Tonight, Erasmo Ramirez will start again for the Tampa Bay Rays. Few people predicted it. Ramirez’s struggles have reached frightening proportions for the Rays as he has allowed 16 runs, 15 earned, in jut 6.1 innings pitched. He allowed 7 runs in 2 innings in his first Rays game, and then his second start was hardly better as he allowed 9 more in 3.1 frames. He has struck out 8 and walked 8 as well in that time, which doesn’t inspire any confidence either. Doesn’t Ramirez look like a lost cause, at least for now?
Rays fans loved Joe Maddon, but one of their biggest criticisms of him was the fact that he had too much trust in his players.