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If you are worried about the Rays ' position in the ALE in May you should probably fly out to Vegas and put a ton of money on the Injuns and the Orioles making the postseason right now.

This game makes you shake your head. Chris Archer had one bad inning in the 3rd, allowing an RBI single to Miguel Tejada , and a 2-run triple to Joe Mahoney .

The Durham Bulls lost last night's game to the Norfolk Tides 4-0. The stars of the game were: Tides starting RHP Miguel Gonzales, who no-hit the Bulls for 5 innings and faced only 16 batters before being lifted for a reliever in the sixth inning; Bulls starting RHP Chris Archer, from nearby Clayton, who gave up 5 hits and 3 runs in 6 innings while ... (more)

The Texas Rangers grabbed LHP John Gaub on a waiver claim from the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, giving them a full 40-man roster.

Montgomery was the only winner down on the farm Wednesday thanks to a strong start by Joe Cruz and solid effort from the bullpen.

Yan Gomes' ability to play multiple positions will keep him in Toronto so long as he proves capable of hitting major-league pitching.

BY HAROLD GUTMANN hgutmann@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6668 DURHAM - Hideki Matsui struggled at the plate, but he showed off another side of his game Friday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Interleague play returns for 2012 and the first-place Braves will kick it off against the 24-15 Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays lost a key part of their starting rotation when Jeff Niemann went down with a fractured fibula, hit with a comebacker on Monday.

LF Rich Thompson was pumped to get his first big-league start Thursday considering it took 13 pro seasons to accomplish the feat.

BY LEE MONTGOMERY Special to The Herald-Sun DURHAM - The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Durham Bulls each had a major presence Wednesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Tickets: $17-275, available at Tropicana Field box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; $3 surcharge within 5 hours of game time.

RHP Wade Davis started 68 games, and another in the playoffs, for the Rays over the previous two-plus seasons.

Rays manager Joe Maddon said it was a "bad break," which suggests that it could be even longer than that.

Jeff Niemann's injury last night resulted in the eighth different member of the team hitting the disabled list.

The Tampa Bay Rays played The Texas Rangers on October 4, 2011. The Rays ended their AL wild-card streak, losing 4-3. View Gallery The Tampa Bay Rays play the Texas Rangers for Game 2 in Texas! Final score: 6-8 View Gallery Tampa Bay Rays starter Jeff Niemann was taken out of Monday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays after getting his on ... (more)

With the Rays playing a day game, all eyes were on the Rays minor league affiliates on Thursday night.

DBAP/Durham-Before I report on last night's game between the Durham Bulls and the Louisville Bats, I want to mention that two days ago, on May 2, the AAA Bulls drew 9356 fans to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park while their parent, the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that has won more games than any team in MLB since 2008 and is off to a strong start in 2012, ... (more)

There's no doubt that a number of trades will take place this year as teams identify needs and others prepare for fire sales, and you'd have to believe that a number of prospects who are getting their chance in the minors may very well be on the move.

Jason Parks joined the Baseball Prospectus roster in 2011, having spent the previous three years covering the Texas Rangers farm system for Baseball Time in Arlington , while doubling as a pro scout in Mexico as well as the New York-Penn League.