Bob Dutton of The Kansas City Star reports that the Rays have indeed discussed a trade with the Royals in which the Rays would send James Shields to Kansas City for top hitting prospect Wil Myers. On the surface it seems like the backbone of decent deal. Rays have excess [...]
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According to Marc Topkin, the Rays “have interest” in Chone Figgins who was just released by the Mariners with one year and $8 million left on his contract. The interest makes sense considering: a) he played with the Angels when Joe Maddon was a coach there; b) he can play [...]
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com is reporting that the Rangers may no longer be a serious bidder for Justin Upton. And if that is true, the Rays may now be the front-runner to trade for the Diamondbacks outfielder. Rosenthal notes that the Rays matchup well as a trade partner, as the [...]
The Dodgers were considered by some to be a favorite to land James Shields if the Rays decided to trade their co-Ace. But according to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times, the Dodgers are now “unlikely” to trade for a starting pitcher. Just last week we heard that James Shields [...]
We already heard that the Dodgers have pegged James Shields as their top target this winter. And now we can add the Minnesota Twins to the list of teams that are at least curious about the asking price. According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Twins have already [...]
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 [...]
The Rays announced today that they have declined the $6 million option on Luke Scott’s contract, making him a free agent. In addition, they also announced that they have picked up the options on James Shields, Jose Molina, and Fernando Rodney, as expected. Declining the option on Scott is surprising [...]
The deep-pocketed Dodgers want to add a starting pitcher this winter, and according to Mark Saxon of ESPN.com, James Shields is at the top of their shopping list… “Colletti also would like to add another starting pitcher, in part because of the uncertainty about the health of Chad Billingsley and Ted Lilly. According [...]
There is a chance that James Shields won’t pitch another game for the Rays, but it won’t be because the Rays decided to just let him walk. According to Marc Topkin, the Rays have informed Shields that they will pick up his $10.25 million option for next season. That is [...]
Earlier this week we mentioned that James Shields’ start against the Orioles was the best pitching performance in Rays history. The start, in which he allowed just 2 hits and struck out 15 with no walks, registered a 94 on the Game Score meter (Game Score measures an overall pitching [...]
