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Old 06-04-2009, 10:31 PM
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How to "fix" the Rays.

Since the team cannot do it themselves, with all those great baseball minds they have, I thought I would help them along.


Things the Rays can do....

1.) Move BJ Upton out of the lead off spot. Move up Aki or Barts there. That is only because Carl has said so many times that he doesn't want to accept the lead off spot.

2.) Call up Joyce, cut Kapler, trade Gross. Plain and simple. You trade Gross for money and a PTBNL, you can call up Ruggs, Sadler or Olmedo.

3.) Fire Tom Foley! He has made the worst calls ever! Like sending Navi home from first on a double? I mean, I know he has stolen a few stolen bases in his career, but thats only because there was probably no throw!

4.) Bring up Wade Davis!!! Move Hellickson to AAA, Call up David Price and Desmond Jennings! Use Jennings a few games in the lead off spot and then move him so that Aki or Barts can see time in the lead off spot. For more on this view # 1.

5.) Keep Andy Sonnanstine!! HE IS THE BEST HITTER ON THE TEAM! I know I might not be able to spell his name sometimes but keep him! Trade Nelson and also keep Percy! If he sees that he really like the team, He can become our new Pitching Coach and we can finally fire Jim Hickey!

6.) Trade Bradford and another person for Brad Ziegler. Trading a sidearmer for a sidearmed closer!! He would be the perfect closer. I will use the best emoticon I can find. If we don't do this....

7.) CALL UP JOE BATEMAN... A perfect side armed pitcher! He averages 10 K's per 9 innings

SS Jason Bartlett/2B Akinori Iwamura
LF Carl Crawford
3B Evan Longoria
1B Carlos Pena
RF Ben Zobrist
DH Pat Burrell
2B Akinori Iwamura/SS Jason Bartlett
C Dioner Navarro
CF BJ Upton/CF Desmond Jennings

SP James Shields
SP David Price
SP Wade Davis
SP Matt Garza
SP Scott Kazmir

LR Lance Cormier
LR Joe Bateman
MR Andy Sonnanstine
MR Jeff Niemann
MR Jeff Neimann
SU JP Howell
SU Grant Balfour
CL Brad Ziegler

Bench Ruggiano, Sadler, or Olmedo
Bench Ben Zobrist
Bench Matt Joyce or Willy Aybar
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