Longoria to DL for Rays

by bdalebs on Aug 11, 2008 6:28 PM EDT

The Rays thought it was just a bruise, but his wrist is actually fractured. Aybar had a great day for them yesterday against the M's, but I can't see him keeping up that performance for two weeks. They are calling up a prospect by the name of Justin Ruggiano, who was called up earlier this year when Carlos Pena went down for a while. If we are going to pull ourselves back up to first place in one-two weeks, now would be the time.

Our schedule for the next 14 days consists of the remaining game @ CWS, 3 vs. TEX, 3 vs. TOR, 3 @ BAL, off day, and 3 @ TOR.

The Rays' schedule for the next 14 days consists of an off day, 3 @ OAK, 3 @ TEX, 3 vs. LAA, another off day, and 3 @ CWS.

Depending on who the pitchers are, we could easily win 10-11 games out of that stretch, and the Rays will probably win only 7-8 games.

We should gain around 2.5 games on them, which would put us in position to overtake them if they have one bad series, as long as we win our final series at Yankee Stadium, during which the Rays play Toronto.

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Article: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080811&content_id=3291909&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you.

by bdalebs on Aug 11, 2008 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

My bad, proper link:

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080811&content_id=3291909&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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by bdalebs on Aug 11, 2008 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Opportunity for Ells?

If Jacoby has an ‘07-type end to the season, could he supplant Longoria’s shoo-in position for the AL ROY?

by soxaholic on Aug 11, 2008 6:54 PM EDT reply actions

YAY!!!!!

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by bdalebs on Aug 11, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Wait... Maybe not YAY!!!!

Other AL rookies:
David Murphy, TEX
Alexi Ramirez, CWS
Brad Ziegler, OAK
Joba Chamberlain, NYY
Nick Blackburn, MIN
Carlos Gonzalez, OAK

Ells is gonna have to hit above the .269 mark he’s at right now (probably closer to .350 for the rest of the year), hit at leatst 7 more HR (a possibiltiy; he only has 7 now, but he slump mightily for a long time), get a lot more RBIs (bottom of the order gettiing on base consistently = LOL), and steal around 60 bases (up to 37 now; again would have been higher if not for slump). Other than that, I think it’s between Murphy, Longoria, Joba, and maybe Ramirez.

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by bdalebs on Aug 11, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Chamberlain is on the DL until late August, which probably hurts his candidacy.
David Murphy is out because of that huge collision with I-Rod; his numbers also aren’t that great, aside from HR totals (15).
Ziegler is a non-closing reliever, although his scoreless streak is pretty cool. Nobody even considered Okajima for ROY last year, and he was friggin awesome.
Alexi Ramirez has no plate discipline, although that might not batter to voters.
Blackburn is a possibility. He’s been a great starter thus far.

I think Longoria probably has this award in the bag. Ellsbury would have to hit everything the rest of the way, steal a base every time he’s on, steal home a couple times, make a webgem each night, and pick up a few saves as a reliever to even be in the running for ROY.

by 0157H7 on Aug 12, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

That's a bit of a stretch for what Ells would have to do...

I wish voters would take into consideration his production from last year too. Although if that happened, Joba would also have a case. Murphy has also had a ton of RBI’s but that might the result of having RISP almost every AB

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

"Rookie of the Year,"

not “Rookie of the Year and last year’s pennant drive and playoffs too.”

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Aug 12, 2008 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Depends if Year means one year to the day or 2008. :)

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Lowrie for ROY of the Year 2009

by drabidea on Aug 12, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

If he doesn't go over the limit for AB's this season...

Which he has only 16 more of until he reached the 130 mentioned below.

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

That is a very large loss for the Rays combined with Crawford. I am not saying they can’t win the division but this certainly will make it much harder. The Red Sox are not playing that great but they are still a very good team and if Ellsbury can turn it around they will be in great shape foe the stretch run. As for the Yankees, all I can say is see ya next year.

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by E5 on Aug 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions

what happened to Crawford?

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by tommy.otm on Aug 12, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions

His finger = broken

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Is Joba still a rookie?

I thought he isn’t technically classified as one.

by Gnick on Aug 11, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions

These are the requirements: no more than 130 AB, 50 innings pitched, or 45 days on the active roster of a club before September 1. As far as I can tell, Joba’s time in 2007 doesn’t violate any of these conditions.

by 0157H7 on Aug 12, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions

I believe he is as a result of Cashman's OCD command on his innings last year.

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Fantasy Baseball

This doesnt help my Fantasy team (Green Monster) first Crawford now Longoria.

~ ROLL TIDE ~

GO SOX!!

by Bama Sox on Aug 11, 2008 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

Fantasy is for people who can't be obsessive about the actual team they root for.

You wanted Crawford and Longoria each to hit 4 hrs in every game against Boston, but have every man on the Sox score as long as they weren’t on your oppenent’s team? That’s just screwed up dude.

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by bdalebs on Aug 12, 2008 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions