RaysUp - Neil Solondz & the Tampa Bay Rays

01/13/23 • 33 min

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RaysUp! Neil Solondz, pre-game, post-game announcer, podcast host & occasional play by play guy for the Tampa Bay Rays

Working with Andy Freed & Dave Wills
“Living in Life’s Candy Store” – Dave Wills
Tampa Bay Rays strength of Finding, Evaluating & Teaching Young Players
Team has been strong and in the running 4 years in a row
Change with loss of Zunino, Kiermaier . . .
Rays 2023 Potential Rotation – Shane McClanahan, Tyler Glasnow, Drew Rasmussen, Jeffrey Springs & Zach Eflin
Zach Eflin – hometown boy – most of career with Phillies – Now 3 year contract with the Rays
Rays Minor League players on the cusp to rise this year include Curtis Mead, Taj Bradley & Colby White & Kyle Manzardo
Great Minor League team partners
Post- Hurricane Ian damage - Spring Training – in Orlando for the first few weeks and then move to Trop for most of the home games.
New 2023 Rays interleague printable schedule
Rays have one of the longest & most tenured group of broadcasters
- Neil praises Dave & Andy 19 years as Rays broadcasters as being 2 of the best broadcasters & kudos to the entire broadcasting team
- Broadcasters Enrique Oliu & Ricardo Taveras - Spanish Radio Tampa Bay Rays
Manny Navarro translator for the team
What preparations Neil takes in preparing for the upcoming season
What will the 2023 roster look like
How will new schedule impact Rays “It’s not who you play it’s when you play them” - reflecting on Reds & Rays games in July 2022
Tampa Bay Rays Podcast news & interviews with Neil Solondz
Neil's Advocacy on Pancreatic Cancer Awareness. We all can help you can reach Neil on Twitter @neilsolondz

Notes:
Dave Wills & Andy Freed - Tampa Bay Times Story
Twitter: @AndrewFreed33 & @davewills34
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Neils Advocacy: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?fr_id=2692&pg=entry

General: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?px=1274265&pg=personal&fr_id=2692
Neil Solondz website
Rays Radio: https://www.mlb.com/rays/fans/radio
Twitter @neilsolondz
Photo of Neil Solondz used in Social Media
courtesy Will Vragovic – Tampa Bay Rays

BaseballBiz is also on iheartradio, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google podcasts
You can reach Mark @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & Brandon @SportsBlitzPod
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

RaysUp! Neil Solondz, pre-game, post-game announcer, podcast host & occasional play by play guy for the Tampa Bay Rays

Working with Andy Freed & Dave Wills
“Living in Life’s Candy Store” – Dave Wills
Tampa Bay Rays strength of Finding, Evaluating & Teaching Young Players
Team has been strong and in the running 4 years in a row
Change with loss of Zunino, Kiermaier . . .
Rays 2023 Potential Rotation – Shane McClanahan, Tyler Glasnow, Drew Rasmussen, Jeffrey Springs & Zach Eflin
Zach Eflin – hometown boy – most of career with Phillies – Now 3 year contract with the Rays
Rays Minor League players on the cusp to rise this year include Curtis Mead, Taj Bradley & Colby White & Kyle Manzardo
Great Minor League team partners
Post- Hurricane Ian damage - Spring Training – in Orlando for the first few weeks and then move to Trop for most of the home games.
New 2023 Rays interleague printable schedule
Rays have one of the longest & most tenured group of broadcasters
- Neil praises Dave & Andy 19 years as Rays broadcasters as being 2 of the best broadcasters & kudos to the entire broadcasting team
- Broadcasters Enrique Oliu & Ricardo Taveras - Spanish Radio Tampa Bay Rays
Manny Navarro translator for the team
What preparations Neil takes in preparing for the upcoming season
What will the 2023 roster look like
How will new schedule impact Rays “It’s not who you play it’s when you play them” - reflecting on Reds & Rays games in July 2022
Tampa Bay Rays Podcast news & interviews with Neil Solondz
Neil's Advocacy on Pancreatic Cancer Awareness. We all can help you can reach Neil on Twitter @neilsolondz

