Better is Earned.

[Soapy]

Toronto's Kevin Kiermaier Hits 100th Career Home Run, Win Series Against Tampa Bay Rays
‣ July 24, 2024 - Game 3 of 3 - Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
(52-50) Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays (55-48)

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TB | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 || 4 | 10 | 0
TOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x || 5 | 6 | 1

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Jeffrey Springs (L, 0-2): 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 7 K
Brandon Lowe: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R
Jose Siri: 1-3, HR, RBI, R
Harold Ramirez: 1-3, R

Chris Bassitt (W, 9-8): 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K
Kevin Kiermaier: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, R
Bo Bichette: 2-4, HR, RBI, R
Alejandro Kirk: 1-3, RBI

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CIN | 7 | 10 | 0
TB | 11 | 10 | 1

CIN SP Graham Ashcraft (L, 0-1): 4 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
TB CF Jose Siri: 2-4, 2 HR, 8 RBI, SO

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CIN | 5 | 8 | 0
TB | 1 | 4 | 0

CIN LF TJ Friedl: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI
TB DH Harold Ramirez: 1-4, RBI

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MIA | 1 | 5 | 0
TB | 3 | 6 | 1

MIA DH Bryan De La Cruz: 1-4, HR, RBI, 2 SO
TB 2B Brandon Lowe: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI

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MIA | 8 | 15 | 0
TB | 10 | 15 | 0

MIA SS Tim Anderson: 3-5, HR, 5 RBI
TB 1B Yandy Diaz: 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB

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Current Record
55-53, 4th AL East, 6th AL Wild Card (3.0 GB)

MLB Transactions
Cubs trade 2B James Triantos to the Boston Red Sox for 1B C.J. Cron
Padres trade C Ethan Salas to the Tigers for 1B Spencer Torkelson

Injury List
SP Drew Rasmussen: Elbow Surgery (1-2 months)
1B Harold Ramirez: Fractured Hand (1-2 months)

Prospect Watch
SS Junior Caminero (#2 MLB, #1 Rays, AAA): .298 AVG, .353 OBP, .539 SLG, .893 OPS, 17 HR, 58 RBI
1B Xavier Isaac (#12 MLB, #2 Rays, AAA): .287 AVG, .360 OBP, .524 SLG, .884 OPS, 10 HR, 36 RBI
SS Carson Williams (#16 MLB, #3 Rays, AA): .270 AVG, .342 OBP, .419 SLG, .761 OPS, 10 HR, 50 RBI
C Dalton Rushing (#58 MLB, #4 Rays, AA): .263 AVG, .333 OBP, .424 SLG, .758 OPS, 4 HR, 12 RBI

Upcoming Schedule
at Houston Astros (56-52) -- Lance McCullers Jr. (0-1, 9 K, 4.76 ERA)
at Houston Astros (56-52) -- Justin Verlander (4-8, 91 K, 4.47 ERA)
at Houston Astros (56-52) -- Framber Valdez (4-7, 101 K, 3.52 ERA)
at St. Louis Cardinals (56-53) -- Matthew Liberatore (5-8, 67 K, 5.91 ERA)
at St. Louis Cardinals (56-53) -- TBD
at St. Louis Cardinals (56-53) -- TBD

[Soapy]

It will forever be funny to me that if the pitcher gets murked by the ball and an out is recorded immediately after, it goes down as a 1-X out.

may he rest in peace

[Soapy]

Rays trade away Jeffrey Springs and Shawn Armstrong, acquire top pitching prospect Hurston Waldrep from Braves
Adam Berry -- MLB.com Beat Reporter

The Tampa Bay Rays appear to be sellers at the trade deadline, dealing away two veterans arms in starter Jeffrey Springs and reliever Shawn Armstrong to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for pitching prospect Hurston Waldrep and outfielder Stone Garrett.

Spring signed a four-year, $31 million contract extension with the Rays back in 2023 before undergoing Tommy John Surgery just a few months later, returning this season where he has pitched in three games and posted an ERA of 11.45. When healthy, Springs was one of the Rays best arms in 2022, striking out 144 batters in 135 innings pitched with a 2.46 ERA. He'll hope to regain form with the Atlanta Braves in anticipation of another run at the World Series.

