DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Nevin Ashley is a 25-year-old catcher for the Rays originally drafted in the 6th round of the 2006 draft out of Indiana State University. Ashley showed ability at the plate through his time in A ball, but began to see his power disappear soon after. Ashley does possess surprising speed for a catcher as evidenced by his AFL leading four triples. Below is a snapshot of his...
MLB (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Ashley continues to impress in AFL
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Game: A walk off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning by Nevin Ashley was all the Desert Dogs needed to defeat the Mesa Solar Sox 9-5 on Monday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Desert Dogs took the lead in the first inning, striking for three runs. Danny Espinosa drew a walk and Brandon Snyder followed with a single to put two men on base. Then Grant Desme continued his hot...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Carlos Pena was also reinstated from the 60-day DL. These moves are pretty much procedural. Jennings and Hellickson were going nowhere, and same with Torres -- although I don't believe he was eligible for this year's Rule 5. This maxes out the 40-man and leaves a few notable players -- Aneury Rodriguez, Nevin Ashley, Ryan Reid, etc. -- unprotected from the Rule 5 draft barring further...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
View full size photo » Jaime Cevallos is a well known man around these parts. As co-star of the Zobrist code , he is widely credited for being part of the process that turned Ben Zobrist into Zorilla. Well if Cevallos is as good as advertised, we should be hearing a lot more from the "swing mechanic." In addition to working with Arizona Fall League breakout, Nevin Ashley...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Game: Nevin Ashley lead the offense as the Phoenix Desert Dogs defeated the Scottsdale Scorpions 12-3 on Wednesday in Scottsdale. With the win, the Desert Dogs put an end on their losing streak. Phoenix took the lead in the first inning and never looked back. Matt Angle drew a walk to lead off the inning. Angle then stole second and later advanced to third on a fly ball by Danny Espinosa....
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... the Game: Danny Espinosa; 3 for 4 with a triple, 4 RBI’s and a run scored.Rays Organization Stats:Nevin Ashley; 1 for 4 with a double and 2K’s, 1 for 2 in throwing out base stealers.Matt Gorgen; 1 no hit inning with a walk and a strikeout.Paul Phillips; no run or hits with 1 strikeout and 1 walk in an inning on the mound.Mitch Talbot; improved to 3-0 by allowing 1 unearned run on...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... runs on 1 hit with 6 strikeouts and a walk in 3 2/3 innings on the mound.Rays Organization Stats:Nevin Ashley; 1 for 4 with a stolen base and 3 K’s.Shawn O’Malley; 0 for 3 with a walk and 2 K’s.Heath Rollins; earned second hold of the season with 1 1/3 no-hit innings with 1 strikeout.A Look Ahead: Sunday is an off day for all AFL teams. Play resumes on Monday as the Phoenix Desert...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... ball that allowed Weeks to score. Josh Bell followed with an RBI single to left, scoring Espinosa. Nevin Ashley drove home the third run of the inning with a ground ball that scored Desme and gave Phoenix a 3-1 lead.Mesa fought back to tie the game in the second inning. Ryan Kalish and Steve Singleton delivered back to back singles to lead off the inning. Casey Kelly followed with...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... picking up two more runs in the seventh inning. Brad Emaus singled to left to get things going. Nevin Ashley followed with an RBI triple to score Emaus. Ashley later scored on a single by Adam Loewen to give Phoenix a 8-4 lead. Mesa added another run in the seventh inning. Ryan Kalish singled to right to get the inning started. Kalish later scored on a double by PJ Phillips...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... 16 David Newmann 16 Shawn O'Malley17 Shawn O'Malley 17 Wilking Rodriguez 17 Wilking Rodriguez18 Nevin Ashley 18 Alex Cobb 18 Kyeong Kang19 Kyeong Kang 19 Todd Glaesmann 19 Hector Guevara20 Hector Guevara 20 Jeff Malm 20 Joseph Cruz21 Jacob Partridge 21 Ty Morrison 21 Luke Bailey22 Cody Rogers 22 Hector Guevara 22 Matt Sweeney23 Cesar Perez 23 John Jaso 23 Todd Glaesmann24 Ty Morrison...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
As previously, noted the Rays have 4 pitchers throwing for the Phoenix team in the Arizona Fall League, along with middle infielder Shawn O'Malley and catcher Nevin Ashley . Here is a stats update through Tuesday's game. Please keep in mind this is an extreme hitter's league and these are extremely small sample sizes. Hitters: AVG OBP SLG OPS AB League Average 0.284 0.363 0.444 0.807...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... for Phoenix. Desme then advanced to third on a passed ball and later scored on a sacrifice by Nevin Ashley to give the Desert Dogs a 4-0 lead.Peoria got on the scoreboard in the third inning as Mitch Canham led off the inning with a triple to center. Jose Vellejo drove Canham home with a single to second, bringing the Saguaros within three, 4-1.Phoenix added another run in the fourth...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... inning with back to back singles. Corey Brown then drove home Desme with a ground ball to first. Nevin Ashley later followed with an RBI single to score Brown. Ashley later scored on a double by Jemile Weeks to give the Desert Dogs a 7-1 lead.Surprise got another run in the eighth inning as Daryl Jones led off with a triple to right field. Jones then scored on a ground out...
RaysProspects (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... the Javelinas the lead 5-1.Phoenix mounted a comeback in the home half of the eighth inning. Nevin Ashley got things started with a one out triple to center. Darin Mastroianni followed with a double to right, scoring Ashley. Mastroianni later scored on an RBI single by Shawn O’Malley, with O’Malley advancing to second on the throw. Brandon Snyder then delivered an RBI double...
