Former Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes was arrested early this morning on several charges including possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended license, and attempting to destroy evidence. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Dukes was arrested at 1:00 this morning in Tampa and is being held on $5,000 bond. [...]
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Matt Moore is on the cover of this month’s Baseball America (right). If you missed it yesterday, Moore was the unanimous choice as top prospect in our annual Top Prospects Meta-analysis. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Marc Topkin has some reactions to the Zim Bear. [The Heater] Jose Molina is already [...]
Earlier today we got a sneak peek at the Rays’ 2012 promotional schedule. One of the items we were looking forward to was the Don Zimmer “Zim Bear.” Well, here it is. You guys decide: cute or scary? Also, the Evan Longoria walk-off figurine is below…
In one of many strange moments last year, Joe Maddon had pinch-hitter Sam Fuld stay in a game and warm up on the mound to allow Cesar Ramos more time in the bullpen to get ready. The Associated Press now says Major League Baseball has adopted a new rule that [...]
The Rays promotional schedule is set to be announced today, but here is a sneak peak (the schedule was handed out at FanFest). We were told that the good folks over at Rays Renegade will be posting pictures of some of the items at some point today. So be sure [...]
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OK, it was more fun when we were just putting the pieces together, but somebody actually went and asked Evan Longoria if he is dating Jaime Edmondson. He said yes. And it sounds kinda serious. On a “why does this flippin’ matter?” note, we have a couple of thoughts… First [...]
The biggest storyline of the spring for the Rays will likely be the rotation and how the Rays will handle their seven big league starting pitchers. And the early favorite to be replaced in the rotation is Wade Davis. We have already shown you that Davis is probably the weakest [...]
Prior to the 2008 season we gave Joe Maddon a bit of a hard time after he called 81 wins “a reasonable goal.” Our concern at the time was that if the goal is mediocrity, you will be mediocre. Of course, we all know how that season went. Well, after [...]
It is time for our annual Meta-Analysis of the Rays top prospects. In the science community, a meta-analysis is what we do when we take the work of a bunch of other people, tease the data a little, draw some conclusions that nobody had noticed before, and then pawn it off [...]
Matt Silverman appeared on the “Happy Hour with JP Peterson” show. They discussed a number of topics including the stadium situation. But when the topic of payroll came up, Silverman’s answer showed just how far the it is from St. Pete to the Bronx and Boston. During the discussion, Silverman [...]
