Stephen Nohlgren sat down for a Q&A with Andrew Zimbalist, who is described as “one of America’s pre-eminent sports economists.” You can read the entire interview at TampaBay.com. But the most telling answer came when he was asked where a new stadium should be located… “Downtown Tampa. It’s very important [...]
Here are a few links… FanFest will be Feb. 16. TBO.com has the details. [TBO.com] Marc Topkin says the Rays and Luke Scott “have continued to express mutual interest” in signing a new contract. [TampaBay.com] Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com says Kyle Farnsworth is down to two teams, including the Rays. [...]
The Rays today announced that they have signed four players to minor league contracts including right-handed pitchers Jamey Wright, Juan Carlos Oviedo, and Juan Sandoval, as well as outfielder Shelley Duncan. Duncan should be familiar to most Rays cans. It was his dirty slide at second base during the 2008 [...]
About a month ago we learned that the Rays were adding the long-anticipated sunburst logo cap. Well, Marc Topkin has the first picture and it comes with a surprise: TWO sunburst logo caps. The cap on the left will be worn most days. The cap on the right is the [...]
Up until now, most of us had been assuming that the Rays were looking for a DH-type that might also be able to play in left field until Wil Myers is ready for promotion in (hopefully) May or June. But Jayson Stark puts a little twist on that scenario (via [...]
For those still holding out hope that David Price will sign a long-term deal, thus keeping him from being traded sometime in the next 12-18 months, they point to how much Price loves playing for the Rays. The hope is that his affection for the team, his teammates, and the [...]
Some odds and ends to start the week… David Price received his A.L. Cy Young award over the weekend. Marc Topkin has a picture of the happy fella in his tux. [TampaBay.com] Todd Kalas took a look at “some play-by-play opportunities.” However, nothing panned out and he will be back [...]
Sam Fuld has avoided today’s arbitration deadline and agreed to a 1-year, $725,000 contract with the Rays (via Marc Topkin). Fuld had been projected to make $500,000 through arbitration. Topkin is also reporting that Ryan Roberts and Matt Joyce have reached deals, but details on their contracts are not yet [...]
The Rays and Jeff Niemann have avoided arbitration and agreed to a 1-year, $3 million deal (via Jon Heyman). The two sides had until 1pm this afternoon to reach an agreement or the two sides would have gone to an arbitrator to determine Niemann’s 2013 salary. Niemann was projected to [...]
John Jaso’s beard was out of control. But now that he has been traded to the A’s he is going with a fresh look (via Twitter)…
