Rays grant RHP Chris Bootcheck his release
The Tampa Bay Rays have granted right-handed pitcher Chris Bootcheck is release from Triple-A Durham, Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reports. Bookcheck had an opt-out date of July 1 on his contract after signing a Minor League contract in February 2011.
The 32-year-old last pitched in the Majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2009. He spent most of his career in the...
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July 03, 2011
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July 03, 2011
Bootcheck, Ekstrom, Swindle sent down to minor league camp
Chris Bootcheck has persevered so much only to get sent down by the Tampa Bay Rays to minor league camp. Bootcheck, along with Mike Ekstrom and R.J. Swindle, are hoping to finally get an opportunity and hold down a big league job in 2011.
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March 23, 2011
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March 23, 2011
Former Tampa Bay Rays draft pick Chris Bootcheck signs in bid to join bullpen
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February 13, 2011
Rays sign RHP Chris Bootcheck to Minor League deal
In a Tweet by the Tampa Tribune, they report that the Rays have signed right-handed pitcher Chris Bootcheck to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training.
The 32-year-old last pitched in the Majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2009. He spent most of his career in the Los Angeles Angels system. In his six-year career, he has a record of 3-7 with a 6.54 ERA...
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February 13, 2011
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February 13, 2011
Rays Sign Chris Bootcheck
The Rays have signed Chris Bootcheck to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training, reports the Tampa Tribune (Twitter link).
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February 13, 2011
Bootcheck elects for free agency
The Pittsburgh Pirates and reliever Chris Bootcheck have parted ways.
Bootcheck didn’t exactly fit into the Pirates future despite being a 2009 Triple-A All-Star. When the Pirates put him on waivers a few days ago it signaled the end to his time with the organization. So now the soon to be 31-year old former first round [...]
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October 20, 2009
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October 20, 2009
Game 113: Rockies 8 Pirates 0
I think that the highlight of this game was Chris Bootcheck striking out two hitters in the sixth inning to drop his ERA to 21.60. That should pretty much tell you exactly what you need to know about this one. We did manage to draw four walks off of Jiminez in his eight innings, but then we coupled that with three hits and that's bad. Kevin Hart's velocity was pretty good...
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August 12, 2009
Minor League Roundup: 4-14-09
Jesse catches you up on what happened down on the farm on Monday:
AAA Indianapolis had another tough loss on Monday against Columbus. The Indians lost 3-2 and now have a poor recor of 1-4. Virgil Vasquez pitched a gem of a 5 inning start, allowing no runs on 3 hits. Chris Bootcheck ended up blowing [...]
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April 14, 2009
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April 14, 2009
Welcome aboard, Tim Neverett
Does the first game of the spring get a gamethread? I don't see why it shouldn't, though I'm posting it more as an "afternoon discussion while there happens to be a baseball game taking place" thread than anything. I obviously won't do this for every game since the spring training novelty wears ...
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February 25, 2009
Spring Training Gameday #1 vs. Phillies
No, I won?t be doing Gamedays for every single ST game. But we haven?t played since September, so I?m kind of excited. And if anyone?s wondering, we mix it up and play Manatee CC at the end of the ST schedule this season, not the
Phillies (0-0) at Pirates
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February 25, 2009
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February 25, 2009
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