![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Losing Two Of The Best, Another Honor For Hellboy And Zaun’s Wish To Return](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/357100626112_Diamondbacks_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
Keith Law calls Rafael Soriano, Mariano Rivera and Joaquin Benoit the three free agent relief pitchers most in demand. And with Rivera almost certainly re-signing with the Yankees, that makes Soriano and Benoit the two best relief pitchers on the free agent market. On Soriano: “You can make an argument [...]
Major League Baseball today announced that Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford heave each won a Gold Glove. The award is Longoria’s second. He also won the award last season. Crawford is a first-time winner. Here is the full list of American League Gold Glove winners…
Baseball America has released their annual list of the Rays Top 10 prospects. The number in parentheses is that player’s 2010 ranking… Jeremy Hellickson, RHP (2) Matt Moore, LHP (4) Desmond Jennings, OF (1) Jake McGee, RHP (8) Josh Sale, OF (NR) Alex Torres, LHP (9) Alex Colome, RHP (7) [...]
Last February we performed a meta-analysis of the Rays’ top prospects, in which we built a composite ranking of the top 13 players in the system based on six different rankings and our own “Trade Value Index“. Let’s take a look back at the list and see how each of [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Matt Bleepin’ Bush, Anderson’s Big Bomb And Future Homes For Crawford, Pena And Benoit](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Of9ozOkn-150x150.jpg)
The Rays added former top pick-turned-delinquent-turned-pitcher Matt Bush to the 40-man roster to avoid losing him to free agency. Bush who was the top pick by the Padres in the 2004, was converted to a pitcher in 2007. Tommy John surgery shut him down until 2009, a year that saw [...]
Yesterday we heard that the Yankees aren’t planning to “make a hard charge” for Carl Crawford. The feeling is that the Yankees are content with Brett Gardner in left field and would rather spend money elsewhere. But at least one “rival GM” (*cough*Theo Epstein *cough*) thinks the Yankees are just [...]
This may surprise you: Bill Walsh was only a head coach for 10 seasons, all in San Francisco. And in that time, Walsh won three Super Bowls. But just as impressive is Walsh’s coaching tree. Six of Walsh’s assistant coaches went on to be head coaches in either the NFL [...]
In one of my recent pieces over at Business Insider, I break down why I think Carl Crawford will ultimately sign with the Tigers this off-season. There is a downside to Crawford signing with the Tigers that is not mentioned in the piece. That is, the Tigers first-round pick is [...]
Mark Feisand of the New York Daily News has a source that says the Yankees will not pursue Carl Crawford this winter… According to a source, the Yankees aren’t planning to make a hard charge for Crawford or Jayson Werth, the top two offensive free agents available this winter…Brett Gardner’s [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Zim’s Return And A Light Rail Rejection](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/7607088_ALCS_Gm7_RedSox_v_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The Rays announced that their mascot special assistant, Don Zimmer will be back with the team next season. 2011 will mark Zimmer’s 63rd year in professional baseball. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Voters rejected a proposed tax that would have helped finance a light rail in Hillsborough County. David DeCamp and [...]
