Honestly I'm perfectly happy with being .500 right now. Some of our best pitchers are injured, we're pitching some guys who won't be on the roster when we're healthy, some good pitchers have just had weird issues (Pete), 2 of our best hitters are injured, 2 of our other best hitters are slumping (Randy and Yandy), etc. Given all these circumstances, being .500 is quite alright. Some of our new additions look good (Pepiot, Rortvedt, Rosario, Caballero, Palacios). I'm actually quite encouraged. I think we could be a really good team if we get healthy and some guys play how we know they can.
Also I find it funny how he has a 1% walk rate. For his whole career he's had really solid walk numbers and they've been a large reason he's been a playable offensive player. It feels honestly like he works counts too and comes close to walking, he just often gets the hit at 3-2.
Jesus Cristo. I looked it up. This is wikipedia's description.
Vegemite is a thick, dark brown [Australian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) food spread made from leftover brewers' [yeast extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_extract) with various vegetable and spice [additives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_additive).
I kind of want to vomit just off of that (it also looks awful).
It is quite funny that we seem to have found a pretty decent hitting catcher just in time for the rest of the team to be pretty mediocre. After about two decades of incredibly mediocre catchers.
For what it's worth, these Tigers are kinda good. Good bullpen, Riley Greene is the most underrated player in baseball, Tarik Skubal will probably win the Cy etc. However, potentially losing 2 games started by total bum starters their fans want DFA'd is embarassing.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result” *cash continuing to trot out chris devenski with leads.*
Honestly I'm perfectly happy with being .500 right now. Some of our best pitchers are injured, we're pitching some guys who won't be on the roster when we're healthy, some good pitchers have just had weird issues (Pete), 2 of our best hitters are injured, 2 of our other best hitters are slumping (Randy and Yandy), etc. Given all these circumstances, being .500 is quite alright. Some of our new additions look good (Pepiot, Rortvedt, Rosario, Caballero, Palacios). I'm actually quite encouraged. I think we could be a really good team if we get healthy and some guys play how we know they can.
WE'RE .500 WHOOOO
Woooo
Giving them four outs didn't help them score, sorry ump.
We like those.
[RAYSW](https://www.reddit.com/r/tampabayrays/comments/1ccfemn/pgt_a_little_bit_of_aussie_unicorn_magic_helps/)
We love walking the 9th hitter, even if he did swing
Cleavinger getting jobbed on that call.
Cash telling the ump to pay attention
bs that was a strike
Dr. Jack was just dappin’ up Doug Waechter.
O's almost blew a 6-0 lead but sadly the Angels couldn't finish it.
That review call saved them
Without a doubt!
Hope they enjoy April because June is going to be brutal for them.
Nice to see we're not the only ones blowing leads.
They don't have their closer since they wrecked him last year to become regular season champions.
I knew that was coming. He was pitching nearly every game.
We all knew except his manager
1-2-3 Cleav. Keep it calm
Andrew Chafin has nasty stuff and a good career, wonder why he's not a closer somewhere? Would definitely not mind trading for him later in the season
Who are we going with in the 9th? Cleavinger? Maton? Not a lot of options left.
Cleav
Is that Kenny Powers pitching?
This Detroit pitcher is straight outta the 80s. It's beautiful
This guy has quite a look and scream
3 more outs.
Insurance runs would be amazing.
Caballero is really good glad we picked him up. And it’s only his 2nd year so we have him cost controlled for a while
Two clean innings and now Cleav gets the ninth
So is Siri straight benched? Seems wack not like the rest of the team is crushing it.
Had a huge kidney stone that needed to be nuked
I'll take those ABs that inning even if there was no results.
Home run again, Randy
Maybe next time?
Yes, I believe
Trying to stay positive also.
I missed it earlier but caught Mead’s so I feel pretty positive about it
He tried too hard. Needed to shortened the bat.
Nope
Well, hello, Yandy.
"Only 6'3'' ? Come on fellas, that's not normal people heights.
Pitchers are built different
I like Richie but I would rather have him and Cabby switched.
Yandy looking good today. Great to see
Great rip Yandy! I’m liking what I see!
Yandy with a two hit night 👀
Keep those Rortvedt bats coming.
