Your Tampa Bay Rays... 1. Akinori Iwamura, 2B 2. Carl Crawford, LF 3. B.J. Upton, CF 4. Carlos Pena, 1B 5. Evan Longoria, 3B 6. Eric Hinske, DH 7. Dioner Navarro, C 8. Gabe Gross, RF 9. Jason Bartlett, SS James Shields, SP

For those of you keeping score, its Thursday morning here as I write this, I don't know what happened in Wednesday's game yet, and this is about Tuesday's action which I watched last night. Confused? Welcome to the world of a baseball fan in Europe. Still, I am never someone who lets being a day and a half late with my thoughts on something stop me... You can read the rest of this entry ...

According to Bill Chastain at MLB.com, just one day after reporting to the team, first baseman Dan Johnson was designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Last Friday, the Rays claimed Johnson after the Oakland A’s had placed him on waivers. It seems Johnson was sent down to make room on the team’s 25-man roster for outfielder Gabe Gross, who the team acquired from the ...

That was quick - Dan Johnson 's time with the Rays is up.  He's been designated for assignment in the wake of the Gabe Gross acquisition.  Gross does make more sense for the roster spot. There are only a handful of teams that might be able to accomodate Johnson as a regular.  We'll have to see which club was second in line for his services (if any).  At the least, he'd ...

To make room for newly acquired OF Gabe Gross, the Rays have designated for assignment Johnson, a 1B/DH who had just joined them Tuesday after being claimed on waivers from Oakland, according to Johnson’s agent.... Agent Bob Barad said the sequence of events was “unfortunate circumstances” for Johnson but he had no issues with the Rays’ handling of the situation. “I certainly don’t think in ...

At least Gabe Gross ' last few moments with the Milwaukee Brewers were exciting ones. The 28-year-old outfielder stole second and trucked on home for the game-winning run on Gabe Kapler 's single with one out in the 12th inning of Milwaukee's 9-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. After the game, the team announced Gross had been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for minor league ...

On Tuesday the Milwaukee Breweres bullpen (cough, Eric Gagne, choke, cough cough) allowed 5 runs in 2 innings to force the game into extra innings. Gabe Gross hit a double in the bottom of the 12th that got him into position to be scored by Gabe Kaplers single, winning the game. Going 2-4 with 2 doubles, 3 runs scored and a stolen base he had quite a fine stat line for the day. Not enough ...

T his and every weekday a.m., let's rise and shine together with the most recent and decent major league happenings. Today's NL roll call starts at Laverne and Shirley's house, where Milwaukee's Gabe Gross makes like George Costanza and leaves on a high note ; he scores the winning run for the Motley Brue Crue and then takes another one for the team by leaving in a trade to Tampa for a minor ...

According to Adam McCalvy at MLB.com, the Milwaukee Brewers traded left-handed hitting outfielder Gabe Gross to the Tampa Bay Rays for 6′5″ minor-league right-hander Josh Butler. The 23-year old Butler will head to Class A Brevard County. The Brewers will call-up outfielder Tony Gwynn, Jr. from Triple-A Nashville to replace Gross on the team’s 25-man roster. Gwynn ...

Gabe Gross was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for pitching prospect Josh Butler minutes after scoring the winning run in the 12th inning against the Cardinals. Something had to give on the roster, as Gabe himself said . It hurts to lose a left-handed bat, especially one with power and the ability to take walks, on a team that is right-hand dominant, but in a way I'm happy for Gross. He ...

The Tampa Bay Rays have sent 2006 second-round pick Josh Butler to the Milwaukee Brewers in return for outfielder Gabe Gross . After Tampa’s DH, Cliff Floyd , went down with injury, the Rays made quick work filling Cliff’s shoes. They claimed first-baseman Dan Johnson off waivers and now acquired an outfielder who can play all three outfield spots well. The 28-year old Gross ...

In a quick, surprise move, the Brewers have traded outfielder Gabe Gross to the Rays for 23-year-old Class-A right hander Josh Butler. There is no word on Tampa Bay's roster move to make room for Gross, who can play all three outfield positions. Presumably, it will be Justin Ruggiano , but I suppose it could be Nathan Haynes . Gross has 48 plate appearances in the young season, but is ...

The Brewers trade Gabe Gross to Tampa Bay for pitching prospect Josh Butler. Josh Butler is, according to Baseball Prospectus, "a big righty with a heavy sinker that generates tons of groundballs". He's a 2nd round pick in 2006 and, on the surface, it's a decent talent for talent swap. That said, I strongly dislike the trade, unless there's something else in the works. IMO, Doug Melvin has just

After scoring the winning run in Tuesday’s 9-8, 12-inning victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Gabe Gross was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Brewers acquired righthander Josh Butler, who will report to Class A Brevard County of the Florida State League. In his second year with the Brewers, the 28-year-old Gross batted just .209 (9-for-43) in 16 games this ...

On a day when Gabe Gross had his best game of the season and scored the winning run in an extra-innings affair against St. Louis, we learn that he has been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for a Class A pitcher carrying a 6.35 ERA. I can only assume that this means that Tony Gwynn Jr. is set to re-join Milwaukee in time for tomorrow's game. Thus ends Team Gabe - I maintain that those of us brave

By: Big Rygg Despite his game winning run today, and a home run that wasn't called as such, I'm happy to report one Gabe Gross has been traded to the Tampa Bay (devil) Rays for pitching prospect Josh Butler.  Joshua Bulter - 0-2, 6.35 ERA, 17.0 IP, 18 H, 12 ER, 5 BB, 10 K I'm not upset by this...I don't care what the return was. Nice work, Doug Melvin! --- Oh yeah, ...