TB Rays off season 2015-2016

[Tobywan]

Rays third base coach Charlie Montoyo had been interviewed for the Mariner's managerial position last week but Seattle went with Scott Servais who had been the Angels assistant general manager of scouting and player development.


Rumors are swirling that Montoyo may get a look from the Dodgers for the open manager position. Some reports have one time Ray Gabe Kapler as a viable candidate, he was hired last November to be LA's Director of Player Development.

[Tobywan]

Kevin Kiermaier and Evan Longoria are among finalists for their respective positions in the battle for a 2015 Rawlings Gold Glove Award.


Center Field:
Kevin Kiermaier, Rays
Kevin Pillar, Blue Jays
Mike Trout, Angels


Third Base:
Adrian Beltre, Rangers
Manny Machado, Orioles
Evan Longoria, Rays

Winners will be announced following the World Series.

[Tobywan]

Last month the Rays gave permission for the Milwaukee Brewers to interview Vice President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom for their open General Manager position. They ended up naming David Sterns former assistant GM of the Astros to the position.


Last week he was one of three finalists for the Phillies open GM position along with Matt Klentak and Dan Kantrovitz. The Phils went with Klentak, at 35,
he becomes the youngest GM in team history. He had been the Angels assistant GM since November 2011.


So, after two rejections, it looks like Bloom will stay put, at least for now.

[Tobywan]

Nobody seems to know what he's going to do.........but....he'll be paid to do it by the Rays.


Predators’ CEO Jeff Cogen has been hired by the Tampa Bay Rays, will step down on Nov. 30th.

[Tobywan]

Quite a few Rays prospects playing in the Arizona Fall League (October 13-November 21), though not really making much of a splash.

Stats as of today:

OF Jake Bauers is batting .152/.222/.364 with two home run.
SS Daniel Robertson is .242/.342/.273.
1B Casey Gillaspie is .146/.222/.244 with one home run.


Pitchers:
Brad Schreiber has a 3.60 ERA in 5 IP, 5 Ks, 0 BB, 1.20 WHIP with one save.
Hunter Wood 14.73 ERA in 3.2 IP, 3 Ks, 8 BB, 4.09 WHIP.
Buddy Borden 18.00 ERA in 4 IP, 2 Ks, 3 BB, 2.75 WHIP.
Mike Franco 4.15 ERA in 4.1 IP, 2 Ks, 3 BB, 2.31 WHIP.

The team overall is hitting .284/.356/.485 and in dead last at 3-10.

[Tobywan]

Chris Archer has been very busy this off season, he was a guest analyst on ESPN during the Wild Card game.




Then went to Taiwan on a goodwill tour for MLB.





Now he is back as an analyst for ESPN on Baseball Tonight.





Doing interviews.




With Noah "Thor" Syndergaard

[Tobywan]

Mesa won another game, woo! 5-3 over the Saguaros yesterday, now 4-10.

Gillaspie went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in the first, 2 runs scored and a walk.
Robertson went 0-for-4 with a K. Bauers 0-for-3 with a walk. P Buddy Borden was credited with a hold.

[Tobywan]

In Friday's game (Oct. 30), Mesa lost 12-1 to the Scottsdale Scorpions. Gillaspie went 0-for-3 with a walk, Robertson went 0-for-3. Record is now 4-11.

[Tobywan]

Mesa lost again today to the Scorpions 6-2, now with a 4-12 record.

Gillaspie went 0-for-4, Robertson 2-for-4 with a run scored, Bauers 1-for-4 with an RBI.


Mike Franco pitched an inning let up an unearned run on two hits and a walk. Hunter Wood let up an earned run on one hit and two walks. Brad Schreiber gave up just a hit in the 9th.

[realmofotalk]

Last month the Rays gave permission for the Milwaukee Brewers to interview Vice President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom for their open General Manager position. They ended up naming David Sterns former assistant GM of the Astros to the position.


Last week he was one of three finalists for the Phillies open GM position along with Matt Klentak and Dan Kantrovitz. The Phils went with Klentak, at 35,
he becomes the youngest GM in team history. He had been the Angels assistant GM since November 2011.


So, after two rejections, it looks like Bloom will stay put, at least for now.

Soon, every candidate for baseball general manager is going to be a 30-something year old, analytical Ivy League graduate.

[Tobywan]

Probably right, I wonder if there are some numbers about the success rate of older managers working under younger GM's? Worked in TB for years and somewhat in LA as far as post season appearances.

[Tobywan]

No games on Sunday. Today (Nov. 2) Mesa lost 1-0 to the Peoria Javelinas. Robertson and Gillaspie went 0-4. Record is 4-13.

[Tobywan]

Many locals are under the impression Jeff Cogen will mainly be given the task of trying to market the team to get more fans to Tropicana Field. I am thinking it maybe more and that one of his jobs will be to scope out the area to determine how best to position themselves and to go to bat for the team in the hopes of soon striking a deal with ST. Pete to begin looking for sites and even possibly to examine if leaving the region would be the best interest for the team in the long run.

I don't see a CEO stepping down just to try to sell tickets for the Rays.

[Tobywan]

Daniel Robertson and Jake Bauers will participate in the Fall Stars game on Nov.7.

[Tobywan]

Cal Ripken Jr. reportedly had expressed interest in getting back into baseball in a more hands on role, his name was linked to the Nationals when they had a job open, a position that was filled by Bud Black.

Now comes news that his company will be selling it's interest in the Charlotte Stones Crabs.

There are reports that former vice president, general manager and part owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox Lou Schwechheimer is at the top of the list to buy. The only team I can think of at the moment actively searching for a manager is the Dodgers, there are a few executive jobs that have recently opened.

Wonder if Cal got a call from someone.