Yesterday’s meeting between owner Stuart Sternberg and St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster was supposed to be a big moment in the progress towards a new stadium. While nobody expected any major developments, it was just good that the two sides finally decided to sit down and talk about the subject. [...]
The Rays are 4-0 in arbitration.
Both Price and Upton will make less than projected.
We were going through some of our GIFs from the 2011 season, and we came across game 162. And now we are officially pumped for the 2012 season. Here is the big blow by Evan Longoria that sent the Rays to the playoffs… And here is what the scene looked [...]
The Rays payroll is expected to jump more than 40% in 2012.
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Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page) The Rays 2011 All-Stars, David Price, James Shields, and Matt Joyce, have been named the grand marshalls for the 2012 Gasparilla parade on January 28. Speaking of Shields…Does anybody in baseball have a more intimidating ass? If we were on first base when [...]
The Rays and JP Howell have agreed to a 1-year, $1.35 million contract, avoiding arbitration (per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times). Howell was projected to make $1.4 million through arbitration, so the Rays may have saved a couple of dollars by avoiding the arbitration process. The Rays still [...]
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The One Where We Discuss Damon In Pinstripes, A New Bat, And Dealing For Lee
The Rays designated catcher Nevin Ashley for assignment today, removing him from the 40-man roster. The move was necessary to open a spot for Luke Scott. In all likelihood, we haven’t seen the end of Nevin, or his wife Ashley Ashley. Chances are he will clear waivers and accept an [...]
Our correspondent Jordi Scrubbings is back with his latest… There are very few Rays players more fascinating than Ben Zobrist. We in the Rays community know his story: marginally successful utility player tinkers with his swing and becomes one of the most under the radar versatile all-round all-stars in baseball [...]
