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Art Deco · 10-11-2020, 09:26 PM

April 17: Purchased the contract of C Victor Caratini from AAA Durham, optioned C Carlos Perez to AA Montgomery, designated P Jimmy Lewis for assignment and placed him on waivers.

Caratini looked good in his 3 games at Durham so he's ready; he'll be the primary catcher until Keibert Ruiz comes back. Had to make room on the 40-man for him so I'm rolling the dice that nobody claims Lewis. It was down to him or Dean Christidis and Lewis's ratings weren't as good so I'm hoping that's what the AI looks at. If he does get claimed, he deserves a shot in someone's rotation or staff in the bigs.

Game 1: Smoke, mirrors and a good bullpen. That seems to be the best explanation for why the Rays keep winning games they seem like they should lose or be losing. Tonight they were outhit by the White Sox 10-4 but managed to win 4-1. Matt Manning seemed to have at least 2 baserunners on every inning and left in the 6th with a 5.2 9 1 1 2 5 line. He obviously got the big outs when he needed them but it's not a sustainable way of pitching. Aaron Ashby got him out of the 6th with a whiff and then fanned 2 more in a perfect 7th, Liam Hendriks had a scoreless 8th and retired the leadoff righty in the 9th, and with two lefties due up and Evan Godwin and Jose Alvarado in need of rest, say hello to Asa Lacy, closer. That's what he did, whiffing Zac Veen and Collin Montez to close out the game and pick up his first non 3-inning save. As they've done recently the Rays made the few hits they got count. They didn't get one until the 4th when Alec Bohm singled after Spencer Torkelson walked, and Keston Hiura singled up the middle with 2 out to score Tork and make it 1-0. Vidal Brujan walked in the 5th, stole second, and scored on Wander's 5th HR of the year to make it 3-0, and Torkelson got an insurance run in the 8th with his 2nd HR of the season. Victor Caratini was 0-2 with a walk in his Rays debut. So they now go to 10-1 and we'll just have to see what ugly way they're gonna win next.

Game 2: Keston Hiura supplied the offense and a team effort supplied the pitching in a 3-2 win over the White Sox as the Rays improve to 11-1. Hiura took Alex Faedo deep in the 4th with Spencer Torkelson on, and went yard again in the 6th with a solo shot. Tyler Glasnow started and was excellent (4.2 3 0 0 2 6), but had to leave with 2 out in the 5th with back spasms which shouldn't cause him to miss his next start. Asa Lacy, who picked up the win, took over and went 1 2/3 scoreless before Dustin May came on. May had his ups and downs but would have been out of the 8th except Vidal Brujan's two-out throwing error allowed 2 White Sox runs to score. Jasseel De La Cruz got save #3 with a perfect 9th as they hung on for the victory. (An earlier version of this game had the Rays scoring 4 times in the 9th to walk-off a 4-3 win but the program crashed before the current day was saved, in case you had read that recap)

Game 3: This time around they didn't need any late-game heroics or to eke out a nail-biter as they thumped the White Sox 13-2 to improve to 12-1 in a game that should do wonders for our Pythagorean record. Before we get into the hitting, we'll start with the pitching as Shane McClanahan once again dominated the team he pitched a complete-game shutout against last season. Mac went 7 6 2 2 0 11 to go 1-0, as yes Mr. No-Decision had a pair of those in his first two starts. Liam Hendriks pitched two perfect innings with 3 whiffs to close it out. The offense got started early as Spencer Torkelson hit a 2-run blast (#3) in the first, and tacked on 3 more in the 2nd on an RBI single from Patrick Bailey, an RBI double from Heston Kjerstad and an RBI single from Wander Franco, who had 4 hits today and extended his hitting streak to 13 (mentioning now means it ends next game). And in the 4th Triston Casas launched an opposite-field grand slam to left to truly blow it open. Yesterday's hero Keston Hiura had a pair of doubles, one of which drove in a run and Judson Fabian kept hitting, going 2-3 with an RBI.

Team record: 12-1. Next up: An off-day, followed by a 3-game set in Fenway Park.

