If you have read Jonah Keri’s new book on the Rays, The Extra 2%, you know the Rays business model is centered around exploiting “market inefficiencies.” That is, finding value where other teams don’t. And if Manny Ramirez thrives with the Rays, “clubhouse cancers” may be the Rays’ next “2%.” [...]
Carl Crawford will be writing a diary for ESPN.com this year. Yes, Carl Crawford. Amazing how a nine-figure contract can change a man. Here are a few of our favorite nuggets from CC’s first endeavor into the public domain… On dealing with the media (keep in mind that the season [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Elliot Johnson. The Rays likely backup infielder and Zobrist-lite utility player, stole 3 bases. His 11 steals this spring [...]
