Ben Williamson
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Oct 30, 2026
Derek VanRiperHOST
It's the lack of thump that I think you're trying to address and making sure that as you make more changes to this position player core, that you're also making sure you're getting good defenders there because they've got a few spots where their defense is problematic.
Derek VanRiperHOST
And given some of the unique player plays types that they'll roster it makes solving how to improve them a little bit more challenging because you need pieces that fit together well and I think the best takeaway you had looking at the Rays was there's no one to fear in the bottom of the lineup like finding ways to get better players out there on a regular basis than you know ben williamson taylor walls is a great defender there's just not much there for the bat if you have two guys like that that you're relying pretty heavily on richie palacios was i think okay with the bat this year kind of closer to league average and even better if you kind of filter off those lefty on lefty at bats like you can do some of what they've done really effectively i wonder if if ownership, the change in ownership actually changes anything in terms of the appetite to spend or to take back salary via trade or what might be different for the Rays in this offseason and the next couple of offseasons.
Derek VanRiperHOST
They pulled a lot of good levers along the way.
Derek VanRiperHOST
Freddy Peralta was a great addition to the trade deadline.
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Eno SarrisHOST
So if they, if they go and get a, you know, six, seven starter type, they'll be fine.
Eno SarrisHOST
If they have any money jangling in their pockets, that's where I'd want to improve on that.
Eno SarrisHOST
You know, Ben Williamson, Ryan Valade, um, you know, that part of the bench.
Eno SarrisHOST
If I could get some thump in there, some, you know, maybe a righty thump, I don't know, some sort of thump that could extend my lineup so that it's, you know, right now it's four batters or three batters, depending on how you see Liam Hicks.
Meg RowleyHOST
Like we can think about Yes, I think that's all true.
Ben LindberghHOST
To be fair, there was some reporting that Ben Williamson, the hero at the end of Game 4 with the walk-off pinch hit, perhaps was a ray because of the former Fangraph staffer connection between Dave Cameron and Jeff Sullivan.
Meg RowleyHOST
Oh, yeah, no, 100%.
Meg RowleyHOST
Yeah, there's been reporting on that.
Ulises SambranoHOST
And, you know, misses on the ropes.
Ulises SambranoHOST
You get the guy from last night's game or the night before with the clutch hit in Ben Williamson and just a grounder to third.
Ulises SambranoHOST
That David Hamilton wanted to gift the
Kevin WeissHOST
Rays
Kevin WeissHOST
Well, as we know, the Brewers were a tank all around.
Kevin WeissHOST
And if you can enlighten me for a moment, can I be frank here? Oh, please.
Kevin WeissHOST
After the game for walk-off victory, Ben Williamson, 12th inning heroics, it was a window, a very small window of hope and opportunity and enlightenment and passion and excitement.
Kevin WeissHOST
But if you step back after that, and you look at what the Rays were dealing with in Game 5 and what possibly they could have been looming at in Game 6 and Game 7, could that many people realistically believe that the Rays were going to overcome a 3-1 deficit when Game 5, you're already behind the 8-ball.
Andrea LamontHOST
The first extra base hit, Rasmussen allowed off his changeup all year.
Andrea LamontHOST
After Sal Freelich reached on a hit by pitch, Cooper Pratt smacked a single just over the outstretched glove of second baseman Ben Williamson to score Bryce Terang from second.
Andrea LamontHOST
Pratt got overly ambitious and was tagged in a rundown between first and second, but a night after nearly hitting the clenching blast in game four, there he was again, drawing chance from another Wisconsin-laden crowd to give Milwaukee one-to-nothing lead.
Andrea LamontHOST
Boston Paul did an excellent job yesterday of calling in to the Happy Hour Social Club.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
And then it was just a string of singles.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
And look, someone someone tried to gotcha me over mocking the fact that Ben Williamson was was the pinch hitting choice here.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
Ben Williamson sucks as a hitter.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
I like you.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
You didn't.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
a minus 78 launch angle.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
Yeah.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
single uh like off the turf like fine fine look it was it got the job done they won it was i also by the way i think it was the right call to pinch hit ben williamson it's just pathetic it's just that it was the right call um He'd pinch hit for Victor Mesa Jr., who would pinch hit for Ryan Valade.
Jason BishopHOST
Yeah.
Jason BishopHOST
I was kind of pulling for the Rays to win again because, you know, we didn't really talk about it, but when the Rays won game four and they had that walk-off from – from the kid, the second baseman for the Rays, Ben Williamson.
Jason BishopHOST
He's a local kid.
Jason BishopHOST
He went to Freedom High School in South Riding.
Alex MurphyHOST
I asked a couple of questions in the interview.
Alex MurphyHOST
And if you guys heard the podcast yesterday before game five, I asked questions to Cash, Ben Williamson and Johnny DeLuca.
Alex MurphyHOST
I'm going to have some individual snippets of those coming out on social media soon.
Alex MurphyHOST
But starting out with Kevin Cash.
Johnny C.HOST
I see.
Johnny C.HOST
Ben Williamson grounds out.
Johnny C.HOST
Third baseman David Hamilton to first baseman Jake Bowers.
Aidan SmithHOST
And this goes into the point, right, where the bottom of the lineup's got to be better.
Johnny C.HOST
They got to Don't Mess with the Drohan.
Johnny C.HOST
And they got the hit.
Johnny C.HOST
And who got the hit? Ben Williamson, former Mariner.
Johnny C.HOST
I think they can do it.
Jason DondlingerHOST
And then Chandler Simpson, like I said, comes up again, singles to center field.
Jason DondlingerHOST
And now Ben Williamson comes in to pinch hit for Victor Mesa Jr. Infield drawn in, just trying to knock anything down to stop the runner from coming in on a force out.
Jason DondlingerHOST
And he just hits an easy, you know, bouncing ball over everybody's head on the drawn in infield.
Jason DondlingerHOST
And that's the game.
EricHOST
Junior Caminero walked.
EricHOST
uh victor messa jr reached on force out chandler simpson singled ben williamson then reached on error that brought messa jr to make it one nothing race liam hicks followed with a two-run single to center scoring simpson and williamson to stretch lead three nothing cleveland had chances throughout the game but struggled to cash in against freddie peralta who delivered six scoreless innings The Guardians finally broke through in the 7th.
EricHOST
Patrick Bailey walked, Stephen Kwan singled, and Chase DeLauder drove in Bailey with an RBI double-cut 3-1.
EricHOST
But Tampa Bay's bullpen held the lead.
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