10-11-2020, 09:26 PM	#301
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,937	April 17-19, 2026: vs Chicago White Sox (3) April 17: Purchased the contract of C Victor Caratini from AAA Durham, optioned C Carlos Perez to AA Montgomery, designated P Jimmy Lewis for assignment and placed him on waivers. Caratini looked good in his 3 games at Durham so he's ready; he'll be the primary catcher until Keibert Ruiz comes back. Had to make room on the 40-man for him so I'm rolling the dice that nobody claims Lewis. It was down to him or Dean Christidis and Lewis's ratings weren't as good so I'm hoping that's what the AI looks at. If he does get claimed, he deserves a shot in someone's rotation or staff in the bigs. Game 1: Smoke, mirrors and a good bullpen. That seems to be the best explanation for why the Rays keep winning games they seem like they should lose or be losing. Tonight they were outhit by the White Sox 10-4 but managed to win 4-1. Matt Manning seemed to have at least 2 baserunners on every inning and left in the 6th with a 5.2 9 1 1 2 5 line. He obviously got the big outs when he needed them but it's not a sustainable way of pitching. Aaron Ashby got him out of the 6th with a whiff and then fanned 2 more in a perfect 7th, Liam Hendriks had a scoreless 8th and retired the leadoff righty in the 9th, and with two lefties due up and Evan Godwin and Jose Alvarado in need of rest, say hello to Asa Lacy, closer. That's what he did, whiffing Zac Veen and Collin Montez to close out the game and pick up his first non 3-inning save. As they've done recently the Rays made the few hits they got count. They didn't get one until the 4th when Alec Bohm singled after Spencer Torkelson walked, and Keston Hiura singled up the middle with 2 out to score Tork and make it 1-0. Vidal Brujan walked in the 5th, stole second, and scored on Wander's 5th HR of the year to make it 3-0, and Torkelson got an insurance run in the 8th with his 2nd HR of the season. Victor Caratini was 0-2 with a walk in his Rays debut. So they now go to 10-1 and we'll just have to see what ugly way they're gonna win next. Game 2: Keston Hiura supplied the offense and a team effort supplied the pitching in a 3-2 win over the White Sox as the Rays improve to 11-1. Hiura took Alex Faedo deep in the 4th with Spencer Torkelson on, and went yard again in the 6th with a solo shot. Tyler Glasnow started and was excellent (4.2 3 0 0 2 6), but had to leave with 2 out in the 5th with back spasms which shouldn't cause him to miss his next start. Asa Lacy, who picked up the win, took over and went 1 2/3 scoreless before Dustin May came on. May had his ups and downs but would have been out of the 8th except Vidal Brujan's two-out throwing error allowed 2 White Sox runs to score. Jasseel De La Cruz got save #3 with a perfect 9th as they hung on for the victory. (An earlier version of this game had the Rays scoring 4 times in the 9th to walk-off a 4-3 win but the program crashed before the current day was saved, in case you had read that recap) Game 3: This time around they didn't need any late-game heroics or to eke out a nail-biter as they thumped the White Sox 13-2 to improve to 12-1 in a game that should do wonders for our Pythagorean record. Before we get into the hitting, we'll start with the pitching as Shane McClanahan once again dominated the team he pitched a complete-game shutout against last season. Mac went 7 6 2 2 0 11 to go 1-0, as yes Mr. No-Decision had a pair of those in his first two starts. Liam Hendriks pitched two perfect innings with 3 whiffs to close it out. The offense got started early as Spencer Torkelson hit a 2-run blast (#3) in the first, and tacked on 3 more in the 2nd on an RBI single from Patrick Bailey, an RBI double from Heston Kjerstad and an RBI single from Wander Franco, who had 4 hits today and extended his hitting streak to 13 (mentioning now means it ends next game). And in the 4th Triston Casas launched an opposite-field grand slam to left to truly blow it open. Yesterday's hero Keston Hiura had a pair of doubles, one of which drove in a run and Judson Fabian kept hitting, going 2-3 with an RBI. Team record: 12-1. Next up: An off-day, followed by a 3-game set in Fenway Park. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-12-2020 at 12:39 PM.