I have speculated on here that if the Rays do trade a starting pitcher, Jeremy Hellickson is the one most likely to be moved. Hellickson is the one pitcher that has a good mix of peaking talent and a pricetag that might not scare away other teams. Well, Rays’ consigliere [...]
As expected, the Rays made the qualifying offer to BJ Upton. But don’t get your hopes up. It would be very surprising if Upton did not turn down the one-year, $13.3 million offer. The qualifying offer is required in order for the Rays to receive a draft pick compensation once [...]
Do the Rays have to trade David Price? Dave Cameron at ESPN.com thinks so as he suggests the Rays trade Price and Tim Beckham to the Diamondbacks for Justin Upton and last year’s first-round pick (#3 overall) Trevor Bauer… As long as the Rays hold their payroll at a similar [...]
Below is a look at how valuable every player was to the Rays this season in relation to their salary. We determined each players value on the field using WAR (Wins Above Replacement; via Fangraphs.com). That number is then converted to dollars (1 Win = ~$4.5 million based on how [...]
