PGT: 7.2 innings of shutdown baseball lost in a blink of an eye off the bat of the Home Run Derby champion. Oh, the humanity. [F: 2-3]

36 comments

1. Man that went south very quickly.

   Oh well. Beat ’em tomorrow, maybe?

2. Kill me.

3. How much of this slump is due to stuff like not being at the Trop and the heavy back-loaded road schedule, and how much of it is due to us just being mid?

4. Cal Raleigh makes me sad

5. That lineup was not competitive whatsoever so I can’t care that we lost even though we blew it in a stupid way. Only thing important is Junior no longer sucking in away games

6. What a fuckin’ shitty evening this turned out to be. I am royally pissed.

7. Another bullpen loss.

8. Rays wake up it’s August not July 🙄

9. Thanks for the smiles BLowe and Junior.

10. Whats up with Jax? I thought this guy was supposed to be good? He’s loaded up players on base like crazy.

11. Deja July. 

12. https://i.redd.it/u1ucb6ya1xhf1.gif

    mfw i see the rays bullpen blow yet another lead

13. Good thing they traded for a bullpen arm to lose another game…

14. Jax can’t give up that 3 run homer there like that, but our offense falls stagnant outside of two big swings, again

15. Big dumper, hardly even kn…I am sad

16. Neander sure is a wizard…please get me some more Griffin Jax and Tristan Gray

17. Boys and girls. I don’t think it’s dooming to say that it ain’t happening this year. Let’s hope for some better clubhouse vibes and maybe a Carson Williams call up later this year. 

18. If you’re sad just remember we have 3 AAAA players in our lineup every night, so this is actually our ceiling

19. Only thing to look forward to this season is Junior breaking 40 homeruns.

20. Really have to win games like that if they want any shot, teams playing the run prevention game with the current lineup they have to run out and safe to say Jax didn’t get it done

21. Fuck this man. This season is cursed. Come back tomorrow and try not to get swept.

22. This one stung, but somehow I saw it coming. Fuck baseball lol

23. Jax bullpen initiation is complete 🤗 

24. This has to be the hardest season I’ve had to watch in my 20 years as a Rays fan

25. thanks griffin! so glad we have you

26. 2 outs with the home run leader up to bat? Of course lets pitch to him what could possibly go wrong?

27. I don’t get it anymore. What did we do to deserve this man.

28. Well, at least the bucs play tomorrow. I’m kinda excited for football to start.

29. If you had fielded a competent MLB lineup you might have won tonight. There’s injuries- Kim and Diaz need to be in there. Peters and Gray shouldn’t be in the lineup

30. Tomorrow feels like a must win, I’ll see you guys after the Bucs…

31. Nonsense lineup. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. 2 runs wasn’t cutting it.

32. I’ll say it again. I’m more pissed listening to some 40,000 people cheer for Randy. Then up steps an MVP who wins the game on one swing. Meanwhile the Rays do fuck all to keep talent like that around and do whatever the hell this is supposed to be.

    This is exhausting 

33. Guys, I was there. I’m sorry I couldn’t make them win. 

34. https://preview.redd.it/hfa0qgr82xhf1.jpeg?width=528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e79df7f2e1c8d25d0bfb3518accc813863d7c94

35. Most predictable 3 run homer ever. Why would you not IBB the home run derby champion in that situation. Jax deserves blame, but Cash has to be smarter in that situation.

36. Cash putting school pride over team pride not IBBing Cal when hes up in the count. Alexa play War Chant!