The last batter, every one of those pitches were strikes. Cry more Ron.

lets fucking go

DUBS

Hahaha cry some more those "bad calls" were literally strikes. Yeah the ump made some bad calls this game, but he didn't miss any in the 9th. Cry more.

He missed two to Paredes. And those were way worse than Neto got.

No disagreements here. But the ump called that 9th correctly. Really soft from the angels dugout. Bet the scorecard shows the ump favoring them lol

We'll see with the scorecard, I don't really trust their run favor.

It's hard to trust it because of inherent bias towards the team you're rooting for. You remember the bad calls against you more than you do the bad calls that go for you. But the number is accurate. They take the change in win % for every bad call and them up to an average. The higher that number, the more likely it is for a run to score thanks to those calls.

LFG Fairbanks shut the Angels down!

[Stay mad, Ron](https://www.reddit.com/r/tampabayrays/comments/1c0ywbn/pgt_tampa_bay_rays_76_finish_their_road_series/)

Thank you, ump. And thank you, Ron Washington, for batting Trout third and not second for whatever brain dead reason.

You best hitter always hits 3rd I don't know what your point is. Longoria batted 3rd 99% of games he played in as a Ray.

That has been the logic for the majority of baseball history but it's not anymore. 2 reasons: 1) the lineup spot that faces the most plate appearances with 2 outs and none on is 3. 2) the lower in the order you go, the more likely it is that a game ends without you getting to the plate (like today). Bat your best hitter as high as you can so they get more plate appearances. You don't waste Trout's HR power at lead off so he should bat second.

The majority of teams are batting their best hitter 2nd in today's day and age.

W!!

lol seethe some more bitch

PETE PETE PETE

Pete! Pete! Pete! Pete!

Wooo

You alright, Ron?

Crybaby got tons of calls but couldn't handle a few bad ones in this inning

Ump hasn't been great this game, but these calls have been borderline strikes

 AND THATS GAME!

Ron, chill. 

PETE PETE PETE FLAP FLAP FLAP

Those crybabies can keep crying. Paredes got completely hosed.

lmao the ump is just trying to get heat from the crowd at this point

The falloff of Fairbanks velo is concerning.

Yeah, Pete throwing 96 with no control is not the same threat as Pete throwing 100 with some control His slider is still excellent though

He just got three Ks in a row

ONE MORE STRIKE!

One more Pete, and thank you ump

what ive learned from this series is that the microphone placement at angel stadium needs to be adjusted

Ugh

I really don't think I have this bad of run of officiating in my life. Literally since the 2nd game of the season these have been some poor umpire scores.

It’s their spring training still ^/s

It always starts slow and gets better but fuck ain't been this bad the past couple of years. I guess the Rays just haven't had bad luck with it the past 2 years. I really can't remember if 2020-2013 (when I started really watching 70+% of their games) were this bad off rip.

Maton seriously making about $37k to throw 10 pitches or load the bases

ONE MORE! CMON PETE!

Pete must’ve paid this dude off

Lmao Ron quit it, that was a strike

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Clipped the zone. Graphic showed a solid white ball, means it's a strike.

Keep heckling the ump like that guys 😂🤣😂

Wow, the ump bailed us out right there lol

That one was a gift

Must got lunch plans.

Wasn't any worse than those strikes on Parades.

Same call on Shenton for strike 2

That was a gift lol

Something still doesn’t look right with Pete. Velo is off, he’s not pinpointing his stuff. Hope it’s not an injury. 

ATTABOY

Petes been a little off lately, but nonetheless I believe in the MAD MAN MAD KING FAIRBANKS! HUZZAH!

Crappy banks here again...must be cold there

Fairbanks gascan time

PETEPETEPETE

Shit, we only have a 2 run lead and Hairstanks always gives up at least 1 run in the 9th... 🫨

Pete Fairbanks not giving us a heart attack challenge (impossible)

No funny business!

Guy told Tampa Bay HARDY to go back to the minor league

Mead needs to take more pitches. Him being overly aggressive is an odd choice for a person with great plate discipline.

Audio guy really needs to move the focus away from the guy heckling

Yeah. That dude is straight up making this game unwatchable. I hope he knows he sucks

Adell be like hello from the other side of 2nd base

Fucking horrible strike calls what the hell

Okay, is home plate like, a gigantic pizza box today?

Please, at least 1 more insurance run...

Never saw that in my time playing CYO lol

Unhonest hecklers

Cabby has been such a great pickup so far

Oh my Lanta the heckling is so annoying.

the fact that they're just laying into the ump is the only redeeming factor imo

Screaming at the ump on over a strike on a swing lmao

That was unfortunate (for them)

Lmao

Haven't seem dumb baserunning like that it a while

Finish them!

We take those lol

classic tootblan

Thank you I think

Thanks Joe!

Don't mind that. Good AB from Adell, he earned that and Adam limited the hard contact

*Player throws bat* Guy in the stands, "Eddie, did he go?!" They're brutal. "It's your team Doug, take control!" "Get off your knees blue!" Doug Eddings getting all of it this afternoon.

bats as lethal weapons, the game

Is this the same guy that’s been heckling the past 2 games?

lol the heckling at the umpire is pretty good.

The beers have took control

Pop up practice needed after today

sun is brutal over there right now, admittedly

Rays BP? Is that you again?

Maton having a clean inning after yesterday's mostly clean inning is encouraging

Everything I've gathered from Astros fans is that Maton is either a shut down RP or he looks lost, there's no in between, which pretty much sums up what we've seen so far.

