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 [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Mayor Foster’s ‘Tough Sh*t’ Letter, And No Deals For Hellickson And Jennings](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/10-29-2012-9-55-28-AM-150x150.jpg)
Guess what?! St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster will not let the Rays look for a new stadium in Hillsborough County. Shocking, right? And what is Foster’s reasoning? Stuart Sternberg knew the Rays situation was a mess when he bought the team and well, tough s*t. Here is a snippet of [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Clearing The 40-Man, Suing Tampa, And A First Base Candidate](http://www.wusf.usf.edu/sites/default/files/imagecache/episode_tv_image/storyimages/bill%20foster.jpg)
We will start prepping for the off-season this week with looks at the projected roster and payrolls and where the Rays need to make changes. But before we get there let’s get caught up on some links… THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… The Rays have removed Rich Thompson and minor league [...]
We had already heard that the Rangers might be interested in BJ Upton replacing Josh Hamilton. Now, courtesy of TR Sullivan of MLB.com, we have word that the Rangers are interested. But what is most interesting about Sullivan’s report is the possibility that the Rangers would want Upton to play [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Peralta’s Future, Staats’ Honor, And Catching Up On The Stadium Saga](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/uspw_6628732-150x150.jpg)
Let’s get caught up on some telling links. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Joel Peralta wants to return to the Rays, saying “I wish I wasn’t a free agent.” [TampaBay.com] BJ Upton is the Rays’ nominee for the Hank Aaron Award, the bogus award that is supposed to be the hitting [...]
For that handful of Rays fans still holding out hopeBJ Upton will return to the Rays, one thing they like to point out is that there are a number of center fielders that will be available this winter which could lessen the demand for Bossman. Of course, some of those [...]
Like many Rays fans over the years, I have had a love-hate relationship with BJ Upton. He has been an incredible baseball talent that seemed to have brainfarts a little more often than others. But Upton has also been a very quiet player. The only emotion we ever saw was [...]
In the eighth inning of last night’s game, BJ Upton singled in what will likely be his final at bat with the Rays. He was then pulled from the game and left to a standing ovation. Below is a mashup of his final appearance from all three networks that were [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Three Bombs For Longo, And One Goodbye For Upton](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/uspw_6631558-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 4, Orioles 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Evan Longoria. Longo hit 3 home runs for the second time in his career, and took a curtain call [...]
We’ve got Evan Longoria’s curtain call, James Shields’ neck brace, and BJ Upton’s tearful farewell. We’ve got the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…
