Tampa Bay Rays,“Speed Doesn't Slump” Pitching Relief & AL East

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Carson Mead - Hot in AAA lets see what you can do – Future 30/30 guy

Moving Taylor Walls to Shortstop and would be very attractive to other teams

Chandler Simpson, Jake Mangum & Carson Williams speed

“Speed doesn't slump” - John Gibbons

Rays picking taller players – Glasnow, Snell

Taller pitchers “don’t have as much lag between the push and the landing.”

22 picks of 2025 Rays Draft picks, none or under 6’ 2” including a 6’ 5” catcher

Tall catchers with rocket arms can throw from their knees

Alex Faedo is still in rehab

Tampa Bay Rays speedsters – Stolen bases comparisons between Carl Crawford, Caballero & Simpson

Chandler Simpson is changing the way pitchers pitch to the Rays

Simpson gives 100% all of the time

The Rays will continue to look at players who have speed around the bases

Will a faster Tre' Morgan be the future Yandy Diaz?

Will Rays bet on developing their own young players or look outside

Relievers and Closers select your pitcher with the opposing team

Yoniel Curet & Shane McClanahan might join us in September

Bringing on Baker to the Rays, backup options for Fairbanks

Red Sox & Alex Cora’s Ipads checking out the Rays relieving pitchers

Baseball is a game of deception

Rays Starters are burnt out – increased pitch counts & speed trend

Mason Englert & Joe Boyle coming out of the pen

Where is Louis Head?

Rays pitching needs to develop more secondary pitches especially as they age into the game, including Kevin Gausman & Chris Bassit

Glasnow would terrorize batters if he had a larger variety of pitchers

Rich Hill, Bartolo Colón & Charlie Morton are still in the game because they love it. These veterans raise up the young players on the team

Rob Manfred rides Ozzy’s Crazy Train to the White House & now the president wants to be commissioner by renaming Cleveland Guardians

President was unable to purchase Indians years ago & now wants to change the Guardians name back to Indians – Native Americans are clamoring for the change – so says the white house

Withholding federal funds for a stadium from Washington Commanders unless they change their name back to Redskins

Harvard v Columbia

MLB has instructed foreign players to carry their papers with them while traveling with the team

Ozzy Osbourne takes us out to the ball game

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