A bullpen arm, Armstrong has played in forty five games this season with forty five strikeouts and seven holds with two wins and three losses.

Garrett is on his fourth team since 2022, signing with the Nationals back in 2023 after a one-year stint with the Diamondbacks and was then traded to the Braves earlier this season in exchange for starting pitcher A.J. Smith-Shawver. Garrett has struggled to crack the lineup for the Braves since the trade and could see a more prominent role on the Rays as DH Harold Ramirez recovers from his injury.

The most intriguing haul of the trade for the Rays however is Waldrep, who is MLB.com's number six prospect and instantly becomes the Rays' top pitching prospect and their second highest ranked overall prospect behind Junior Caminero. His bread-and-butter is an absolutely unhittable splitter, an upper-80s pitch that generated a miss rate north of 60 percent both at Florida and at the upper levels of the Braves system. He doesn't always command his fastball well, but it has plenty of velocity, up to 99 mph consistently.

Waldrep will initially be stationed in Double-A with other top prospects Carson Williams and Dalton Rushing although a push to the majors could come soon as the Rays are in need of talented arms to replenish their bullpen following the trade of Armstrong and Springs. For now, they've called up Triple-A pitcher Colin Poche and Zack Littell, who both started the season with the Rays.

[Soapy]

Tampa's future got brighter following the trade deadline but what about their current situation?
Adam Lemon -- Dynasty Sports Rays Beat Reporter

The Tampa Bay Rays turned a 27-year old shortstop with a career slugging percentage of .304, a 31-year old starting pitcher coming off two major surgeries in the last three years and a 33-year old relief pitcher into two top 100 prospects; landing Dalton Rushing to be the catcher of the future and a potential ace in top five prospect Hurston Waldrep.

These moves have set the Rays up for success in the future years but it doesn't do much help to help their current predicament, outside of Stone Garrett who is a more reliable bat than Jose Caballero and will fill in nicely for the injured Harold Ramirez.

Tampa is three-and-a-half games behind the Orioles for the AL East lead, closing the gap after a much more favorable month of July following the disaster that was June. They're three games behind the Blue Jays for the final wild card spot. It projects to be a tough month of August however with only one series against a team with a losing record in Oakland. The Rays will play 56-win Houston six times and end the season on a two week road trip to the aforementioned A's, Dodgers and the Mariners before returning home to host the 64-win Padres.

Team Batting Stats
RF Jonny Deluca ‣ .333 Avg | 0 HR | 2 RBI | 0 SB
1B Harold Ramirez ‣ .296 Avg | 9 HR | 44 RBI | 3 SB
1B Yandy Diaz ‣ .294 Avg | 9 HR | 43 RBI | 4 SB
3B Evan Longoria ‣ .281 Avg | 1 HR | 4 RBI | 0 SB
3B Isaac Paredes ‣ .279 Avg | 26 HR | 68 RBI | 3 SB
2B Amed Rosario ‣ .278 Avg | 13 HR | 54 RBI | 12 SB
C Rene Pinto ‣ .267 Avg | 7 HR | 26 RBI | 0 SB
LF Randy Arozarena ‣ .265 Avg | 11 HR | 39 RBI | 16 SB
RF Josh Lowe ‣ .261 Avg | 6 HR | 22 RBI | 16 SB
LF Richie Palacios ‣ .230 Avg | 3 HR | 10 RBI | 2 SB
2B Brandon Lowe ‣ .223 Avg | 16 HR | 56 RBI | 4 SB
SS Taylor Walls ‣ .217 Avg | 1 HR | 4 RBI | 4 SB
CF Jose Siri ‣ .206 Avg | 10 HR | 38 RBI | 13 SB
C Francisco Mejia ‣ .198 Avg | 1 HR | 14 RBI | 2 SB

