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Tuesday Nov 3 | DRays Bay

Regarding J.P. Howell's "Issues" As Closer

I've heard and read a few comments saying the Rays really need to invest in a closer - oxymoron - because J.P. Howell just isn't cut out of the job.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball

Tuesday Nov 3 | Major League Baseball

Inbox: Can Rays compete in AL East?

What will it take to compete against the massive payroll we are constantly up against year after year? -- Rick W., Gulfport, Fla.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, American League, American League East, James Shields, Baseball Players, David Price, B.J. Upton

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Major League Baseball

Inbox: Will Howell take over as closer?

Can you please tell me why we bother shopping for a closer when we have J.P. Howell? I thought Howell did a fantastic job this year with the closer role and should be our full-time closer.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Pat Burrell, Akinori Iwamura, Jake McGee, Danys Baez

Wed Oct 14, 2009

FakeTeams

Fantasy Baseball: 2010 AL closer dynasty/keeper rankings

I do think Mo's age will catch up with him one day, whether it be in the form of injury or inefective-itis, but I don't think that will be 2010.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Bradenton Herald

Rays will not sign a closer

Those Tampa Bay Rays fans hoping the team signs a legitimate, big league closer this offseason, well ... it's not going to happen.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Billy Wagner, Baseball Players, Boston Red Sox, Jonathan Papelbon

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Examiner.com

Tampa Bay Baseball Writers of America hand out yearly awards to Rays' players

Ben Zobrist easily beat Carl Crawford to team MVP. ST. PETERSBURG - The Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of American handed out the annual awards for the Rays.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist, Carlos Pena, James Shields

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Tampabay.com

Tampa Bay Rays news and notes

When manager Joe Maddon was asked for playoff predictions, he had two teams from his past standing in the end.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Jason Bartlett, Baseball Players, Michael Young, Ben Zobrist

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Bradenton.com

Rays remain hopeful for 2010

They were better offensively than the team that reached the World Series in 2008 and, in some areas, better on the mound, too.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford, Pat Burrell

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Fox Sports

Review of a letdown

The Rays today wrap up The Season After, a moderate success that is viewed as a grand disappointment given where they were - and where they were going - last year.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Jason Bartlett, Baseball Players, Evan Longoria, Scott Kazmir, Carl Crawford

Tampa Bay Online

numbers 2009 MOMENTS had its

Having reached what for most was the pinnacle of their athletic careers a season ago, the disappointment of finishing a distant third and well out of the playoff race in 2009 was profound for the Rays.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Carl Crawford, Pat Burrell, Dioner Navarro, James Shields

Fri Oct 02, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Baseball Bits

Yankees: Catcher Jorge Posada was scratched from the starting lineup against the Red Sox because of muscle spasms near his neck.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Jorge Posada, A.J. Burnett, American League West, American League, Tampa Bay Rays

Tue Sep 29, 2009

The Tampa Tribune

Bullpen among Rays' highest offseason priority

That's a bit of an oversimplification, of course, as Friedman and his staff do plenty of wheeling and dealing from April through September.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, American League, Dan Wheeler, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Dioner Navarro

Sun Sep 27, 2009

BleacherReport

JP Howell, Bud Norris Shut Down

A couple of quick, early morning fantasy notes that I wanted to touch upon. First, the Tampa Bay Rays shut down closer JP Howell.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Bud Norris, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Mark Lowe, Seattle Mariners

Sat Sep 26, 2009

DRays Bay

J.P. Howell Put on Ice; Rays Shutdown Defacto Closer

18, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays won 5-4. Word came down last night that the Rays have decided games would no longer be chilled.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Tampabay.com

Tampa Bay Rays reliever J.P. Howell won't pitch anymore this season

LHP J.P. Howell 's season is officially over. The Rays have shut him down for the remainder of the season, giving Howell, who ranks third in the majors in relief innings over the past two seasons, a much-needed break.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Andy Sonnanstine

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Bradenton Herald

M's end Rays reign

The title defense officially ended at 10 p.m. Tuesday when home plate umpire Scott Barry called the pitch from Seattle's Mark Lowe a strike regardless of whether Evan Longoria had checked his swing or not.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Evan Longoria, Baseball Players, Mark Lowe, Seattle Mariners

Tue Sep 22, 2009

DRays Bay

One More Crack at Dissecting Bullpen Usage

Last week I took a look at how the Rays ' 2009 high leverage FIP of 4.87 underperformed their season FIP of 4.36 while the average team fares 0.25 better in high leverage situations.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Dan Wheeler

Sun Sep 20, 2009

Tampabay.com

Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford upset, says umpires are repeatedly...

Carl Crawford grimaces after being called out trying to steal third in the seventh.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Carl Crawford, Dan Wheeler

Sat Sep 19, 2009

Fox Sports

If Rays want him, Aki happy to stay

With his original three-year contract up and the Rays unlikely to pick up his $4.85 million option , Iwamura, under terms now common for Japanese players, will be a free agent after the season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, American League, American League East, Baseball Players, Elliot Johnson, John Jaso, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Thu Sep 17, 2009

The Tampa Tribune

Maddon backs bullpen

Joe Maddon says the recent failings of his bullpen could be more due to emotional exhaustion than physical fatigue, and he won't change the way he's using his relief pitchers over the final three weeks of the season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Lance Cormier, Chad Bradford, Dan Wheeler, Troy Percival

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