2015 Tampa Bay Rays

[OFFNY]

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The D-Rays are off to a surprisingly good start this season.

They did themselves (and everybody else in the A.L. East) a big favor by taking 3 out of 4 games from the Yankees last week.

OOOOOOO (MAY 17th)

YANKEES .....O)) 22-17 OOOO1 --

D-RAYS.......))))O 21-18 OOOOo 1.0

RED SOX OOOOll 18-20 OOOO)l 3.5

ORIOLES .;o))0O 16-19 OOOO)l 4.0

BLUE JAYS)llO 17-22 OOOO;; 5.0

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[OFFNY]

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The D-Rays are off to a surprisingly good start this season.

They did themselves (and everybody else in the A.L. East) a big favor by taking 3 out of 4 games from the Yankees last week.

OOOOOOO (MAY 17th)

YANKEES .....O)) 22-17 OOOO1 --

D-RAYS.......))))O 21-18 OOOOo 1.0

RED SOX OOOOll 18-20 OOOO)l 3.5

ORIOLES .;o))0O 16-19 OOOO)l 4.0

BLUE JAYS)llO 17-22 OOOO;; 5.0

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The Rays have overtaken the Yankees (who have lost 10 out of their last 11 games) for 1st place in the division.

[OFFNY]

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Since we beat Chris Archer on Opening Day, these are his lines for his outings since:

vs. MARLINS, 4/11:

7.00 IP O 1 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 1 BB O 5 SO O1O 84 Pitches (57 Strikes, 27 Balls)

vs. BLUE JAYS, 4/16:

7.00 IP O 2 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 2 BB O 11 SO .)) 109 Pitches (68 Strikes, 41 Balls)

vs. RED SOX, 4/21:

5.67 IP O 7 H O 1 R O 0 ER O 1 BB OO 9 SO O1 106 Pitches (72 Strikes, 34 Balls)

vs. BLUE JAYS, 4/26:

7.00 IP O 2 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 1 BB O 7 SO O1O 93 Pitches (64 Strikes, 29 Balls)

Not a single earned run.

5 walks.

32 strikeouts.

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Say goodbye to your consecutive scoreless earned runs streak, Chris.

The Orioles were the first to score an earned run off of you last month on Opening Day.

And, the Orioles have done it again.

After getting smacked around by the Orioles and the Rangers in back-to-back starts 3 and-a-half weeks ago, Archer is back on fire again.

In his 4 starts since, Archer has:

26.33 IP

19 H

4 R

4 BB

32 SO

94 Pitches (260 Strikes, 134 Balls)

1.37 ERA

0.874 WHIP

[Crazysilver03]

Tampa DFA Bobby Wilson tonight. They will play Friday with no backup catcher. They will have an INF Jake Elmore as their emergency catcher.

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[OFFNY]

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The surprising Tampa Bay Rays remain strong with a record of 40-30 almost halfway into the season.

They have won 8 out of their last 9 games, and appear to have withstood the loss of their longtime manager, Joe Maddon.

[Redskins Rick]

From MLBTR:

The Rays are in first place in the AL East despite paying almost $36MM of their $72MM Opening Day payroll to players who are either on the DL, in the minors or no longer with the organization.

[Aglets]

From MLBTR:

The Rays are in first place in the AL East despite paying almost $36MM of their $72MM Opening Day payroll to players who are either on the DL, in the minors or no longer with the organization.

To say that is remarkable would be quite the understatement.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Matt Moore is back for the Rays. Pitching today against CLE.

[Can_of_corn]

Matt Moore is back for the Rays. Pitching today against CLE.

Three big names back today.

Fernandez hit 99 MPH.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Three big names back today.

Fernandez hit 99 MPH.

Well CLE knocked him out in the 5th and TB's platoon guys seem to be stumbling.

[OFFNY]

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The Rays play the Orioles in a rubber match on Sunday afternoon, as each team desperately tries to remain relevant with the month of July winding down.

[Crazysilver03]

Matt Moore has been sent back to AAA.

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[OFFNY]

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After starting the season very strongly by going 40-30 in their first 70 games, the D-Rays have fallen back into mediocrity by going 14-25 over their next 39.

[OFFNY]

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(vs. METS, 8/07)

23,149 in attendance, and there were AT LEAST 12,000 of 13,000 Mets fans there, maybe more.

They were loud as hell, and they were going crazy for every Mets run scored, and when Familia got the final out in the bottom of the 9th.

[OFFNY]

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Since we beat Chris Archer on Opening Day, these are his lines for his outings since:

vs. MARLINS, 4/11:

7.00 IP O 1 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 1 BB O 5 SO O1O 84 Pitches (57 Strikes, 27 Balls)

vs. BLUE JAYS, 4/16:

7.00 IP O 2 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 2 BB O 11 SO .)) 109 Pitches (68 Strikes, 41 Balls)

vs. RED SOX, 4/21:

5.67 IP O 7 H O 1 R O 0 ER O 1 BB OO 9 SO O1 106 Pitches (72 Strikes, 34 Balls)

vs. BLUE JAYS, 4/26:

7.00 IP O 2 H O 0 R O 0 ER O 1 BB O 7 SO O1O 93 Pitches (64 Strikes, 29 Balls)

Not a single earned run.

5 walks.

32 strikeouts.

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After getting smacked around by the Orioles and the Rangers in back-to-back starts 3 and-a-half weeks ago, Archer is back on fire again.

In his 4 starts since, Archer has:

26.33 IP

19 H

4 R

4 BB

32 SO

94 Pitches (260 Strikes, 134 Balls)

1.37 ERA

0.874 WHIP

All this time later, and Archer is continuing to pitch very well.

He's having a great season overall.

27 OUTS: 11 Strikeouts, 8 Groundouts, 3 Flyouts, 2 Popouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Caught Stealing

CHRIS ARCHER O(vs. ASTROS, 8/20)

IP:. 9 l(Complete-Game Shutout)

H:;; 1 l(1 Single)

R:l) 0

BB: 1

SO: 11

Pitches: 98 (65 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2015 ERA: 2.77