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Art Deco · 03-23-2021, 08:08 AM

Game 1: The Rays inch closer to the all-time single-season wins record with #120 today in a 9-1 rout of Toronto. Alec Sachais was excellent once again against Toronto, going 7 4 1 1 1 10 with the only run against naturally a homer. He's now 16-8, 3.26. The big middle-of-the-order bats were productive today with Nate Clark driving in 3 on a sac fly and a 2-run single to give him 136 RBI, and Joe Barker had a 3-run HR (#29). Jon Whiteleather had a rough 8th, giving up 3 runs on a double and a homer, but Rodolfo Rivas was great in a rare pitching appearance, getting Toronto 1-2-3 in the 9th with a whiff.

Game 2: The third time was the charm as Jon Hayes finally picked up win #22, setting the Rays' single-season record for pitching wins originally held by Blake Snell and Blake Money. But it wasn't easy as the Rays just barely hung on to win 4-3 and it took some managing like it was Game 7 of the World Series to get there. Hayes got off to a bit of a rough start, failing to retired the first four batters of the 2nd inning as Toronto scored twice. But he settled in from there and Dayle Jenkins' 17th HR with a man on tied it up and then Bobby Witt Jr's RBI double in the 4th gave them the lead (more on Witt shortly) and a Nate Clark RBI single in the 5th made it 4-2. Hayes had settled in, but in the 7th inning he ran into trouble again, giving up a pair of doubles to cut the lead to 4-3. Tim Siqueiros came on, wild-pitched the man to 3rd with nobody out, so we brought the infield in. Siqueiros struck out the next two but then walked the next two to load the bases before Evan Godwin came in and struck out the lefty Dan Phipps to end that threat. Jordan Diaz came in for the 8th and got a 1-2-3 inning plus the first man in the 9th before giving way to Jose Alvarado. Alvarado, who blew the game and the last time Hayes pitched, got the 2nd out but gave up a triple to make things tense again. But he whiffed Riley Greene to end the game and Hayes finally had the record. Hayes was 6 8 3 3 0 5 for the day and is now 22-4, 2.83 while Alvarado gets save #21. Now about Bobby Witt Jr. His injury proneness is "wrecked" and I've been trying to sub in Dane Ayers as much as I can to avoid the inevitable injury. But it happened today on that RBI double as he suffered a quadriceps strain which will keep him out 6 weeks or in other words throughout the playoffs. Ayers will be a capable replacement at 3B but now we have no real infield backup for the playoffs (although Jenkins can play a very mediocre 2B or 3B). The likely callup is 3B Bo Angeac, who has MLB power but real contact issues despite being BNN's #7 overall prospect, since he's on the 40-man and playoff-eligible. The other 40-man option on merit would be to call up Jaiden Hardaway, but he's a 2B only as is Connor Kirkley so he's of less use right now.

September 28: Placed 3B Bobby Witt on the 10-day IL with a quadriceps strain, purchased the contract of IF Rylan Bannon from AAA Durham.

I decided to not to start Angeac's service time clock, and I'm hoping that OOTP follows the MLB rule of service time not counting for the playoffs so I would bring Angeac up then. Instead say hello again to Rylan Bannon, our backup IF and part-time DH on our first World Series winner back in 2023. He didn't do much at Durham but he's a live body who can play 2B and 3B over this final week while we rest regulars.

Game 3: The Rays equaled their MLB single-season wins record of 122 with a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Toronto today, scoring 3 times in the 9th to pull out the victory. They loaded the bases with nobody out off Toronto closer Eric Woodliff, then pinch-hitter Ricky Widmar hit a sac fly to tie it and after Luis Corpus struck out, Dane Ayers and Dayle Jenkins came through with RBI singles to give them the lead and the win. Earlier Corpus had hit a 3-run HR (#17) to put them up 3-0 but Christian Little allowed a pair of solo homers (including one to his catcher from last year, Gabriel Moreno) to allow the Jays within 3-2. Little finished 6 4 2 2 1 11 and gave way to Mike Mooney in the 7th who was flat-out terrible, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk and only getting two outs. Nate Thompson got him out of the 7th and ended up finishing the game as I decided to give Jordan Diaz and Jose Alvarado a rest after yesterday. Thompson picked up his 4th win and went 2 1/3 allowing only one hit and whiffing 4. He's really been great this year with a 2.97 ERA and an 11/86 BB/K ratio in 66 2/3 innings. He really belongs in an MLB rotation but he'll have to bide his time to break this one like Shane McClanahan and Andy Aparicio before him.

Team record: 122-34. Next up: An off-day then Columbus comes to town for 3 games. When we last saw the Lightning it was the second week of the season and we helped them to an 0-11 start. Since then, they've played much more like the team that made the World Series last year and amazingly have a shot at winning their division, only 1 1/2 games behind Washington (although 2 back in the loss column). Playing us doesn't help their chances, though.

MLB News: Another wave of retirements. Former Rays hanging it up: Brett Honeywell Jr, Jacob Nix, Nick Solak. Notable MLB players: Christian Yelich (Milwaukee has retired his #22), Jose Ramirez (the former Cleveland star), Nick Madrigal, Franklin Barreto.

