Exploring Tampa Bay Rays' Season: Strategy & Insights

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00:00let's get started with the Tampa Bay Rays yes we're back on Tampa Bay Sam is right we just

00:04keep talking Tampa Bay a lot here on the show Taj Bradley of the Rays at Kansas City at Baltimore

00:11Royals really struggling offensively unless uh Jack Caglione hits a couple of home runs right

00:17uh Orioles on Sunday of next week I think I'm in man I mean I'm gonna ride Tampa Bay here a little

00:24bit uh once again you have a two-star pitcher on your roster you're probably going with them I

00:30don't love these starts they're both on the road here but it gets teams I said they're both they're

00:34actually both sort of struggling with offense here uh the problem is Bradley two of his last three

00:40starts he's gotten bombed right seven runs to Miami six runs to ball to a team he's facing again

00:45uh he did uh sandwich that with a very good start against the Mets here but it's a struggling Mets

00:50team I'm not dying to do this all right I'm not you know uh now I gotta tell you in my home league

00:56I made the uh I had a choice here this is the way it worked out I had four guys with two start weeks

01:00and three more automatic you start those guys the other guy you know you start five starters here

01:04was Sandy Alcantara and I said he's on my roster two starts of starting him but the pitcher I had to

01:10sit to do that was even DeGrom or Strider all right and I made the wrong choice all right I started

01:15Alcantara he pissed okay we didn't get a win uh they had five strikeouts didn't get a

01:19quality start and uh Strider was great DeGrom I did start here played to a pitch well last night

01:24so that's my thing I I am not starting Bradley over a clear cut number one start here I'm not

01:29doing that I don't feel great about these two starts but he likely does go for me yeah I agree

01:34all right Eduardo Rodriguez talk about two good starts here oof Monday at the White Sox and then

01:40Sunday gets the Marlins at home I mean this I got George this is like the circle guy in fantasy

01:47baseball for the Diamondbacks for me you know like they signed this guy to a long-term contract

01:51they've now lost Corbin Burns this is the guy they need to step up all right that's a great point

01:57right they need him to be that guy when they signed him all right because Corbin Burns is out here

02:02and he can pitch well over his list you know next half dozen starts maybe they'll make an addition by

02:07the deadline and still go for it here and what is becoming a brutal National League West fun division

02:12right Giants look good Dodgers a great Padres and that uh Dodgers hate each other that was a fun

02:17series there uh as for this by the way listen if you're not starting against the White Sox in Miami

02:21release and move on all right he's a definite start this week all right let's go to the Milwaukee

02:27Brewers the pitching factory as as we call it here Chad Patrick two good starts also for Chad Patrick

02:33George Monday against the Pirates Sunday against the Rockies sign me up yeah good he's a fan once again

02:42what do what do you want all right really what two teams do you want you're picking teams that have

02:47had to start okay Pittsburgh and Colorado neither one you know it's not in Coors Field yeah you're

02:52starting Chad Patrick this week so uh yeah uh you're going with uh Chad Patrick he's uh uh I mean I don't

02:59love the guy all right but uh you're not you're just not going to get two better starts against

03:04two teams that can't hit we like Goodman I don't like him this much I'm starting Chad Patrick

03:08now let's get to the Boston Red Sox here as life without Devers continues Walker Bueller

03:16who himself about a week and a half ago said that he's got to do a better job pitching

03:20okay so this is a little tougher here Monday at the Angels for Walker Bueller and then Sunday against

03:28Blue Jays both teams have no shortage of bats it seems like they hit quite a bit the pitching

03:34in Los Angeles for the Angels not that optimal which we've said for years Blue Jays are playing

03:40decent baseball here I mean this is tougher here he's gotten his brains beating what his last couple

03:48of starts eight runs to Seattle seven to the Yankees five to Atlanta he did have a decent starting

03:54against Tampa Bay in that stretch there uh three runs uh Toronto can hit low Toronto doesn't really

04:01hit on the road anywhere near as well as they hit at home here I I'm a Walker Bueller guy I mean Craig

04:08I'm going to go down with the ship with this guy it seems like over the last couple of years here

04:11uh I don't know if I can do this I just don't know this this there's a lot of red flags here more

04:16redness in that bar than his jersey there so I'd be very cautious here I would really check your

04:22roster to say okay do I have no other options here even one start option that I could start over

04:26him because I would be very careful here about these two starts he just he's not pitching very

04:30well here he knows it you already said his quote that he knows he's not pitching well the Red Sox are

04:35hot though they've won eight of nine but they've mainly won them because the pitching has been so

04:38good uh I I have worries here that's my thing I have worries once again if he's on your roster to

04:45start week you can't start him you probably shouldn't have him but I have some worries about people here

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