Climbing Tal's Hill » Tampa Bay Rays http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Tampa Bay Rays Season Preview http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/28/tampa-bay-rays-season-preview/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/28/tampa-bay-rays-season-preview/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:16:26 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=6071 Last season the Rays missed the playoffs despite a 90-72 record. There’s been some turnover on Joe Maddon‘s roster this winter, most notably the departure of starting pitcher James Shields and centerfielder B.J. Upton. But the Rays have proven in the past that they can get it done on a budget. Can the residents of [...]

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]]> Last season the Rays missed the playoffs despite a 90-72 record. There’s been some turnover on Joe Maddon‘s roster this winter, most notably the departure of starting pitcher James Shields and centerfielder B.J. Upton. But the Rays have proven in the past that they can get it done on a budget. Can the residents of the tough American League Eastern division get back to the post-season in 2013?

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/28/tampa-bay-rays-season-preview/feed/ 0 Shortstops available on Waiver Wire http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/02/05/shortstops-available-on-waiver-wire/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/02/05/shortstops-available-on-waiver-wire/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:52:35 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5619 With Jed Lowrie out of the picture the Astros are looking to fill a big hole at the shortstop position. In-house options include Tyler Greene, Marwin Gonzalez, and Jake Elmore. If you want offense, Greene and Elmore should be at the top of your list. If you feel defense is the preferred commodity at the [...]

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]]> With Jed Lowrie out of the picture the Astros are looking to fill a big hole at the shortstop position. In-house options include Tyler Greene, Marwin Gonzalez, and Jake Elmore. If you want offense, Greene and Elmore should be at the top of your list. If you feel defense is the preferred commodity at the position, then Gonzalez is your guy.

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]]> On August 31, Jeff Luhnow and the Astros made their final trade of the 2012 season when they traded recently acquired OF Ben Francisco to the Tampa Bay Rays for the oh-so popular, player to be named later. On September 20, the player to be named later was announced as LHP Theron Geith. This trade marked the fourth team Francisco had been a member of in the past nine months.

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