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Art Deco · 07-13-2021, 08:39 AM

Game 1: The Rays certainly didn't show jet lag from having to fly back from LA to Tampa to play this makeup game, getting 8 runs to start the game without making an out in a 10-run 1st and beating Cleveland 11-2 for consecutive win #11. The Rays sent 15 men to the plate in the first with the big hits being 2-run singles from Bo Angeac and Danny Ayala and a 3-run homer from Mike McKee (#9). Angeac then drove in a 3rd run later in the long inning. Jeremy Glasson added a pinch-hit homer in the 8th, his 2nd in 2 days as a Ray and 10th overall. Kevin Kerstetter coasted to a ridiculous 19-0 with the lead, finishing 7 3 1 1 0 8 and lowering his ERA to 2.51. Willie Bertone mopped up with 2 innings and allowed a run.

Team record: 121-30. Next up: Back on the plane to LA to play the Dodgers twice.

MLB News: A couple of key contributors to the Rays' first wave of World Series-winning teams retired today. Most notable was Keibert Ruiz, the backstop for five of our title teams (2023, 2025-2026, 2028-2029) and really the franchise's first great catcher. The 5-time all-star hit .287 with 169 HR in his 8 years with the team and had 26 WAR. His career kind of fell off a cliff when he left via free agency to San Francisco, but that's typical for a catcher in his 30s. I'll consider retiring his amusing #69. The other former Ray to retire was Nick Schnell, who came up through our system after being drafted in 2018. He was up for the second half of the season with our first title team in 2023 and had his best season as a big-leaguer in 2024 going .291-19-68 with 2.7 WAR but tore his PCL in May 2025 and was lost for the year. We dealt him away the following winter and picked up Luis Berdin, Chris Paddack and Jeremy Bienick. Those three weren't stars for us but brought back some key contributors when they were traded: Berdin helped bring Jordan Diaz and Mike Mooney in, Paddack got us Lewin Diaz (oops), but most importantly of all Bienick was the key to acquire Victor de Jesus, who turned into a superstar. Sadly for Schnell he was never the same player after the injury, had a poor year with the Cubs in 2026 and never saw the majors again, spending the last 9 years bouncing from minor league team to minor league team.

07-13-2021, 08:39 AM	#1089
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,361	September 17, 2035: vs Cleveland (1) Game 1: The Rays certainly didn't show jet lag from having to fly back from LA to Tampa to play this makeup game, getting 8 runs to start the game without making an out in a 10-run 1st and beating Cleveland 11-2 for consecutive win #11. The Rays sent 15 men to the plate in the first with the big hits being 2-run singles from Bo Angeac and Danny Ayala and a 3-run homer from Mike McKee (#9). Angeac then drove in a 3rd run later in the long inning. Jeremy Glasson added a pinch-hit homer in the 8th, his 2nd in 2 days as a Ray and 10th overall. Kevin Kerstetter coasted to a ridiculous 19-0 with the lead, finishing 7 3 1 1 0 8 and lowering his ERA to 2.51. Willie Bertone mopped up with 2 innings and allowed a run. Team record: 121-30. Next up: Back on the plane to LA to play the Dodgers twice. MLB News: A couple of key contributors to the Rays' first wave of World Series-winning teams retired today. Most notable was Keibert Ruiz, the backstop for five of our title teams (2023, 2025-2026, 2028-2029) and really the franchise's first great catcher. The 5-time all-star hit .287 with 169 HR in his 8 years with the team and had 26 WAR. His career kind of fell off a cliff when he left via free agency to San Francisco, but that's typical for a catcher in his 30s. I'll consider retiring his amusing #69. The other former Ray to retire was Nick Schnell, who came up through our system after being drafted in 2018. He was up for the second half of the season with our first title team in 2023 and had his best season as a big-leaguer in 2024 going .291-19-68 with 2.7 WAR but tore his PCL in May 2025 and was lost for the year. We dealt him away the following winter and picked up Luis Berdin, Chris Paddack and Jeremy Bienick. Those three weren't stars for us but brought back some key contributors when they were traded: Berdin helped bring Jordan Diaz and Mike Mooney in, Paddack got us Lewin Diaz (oops), but most importantly of all Bienick was the key to acquire Victor de Jesus, who turned into a superstar. Sadly for Schnell he was never the same player after the injury, had a poor year with the Cubs in 2026 and never saw the majors again, spending the last 9 years bouncing from minor league team to minor league team. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-13-2021 at 08:56 AM.