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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
by Paul J. Bereswill - AP My hero. View full size photo » Here's the thing about the minor league free agents list . You can spend literally an hour just checking out every name and tracing the prospect genesis of the ones you recognize and it never gets old. There's also a cognitive filter where any semi-interesting player gains a mention on the "Ooh I want!" list. Once promised pitchers...
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Charlotte Stone Crabs: RHP Richard De Los Santos filed for free agency.Montgomery Biscuits: SS Brandon Chaves, RHP Angel Castro, DH Fernando Cortez, and SS Jason Bowers filed for free agency.Durham Bulls: RHP Joe Bateman, RHP Jason Childers, RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Julio DePaula, LF Rashad Eldridge, and LHP Jason Cromer filed for free agency.NPB Tracker reports that Chris Richard is one of four
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP Where are you, Winston Abreu? Browse more photos » The 2009 Cleveland Indians had a horrendous bullpen. Part of this was due to a lack of legitimate replacement options in Columbus and Akron, necessitating the use of guys like Aquino, Chulk, Herges and Swindle. Seemingly related to this was an organizational decision to transition a number of upper-level,...
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPSWilly Aybar .259 27 7 2 0 0 3 .394 .333 .727Henry Mateo .273 11 3 1 0 1 5 .385 .636 1.021PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR SO BB WHIP BAA Winston Abreu 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000Chris Andujar 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000Angel
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
BATTERS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPSWilly Aybar .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Henry Mateo .667 3 2 1 0 0 3 .667 1.000 1.667PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR SO BB WHIP BAA Winston Abreu 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000Chris Andujar 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000Richard
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
This week we will continue our look back at the 2009 season by taking a look at the pitching leaders of each affiliate. Today we will focus on the pitching stats of the Durham Bulls. ERA:1. Winston Abreu (1.94 in 51.0 IP)2. Jason Cromer (2.25 in 112.0 IP)3. Dale Thayer (2.27 in 63.1 IP)4. Jeremy Hellickson (2.51 in 57.1 IP)*5. Calvin Medlock (2.98 in 51.1 IP)6. Joe Bateman (3.02 in 62.2
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Last night, the Durham Bulls completed in a 3 game sweep of the Governors' Cup Finals of the International League in a 12 inning victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees . Game One featured Jeremy "Narwhal" Hellickson on the mound in a 4-1 victory. Hellickson did not disappoint, allowing 1 run on a solo shot, one of 5 hits surrendered over 6.2 IP. He struck out 6 and walked 1. Hellickson...
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Top pitching prospects David Newmann and Jeremy Hellickson as well as their three used teammates out of the pen (Winston Abreu and Julio DaPaula for Durham as well as Richard De los Santos for Charlotte) combined for 18 innings with just 9 H, 2 ER and a 13:4 K:BB rate. Behind these excellent pitching performances the Bulls took the first game of the Governor's Cup finals with a 4:1 against Scranton...
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Everything looking bad within the organization as the big league club now has lost 11(!!!!) in a row? Wrong! Two minor league affiliates take on their respective Yankee - rivals in the league finals. Durham Bulls: Anybody would assume that a AAA team which just had lost Wade Davis, Chris Richard, Reid Brignac, Jeff Bennett, Andy Sonnanstine, Dale Thayer, Shawn Riggans and Fernando Perez to the big...
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
[Via email from the Durham Bulls' broadcaster Neil Solondz.]Winston Abreu struck out Chris Valaika with the tying and winning runs aboard, as Durham took a 2-1 lead in its best-of-five playoff series with Louisville, edging the Bats 4-3 on Friday night. Abreu struck out the first two batters on six pitches, and was ahead 0-2 on the next two batters. However, the four and five hitters Todd
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Hours after CC Sabathia went all Shiva the Destroyer on Carlos Pena 's season, 35-year-old Chris Richard took a walk. The free pass was his first in the major leagues since April 30 th , 2003. It's been a while, but Richard has been in the majors for extended periods of time before. In some ways, this lowers the "Aw" factor associated with players like Michel Hernandez and Winston Abreu ,...
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
[Via email from the Durham Bulls Director of Media Relations Matt DeMargel.]The International League announced today that Indianapolis outfielder Brian Myrow and Durham pitcher Winston Abreu have been named the League’s Batter and Pitcher of the Week for the period from August 24-30. Myrow is the fourth member of the Indians to win an IL weekly award in 2009, following Lastings Milledge (July...
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Rays Index (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Durham 3, Syracuse 2. Andy Sonnanstine rebounded with his 5th win, working into the 8th inning and allowing just 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk. He struck out 3…Winston Abreu picked up his 12th save, striking out 3 of the 5 batters he faced…Fernando Perez went 1-5 with 3 strikeouts and Desmond Jennings [...]
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
The Rays have designated reliever Jonathan Meloan for assignment, according to Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg Times.The move frees up a spot on the 40-man roster for Gregg Zaun, who was acquired from Baltimore earlier today. Tampa Bay acquired Meloan from the Indians in exchange for fellow bullpener Winston Abreu back in July. He had a 5.02 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP in 57.1 IP split between the two organizations...
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RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
In addition to the Rays major league moves you've heard about by now (Gregg Zaun, R.J. Swindle), there were also several minor league transactions.The Durham Bulls released RHP Jorge Julio.RHP Winston Abreu was assigned to the Durham Bulls.Calvin Medlock and Jason Cromer were assigned to the Durham Bulls from the Hudson Valley Renegades.The Durham Bulls designated RHP John Meloan for
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