Baseball: Rays: Eventful day for Rays' Bartlett leads to two runs

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4/28: News & Notes
Published 4/28/2008 by Patrick L. Kennedy at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... Brant James of the St. Petersburg Times reports that LHP Scott Kazmir will throw five or six innings and a "maximum" of 85 pitches tonight in his final minor league rehab outing for AAA Durham. He is on track to join the rotation this weekend against the Boston Red Sox, most likely for Sunday's game. James also reports that RHP Al Reyes will make his second and final one inning rehab stint for A+ Vero Beach this evening. His fastball apparently "reached" 85 mph in his last outing on Saturday, but he is still expected to be activated when eligible to come off ...

Red Sox News & Notes - 4/28
Published 4/28/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... and were quite surprised to see him do it. But that won’t surprise you as much as the first part of this quote from him. “I’m going to get 50 steals!” “If you want to see the car, sometimes you’ve got to let the car go,” Ramirez said. “It made me feel like I was back in high school.” Manny stick to swinging the bat please. Leave the swiping of bases to Jacoby Ellsbury, Coco Crisp and Julio Lugo. Jason Barlett had an eventful day for the Rays. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head ...

Rays Enjoy View From The Top
Published 4/28/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... Andy Cannizaro replaced Elliot Johnson as the teams utility IF. Johnson was batting .159 in 7 games.  Cannizaro give the Rays a better defensive option at SS and also 2B. Johnson will play an everyday Durham.  Quote from Cannizaro: ...

Kazmir close to return
Published 4/28/2008 by Eric Stashin at Rotoprofessor
Scott Kazmir According to Brant James of the St. Petersburg Times (click here for the article), Scott Kazmir is close to returning for the Tampa Bay Rays.  He is scheduled to make his final rehab start tonight, with manager John Madden saying he will pitch either “five/six innings” or “85 pitches max”. Kazmir would then make his season debut for the Rays over the weekend against the Baltimore Orioles. This is great news for owners who drafted Kazmir highly and have been waiting patiently for him to finally get healthy.  He led the major leagues in strikeouts last season and ...