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
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
ST. PETERSBURG, FL-The Tampa Bay Rays today announced their 2010 Spring Training schedule as well as ticket pricing for 15 home games at Charlotte Sports Park. In their second spring in Charlotte County, Fla., the Rays will open the home schedule on Thursday, March 4 against the Baltimore Orioles . The Rays Grapefruit League home schedule includes three games against the Boston Red Sox (March 6, March...
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
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
This week we will continue our look back at the 2009 season by taking a look at the offensive leaders of each affiliate. Today we will focus on the offensive stats of the Durham Bulls. Batting Average:1. Desmond Jennings (.325)*2. Rashad Eldridge (.305)3. Akinori Iwamura (.303)4. Jon Weber (.302, ninth in INT)5. Rhyne Hughes (.301)6. Reid Brignac (.282)*7. Adam Kennedy (.280)8.
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
More photos » by Chris O'Meara - AP Picture unrelated. Browse more photos » Presumably many of us watched the Durham Bulls championship victory on Tuesday night. For those who didn't, let me offer up my delayed thoughts on the four main players. Jeremy Hellickson - Let me get this out of the way early: it's one game. There's only so much you can take from one game with a great degree of...
The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
A special post actually written and posted before noon! After writing about how his plate discipline has finally gotten up to Major League par , Ben Zobrist would walk his first two times up against Mariners lefty Ryan-Rowland Smith. He did however strikeout. As far as the game goes , Dan Wheeler's only slider was his worst pitch thrown, a hanger belt-high to Jose Lopez who hit a no-doubter to left...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
[Via email from the Durham Bulls Director of Media Relations Matt DeMargel.]Oneli Perez threw one pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning for the Memphis Redbirds, and it skipped to the backstop allowing Rashad Eldridge to score with the winning run as the Durham Bulls defeated the Memphis Redbirds, 5-4 to win their first Triple-A National Championship.Tied at four runs apiece heading into the
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Former Biscuit Rashad Eldridge scored on a wild pitch with none out in the 11th to give the Durham Bulls a 5-4 win over the Memphis Redbirds in the Triple-A championship game in Oklahoma City.
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Durham 5, Memphis 3 (11). Durham won the triple-A championship on a wild pitch in the 11th. Jeremy Hellickson was named the MVP with 5 shutout innings. He allowed just 2 hits and a walk while striking out 2…Desmond Jennings finished 3-5 and drove in the first run for Durham on a ground ball past [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Pinch runner Rashad Eldridge raced home on a wild pitch to give the Durham Bulls the Triple-A championship in 11 innings on Tuesday.
Sportress of Blogitude (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
• Major League Baseball. New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It’s just like the postseason, only less important. [MLB Network, 10:00 ET] • Minor League Baseball. Bricktown Showdown: Durham Bulls vs. Memphis Redbirds. They are naming minor league teams after movies now? Weird. [ESPN2, 7:00 ET] • Probably better than their original idea, Daughters [...]
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
[Via email from the Durham Bulls Director of Media Relations Matt DeMargel.]The Tampa Bay Rays today named Bulls outfielder Desmond Jennings their Minor League Player of the Year and Bulls RHP Jeremy Hellickson Minor League Pitcher of the Year. The Rays also announced that Jon Weber was named MVP for the Durham Bulls.This year’s winners will be honored during an awards ceremony prior to tonight’...
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...
News & Observer (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
John Jaso doubled home the go-ahead run in the 12th, and Julio DePaula saved it in the bottom of the inning as the Durham Bulls edged the Scranton/Willkes-Barre Yankees 3-2 to win the International League Governors' Cup.
iYankees (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Chad Jennings informs us that the Yankees have recalled Juan Miranda. Last night, the Durham Bulls swept Scranton for the Governors’ Cup, effectively ending their season, meaning that the Yankees are now free to pick apart the Triple-A roster. This year, over 122 games, Miranda hit .290/.369/.498 with 19 homers and 82 RBI. He’s an intriguing [...]
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