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2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE
40-MAN ROSTER › dAne de lA RosA
RIGHT-HANdEd PITCHER
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BATS
Right
ÊÊPitched for six different independent teams
in three different leagues, all between 2005-
09: the Yuma Scorpions, Long Beach Armada,
Orange County Flyers and Victoria Seals, all
of the Golden Baseball League; the Southern
Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League;
and the El Paso Diablos of the American
Association.
ÊÊSpent a season as the closer for the late Hall of
Famer Gary Carter, who managed the Orange
County Flyers in 2008...during that season the
Flyers won the GBL championship and Carter
was named the league’s Manager of the Year.
ÊÊNearly quit baseball after his first season of
independent ball...he sat out the entire 2006
season, got his real estate license and began
working for a real estate company in Temecula,
Calif. ...after three months in the business,
he decided it was too slow and went back to
pitching.
2011 seasON
ÊÊSpent the majority of the season at Triple-A
Durham, but made 7 relief apps over two stints
in the majors, his first time in the big leagues.
ÊÊRecalled by the Rays on July 19 and made his
major league debut the following day vs. the
Yankees at Tropicana Field...relieved David
Price with 1 out in the 8th inning, trailing 2-0...
struck out his first batter (Mark Teixeira) and
escaped the inning unharmed...in the 9th inning
walked 2 batters and was removed...optioned
to Durham on July 22.
THROWS
Right
HEIGHT
6'7"
WEIGHT
220
MaJor lEaguE sErVICE 21 days
oPENINg Day agE 29
borN 2/1/83 in Torrance, CA
rEsIDEs Murrieta, CA
CoNtraCt status Signed through 2012
aCQuIrED Signed as a minor league free agent,
11/11/09
sIgNINg sCout Jeff Patterson (Yankees)
FOllOW HIM @daner13
ÊÊRecalled a second time on Sep 11 and remained
with the Rays for the rest of the season...
made 6 apps during his second stint, 4 of them
scoreless.
ÊÊSix of his 8 R/ER allowed came on Sep 22 at
NYY...entered for Matt Moore with a 13-0 lead
and yielded 6 R/ER on 8 hits over one inning of
work...Rays went on to win, 15-8.
ÊÊLed the Durham bullpen with 52 relief apps and
70.1 innings…went 2-2 with 4 saves and a 2.03
ERA (26.2-IP, 6-ER) in 20 games after the All-
Star break.
ÊÊAppeared in 4 games for the Rays in his first
major league camp during spring training.
CaReeR hIghLIghTs
ÊÊIn 2010 returned from essentially a five-year
absence from affiliated baseball, with the exception
of 1 app in 2007...spent the majority
of the season in the bullpen at Double-A
Montgomery, where he went 9-3 with 4 saves
and a 1.97 ERA (73-IP, 16-ER)…promoted to the
Biscuits on April 24 after appearing in 2 games
for Class-A Charlotte…had made only 21 career
apps in affiliated baseball before 2010.
ÊÊLed the Biscuits with 47 apps, which tied for
4th in the Southern League.
ÊÊSelected to attend the Rays Winter
Development Program held at Tropicana Field
after the season.
ÊÊIn 2009 pitched for three different independent
league clubs, culminating with an 18game
stint with the Southern Maryland Blue