Team Pitching Stats
SP Aaron Civale ‣ 12W, 3L | 2.75 ERA | 103 K
SP Zach Eflin ‣ 9W, 6L | 3.24 ERA | 109 K
SP Shane Baz ‣ 9W, 8L | 3.81 ERA | 129 K
SP Taj Bradley ‣ 3W, 7L | 4.08 ERA | 114 K
SP Shane McClanahan ‣ 2W, 1L | 2.75 ERA | 19 K
SP Zack Littell ‣ 2W, 8L | 4.97 ERA | 67 K
RP Jason Adam ‣ 3W, 0L | 2.48 ERA | 52 K | 14 H | 2 BS | 3 SV
RP Kevin Kelly ‣ 3W, 6L | 3.07 ERA | 46 K | 10 H | 1 BS
RP Phil Maton ‣ 2W, 0L | 0.54 ERA | 57 K | 20 H | 2 SV
RP Colin Poche ‣ 2W, 2L | 2.36 ERA | 33 K | 8 H
CP Pete Fairbanks ‣ 1W, 4L | 4.82 ERA | 51 K | 1 H | 6 BS | 28 SV

AL Standings
AL East
Orioles, 59-50
Blue Jays, 59-51
Yankees, 56-54
Rays, 55-53
Red Sox, 47-61

AL Central
Twins, 71-37
Guardians, 65-44
Royals, 52-58
Tigers, 40-69
White Sox, 38-73

AL West
Rangers, 60-49
Mariners, 59-51
Astros, 56-52
Athletics, 48-62
Angels, 41-67

NL East
Phillies, 79-29
Braves, 70-39
Mets, 53-57
Marlins, 44-64
Nationals, 33-76

NL Central
Cubs, 62-48
Pirates, 61-47
Cardinals, 56-53
Reds, 56-54
Brewers, 47-62

NL West
Dodgers, 65-44
Padres, 64-46
Diamondbacks, 56-53
Giants, 46-64
Rockies, 39-70

AL Leaders
Batting Average
OF Juan Soto ‣ .335 Avg
OF Aaron Judge ‣ .331 Avg
3B Justin Turner ‣ .329 Avg

Home Runs
OF Aaron Judge ‣ 35 HR
OF Juan Soto ‣ 34 HR
SS Corey Seager ‣ 31 HR

RBI
SS Bobby Witt Jr. ‣ 89 RBI
SS Corey Seager ‣ 89 RBI
OF Aaron Judge ‣ 85 RBI

ERA
SP Nestor Cortes Jr. ‣ 2.06 ERA
RP Garrett Whitlock ‣ 2.67 ERA
SP Bailey Ober ‣ 2.74 ERA

Strikeouts
SP Triston McKenzie ‣ 153 K
SP Shane Baz ‣ 129 K
SP Kevin Gausman ‣ 125 K

NL Leaders
Batting Average
2B Ketel Marte ‣ .349 Avg
SS Trea Turner ‣ .322 Avg
1B Freddie Freeman ‣ .314 Avg

Home Runs
1B Matt Olson ‣ 36 HR
3B Austin Riley ‣ 35 HR
OF Adam Duvall ‣ 32 HR

RBI
3B Austin Riley ‣ 110 RBI
1B Matt Olson ‣ 94 RBI
SP Shohei Ohtani ‣ 91 RBI

ERA
SP Kolby Allard ‣ 2.27 ERA
SP Zac Gallen ‣ 2.31 ERA
SP Aaron Nola ‣ 2.50 ERA

Strikeouts
SP Spencer Strider ‣ 169 K
SP Blake Snell ‣ 168 K
SP Shohei Ohtani ‣ 160 K

Players of the Month
SP Garrett Crochet ‣ 4-1, 5 G, 2.43 ERA, 33 K
SP Domingo German ‣ 5-0, 5 G, 1.09 ERA, 20 K
RF Juan Soto ‣ .393 Avg, 8 HR, 22 RBI
RF Fernando Tatis Jr. ‣ .410 Avg, 6 HR, 19 RBI
[R] RF Clark Elliott ‣ .314 Avg, 3 HR, 10 RBI
[R] CF Jackson Chourio ‣ .342 Avg, 7 HR, 18 RBI

[Soapy]

Tampa Bay Overcomes Hitless Start, Rally to Drive In 5 Runs in 10th Inning Win Over Cardinals
‣ August 8, 2024 - Game 3 of 3 - Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
(57-57) Tampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals (61-55)

