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Art Deco · 11-14-2023, 09:08 PM

Game 1: The Rays jumped out to a 6-0 lead by the 4th and coasted to a 9-3 win over the Tigers at Comerica. Ezequiel Avalos was 3-5 with a triple and 2 RBI, Nesty de la Rosa was 2-4 with a double and 3 ribbies, and Sung-min Yang hit his AL-best 10th homer to lead the attack. Dave Rose (3-2) turned in a decent start at 6 8 3 3 2 7.

May 2: Claimed LHP Alan Rutherford on waivers from the Dodgers, traded 29-year old RHP Melvin Lopez and 23-year old minor league LHP Willie Espinoza to the New York Yankees, getting 25-year old minor league 2B Jayden Woodard and 24-year old minor league CF Rogelio Macias in return.

Welcome back Alan Rutherford, whom we signed in 2052 only to have him suffer an injury-riddled and inconsistent season. He hooked on with the Dodgers last year and turned in an excellent 2-WAR season but LA had a roster crunch and needed to waive him so we now have a third lefty in the pen. To make room for Rutherford we dealt Melvin Lopez to the Yankees as seen above. Woodard is an excellent glove man rated 75 at 2B and potentially 65 at SS to go with an average (45 contact, 50 power) bat who will report to Durham. Macias also has a great glove, potentially 80 in LF, 70 in RF and currently 65 in CF. He too has contact issues but has 70 gap, 50 power and 65 eye potential and will play at High-A Charlotte. Not bad for Lopez, who was lousy last year and was lousy in limited action this year as our mop-up guy.

Game 2: Things looked good early when grizzled vets Doug Johns (#5) and Luis Barela (#8) hit solo homers in the first but that would turn out to be the extent of the Tampa Bay scoring as the Rays were edged by Detroit 3-2. Randy Mastropietro (2-3) hasn't found the going as friendly this year as last and took the loss after a 6 6 3 3 2 1 outing which actually lowered his ERA to 5.46.

Game 3: Brad Villarreal was sharp and a 6-run 4th inning was the difference in a 7-1 Rays win to take the series from the Tigers. Villarreal (3-0) was 6 6 1 1 1 3 and lowered his ERA to 3.07 and the Rays kept the turnstiles moving in the 4th, stringing hit after hit together with Jose Machado's 2-run triple the big one. Ezequiel Avalos was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI as well.

Team record: 17-11. The Yankees also took 2 of 3, are now 24-5 and sit 6 1/2 up on the Rays. Next up: We'll finally get a chance to do something about that situation as New York comes to Publix Park for 4 games.

11-14-2023, 09:08 PM	#2616
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,639	May 1-3, 2054: at Detroit (3) Game 1: The Rays jumped out to a 6-0 lead by the 4th and coasted to a 9-3 win over the Tigers at Comerica. Ezequiel Avalos was 3-5 with a triple and 2 RBI, Nesty de la Rosa was 2-4 with a double and 3 ribbies, and Sung-min Yang hit his AL-best 10th homer to lead the attack. Dave Rose (3-2) turned in a decent start at 6 8 3 3 2 7. May 2: Claimed LHP Alan Rutherford on waivers from the Dodgers, traded 29-year old RHP Melvin Lopez and 23-year old minor league LHP Willie Espinoza to the New York Yankees, getting 25-year old minor league 2B Jayden Woodard and 24-year old minor league CF Rogelio Macias in return. Welcome back Alan Rutherford, whom we signed in 2052 only to have him suffer an injury-riddled and inconsistent season. He hooked on with the Dodgers last year and turned in an excellent 2-WAR season but LA had a roster crunch and needed to waive him so we now have a third lefty in the pen. To make room for Rutherford we dealt Melvin Lopez to the Yankees as seen above. Woodard is an excellent glove man rated 75 at 2B and potentially 65 at SS to go with an average (45 contact, 50 power) bat who will report to Durham. Macias also has a great glove, potentially 80 in LF, 70 in RF and currently 65 in CF. He too has contact issues but has 70 gap, 50 power and 65 eye potential and will play at High-A Charlotte. Not bad for Lopez, who was lousy last year and was lousy in limited action this year as our mop-up guy. Game 2: Things looked good early when grizzled vets Doug Johns (#5) and Luis Barela (#8) hit solo homers in the first but that would turn out to be the extent of the Tampa Bay scoring as the Rays were edged by Detroit 3-2. Randy Mastropietro (2-3) hasn't found the going as friendly this year as last and took the loss after a 6 6 3 3 2 1 outing which actually lowered his ERA to 5.46. Game 3: Brad Villarreal was sharp and a 6-run 4th inning was the difference in a 7-1 Rays win to take the series from the Tigers. Villarreal (3-0) was 6 6 1 1 1 3 and lowered his ERA to 3.07 and the Rays kept the turnstiles moving in the 4th, stringing hit after hit together with Jose Machado's 2-run triple the big one. Ezequiel Avalos was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI as well. Team record: 17-11. The Yankees also took 2 of 3, are now 24-5 and sit 6 1/2 up on the Rays. Next up: We'll finally get a chance to do something about that situation as New York comes to Publix Park for 4 games.