Interesting discussion on the fall and rise and meatball-serving of Drew Smyly.

Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin goes deep on WDAE-AM 620 in chatting about Smyly’s revived command of his breaking pitches and how that ties in to him allowing a whopping 26 homers this season in 24 starts.

Joe’s just happy Smyly is a real pitcher again. If one Rays starter looked hopeless before the trade deadline it was Smyly.