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Yankees and Rays Clash in Pivotal Series
Who will come out on the other side of this weekends series on top as MLB’s best baseball record holder.
This weekend, in Florida, the two best teams in baseball this season so far, New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays, will meet in the headline series this weekend.
The champion of the World Series, the Yankees, will lead the 2008 American League champions by two games. Although the New York Yankees won best record in the majors, it won’t help them try to get to the World Series this Fall.
Here’s the lineup for the weekend with New York: Phil Hughes, on the mound Friday night with 21 ER in last 29 IP, Javier Vazquez Saturday with 4.54 ERA, and CC Sabathia Sunday with 10 straight starts of three ER or less. The lineup for the Rays will go as follows: Wade Davis, who has five ER last 21 IP, the No-Hit kid Matt Garza, and James Shields 154 hits in 135 IP.
When Hughes and Sabathia start, the Yankees will be a 29-11 this year combined, but when Vaquez hits the hill, it’s only 9-9. When Davis and Shields start for the Rays, they will be a combines 20-20, but when Garza takes the pill, its a mere 13-7. Read More >>
Tension Rises After Upton’s Laziness Was Called Out
What started with inner team frustration turned into what looked like more then a simple heated arguement from the perspective of the caqmera.
B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria were in each others faces over a defensive depute. I can understand the frustration a team can have amongst themselves when things don’t seem to be moving in a favorable direction. In a 21 loss against the Diamondbacks, the Tampa Bay Rays, certainly could have pulled it together.
In what turned into a very heated argument for a couple of seconds before teammates immediately stepped between the two players. Read More >>
Rays Emerge as Early Season Favorites
Despite being in the toughest division in baseball, the Rays have still managed to maintain the best record in the MLB. It is difficult to pinpoint a particular reason for the team’s success; they have a well-balanced squad, featuring one of the best pitching staffs in the league as well as a prolific offense. This combination has garnered them the best run differential in the Bigs and has them primed for a deep run in the playoffs.
At the end of May, the Rays lineup boasted six hitters with an average above .290. And their rotation has four pitchers with four or more wins. With the exception of Evan Longoria, who certainly drives sales of Rays jerseys, there are few bona fide superstars in the lineup. That fact doesn’t seem to be hampering them at all, and if they continue to get production up and down their lineup and rotation, they will certainly be the team to beat come October.
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