Monday, May 14, 2012

Vogt to Rays; Acosta to Bulls


Catcher Craig Albernaz has just become even more vital to this year’s Durham Bulls. When Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings went on the disabled list today the only players with the Bulls on the 40-man were Stephen Vogt and Reid Brignac. The Rays chose Vogt and he was off to join the Rays in Toronto.

To plug the hole, catcher Mayo Acosta has been jumped all the way up from A+ ball. Acosta is a young (24 year old) guy from the Dominican Republic who started in the Rays system in 2007. He’s been in 22 games with the Charlotte Stone Crabs this year and has some decent stats.

This transaction is partially driven by this year's concerns over the three Rays catchers who are the disabled list: Jose Lobaton, Robinson Chirinos, and Nevin Ashley. Chirinos is on the 60-day DL and Ashley is, I think, still in a cast. Has anyone heard what Lobaton’s status is? He could be showing up on a rehab assignment one of these days.
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  1. DougMay 14, 2012 at 10:52 PM

    Lobaton has played 2 rehab games for Charlotte, Saturday and tonight. He's 0-5 with a walk so far.

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  2. Chris W.May 15, 2012 at 7:23 AM

    Thanks, Doug.

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  3. Chris DMay 15, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    Niemann got hurt last night for the Rays, and is expected to miss a couple months. I assume this made making room for Matsui easier in that we'll probably see Gomes go back up.

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  4. Chris W.May 15, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Just got my game post up. See my speculations. Guess it depends on how they want to use Davis. My money's on Cobb call-up. But my record is not very good on these sort of things.
    Would love to see Miranda go. Think he's a drag on the team (unless the clubhouse love him, but even then he's not producing).

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