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Art Deco · 10-14-2020, 10:35 AM

May 5: Optioned OF Heston Kjerstad to AAA Durham, activated OF Hunter Bishop from his rehab assignment.

Bramdon Perez gets to stay up on merit, although it's going to be a lot tougher for him to get at-bats with Bishop back.

Game 1: A hard-fought game between two teams who last saw each other in the 2024 World Series resulted in another walk-off Rays win as they scored single runs in the 8th and 9th to prevail 5-4. The Rays loaded the bases off one-time teammate Taylor Rogers with one out and Wander Franco's sac fly brought home pinch-runner Nick Gonzales with the winning run. Tonight's game followed their 2026 blueprint: most of the scoring done in the early innings while the bullpen holds the other team to allow for a comeback. After Will Smith and Joc Pederson both doubled in the 3rd to put LA ahead, the Rays came back on a Wander RBI single and a wild pitch to take the lead in the bottom of the inning. But Matt Manning ran into real trouble in the 4th, giving up a Fernando Tatis Jr triple which was followed by a Cody Bellinger homer, and old friend Seth Beer (getting a rare Dodgers start with the DH) went deep as well and it was 4-2 Dodgers. But Victor Caratini singled home Keston Hiura, who had reached on an error to cut it back to 4-3 after 4. And that's where we stood until the 8th. Manning settled down after his bad inning(s) to go 6.2 7 4 4 1 8 but his ERA remains an unsightly 5.24. Aaron Ashby got 4 outs to get through the 8th and Hiura's RBI single in the bottom tied it before the 9th inning heroics. Jose Alvarado struck out 3 in the 9th and picked up win #2.

Game 2: Keston Hiura had a monster game as the Rays swept the 2-game series from the Dodgers with an 8-4 win. Hiura homered in the 4th to tie the game at 1, hit a bases-clearing double in the 5th to break the game open and make it 5-1, and then homered again with a man on (#5) in the 7th off former Ray Max Fried (relegated to long relief these days) to give him a 2-HR, 6-RBI night. Judson Fabian supplied the rest of the offense with an RBI single in the 5th which preceded Hiura's double and then a solo HR off Fried (#10) in the 7th. Tyler Glasnow went 7 5 2 2 4 5 in a strong (albeit wild) effort. The key sequence for him came in the 3rd when he loaded the bases ahead of Fernando Tatis Jr., Cody Bellinger and Josh Bell, but he ended up striking out all 3, although a wild pitch in there allowed a run to score. Glasnow improves to 2-1, 3.29 with 46 Ks in 38 innings. Evan Godwin was roughed up a bit in relief, allowing a 2-run HR to Bellinger, but Liam Hendriks got the final four outs to quash any Dodger thoughts of a comeback. And I'll take this moment to talk about how well Hendriks has pitched this year, with his season line being 15 11 2 2 3 21, with 0 HRs allowed and already 1.0 WAR, a big number for a reliever a month into the season.

Team record: 23-4. Next up: An off-day, then a west coast swing begins with 3 games in Anaheim against the other LA team.

Minor League Update: While everyone in Tampa Bay is excited about Christian Little, there's another pitcher who's more than ready to pitch in the bigs and pitch well. That would be Mack Anglin, who's the #28 prospect in baseball and went 7 3 0 0 1 10 last night against Norfolk for Durham in the AL. Anglin's video-game numbers for the season are 38.2 innings, 7 walks and 58 whiffs with only 2 HR allowed and a 1.86 ERA. He has 70 stuff, 55 movement and control, a 70 fastball and an 80 slider. And those are "now" numbers, not potential. Tyler Glasnow is a free agent at season's end and there's no question than Anglin is his replacement but I need to find a way to get him up this year.

10-14-2020, 10:35 AM	#306
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,358	May 5-6, 2026: vs LA Dodgers (2) May 5: Optioned OF Heston Kjerstad to AAA Durham, activated OF Hunter Bishop from his rehab assignment. Bramdon Perez gets to stay up on merit, although it's going to be a lot tougher for him to get at-bats with Bishop back. Game 1: A hard-fought game between two teams who last saw each other in the 2024 World Series resulted in another walk-off Rays win as they scored single runs in the 8th and 9th to prevail 5-4. The Rays loaded the bases off one-time teammate Taylor Rogers with one out and Wander Franco's sac fly brought home pinch-runner Nick Gonzales with the winning run. Tonight's game followed their 2026 blueprint: most of the scoring done in the early innings while the bullpen holds the other team to allow for a comeback. After Will Smith and Joc Pederson both doubled in the 3rd to put LA ahead, the Rays came back on a Wander RBI single and a wild pitch to take the lead in the bottom of the inning. But Matt Manning ran into real trouble in the 4th, giving up a Fernando Tatis Jr triple which was followed by a Cody Bellinger homer, and old friend Seth Beer (getting a rare Dodgers start with the DH) went deep as well and it was 4-2 Dodgers. But Victor Caratini singled home Keston Hiura, who had reached on an error to cut it back to 4-3 after 4. And that's where we stood until the 8th. Manning settled down after his bad inning(s) to go 6.2 7 4 4 1 8 but his ERA remains an unsightly 5.24. Aaron Ashby got 4 outs to get through the 8th and Hiura's RBI single in the bottom tied it before the 9th inning heroics. Jose Alvarado struck out 3 in the 9th and picked up win #2. Game 2: Keston Hiura had a monster game as the Rays swept the 2-game series from the Dodgers with an 8-4 win. Hiura homered in the 4th to tie the game at 1, hit a bases-clearing double in the 5th to break the game open and make it 5-1, and then homered again with a man on (#5) in the 7th off former Ray Max Fried (relegated to long relief these days) to give him a 2-HR, 6-RBI night. Judson Fabian supplied the rest of the offense with an RBI single in the 5th which preceded Hiura's double and then a solo HR off Fried (#10) in the 7th. Tyler Glasnow went 7 5 2 2 4 5 in a strong (albeit wild) effort. The key sequence for him came in the 3rd when he loaded the bases ahead of Fernando Tatis Jr., Cody Bellinger and Josh Bell, but he ended up striking out all 3, although a wild pitch in there allowed a run to score. Glasnow improves to 2-1, 3.29 with 46 Ks in 38 innings. Evan Godwin was roughed up a bit in relief, allowing a 2-run HR to Bellinger, but Liam Hendriks got the final four outs to quash any Dodger thoughts of a comeback. And I'll take this moment to talk about how well Hendriks has pitched this year, with his season line being 15 11 2 2 3 21, with 0 HRs allowed and already 1.0 WAR, a big number for a reliever a month into the season. Team record: 23-4. Next up: An off-day, then a west coast swing begins with 3 games in Anaheim against the other LA team. Minor League Update: While everyone in Tampa Bay is excited about Christian Little, there's another pitcher who's more than ready to pitch in the bigs and pitch well. That would be Mack Anglin, who's the #28 prospect in baseball and went 7 3 0 0 1 10 last night against Norfolk for Durham in the AL. Anglin's video-game numbers for the season are 38.2 innings, 7 walks and 58 whiffs with only 2 HR allowed and a 1.86 ERA. He has 70 stuff, 55 movement and control, a 70 fastball and an 80 slider. And those are "now" numbers, not potential. Tyler Glasnow is a free agent at season's end and there's no question than Anglin is his replacement but I need to find a way to get him up this year. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-14-2020 at 01:33 PM.