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Entries Tagged ‘Dan Johnson’

Rays designate Dan Johnson for assignment.

   Well no sooner than we were figuring out where everyone would fit with the new Gabe Gross acquisition the Rays designated Dan Johnson for assignment. This gives the Rays 10 days to trade, release or pass him through waivers. This puts me a little more at ease as Gross, even though I’ve yet to [...]

The Rays keep winning in Orlando.

   If the Rays keep this up the ownership group may look at a new ballpark in Orlando instead. Just kidding (hopefully). Shields pitched well, Longoria homered, Navarro made a nice return and Eric Hinske had a good time bashing his former team. I’m of course speaking literally here as Hinske darn near hit for the cycle [...]

Rays snag Dan Johnson from A’s.

   Well this is a puzzling one. The Heater is reporting the Rays have snagged Oakland A’s 1B/DH Dan Johnson off of waivers. This move by itself makes me think something is going on with either Cliff Floyd or Carlos Pena we don’t know yet. It still doesn’t make a lot of sense. Johnson is a lefthanded [...]