Rays Draft Strategies, All Star Game, New Owner & Thank you Sue Zipay

• All-Star game
• Junior Caminero came in 2nd to Cal Raleigh in Home Run Derby
• 2025 All Star game was entertaining
• Clayton Kershaw mic’ed up on the mound
• Let’s mic up the 3rd & 1st base coaches for every game
• 3 Rays at the game, Drew Rasmussen, Jonathan Aranda & Junior Caminero
• Rasmussen history of 3x arm injuries & he continues to play a great game
• ABS system with Tarik Skubal pitching to Manny Machado
• How will we see ABS being used in the future
• The last taboo & MLB rule crossing may be the ABS, Is this the last major rule change that we can expect?
• Rays new home – Tampa Councilman says Darryl Shaw is open to building in Ybor
• Second hand news – $1.7 billion
• Where do the Yankees land if the Rays take over George Steinbrenner Field
• Rule 52 – Proximity of team locations with Yankees Single A & Tampa Bay Rays
• Tip of the cap to Rays’ Stuart Sternberg on working with the community over the years
• Stu’s a genius at building a front office that others owners have tried to replicate
• Pittsburgh Pirate fans would love to have Stu as their owner
• Stu brought youth into the Rays with Grit & Glow
• The Rays were credited with getting one of the top 3 draft results
• Rays have used a very specific approach to the draft - Start with Heavy hitters at the top and then onto the pitchers
• Expect to see more of the 2021 Rays Draft class begin to emerge in The Show
• Short term extensions on top talent like Drew Rasmussen
• Draft picks have included Taitn Gray & Brendan Summerhill
• It’s a long path in baseball – Josh Lowe’s early struggles but evolved
• Women in Baseball Week & Ryan Woodward upcoming features of Women
• Sue Zipay of the AAGPBL passes away – a true force in woman’s baseball
• Sue continues to be the motivation for so many to grow the game of women in baseball much like the Caballo Blanco story – Ultra runner – “Born to Run” – legacy continues
• Prep for 4 games with Rays & Yankees

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