Tampa Bay Rays solidify ALDS pitching rotation
October 4, 2010 by Eric Schmidt
Filed under Blog Network, Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay Rays fans, your worst fears have been realized as the Rays announced the starting pitching rotation for the series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers. With the announcement this afternoon, manager Joe Maddon has basically handed the series to David Price, while hoping that Matt Garza or Wade Davis is going to pick up a win during the series. You would expect that David Price would be squaring up against Cliff Lee from the Texas Rangers, but just as I expected, Maddon is going to hand the ball to James “No Game” Shields in game Two at home. Shields has only won three of his last 10 starts and has an ERA of 5.18. Shields is the most dysfunctional of the Rays pitchers, he makes the star of the movie, The Three Faces of Eve look like someone you would want to...
