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Well, this is a weird one for Rays fans. With the Royals facing the Braves today, BJ Upton hit a linedrive back up the middle that smacked Wade Davis right in the heiny. Seriously. This is the point where some will tell you that Upton is still just REALLY unlucky…
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com has written a fascinating piece on what it took to make the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers and three other prospects. While we will never know the entire story from the perspective of the Rays (they are far [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From the same Danny Knobler story we discussed earlier, comes even more evidence that Jeremy Hellickson is the most likely starting pitcher to be traded. And not susprisingly, Wade Davis‘ name is also mentioned… The Rays have suggested to teams that they don’t want to trade either Price or James [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. The Rays’ bullpen mastery is almost a given at this point, but when it delivers five scoreless with eight strikeouts against the Rangers, then it deserves the kudos that are getting far too easy to brush aside. Wade Davis was razor sharp in [...]
