Evan Closky
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10 Tampa Bay Sports Director | Emmy & Murrow award winner | Proud Buckeye | Long Island born & raised | All opinions are my own
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Joined July 2009
I appreciate @RaysBaseball GM Erik Neander talking with me this week as the team is officially halfway through the season. We talked about:. - General thoughts.- 'above-average' hitting.- Kim is coming, balancing the MLB roster.- SP innings way up.- Is there a need for Bullpen
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RT @Ry_Bass: Quick clarification: The procedure is expected to address a flexor tendon repair with his UCL. Only during the procedure can t….
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No reason for retweeting this. None at all. I love Stuff+. I love looking at underlying data. I believe in analytics. But man, I also watch the games. Kevin Kelly has not been right and it's a disservice to him to keep trotting him out there. Like, I'm taking crazy pills.
Kevin Kelly has walked 4 batters all season. He has walked two today. He had nothing tonight. Cash not only lets him blow the lead. He then leaves him out there to make a comeback nearly insurmountable. Just a mind-boggling decision and I still have zero idea why Kelly is in.
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The Rays have 8 walks tonight. Taylor Walls has an error on a play he makes in his sleep. The Tampa Bay Rays historically thrive in close games. I don’t recognize these guys. Wild times.
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Rays newly acquired RP Bryan Baker leaving tonight’s game. Looks like some lower-body issue.
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The best defensive player in MLB this season makes an inexcusable error at a pivotal point in the game. Rays now trail. Just don’t know what to say about this team. It has been a rotation of players who decide to make a head-scratching mistake.
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If the Rays wanted to explore a Yandy Diaz trade, this would be a candidate to replace him at DH. Bob Seymour just took the No. 73 prospect yard in a lefty v. lefty matchup. 25 HR. His walk rate stayed the same from last season with a 5% decrease in K%. Whiffs will likely be an.
BOBBY BARRELS. Bob Seymour smashes a 4⃣0⃣2⃣-foot shot for his IL-leading 25th homer of the year!
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The expected batting average on this ELDC flyball was .070. Christopher Morel + brutal sun in Cincy = oof
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Ken Rosenthal with a salient update on the Tampa Bay Rays heading into the trade deadline. Red Sox & Rays, while divisional foes, are great partners for a trade *if* Yandy Diaz is available. Tampa Bay needs OF help. Boston doesn't have enough room for Jarren Duran, Wilyer
What I’m hearing (latest edition):
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Feel for Manuel Rodriguez who was emerging as a great, high-leverage option. Not only hurts the 2025 team, but the 2026 bullpen takes a hit, too.
#Rays reliever Manuel Rodriguez will have TJ surgery to repair his UCL on August 8, Kevin Cash confirmed. Massive loss for the ‘pen.
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Tampa Bay Rays will face an Aaron Judge-less Yankees team.
Boone announced that Judge has a flexor strain. No tear to the UCL. Will need IL and to DH initially when he returns.
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RT @CespedesBBQ: amidst this overwhelming waterfall of Nick Kurtz fun facts I'm somehow especially stunned by this very simple one:. scorin….
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Since the Rays swept Kansas City on June 26, the team is 7-16. Pain.
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Rays thoughts from 2 weeks ago. ↘️↘️↘️.
Here is the biggest fear I have about the second half of the season for the Rays. The bullpen will get better. This bad of a stretch is simply unsustainable. However, besides a few starts, the SP has been lights out at the same time. Could we see the bullpen 📈, but the SP 📉?.
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Ha-Seong Kim back on the IL. Looks like that pregame workout didn’t go as well as anyone would have hoped.
The Tampa Bay Rays have placed INF Ha-Seong Kim (low back strain) on the 10-day IL (retro July 22) and reinstated OF Jonny DeLuca (right shoulder strain) from the 60-day IL. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Jacob Waguespack was designated for assignment.
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