The Rays have placed 25-year old righty swinging LF Desmond Jennings on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 12th due to a left knee sprain. Jennings has played in 31 games for the Rays so far this year and he is 30 for 113 (.265 avg, .732 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 3 homers, 11 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. The Rays have called up 27-year old lefty swinging OF/C Stephen Vogt to replace Jennings on the roster. Vogt played in 7 games for the Rays earlier this year and he was 0 for 13 (.000 avg, .000 OPS). He also has played in 19 games in AAA-ball so far this year and he is 15 for 70 (.214 avg, .536 OPS) with 5 runs scored, 1 homer and 8 RBIs. The Rays hope that the rest Jennings will get will have him ready to go when he’s eligible to return from the D.L. on May 27th.

25-year old lefty reliever Jake McGee should be able to replace Joel Peralta as the Rays’ set-up man in the very near future. He is trusting his stuff and letter er’ rip so far this year and the results have been good. McGee has pitched in 14 games (0 starts) for the Rays so far this year and he is 0-1 with a 2.61 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. He has given up 8 hits while whiffing 13 batters in his first 10 1/3 innings so far this year, as he has been missing a lot of bats. McGee has now pitched in 59 games (0 starts) in his first three years with the Rays and he is 5-3 with a 3.74 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP.

24-year old lefty starter/reliever Alex Torres came into this season as the Rays’ #6 prospect according to Baseball America. But, boy is he off to a rough start in AAA-ball in 2012. Torres has pitched in 7 games (5 starts) in AAA-ball for the Rays so far this year and he is 1-3 with a 9.28 ERA and a 2.30 WHIP. He has given up 21 hits (4 homers) and he has whiffed 26 batters in his first 21 1/3 innings in the minors this year, but, he has also walked 28 batters and that is what has gotten him into so much trouble this year. Torres pitched in 4 games (0 starts) for the Rays last year in the first taste of the majors and he was 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA and a 1.88 WHIP. Torres will need to straighten out soon if he wants to wind up pitching for the Rays at some point in 2012.

The Rays have placed 26-year old lefty swinging 1B/OF Brandon Allen on the 15-day disabled list due to a right quad strain. Allen has played in 7 games for the Rays so far this year and he is 2 for 13 (.154 avg, .651 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs. He has now played in 10 games overall this year for the Rays & A’s in which he is 2 for 20 (.100 avg, .432 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs. 26-year old Brandon Guyer has replaced Allen on the active roster. Guyer played in 22 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 25 of 85 (.294 avg, .823 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 3 homers, 13 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. He has played in 2 games already this year for the Rays and he is 0 for 4 (.000 avg). Guyer has now played in 17 games in his first two years with the Rays and he is 8 for 45 (.178 avg, .529 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 2 homers and 3 RBIs.

The Rays have called up 27-year old lefty reliever Cesar Ramos and they have sent 27-year old righty reliever Brandon Gomes to AAA. Ramos pitched in 12 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball so far this year for the Rays and he was 2-1 with 1 save, a 1.69 ERA and a 0.69 WHIP. He has only given up 7 hits in 16 innings in the minors this year, but more importantly, he has whiffed 15 batters and walked only 4. Ramos pitched in 59 games (0 starts) for the Rays last year and he was 0-1 with a 3.92 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP. Ramos will join J.P. Howell and Jake McGee to give the Rays three lefties in the pen going forward. Gomes deserved his demotion. He pitched in 5 games (0 starts) for the Rays this year and he was 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP. His performance was disappointing as he was rock solid as a rookie for the Rays last year. Gomes pitched in 40 games (0 starts) for the Rays last year and he was 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. Gomes will likely get another shot with the Rays if he pitches well in AAA.