03-23-2021, 08:08 AM	#760
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,128	September 26-28, 2031: at Toronto (3) Game 1: The Rays inch closer to the all-time single-season wins record with #120 today in a 9-1 rout of Toronto. Alec Sachais was excellent once again against Toronto, going 7 4 1 1 1 10 with the only run against naturally a homer. He's now 16-8, 3.26. The big middle-of-the-order bats were productive today with Nate Clark driving in 3 on a sac fly and a 2-run single to give him 136 RBI, and Joe Barker had a 3-run HR (#29). Jon Whiteleather had a rough 8th, giving up 3 runs on a double and a homer, but Rodolfo Rivas was great in a rare pitching appearance, getting Toronto 1-2-3 in the 9th with a whiff. Game 2: The third time was the charm as Jon Hayes finally picked up win #22, setting the Rays' single-season record for pitching wins originally held by Blake Snell and Blake Money. But it wasn't easy as the Rays just barely hung on to win 4-3 and it took some managing like it was Game 7 of the World Series to get there. Hayes got off to a bit of a rough start, failing to retired the first four batters of the 2nd inning as Toronto scored twice. But he settled in from there and Dayle Jenkins' 17th HR with a man on tied it up and then Bobby Witt Jr's RBI double in the 4th gave them the lead (more on Witt shortly) and a Nate Clark RBI single in the 5th made it 4-2. Hayes had settled in, but in the 7th inning he ran into trouble again, giving up a pair of doubles to cut the lead to 4-3. Tim Siqueiros came on, wild-pitched the man to 3rd with nobody out, so we brought the infield in. Siqueiros struck out the next two but then walked the next two to load the bases before Evan Godwin came in and struck out the lefty Dan Phipps to end that threat. Jordan Diaz came in for the 8th and got a 1-2-3 inning plus the first man in the 9th before giving way to Jose Alvarado. Alvarado, who blew the game and the last time Hayes pitched, got the 2nd out but gave up a triple to make things tense again. But he whiffed Riley Greene to end the game and Hayes finally had the record. Hayes was 6 8 3 3 0 5 for the day and is now 22-4, 2.83 while Alvarado gets save #21. Now about Bobby Witt Jr. His injury proneness is "wrecked" and I've been trying to sub in Dane Ayers as much as I can to avoid the inevitable injury. But it happened today on that RBI double as he suffered a quadriceps strain which will keep him out 6 weeks or in other words throughout the playoffs. Ayers will be a capable replacement at 3B but now we have no real infield backup for the playoffs (although Jenkins can play a very mediocre 2B or 3B). The likely callup is 3B Bo Angeac, who has MLB power but real contact issues despite being BNN's #7 overall prospect, since he's on the 40-man and playoff-eligible. The other 40-man option on merit would be to call up Jaiden Hardaway, but he's a 2B only as is Connor Kirkley so he's of less use right now. September 28: Placed 3B Bobby Witt on the 10-day IL with a quadriceps strain, purchased the contract of IF Rylan Bannon from AAA Durham. I decided to not to start Angeac's service time clock, and I'm hoping that OOTP follows the MLB rule of service time not counting for the playoffs so I would bring Angeac up then. Instead say hello again to Rylan Bannon, our backup IF and part-time DH on our first World Series winner back in 2023. He didn't do much at Durham but he's a live body who can play 2B and 3B over this final week while we rest regulars. Game 3: The Rays equaled their MLB single-season wins record of 122 with a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Toronto today, scoring 3 times in the 9th to pull out the victory. They loaded the bases with nobody out off Toronto closer Eric Woodliff, then pinch-hitter Ricky Widmar hit a sac fly to tie it and after Luis Corpus struck out, Dane Ayers and Dayle Jenkins came through with RBI singles to give them the lead and the win. Earlier Corpus had hit a 3-run HR (#17) to put them up 3-0 but Christian Little allowed a pair of solo homers (including one to his catcher from last year, Gabriel Moreno) to allow the Jays within 3-2. Little finished 6 4 2 2 1 11 and gave way to Mike Mooney in the 7th who was flat-out terrible, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk and only getting two outs. Nate Thompson got him out of the 7th and ended up finishing the game as I decided to give Jordan Diaz and Jose Alvarado a rest after yesterday. Thompson picked up his 4th win and went 2 1/3 allowing only one hit and whiffing 4. He's really been great this year with a 2.97 ERA and an 11/86 BB/K ratio in 66 2/3 innings. He really belongs in an MLB rotation but he'll have to bide his time to break this one like Shane McClanahan and Andy Aparicio before him. Team record: 122-34. Next up: An off-day then Columbus comes to town for 3 games. When we last saw the Lightning it was the second week of the season and we helped them to an 0-11 start. Since then, they've played much more like the team that made the World Series last year and amazingly have a shot at winning their division, only 1 1/2 games behind Washington (although 2 back in the loss column). Playing us doesn't help their chances, though. MLB News: Another wave of retirements. Former Rays hanging it up: Brett Honeywell Jr, Jacob Nix, Nick Solak. Notable MLB players: Christian Yelich (Milwaukee has retired his #22), Jose Ramirez (the former Cleveland star), Nick Madrigal, Franklin Barreto. Last edited by Art Deco; 03-23-2021 at 11:34 AM.