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Each year when the NFL draft comes around David Montgomery Jersey , it’s fun to see which team picks which player and who they passed on. at previous drafts and see how those players turned out in comparison with when they were drafted. You’ll always find a few guys who performed much better than most in the NFL thought they would. It’s usually a nice feel-good story when you see a guy who was drafted in the fourth or fifth round to go on to a nice career.It’s always very interesting to watch the top picks as they progress through their career in the NFL. These are the players who were deemed to be the very best in their class and got a ton of money to sign with the team that drafted them. Some pan out and go on to glorious careers and then again, some don’t.It’s also fun to see how many teams have had top picks and blown them on players who washed out and never amounted to much if anything at all. To take that a step further, it’s even more interesting to see the teams that have done this on multiple occasions. The Cleveland Browns and New York Jets are well known for blowing good draft picks.Today we will look at some of the biggest mistakes that teams have made at each draft since 2000. Some players you have heard of, some you have forgotten about and there is one or two that you have never heard of, with good reason.
The Tampa Bay Rays finished the second-best homestand in their history, with a much easier path between now and the All-Star Game as they try to claw their way back into wild-card contention.

Tampa Bay (41-40) went 8-1 at Tropicana Field http://www.bearscheapstores.com/riley-ridley-jersey-cheap , finishing a grueling stretch of 16 games against the New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals and going 10-6 in those games to rise back above .500.

Now the Rays have a stretch of 16 straight games against teams with losing records, including a three-game series at the Miami Marlins (34-51) starting Monday.

The Rays have dominated with their patchwork pitching staff, allowing a total of seven runs in their last six games, with five wins and a 1-0 loss. They took three of four from Houston to close out the homestand and hope to continue the success to take some positive momentum into the All-Star break.

“The fact that we have been winning and everyone has been coming together at clutch moments has been great,” said outfielder Mallex Smith http://www.cowboyscheapauthenticstore.com/trysten-hill-jersey-cheap , who had a late solo home run in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Houston. “We’ve been jelling as a team. We’ve been feeding off one another. It seems like someone new coming through at the right time every day.”

Next for Tampa Bay is Nathan Eovaldi (2-3, 4.08 ERA), who played for the Marlins from 2012 to 2014 and will almost certainly fare better than his only career appearance against his former team. In June 2015, he played there with the Yankees and gave up nine hits and eight earned runs in less than an inning, leaving after two outs with a 108.00 ERA to show for it.

Eovaldi has shown promise since returning from Tommy John surgery — his last start against Washington lasted six innings and he gave up no runs, one and and two walks with nine strikeouts.

The Marlins will answer with Wei-Yin Chen Connor McGovern Jersey , who knows the Rays from his days with the Baltimore Orioles. He has started 21 career games against Tampa Bay, more than any other opponent, and posted a 5-6 record with a 3.72 ERA.

That’s considerably better than his overall numbers this year — he’s 2-5 with a 6.14 ERA, though his last start was solid. He limited Arizona to one run and five hits in six innings last week. Against Tampa Bay last year, he pitched well, holding the Rays to two runs and two hits in six innings.

The in-state rivals will meet again right after the All-Star break for three more games Khari Willis Jersey , but the extended run against lesser opponents is something the Rays must dominate if they want to get back into wild-card contention.

Even after winning eight of nine games, Tampa Bay is still 11 games behind Seattle for the second AL wild card. Still, being 42-41 after opening the season 1-8 isn’t bad, especially considering the injuries they’ve dealt with and the talent traded away since the end of last season.