01. Players

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  [THE HANGOVER] The Word "Commitment" Confuses Marc Topkin

  January 22, 2008 at 9:21 am 13 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (23 days until pitchers and catchers report)We have other things to write about later today, so we won’t waste an entire post on Marc Topkin’s latest piece. Rather we will just bitch about it here. In the piece,”Rays paying it forward“, Topkin suggests that the recent contracts […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The Word "Commitment" Confuses Marc Topkin

  January 22, 2008 at 9:21 am 0 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (23 days until pitchers and catchers report)We have other things to write about later today, so we won’t waste an entire post on Marc Topkin’s latest piece. Rather we will just bitch about it here. In the piece,”Rays paying it forward“, Topkin suggests that the recent contracts […]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] Rays Continue To Show That They Will Spend Money, Just Not Too Much

  January 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm 4 comments

  The RI Confidence Graph will appear every Monday and is a look at how much confidence we have in the Tampa Bay Rays at this moment. The graph is designed to give us a look at how our emotional bias as Rays fans fluctuates through time. The “confidence” in the […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Akinori Iwamura Need Not Worry About Second-Year Struggles Of Other Japanese Position Players

  January 21, 2008 at 9:26 am 2 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (24 days until pitchers and catchers report)DRays Bay looks at the history of Japanese position players that have made the switch to Major League Baseball and their improvement (or lack thereof) from year one to year two. History does not bode well for Akinori Iwamura as only […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Six Or Seven Years For James Shields Is A Risk Worth Taking

  January 19, 2008 at 12:05 pm 1 comment

  Tampa Bay Rays (26 days until pitchers and catchers report)The most important news to come out amongst all the moves the Rays have made in the past week is a move they haven’t made…yet. It is being reported that the Tampa Bay Rays are trying to sign James Shields to […]

   
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  [EL GATO] Tampa Bay Rays Lock-Up Carlos Pena For 3 Years

  January 18, 2008 at 12:26 pm 2 comments

  [Update: The Heater is reporting that the Rays and Scott Kazmir have reportedly agreed to a 1-year deal and avoided arbitration. The deal is for about $3.5 million] Today the Tampa Bay Rays have reached an agreement with Carlos Pena on a 3-year deal worth just over $24 million. The […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays Acquire Third Baseman, Hope To Magically Make Him A ‘Super-Duper-Utility’ Guy

  January 18, 2008 at 9:21 am 5 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (27 days until pitchers and catchers report) On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Willy Aybar and Chase Fontaine for Jeff Ridgway. Aybar, who will be 25 on opening day, missed all of 2007 due to a wrist injury suffered in Spring Training and a stint in […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] John Jaso And Dioner Navarro Would Make An Ideal Platoon In 2009

  January 17, 2008 at 9:52 am 8 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (28 days until pitchers and catchers report) Rays Anatomy points to a Jim Callis chat at ESPN.com in which Callis believes the Rays catcher in 2010 will be John Jaso. We are big believers in Jaso, a 12th-round selection in the 2003 draft, and eagerly await the […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The Rays Drop $2.9 Million On Seventh Inning Pitcher

  January 16, 2008 at 8:55 am 7 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (29 days until pitchers and catchers report) The Rays came to an agreement with Dan Wheeler on a one year contract for $2.875 million, avoiding arbitration. The salary will give Wheeler the 5th highest salary on the Rays in 2008, behind only Carl Crawford ($5.25 million), Troy […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Carlos Pena Tells Us Nothing…Some Seem To Think It Is Newsworthy

  January 15, 2008 at 9:55 am 1 comment

  Tampa Bay Rays (30 days until pitchers and catchers report) Just the links today. DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… We have updated our Meta-Analysis of Top Prospects to now include the “Cursory Top Prospect Post” from Rays of Light. Their post is worth a read if just to read the reasoning for […]