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Opening Night Was Such a Delight!
Wow! What a crazy Opening Night! It was filled with homers.
Great pitching…
Not so great pitching…
and a Battle between two NL East Teams
versus the
But this battle paled in comparison to the one these guys are gonna have in the ALCS this year.
Happy Opening Week Everyone!
The Manoman
Super Shields is the Rays Opening Day Starter
Talk about a big game pitcher huh? 2 years ago, he won 12 games, last year he won 14 games, this year he will probably win 16 games. Who am I talking about you ask? No one other than this guy right here.
James Shields. He is the Rays Opening Day Starter as officially declared by Joe Maddon last week. It looks like Kaz isn’t our ace anymore after all. So what will the rotation look like then? Well here it is…
1. Righty James Shields
2. Lefty Scott Kazmir
3. Righty Matt Garza
4. Righty Andy Sonnastine
5. Lefty David Price
Now don’t get me wrong, Jackson was and still is a good player. The problem is that there was no room for him in Tampa Bay’s rotation. Right now there are still about 5 guys vying for that rotation spot, besides Price.
(That AL Championship shirt will probably be the last one will ever wear in his career.)
2. We got Matt Joyce.
Matt Joyce is a great player and a stellar addition to the Rats team. I think the Rays should have let Gabe Gross go after this because they have Gross, Joyce, Perez, and Ruggiano all going for that one spot. The Rays also could have then used Perez and Joyce in a platoon for that spot. The best part about him is that we have him for 5 more years at an affordable price.
We should all just Rejoice with Joyce.
3. We opened up a spot for our Future Ace
Do I need to say any more?
I’m going to say a classic that I found to finish up this post.
2007 Draft Pick-$1
Fastball-97 mph
Rookie Contract-14 million
Making it happen-
David Priceless
The Manoman
