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Pete Fairbanks

Pete Fairbanks

#29, P,
Tampa Bay Rays
W
0
L
2
ERA
5.73
K
16
BB
8
Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/225 lbs
Bat: R
Throw: R
Born: St. Louis, Missouri
College: Missouri
Draft: 2015 9th round by the
Texas Rangers
  • Tampa Bay Times

    How a water bottle led to Rays closer Pete Fairbanks missing a game

    Rays closer Pete Fairbanks missed Monday's game because he got hurt opening a bottle of water. Fairbanks said he sliced his right index finger removing the cap on an aluminum bottle of Mountain Valley spring water Sunday night, rendering him unavailable to pitch in Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. The Rays stock the water in glass bottles at Tropicana Field but had the metal bottles on Sunday's flight to Boston.

  • NBC Sports

    Saves and Steals: Helsley off to dominant start

    Jorge Montanez breaks down the week of saves across baseball in his weekly closer rankings and highlights some steals options on the waiver wire.

  • Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

    Rays bounce back with a team effort to beat Red Sox

    BOSTON — After Tuesday’s extra-inning, walkoff and — as manager Kevin Cash said — irritating loss to the Red Sox, the Rays were looking to feel better about things on Wednesday. And they did, with a team effort in a 4-3 win over the Red Sox that gave them a lot to smile about afterward: Starter Taj Bradley, who worked five solid innings, insisting his reflexive catch of a line drive showed he ...