2012-2013 Rays Off-season thread

**raysnbran** · 12-17-2012, 06:14 PM

Oh and this...Longoria and his Playmate girlfriend are expecting a baby

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**raysnbran** · 12-18-2012, 06:42 PM

It's official...Rays sign Roberto Hernandez, F/K/A Fausto Carmona

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/c...us-incentives?

Either #5 starter or replaces Davis in the bullpen IMO

**RaysFan_98** · 12-19-2012, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

It's official...Rays sign Roberto Hernandez, F/K/A Fausto Carmona

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/c...us-incentives?

Either #5 starter or replaces Davis in the bullpen IMO

Just don't like this signing..... except for one season he is terrible and has very soft unimpressive stuff.

**RaysFan_98** · 12-19-2012, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

Oh and this...Longoria and his Playmate girlfriend are expecting a baby

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Nu huh really now.......

**RaysFan_98** · 12-19-2012, 01:07 PM

http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/12/1...03&feedID=3720

Dam it is true...... Will be fun seeing him and his kid at the Allstar games and home run derby's

**filihok** · 12-19-2012, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

It's official...Rays sign Roberto Hernandez, F/K/A Fausto Carmona

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/c...us-incentives?

Either #5 starter or replaces Davis in the bullpen IMO

I posted this in the General Offseason thread.

Originally Posted by filihok

In 2007, his rookie year, he pitched over 200 innings with a 3.06 ERA (3.94 FIP, 3.72 SIERA) that was worth 4 WAR
In the rest of his career he's been worth 5 WAR.

He strikes out a below average number of hitters, while walking a league average amount.

His best pitch is an upper 80's sinker that allows him to generate a GB% of over 50%.

The Rays likely won't use him as a starter, but instead as a low-leverage (6th inning) reliever as they did with Burke Badenhop last season.

The two players are quite similar over the last 3 seasons. Remember that Hernandez was a starter, and Badenhop a reliever. Most starters improve their K and BB rates when moving to the bullpen.

It looks like a fine, low-cost move for the Rays

**raysnbran** · 12-19-2012, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by filihok

I posted this in the General Offseason thread.

His best pitch is an upper 80's sinker that allows him to generate a GB% of over 50%

It looks like a fine, low-cost move for the Rays

If Longo stays healthy for 145 games and with Escobar now at SS, the left side of the defense improves exponentially, and that GB% can generate a lot of DP balls. Nobody thought the Fernando Rodney signing last winter was such a big deal either....just sayin'

**Yaz** · 12-20-2012, 01:23 AM

I don't expect Longoria to be healthy for 145 games but I do look forward to the defense improving significantly this year. I'm even more excited about the 1500+ AB's previously going to .200 hitters now going to likely .250 hitters. And having more than two players hit over 20 home runs looks promising as well.

**RaysFan_98** · 12-30-2012, 03:57 PM

Well thought i would revive this one lol. Rays have been rather quite since the trade and signing longo to a long term deal. Wonder who they will bring in for the DH.

**raysnbran** · 12-30-2012, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by RaysFan_98

Well thought i would revive this one lol. Rays have been rather quite since the trade and signing longo to a long term deal. Wonder who they will bring in for the DH.

There are still guys out there that the Rays will wait on...maybe a Travis Hafner, wouldn't mind Luke Scott back if he is healthy and passes a physical, even a chastened Delmon Young I would take back at a reduced price...

**RaysFan_98** · 12-31-2012, 09:16 PM

I am so ready for baseball back.

**raysnbran** · 01-04-2013, 06:21 PM

Rays need to replace another arm in the bullpen, maybe with Cesar Ramos? JP Howell to the Dodgers

https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/stat...79127168806912

**RaysFan_98** · 01-04-2013, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

Rays need to replace another arm in the bullpen, maybe with Cesar Ramos? JP Howell to the Dodgers

https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/stat...79127168806912

Good Riddance never liked JP

**raysnbran** · 01-05-2013, 12:53 PM

Rays scouting Javier Vasquez (not an AL East SP IMHO)

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/st...75778335846400

**Blue387** · 01-06-2013, 05:37 PM

If the season started tomorrow, what would the lineup look like?

**raysnbran** · 01-06-2013, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by Blue387

If the season started tomorrow, what would the lineup look like?

Best guess estimate:

LF Guyer/Fuld
CF Jennings
RF Joyce
1B Loney
2B Zobrist
SS Escobar
3B Longoria
C Molina
DH Ryan Roberts
SP Price

**filihok** · 01-06-2013, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

Best guess estimate:

LF Guyer/Fuld
CF Jennings
RF Joyce
1B Loney
2B Zobrist
SS Escobar
3B Longoria
C Molina
DH Ryan Roberts
SP Price

You think Loney and Escobar will bat ahead of Longoria?

**RaysFan_98** · 01-06-2013, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

Best guess estimate:

LF Guyer/Fuld
CF Jennings
RF Joyce
1B Loney
2B Zobrist
SS Escobar
3B Longoria
C Molina
DH Ryan Roberts
SP Price

Longo has always been in the Cleanup spot why are you sticking him so low.......

**raysnbran** · 01-07-2013, 06:38 PM

I just listed them by position, not by batting order...did OF first, then IF, then C, DH and SP...

**Francoeurstein** · 01-07-2013, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by raysnbran

Best guess estimate:

LF Guyer/Fuld
CF Jennings
RF Joyce
1B Loney
2B Zobrist
SS Escobar
3B Longoria
C Molina
DH Ryan Roberts
SP Price

That plus a rotation of:

Price
Hellickson
Niemann
Cobb
Odorizzi/Archer

The team will be solid this year, even in a very competitive AL East. I've been a pretty consistent Rays follower since '08. I really love what Friedman is doing down there in Tampa. Best of luck to y'all in 2013!