Questions with DRays Bay's RJ Anderson
by Randy Booth on Oct 10, 2008 7:00 AM EDT
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Don't worry. This time, these questions and answers are pretty solid. RJ Anderson from DRaysBay.com, the SBN Rays blog, answered some questions for me just in time for game one of the ALCS.
Just about everybody sings Evan Longoria's tune, so probably Carlos Pena or B.J. Upton.
Andy Sonnanstine. Being the game four starter signifies he's not as good as the other three starters, yet the guy gave the Red Sox some fits the last two times he faced them.
Heavens no, I was hoping for 85 wins, not along playoff and potential World Series hopes.
Of course. Although my definition of making a difference is anytime you can get satanic worshippers to disown you
Defense as usual.
I really want to say hitting, which would mean the pitching remains stellar, but I've got a bad feeling one of the starters won't last long.
Winner goes on to take the World Series as well. Hopefully Rays in seven, or less.
One last thing: Go Sox! (I said that, not RJ, of course).
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RJ's a really nice guy
He has a big man crush on Sonny, which I guess somehow can relate because of Wake. There are great players, and there are bad players. Yet, the average ones are the ones that are lovely. :)
Mother---- him and John Wayne!
by MerryGoByeBye on Oct 10, 2008 8:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sonnanstine is pretty underrated
By some defense-independent metrics (FIP, tRA), Sonny was the second-best Rays starter this year behind Shields.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Oct 10, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like him too
Nearly every time I watch him, he delivers a pretty good start.
Mother---- him and John Wayne!
by MerryGoByeBye on Oct 10, 2008 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two similar teams
I think that the Rays and the Red Sox are very similar philosophically these days. The major difference is the Red Sox ability to have a large payroll.
We’ve had a few discussions on how the Rays are here to stay and how they’re built for the future, but that will only be true if the Rays’ management decides to add payroll and pay their all-stars when they hold out for a new contract vs. arbitration. The payroll is going to explode in just a few years.
"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.
by SoxDevil on Oct 10, 2008 9:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the Rays will add some payroll
But probably not be creeping up towards the 100 million dollar range unless this area suddenly gets rich and can afford triple the ticket prices. The Rays are going to have to try to stay competitive by continuing to properly scout and find good talent, both in the draft and in the free agent market, where they’ve done an above-average job of finding just the right pieces at just the right price (though Hinske has fallen off the planet the last couple of months, I think most Rays fans will agree that his first-half of the season was worth the 1 year deal).
Just to use another Tampa Bay area team for comparison purposes, The Tampa Bay Lightning built through their draft and schrewd free-agency which lead to a Stanley Cup in 04, but from about there on, the team had a bad run on scouting; unable to find talented youth, their farm system dried up and the result was a last-in-the-league-last-year finish. Smaller market teams like us just can’t afford an extended run of mistakes because before we know it, we’re starting from scratch again.
by kericr on Oct 10, 2008 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm guessing the Rays will end up trading a lot of their high-priced players away in return for prospectus and MLB-ready, underrated talent.
First up is Kazmir in a year or two.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Oct 10, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Many Rays fans would kill you for saying this
But I think you’re right. That seems to be the logical next step on the way to world domination keeping the team good.
by kericr on Oct 10, 2008 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also I apologize for not bringing Yawkey, bandwagon, or Theo backstabbing talk into the equation.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 10, 2008 11:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That's fine, but you should have called us racists
We love those.
Mother---- him and John Wayne!
by MerryGoByeBye on Oct 10, 2008 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we'll reciprocate by not mentioning steroids, dog fighting, drug running
and all sorts of other things that have nothing to do with the Tampa Bay Rays.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
by 0157H7 on Oct 10, 2008 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks RJ
for not being the Rev.
Manny ain't the only bad man.
by tommy.otm on Oct 10, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone on SBN like Rev? Doubtful.
Tools Whore
Sign Bonds!
by Tyler on Oct 10, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK I'll be odd person out
I read the DRays version of this & didn’t like it——no need for the flippancy & arrogance over there.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
by MassGal on Oct 11, 2008 8:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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