2011 Rays Minor League Awards

除了已經初露頭角(五局11K)的Matt Moore之外, Rays的農場還有哪些球員令人期待呢?

(原文網址: http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110926&content_id=25229032&notebook_id=25229034&vkey=notebook_tb&c_id=tb)

Minor League Player of the Year: Stephen Vogt
Minor League Pitcher of the Year: Matt Moore
Durham Bulls MVP: Russ Canzler
Montgomery Biscuits MVP: Stephen Vogt
Charlotte Stone Crabs MVP: Hak-Ju Lee
Bowling Green Hot Rods MVP: Derek Dietrich
Hudson Valley Renegades MVP: Jeff Malm
Princeton Rays MVP: Drew Vettleson
GCL Rays MVP: Roberto Gomez
DSL Rays MVP: Adderly Rosa
VSL Ray MVP: Oscar Hernandez
Best Defensive Player: Hak-Ju Lee
Best Baserunner: Tyler Bortnick
Best Reliever: Chris Rearick

沒有No.163, Rays go to playoff!!!

 

 

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從7:0的劣勢下開始反擊! Longoria的三分全壘打把比數追到7:6

本季打擊率一成的Dan Johnson在九局下兩人出局後擊出追平全壘打

十二局下最短的一支全壘打, Longoria再度用他的棒子把光芒送進了季後賽

季後賽光芒第一輪將對上遊騎兵, 第一場比賽在9/30 PM5:00(美東時間), 遊騎兵的先發投手預定是C.J. Wilson, 而光芒先發未定.

2011年 第161場 幾個關鍵的Play

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二局下Zobrist的Home Run….先取得領先的優勢

再來是Longoria發動的 Triple Play

最後是Matt Joyce的逆轉Home Run

光芒加油! 明天繼續連贏!

The Extra 2% - A book about a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First

暨"Money Ball"後, 最近又出了一本講MLB球隊經營策略的書籍, 書名是"The Extra 2%" , 這裡是Amazon的連結.

這次是講哪一隊呢? 寫在這個Blog, 當然講的就是Rays啦! 出版社是ESPN, 作者是橫跨金融記者與體育記者工作的Jonah Keri, 所以這本書的寫法, 如同副標, 似乎是從華爾街的金融策略, 來看Rays這支球隊是怎麼從最糟的戰績, 最險惡的環境挑戰(同區有兩支邪惡帝國球隊), 最後可以在三年內兩度打進季後賽.

這裡是The Extra 2%的部落格網站

另外像是ESPN有部分書本內容的揭露, 可以先讓我們聞一下香: 'The Extra 2%': Whiffing on Albert Pujols

另外, 也可以來看看Amazon網站的介紹:

下一部棒球電影的原著?!

What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history.

In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matthew Silverman assumed control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, it looked as if they were buying the baseball equivalent of a penny stock. But the incoming regime came armed with a master plan: to leverage their skill at trading, valuation, and management to build a model twenty-first-century franchise that could compete with their bigger, stronger, richer rivals—and prevail.

Together with “boy genius” general manager Andrew Friedman, the new Rays owners jettisoned the old ways of doing things, substituting their own innovative ideas about employee development, marketing and public relations, and personnel management. They exorcized the “devil” from the team’s nickname, developed metrics that let them take advantage of undervalued aspects of the game, like defense, and hired a forward-thinking field manager as dedicated to unconventional strategy as they were. By quantifying the game’s intangibles—that extra 2% that separates a winning organization from a losing one—they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay something that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” had never brought to Oakland: an American League pennant.

A book about what happens when you apply your business skills to your life’s passion, The Extra 2% is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.

Raysprospects選出2011年季初的前30名Rays Prospects

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Top 15 Pitchers
#1 Jeremy Hellickson RHP
#2 Matt Moore LHP
#3 Chris Archer RHP
#4 Alex Torres LHP
#5 Jake McGee LHP
#6 Alexander Colome RHP
#7 Alex Cobb RHP
#8 Nick Barnese RHP
#9 Joseph Cruz RHP
#10 Jake Thompson RHP
#11 Enny Romero LHP
#12 Wilking Rodriguez RHP
#13 Scott Shuman RHP
#14 Jesse Hahn RHP
#15 Albert Suarez RHP

Top 15 Hitters
#1 Desmond Jennings OF
#2 Josh Sale OF
#3 Drew Vettleson OF
#4 Hak-Ju Lee SS
#5 Justin O'Conner C
#6 Ty Morrison OF
#7 Robinson Chirinos C
#8 Brandon Guyer OF
#9 Luke Bailey C
#10 Tim Beckham SS
#11 Ryan Brett 2B
#12 Tyler Bortnick 2B.
#13 Todd Glaesmann OF
#14 Derek Dietrich SS
#15 Yoel Araujo OF