Today, there will be a full slate of games in the Tampa Bay Rays system, with every affiliate but the Durham Bulls taking the field. Yesterday, however, was a different story. On the day that Major League Baseball played the All-Star Game, only the South Atlantic League and the Gulf Coast League had games. The Rays’ Low-A affiliate is in the Midwest League, so the GCL Rays were the only team that played. Let’s see how many words we can write about one blowout loss–although several 2015 draftees give us something to discuss.
Rookie Gulf Coast League: GCL Twins 11, GCL Rays 1
This was not Orlando Romero‘s day as he allowed a first-inning grand slam.