Here are a few Thursday morning links… Stuart Sternberg is meeting with the Hillsborough County Commissioners today. If you want to follow along, check out Noah Pransky’s stadium twitter account. [@StadiumShadow] The Yankees have signed Dan Johnson to a minor league deal. [WFAN] Delmon Young signed with the Phillies for [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Lots Of Home Runs, The First Base Job And Scrap-Heap Targets](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/357110217004_Rays_Spring_Training-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. THE GOOD: Long Balls. The baseballs were flying out of the Orioles renovated Spring Training home. Still, it was nice to see Manny Ramirez get his first [...]
In the last 24 hours, we have read so many pieces on the Matt Garza trade, that we now have a horrible goatee and have started calling our daughter Hak-Ju (she drops things a lot). Here is a sampling of what has been written… This is a must-see. The Chicago [...]
One last note about the 2010 American League awards that is worth noting. Four of the top 10 finishers for AL MVP were drafted by the Rays. And three of those were drafted by Chuck Lamar. 1. Josh Hamilton — 1999, #1 overall 6. Evan Longoria — 2006, #3 overall [...]
Baseball America today announced that Jeremy Hellickson has been named their minor league player of the year. Hellickson was 12-3 with an International League-leading 2.45 ERA in 25 starts. He struck out 123 and walked 35 in 117.2 innings. He joins Rocco Baldelli (2002) and Delmon Young (2005) as the [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: John Jaso. Recently, any time the Rays would get the bases loaded with no outs, our initial reaction has been “oh crap.” But JJ [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Fun Win, Former Rays And BJ On The Bench Again](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Hangover2-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is niceand lean and the The Telling is ripe. Rays 5, Twins 4 THE GOOD: Late Rallies. There is nothing more fun than a late rally in baseball. And thanks to a game-tying double by Evan [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Clutch Hitting. Fernando Perez drove in the winning run with a single in the 10th. It was the Rays 3rd walk-off win and 4th [...]
![[HOT STOVE] Tampa Bay Rays Rumor Updates](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-6086215482758158538.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Let’s use this post for minor updates on previous rumors we have heard from the winter meetings. Unless something new or substantial comes along, we will continue to update this post the rest of the day. [Update: 8:18pm] On Jason Giambi and Bobby AbreuDespite earlier reports that Giambi will sign [...]
![[HOT STOVE] Jayson Stark: Rays Still Interested In Bringing Delmon Young Back](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-4790430483669350139.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Yesterday, Jayson Stark wrote that a source was saying the Rays would “never” take Delmon Young back. Not so fast. Today Stark is saying the talks are very much alive and might involve a third team. Stuff can change fast at the winter meetings. Contrary to what I reported Monday [...]
