RaysUp - Bang-up with Milwaukee Brewers & looking for Randy & Yandy

BaseballBiz On Deck

Mat & Mark look for a positive future with potential Tampa Bay Rays Roster Changes and new life from MLB City Connect uniform gear

• Randy & Yandy - trying to do everything
• Josh Lowe, Deluca & Aranda’s return soon to come
• Bernie the Brewer & Tampa Bay Rays mascot Raymond – launched from on-high
• William Contreras – Catcher strategies – what if the Rays had landed him
• Tyler Black’s debut with the Brewers had his first 2 hits against 2 left handed hitters
• Brewers Manager, Pat Murphy bringing a new fire to the team & competitive edge to the team
• Yankees’ Aaron Judge slap down of ball
• Murphy stands up for his team – ejected 2x this year – 5x in 2015 with Padres
• 2024 Projections of Ejections = 12 for Pat Murphy
• Tommy LaSorda kicking up sand
• Mat’s take: Siri’s “pimpable” home run, resulting in a Hit by Pitch delivered by Freddy Peralta.
• Siri facing off Uribe at first base delivered a gaffe factor that resulted in a fight
• Tampa Bay Rays – lackadaisical response to the field fight - “is it worth it?”
• Mat examines the cohesiveness of the team
• Who are we keeping, who are we trading, Roster changes to come – Junior Caminero
• Erasmo Ramirez too good for AAA but not good enough for the MLB Show
• Rays Pitching and the Ghost IL – when will Shane Baz & Brendan McKay as relievers
• Why have Rays not built good relievers in their farm system
• Value of Starting Pitchers as Relievers?
• Shane Baz as a Major League reliever?
• Start with a limited number of innings when Baz returns. No need to have him as a starter
• Dodgers, Julio Urias example of building a reliever as a starter
• Starters coming back Jeffrey Springs & Taj Bradley
• Drew Rasmussen, follow Nate Eovaldi example?
• Ryan Pepiot stats compared to Tyler Glasnow – similarities with WHIP exception
• Mat’s preseason projections included: Taj Bradley, Ryan Pepiot & Jeffrey Springs as top 3 starters for the Rays
• Rays starter pitchers inventory is
• Junior Caminero needs to be called up – Rays could have similar experience as Brewers when they brought
• Tampa Bay City Connect Uniforms - Bring a spark to the team, wear the new City Connect uniforms when Caminero comes to the Trop
• Can we make the uniforms glow in the dark – catapult Raymond across the sky
• White Sox & Brewers trip – loving the White Sox scoreboard & Milwaukee Johnsonville
• Jackson Chourio – 8 year, $80 million contract – similar to Randy’s 1 year $8 million contract
• Brewers have 2nd youngest team in MLB – look at William Contreras
• Mat provides his scouting grocery list for the Rays
• Glue Guy return of Josh Lowe
• eX-Rays with Mets – Joey Wendle & Mike Brosseau
• Wouldn’t be nice if Pete Alonso signed with the Tampa Bay Rays
• Minor leaguers making their way to the Rays like Carson Williams, Chandler Simpson & others by mid-May

Apologies to Major League Baseball, Bob Uecker & Chris Farley

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