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TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 || 8 | 12 | 1
STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 || 3 | 5 | 0

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Jason Adams (W, 4-0): 2 IP, 0 ER, BB, 3 K
Taylor Walls: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Rene Pinto: 1-2, 2 RBI, R
Evan Longoria: 2-4, 2B, RBI

Ryan Helsley (L, 2-4): 0.1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, K
Nolan Arenado: 1-4, RBI, R
Willson Contreras: 1-3, RBI
Jackson Holliday: 1-3, BB, SO

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TB | 3 | 4 | 0
HOU | 8 | 10 | 0

TB HR: RF Josh Lowe, LF Randy Arozarena, 2B Brandon Lowe
HOU HR: LF Yordan Alvarez, 3B Alex Bregman

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TB | 3 | 7 | 0
HOU | 8 | 9 | 1

TB 2B Brandon Lowe: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
HOU HR: LF Yordan Alvarez, 3B Alex Bregman, 2B Jose Altuve

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TB | 0 | 3 | 0
HOU | 2 | 7 | 0

TB SP Zach Eflin (L, 9-7): 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 BB, 2 K
HOU LF Yordan Alvarez: 2-4, HR, RBI, SO

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TB | 5 | 13 | 1
STL | 6 | 8 | 0

TB DH Evan Longoria: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
STL 1B Rhys Hoskins: 1-1, HR, 3 RBI

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TB | 14 | 13 | 0
STL | 4 | 8 | 0

TB HR: RF Josh Lowe, LF Randy Arozarena, 2B Brandon Lowe
STL 1B Rhys Hoskins: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, SO

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Current Record
57-57, 4th AL East, 7th AL Wild Card (5.0 GB)

Injury List
SP Drew Rasmussen: Elbow Surgery (1-2 months)
1B Harold Ramirez: Fractured Hand (1-2 months)

Prospect Watch
SS Junior Caminero (#2 MLB, #1 Rays, AAA): .291 AVG, .349 OBP, .532 SLG, .882 OPS, 18 HR, 59 RBI
SP Hurston Waldrep (#5 MLB, #2 Rays, AA): 5-6, 2.68 ERA, 104 K
1B Xavier Isaac (#11 MLB, #3 Rays, AAA): .295 AVG, .368 OBP, .531 SLG, .899 OPS, 11 HR, 41 RBI
SS Carson Williams (#14 MLB, #4 Rays, AA): .261 AVG, .333 OBP, .401 SLG, .734 OPS, 10 HR, 53 RBI
C Dalton Rushing (#52 MLB, #5 Rays, AA): .282 AVG, .343 OBP, .444 SLG, .787 OPS, 5 HR, 19 RBI

Upcoming Schedule
vs. Baltimore Orioles (63-53) -- Corbin Burnes (10-9, 121 K, 2.97 ERA)
vs. Baltimore Orioles (63-53) -- John Means (14-5, 59 K, 3.04 ERA)
vs. Baltimore Orioles (63-53) -- Cole Irvin (3-6, 51 K, 5.40 ERA)
vs. Houston Astros (60-54) -- Cristian Javier (13-6, 108 K, 3.94 ERA)
vs. Houston Astros (60-54) -- Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1, 15 K, 3.74 ERA)
vs. Houston Astros (60-54) -- TBD

[six7]

here we go. making the push. quick turnaround, just in time to win the ship before cfb drops

[James]

Just can't seem to get over the hump and time is running out.

There's always next year.

[Soapy]

here we go. making the push. quick turnaround, just in time to win the ship before cfb drops

Just can't seem to get over the hump and time is running out.

There's always next year.

nah I'm with James. Every time we go on a nice stretch, we fuck it up and dip back to .500 and we're running out of games to catch up. Strength of schedule really fucked us over

[James]

This is the beauty of simmed games. It’s a variable you can’t really control.

[Soapy]

This is the beauty of simmed games. It’s a variable you can’t really control.

the football season is too short to implement this but yeah, i do like the fact that user skill is equalized by the simming both when it comes to win/losses as well as player performance.