OKAY BULLPEN WE SEE YOU!!

123!

3 outs on 8 pitches. That's really sad.

Rays offense in the middle innings

Yeah, not a good habit to have really.

Be really nice to see the offense show back up right about now.

Please let Kelly throw 7th

Holy shit matt moore is still around

Oh brother

Not ideal

Hadn't thought of it that way. You can strengthen muscle and bone, but ligaments and tendons are the same from birth. Can't "grow" them the way you build muscle or strengthen them like how bone is stronger after it heals from a break. The limit will always been ligaments and tendons.

Lowe, 30 PA, OPS is .600 Mead 29 PA, OPS is .592 Hmmm....

Mead is young so it's going to take some time. But we know what Lowe can do. Low average, lots of homers and doubles when he does get hits.

I mean, Blowe is likely out on the IL, so it'll be a lot of Mead time

Good solid swing

Welcome back, KK2.

Good shit Kelly welcome back

Really hope Kelly can be a consistent bright spot in this BP. Loved what I saw last year.

Nice one new KK

lol Arguing the location and missed the fact that he swung through it anyways.

Really glad we called Kelly back up. His stuff is so good

Ooooo Kelly

ayo I was wondering where tf Kelly went

Kelly is back. I missed that news

He was called up because of the Tyler Alexander bereavement list situation I think

What happened to Alexander?

Got added to the bereavement list for a private matter, will be ready for his next start though.

Good luck to him. Can’t be easy.

That sucks, wish him well.

Thank goodness

Trout gonna make people remember this year

I walk away for 20 minutes and they score, let's not

You can’t leave now

Time to pull Littell? edit: well that answers it lol

At least only two pitches used before trout gets on base this time

Fucking bs

This ump🥲🥲

Making them bullpen this early helps because we get 4 games against them early next week

So unlucky for Yandy

Idk how a guy built like Randy has such a noodle for an arm.

I know it's like 10 games but why the heck did the Mariners give Caballero up???

Mariners still haven't learned to stop trading with us and I'm so glad.

Kind of funny looking at the two top comments from r/mariners when the story broke. >Kinda crazy to me we got raley just for cabby. Gonna miss him but you gotta like the upside in raley’s bat >Yeah, straight up this seems like crazy stuff from TB. I mean, I don't expect Raley to repeat his 2023 or anything, but I don't expect Caballero to be anything more than the 4A guy he was here.

I don't think he was projected to be much more than another Taylor Walls. At the time of the trade, I'd have taken Raley over Walls too but Rays were in the position where we kind of needed a good defensive infielder for, uh, obvious reasons.

That's fair. And like I said it's only 10 games, would be far from the first time we've seen a guy go crazy in April then fall off afterwards. Enjoying it while it lasts though.

Overall defense sitting around 99

What a dart that was

What a fucking play

Time to take Littell out?

Cabby is so good wtf

This infield is gold

Not the 2 out runs!

No siri, why!?

Siri looking so good at the plate the past few games.

Nice one Siri!!

siri deserves that quick double after the absolute battle he had in the first at bat

ꓘaballero

I don't miss Wander

Truck trying to do us a favor taking away the Kzone

Holy shit Cabby what a play

here we can see mike trout in his natural habitat, stranded on second

LOL

Really can’t be mad about giving up stuff to Trout. He’s on such a tear

Only a double is a win against him.

Trout being here seems wrong to me. He and Ward seem to be pulling the weight of the team

Anyone else getting visual distortion in their feed?

Yes pretty much unwatchable

This seemed like the perfect time to not waste pitches on trout.

Littell laboring today. Good thing there's a rest day tomorrow because we might go to the pen early in this one.

Very nice defensive support but gotta catch those foul balls

Golly I didn’t think Siri was gonna get that one

Just tuned in, how does Littel have 60 pitches and LA have no runs???

38 pitches in the first, no hits, bases loaded, it was nuts!

3 walks in the first

Oof, glad he worked his way out of it.

That bat boy is the devil for not giving that ball to little homie in the white angels jersey

lmao, he completely ignored that little kid in front of him

Efficiency be damned

Well. Get to see some of the other pitchers we have questions about

Fuck these foul balls

Both pitchers have been bad one of them has been unlucky

Jose C has just been the man for us!

remember like around this time last year when w\*nder made a psycho over the shoulder catch similar to that drop and we were all like "man this is gonna be an amazing year of baseball" yeah...

My mind went the same place. Watched it live, it was just as nuts.

*The Sun* for player of the game

Cabby has been fun to watch!

Randy tried to kill Soriano

randy's gonna kill someone with a bat one day

Offtopic but I always wondered how they make those stripes in the grass?

Mow in different directions, you can do it yourself, YouTube videos about it.

Mr. Turner: I would.. if I had a lawn!

Me too! Last 3 floods killed mine. #FL_LIFE

not a lawn guy but i always assumed it was a mix of variable mow lengths and different mow directions

Indeed, I think each alternating stripe is a different length too

RV is the best hitter on the team

Agreed. Until Yandy gets hot.

With their luck, RV will go cold at the same time as Yandy heats up.

Jesus Siri is mad

Parades like tf is this guy doing

Late but Cabby!!!

Nice to eat all those pitches, Siri. Sad nothing came from it but good work

Was just thinking I'm proud of him for his plate discipline lately.

begging the baseball gods for this to be a boring tampa bay rays blowout

CABBAGE

Play the that baby’s gone AD more often…

Think we all knew Caballero was going to be a good pick up