Things we learn from this video made by a Rays fan in Sacramento: 1) trading James Shields is like finding a sick pair of shoes at Foot Locker and then when you go back they have stopped selling them; 2) trading Shields is like having to drive to another city [...]
Here is James Shields and Wade Davis being introduced this morning to the Royal media. Notice that Shields is wearing #24 (for now) as #33 is currently worn by Jeremy Guthrie and Davis is wearing #22 as #40 is worn by reliever Kelvin Herrera. So no more “WD40″ for Big [...]
Yesterday was David Price day in Tampa as he was awarded a key to the city (Astro also received his own key). While that is a nice little gesture, it is more interesting to speculate on what it means for the relationship between Tampa and St. Pete and the battle [...]
Earlier this week, the Rays traded James Shields, Wade Davis, and a player to be named later to the Royals. And after seeing Shields yesterday, I am wondering if the third piece in the trade is Shields’ beard. Shields appeared on the MLB Network’s “Intentional Talk” and revealed an impressive [...]
Now that we have had a full day to digest the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers and three other prospects, let’s take a moment to see what others are saying about the deal. But before that, one more observation. I don’t [...]
Late last night, the Tampa Bay Rays traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers and three other prospects. In addition to Myers, who was the Minor League Player of the Year, the Rays also received two other players ranked among ESPN.com’s top 100 prospects, including lefty [...]
The Royals and Rays have finally completely their long-rumored deal and it is much bigger than anybody anticipated. The Rays are sending James Shields, Wade Davis, and a player to be named later to the Royals for Minor League Player of the Year Wil Myers, and three other prospects. The [...]
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Last week the James Shields-for-Wil Myers trade seemed dead in the water as both teams appeared to want more. Well, now it sounds like the Royals have backed down from wanting more than just Shields for Myers and the potential deal seems to have new life. Bob Dutton reports (via [...]
Jayson Stark of ESPN.com polled 17 “prominent executives, agents and scouts” and asked them, among other things, who is the player most likely to be traded this week at the Winter Meetings. And in a narrow victory, James Shields takes home the honor, receiving five votes. One executive seems convinced [...]
As the winter meetings crank up, here are a few odds and ends… Marc Topkin reports that the Rays have had “some good discussions” about re-signing Kyle Farnsworth. [TampaBay.com] There has been some discussion of a trade with the Nationals for Danny Espinosa and Michael Morse with the Rays giving [...]
