the Florida Gators about 10 years ago. He's an upgrade as a second lefty behind Garrett Cleavinger in the pen as rookie Mason Montgomery had been a mixed bag this season. Montgomery will go to Durham to make room for Puk, who had a 3.24 ERA and 15 saves for Arizona, which is in rebuild mode. We only had to give up a couple of C+ prospects in Baker and Lindsey while Puk is still under team control albeit at a projected $5.5M in arbitration. Meanwhile the Rays' recent surge continues with a road series win in Minnesota which saw some quality pitching as they only allowed 7 runs in the 3 games and are now a season-high 6 games over .500. They have a very busy week ahead with 8 games in 7 days - the regularly-scheduled 3 in Detroit plus resumption of a suspended game between the clubs in Tampa the week before followed by 4 games in Boston before hitting the All-Star break. The amateur draft will also come at the end of the week and the Rays are picking their highest (#14) since 2018. Here's how the standings look: The Rays and Tigers are 3 games up on Toronto in 4th place in the wild card standings. Players of the Week: AL: Vinnie Pasquantino (KC), 14-30, 1 HR, 7 RBI NL: Bryan Reynolds (PIT), 13-26, 1 HR, 2 RBI Rays News: We had a couple of minor leaguers win Player of the Week in their respective leagues: Low-A Charleston's Emelien Pitre was 10-23 with 5 HR and 12 RBI as last year's 2nd round pick won the Carolina League honors and slugging prospect Brailer Guerrero was the DSL honoree after going 10-23 with 5 HR and 14 RBI.