The Tampa Bay Times' Rays coverage team weighs in with their 2017 Rays predictions
Question | Marc Topkin, @TBTimes_Rays | Tom Jones, @tomwjones | Martin Fennelly, @mjfennelly | Thomas Bassinger, @tometrics | Alan Rittner, @RittDog | Roger Mooney, @RogerMooney50 | Mike Sherman, @mikesherman | Anthony Perez |
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Rays record, finish | 78-84, 4th | 75-87, 5th | 74-88, 5th | 79-83, 4th | 85-77, third | 78-84, fourth | 81-81, third | 75-87, 5th |
Most Rays wins (name, number) | Archer, 15 | Cobb, 13 | Odorizzi, 15 | Archer, 16 | Archer, 17 | Odorizzi 14 | Archer, 18 | Archer, 17 |
Most Rays homers (name, number) | Dickerson, 34 | Longoria, 30 | Longoria, 29 | Longoria, 28 | Dickerson, 28 | Dickerson 32 | Longoria, 30 | Longo, 30 |
Most Rays saves (name, number) | Colome, 35 | Colome, 38 | Colome, 33 | Colome, 30 | Colome, 37 | Colome 30 | Colome, 32 | Colome, 38 |
Rays All-Stars | Archer, Kiermaier | Colome | Kiermaier | Archer, Kiermaier | Kiermaier | Colome | Archer, 18 | Archer |
Biggest Rays headline of year | Cash fired .. up for Archer no-hitter | Rays sign Tim Tebow | Russians behind Rays 11-game losing streak | Rays fielding trade offers for Longoria | Rays are BUYERS at deadline but fall short of wild card | Longoria traded | Wilson Ramos returns to form | Cash fired |
Site for new stadium | Trop parking lot | Montreal | Moscow | How much is this going to cost again? | Klopstokia | Montreal | West Tampa | Anywhere Jeff Vinik decides |
Date of Wilson Ramos 1st start behind plate | Aug. 8 | Never | 2018 | Aug. 5 | April 2018 | Aug. 15 | July 16 | Aug. 3 |
Kevin Kiermaier new contract splurge | Rather then buying Purdue T-shirts, he buys Purdue | Colored contacts to make his eyes dreamier | Chips in to have outfield walls lowered at Trop | Fresh Market party platter | A beer cellar, to store delicious beer | Wedding rings | Has new Trop carpet/padding installed in every teammate's home/condo. | Something from new best pals Steve and Julie Weintraub's private stash |
Alex Cobb's Aug. 1 team | Dodgers | Rays | Cardinals | Cubs | Rays | Mets | Cubs | Cubs |
Better look, Longoria's beard or Archer's twists | Longoria's beard; I'm biased | Nothing beats Archer's twists | Archer wins when Longo begins to look like Civil War general | Dewayne Staats' curls and stache beat them both | I covet Archer's hair | Longoria | Archer's twists | Archer, though ruins look when he opens his mouth; needs lesson from George Hendrick playing days |
Matt Duffy total days on DL | 40 | 50 | 63 | 60 | 45 | 30 | 45 | 45 |
Date of 1st Tom Jones column calling for Kevin Cash firing | After 1st 3-game losing streak | Hey, I like Kevin Cash | He hasn't already? | Early July | Never | April 3 | Never | Before Memorial Day (May 29) |
Brad Miller errors/homers | 13/23 | 20/20 | 12/28 | 14/19 | 16/22 | 10/28 | 20/30 | 16/26 |
Bigger loss, Forsythe or Smyly | Smyly | Smyly | Smyly | Forsythe | Forsythe | Forsythe | Smyly | Smyly |
Date of Jake Bauers debut | June 15 - 2018 | May 1, 2018 | September 2017 | May 12, 2018 | Sept. 1 | Aug. 1 | July 16 | September 2018 |
Better signing, LoMo or Chris Carter (Yankees) | LoMo | Carter | LoMo | Carter | Rickie Weeks | LoMo | Carter | Carter |
Higher trade value Archer or Colome | Colome | Archer | Odorizzi | Archer | Archer | Colome | Archer | Archer |
Date of 1st Tom Jones column calling for Kevin Cash to get an extension | After 1st 3-game winning streak | I don't like him THAT much. | He hasn't already? | Early July 2018 | All-Star break | Will never happen | Blog July 16, newspaper Aug. 1 | USF will move to Big 12 first before this happens |