Previous Episode

Phil Terrano, MLBPA Sports Agent gives back to East Boynton Beach

Phil Terrano The Gift of Giving Back in Baseball

Baseball community & giving - Pete Alonso - Battle of the Bay
Phil Terrano – working with over 20 clients. Finding the right talent for the right team for local and international leagues
Student of technology, advance with the times at identifying what teams are looking for in free agents
Off-season - getting to visit & know his clients & working with free-agency. Making sure that players and their families are secure
Works with more than 57 teams between 30 in MLB, 12 in Nippon NPB, 10 in KBO & 5 in Taiwan
Off-Season - plenty to do with Winter Ball. Several opportunities with teams and player in Dominican Ball, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
Phil began making baseball part of his life full-time at East Boynton Beach League, dragging the fields, watering & cutting the lawns, & cooking up food
Phil's goal to to give back to his community
Terrano worked with City of Boynton Beach to develop indoor facility that would aid the athletes to increase speed, agility and strength.
Mission Statement: “No kid get’s left behind” across all sports,
The City dreams Big and ask Phil to increase the size of the proposed East Boynton Beach facilty
Phil gets great support from other professionals
- Mike Barwis, professional successful trainer and others work with Phil’s clients.
- Eric Cressy shared a great model for Phil’s project, The Cressey Sports Performance facility in Palm Beach Gardens
The City dreams Big and shows confidence in Phil's plan. They ask him to increase the size of the proposed East Boynton Beach facility.
A week in the life of Phil Terrano look like. Open up the calendar
Would like to break ground on new facility in Spring 2023 & celebrate 2003 East Boynton Little League World Series team
Players that visitors may see at the new facility include Kyle Marman with the Guardians, Jake Noll with Washington Nationals, D'Shawn Knowles with Angels, Warren Saunders with the Mets, Carmine Lane with the Marlins

Notes:
Coastal Star article on Phil Terranow
https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/list/tag/little+league
First Step Foundation
Mike Barwis works with paraplegic children
https://www.barwis.info/first-step-foundation/
Eric Cressy
http://cresseyperformance.com/staff-florida/
Phil Terrano – past podcasts on BaseballBiz
https://www.stitcher.com/showm/baseballbiz/episode/phil-terrano-veteran-baseball-sports-agent-on-scouting-recruiting-88892849
Pete Alonso foundation
https://alonsofoundation.networkforgood.com/events/50176-pete-alonso-s-battle-for-the-bay
BaseballBiz is also on iheartradio, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google podcasts
You can reach Mark @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & Brandon @SportsBlitzPod
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

Next Episode

Rays Stadium Plans in Place? - RaysUp with Mat Gemain

Mat Germain joins BaseballBiz On Deck and takes a look at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plans

Tampa Bay Rays new stadium plan
Downtown development plan omits a Rays Stadium in Ybor City
St. Pete Mayor, Ken Welch, announces acceptance of Hines & Tampa Bay Rays proposal
Benefits for St. Pete, Rays, and fans
Brian Auld's excitement about the new stadium plan but uncertainty about who will pay for what
Decisions to be made before the first shovel of dirt is tossed
MLB catching up with Mat Germain's proposal for a balanced schedule
World Baseball Classic and the possibility of it becoming like the Soccer World Cup
Possibility of Mike Trout facing Ohtani in the WBC
Impact of star players participating in the WBC on young players making it to spring training
Jason Adam's current status
Extensions signed for Yandy Diaz, Pete Fairbanks, and Jeffrey Springs
Yandy Diaz delivering nightmares to opposing pitchers with his strike zone awareness
Potential starting lineup for the Rays (Yandy Diaz, Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Isaac Paredes, Josh Lowe)
Mat's breakdown of starting pitchers and their expected playing time
Who will be the Rays' "clubhouse guy" bringing positivity to the team
Rays Fan Fest on Saturday, February 18
Spring Training games in air conditioning at the Tropicana
New faces that may be seen at Fan Fest (Kevin Kelly, Coby White, Zach Eflin, Curtis Mead, Kyle Manzardo).
(show notes by ChatGPT)

Mat Germain can be found on Twitter @Mat_Germain_
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Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

Sources & Links:

Rays Fan Fest - https://www.mlb.com/rays/fans/fan-fest
St Pete Mayor announces moving forward with Hines & Tampa Bay Rays proposal, Channel 10 Tampa Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG8VDa2Dmm8
Brian Auld - Tampa Bay Rays what needs to go right and who will pay for what, Channel 10 Tampa Bay: https://www.youtube.com/live/VFjOWs7cxxM?feature=share