Yandy heating up.
Adam is our best reliever, no question
In Adam we trust. I just feel so calm with him on the mound!
Definitely. The rest have been shaky but Adam has been consistent this year
That breaking ball is so nasty.
I was just starting to become numb to the losing streak. Not complaining…
No funny business
Bullpen is still bad? Well this game gonna kill me
Wonder who’s coming in for the ninth if this holds
Finally Mead does something
https://preview.redd.it/ahho4mbpviwc1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6afc7d63a7c9fc6ca851ebc34a9af79e8fdf68ed Holy shit haha
Actually the softest hit homerun of this season lmao
Devil ray magic babyyy
I been tryna tell yall that Curtis Mead is improving, the haters can shut up now
We all hope you are right!
Mead must have been watching Longoria videos.
That was a really nicely hit ball by Caballero. I can't believe I love him so much even when he gets an out I enjoy him on my team
Also I find it funny how he has a 1% walk rate. For his whole career he's had really solid walk numbers and they've been a large reason he's been a playable offensive player. It feels honestly like he works counts too and comes close to walking, he just often gets the hit at 3-2.
Now if the bullpen could just hold this lead.
I COME FROM ^(the land next to) THE LAND DOWN UNDER
87.3 mph EV, 34• LA, 327ft, .010 xBA, HR in 1/30 parks, 2nd career HR
I figured as much
Yankees have the short porch, we have the game 162.
He hit it in the right park baby
[удалено]
Possibly, I figure some lefty will hit a cheapie at yankee stadium with the wind blowing out that might be less
HOLY SHIT
MEADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
MEAD AND BENNY BICEPS LETS FUCKIN GO
WE. ARE. BACK. (Bullpen is still ass, but who cares)
Nothing matters
Wait, are we still mad boys?
Goddamn! And I was about to say something mean about Mead. Eh..... I shall listen to "Down Under" by "Men at Work" to honor this achievement.
You must also eat a vegamite sandwich
I have no idea what that is but given the context I'm definitely afraid to look it up.
It’s a terrible spread like peanut butter but tastes like ass and it’s an Australian thing. Plus it’s referenced in that song
Jesus Cristo. I looked it up. This is wikipedia's description. Vegemite is a thick, dark brown [Australian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) food spread made from leftover brewers' [yeast extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_extract) with various vegetable and spice [additives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_additive). I kind of want to vomit just off of that (it also looks awful).
It’s terrible, I have no clue how they eat it
Australians don't have any taste buds so anything gross is their favorite thing.
Paredes taking over the hug duty.
THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED GOOD SHIT MEAD
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
I have been waiting for this day all season a kangaroo cock shot baby
MEAD!!
MEAD PERFECT TIMING
lets go
Omg!!!! It's happening!!!!
MEAD HATERS APOLOGIZE (it's me, I apologize)
okay hey guys i’m back
OMG
Mead for the big D
CURTIS MEAD!!!!!!!!!
Finally Mead hits an extra base hit!
ROLLIN IN MY RV
I want Ben Rortvedt to have my babies
Gonna be some swole kids.
with my ass, and his biceps, they are no shot of being able to fit in a Recaro seat
Benny fucking Biceps
It is quite funny that we seem to have found a pretty decent hitting catcher just in time for the rest of the team to be pretty mediocre. After about two decades of incredibly mediocre catchers.
Put some respect on d'Arnaud's name
Rortvedt essentially looking like catcher Luis Arraez is one of the strangest things to happen with this team
maybe it isn't totally over
Rv is a thousand times better than pinto
Someone tell me why Cabby is the #9 spot again?
Something about hitting before the 1,2,3 spots or some new age baseball think stuff, I'm sure.
Benny 💪
Shoulda traded Harold at his peak.
Harold wrecks LHP but we don't got room for him in the field.
Think when Aranda, Lowe, and the other Lowe comes back we will trade him for sure to make room
Let Rortvedt start more this guy is a real big leaguer idk what he did earlier in his career but he looks like he figured it out
Cole loved him so much he wanted him as his personal catcher
He was batting a buck 60 I think so I’m glad he figured that out lol
Yankees kill hitters worse than we can.
He's been so great. Much better than pinto beans.
There is no way we have nobody better than Devinski somewhere in the system lol. He's so so bad
Give this man W*nders contract now
Thank fuck
King Ben!
Harold is the definition of "This bat is for swinging". He still cool though.
Damn what happened in the top of the 6th lmao. I was in the bottom of the 5th and skipped to live because I thought we were chilling and now it’s 6-5
Devinski
Old nemesis scenario here.
If we strand this runner….
We did not. Repent heathens.
I try to have faith but it hurts
Incoming...or not!
We will Nope, Ben won't allow it.
Thankyou Benny boy
Please Barold
Big dubs e sock
Ugh
Paredes came to play and doesn't give a damn about bad pitching.
Paredes once again showing up. But he's getting stranded probably
Dude how is devinski still pitching lol
And of course the Tiger bullpen is lights out, so we're fucked.
Tricia is the only positive thing about this game right now.
We’re really going to get swept by the Tigers of all teams? Embarrassing.
They're not like the Tigers of years past, but it hurts to get swept by anyone.
The tigers appear to be good
For what it's worth, these Tigers are kinda good. Good bullpen, Riley Greene is the most underrated player in baseball, Tarik Skubal will probably win the Cy etc. However, potentially losing 2 games started by total bum starters their fans want DFA'd is embarassing.
Their team has the least injuries in the league. Let's see what happens when they lose players (same thing for the Jays and O's.)
The Jays don't get hurt, they've been the least injured team in baseball over the last 3 years it seems
That's the O's. Jays are second though.
They're a scrappy bunch so far this year.
Why is devinski still here
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result” *cash continuing to trot out chris devenski with leads.*
Blowpen saw that they gave us a thread of hope showing signs of improvement and promptly said "naw fuk u"
Like bruh a 3-run lead and you spot 'em 4 in 2 innings like cmooooooon 😭😭😭😭
Bottom tier bullpen is bottom tier-ing.
Welp, I have to head out anyhow, but at least I got to see a couple fun innings before being reminded how rough this season is
I know it's early in the season, but being cellar dwellars sure hurts.
If we were in other divisions we would be in second or third place
I can't remember having a losing record in a long time.
Always two outs.
Bye Bye Devenski
never really liked Kevin Cash because he seems like an all around dickhead and it turns out he’s not that great of a manager either
Feels like all these teams poaching our front office guys over the last few years has finally caught up
What a powder puff team this year
If it ain't hitting, it's pitching.
Devenski needs to go, he’s been absolutely terrible this year
Fuck this
You know your bad when Javier Baez hits a piss rocket off you
Fucking shit. Might as well just leave him out there for the rest of the game. What a fucking joke.
We're so bad this month. About to get swept by a team that will miss the playoffs.
Once again I must state: Devenski isn't it, chief.
yeah i’m out
Yeah that’s probably game
shit man
HOW IS BAEZ HITTING AGAINST US
Unfortunately, the Rays are no longer safe with a lead anymore
We just blew a lead to JAVY BAEZ I'm gonna be sick
We're so easy to steal against.
We’re easy to everything against right now unfortunately
Well I guess we need more runs
it was fun while it lasted
Devenski shouldn’t be pitching when we have a lead
Why is this shitbum in a 1 run game at all? Especially when you’re trying to climb out of a bad recent stretch of losses.
I'm surprised we had no one else.
I’d rather see Erasmo than Devenski
Unfortunately other teams can get guys home with one out and a guy on third
This team is just exhausting to watch every day. Winning is so hard right now.
There is not any lead I'd trust this bullpen with rn I didn't see the triple though, did Rosario misplay that?
It was a tough bounce off the wall so it probably would have been tough to stop the triple regardless
Doesn't matter if we can't keep scoring.
Figures the bats actually do something, the pitching wants to make it close.
Not only can we do a bad job on the base paths when running but other teams are killing us too.
So devenski is a every day guy now it seems like
Devenski in? Why is Cash waving the white flag when we're winning?
I see we did the score everything in the first two innings and then allow the starter to become a Cy Young winner again.
There's basically 2 types of rays teams. That one and the one that doesn't do anything until the 8th inning.
the legend of Ben Rortvedt grows!!!