![[THE HANGOVER] We Promise That All The Talk About Prospects Will End Soon, Just Not Today](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-5931480191270733820.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Tampa Bay Rays (3 days until pitchers and catchers report)Just wanted to take a second to once again thank DRG for holding down the fort on the weekend, allowing us to enjoy are literal hangovers in peace. We have a few things on tap for you today but until then [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Delmon Young Walks The Company-Line In Minnesota](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-6826413643478020553.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Tampa Bay Rays (13 days until pitchers and catchers report)A college newspaper in Minnesota got a hold of Delmon Young for a quick little Q&A following the Minnesota Twins FanFest. And boy, what a difference 1,600 miles makes. When asked about his experience with Tampa Bay… Tampa was fun. They [...]
![[ELIJAH DUKES] Elijah Dukes Really Doesn’t Want To Play For The Tampa Bay Rays](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-8511045596498389727.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Last Wednesday, The Rays traded Delmon Young to the Minnesota Twins leaving the Rays without an obvious choice to play right field in 2008. Elijah Dukes could have potentially been the Rays opening-day right fielder…If only he could have kept out of trouble. After his latest incident, we have a [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Winter Meetings Are Underway In Nashville](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-748574150362841338.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Tampa Bay Rays (66-96)Correction: On Friday we mentioned that Saturday was the deadline for offering arbitration to all players that are arbitration eligible. In fact, the deadline was only for teams to offer arbitration to their free agents. Players with at least three years, but less than six years of [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Four Rays Prospects Make Top 20](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-5726634730608971444.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Tampa Bay Rays (66-96)It takes three things to win in baseball: Pitching, Pitching and Pitching. On Wednesday, the Rays added Matt Garza to a rotation that already features two of the best young pitchers in baseball, in Scott Kazmir and James Shields. Garza, one of the top pitching prospects in [...]
![[DELMON YOUNG TRADE] What The Delmon Young Trade Means For The Rays 25-Man Roster](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2074125640_acaeb12926_o.jpg)
This trade was not Delmon Young-for-Matt Garza. This trade was not a 3-for-3 deal. Make no mistake this was a 3-for-1 deal and one could make a very strong argument that this was a 5-for-1 deal (we will get back to that in a moment). Both Brendan Harris and Jason [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The Rays Officially Unveil Plans For New Stadium On St. Pete Waterfront](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2072208786_a133cc6383_o.jpg)
Devil Rays (66-96)The Rays officially unveiled the plans for a new stadium on the St. Petersburg waterfront as well as the reconstruction of the Tropicana Field site. The St. Pete Times has an image gallery of what can be expected. Most of the details have already been released, but some [...]
![[DELMON YOUNG] Rays Trade Delmon Young And Two Others To The Twins For Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett And A Minor Leaguer](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-2422014230440204538.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
ESPN.com is reporting that the deal to send Delmon Young to the Twins has been finalized. The Tampa Bay Rays will send Young, along with Brendan Harris and Jason Pridie to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Garza, shortstop Jason Bartlett and minor league pitcher Eduardo Morlan. The deal does not [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Jonny Gomes Never Saw A Pitch He Didn’t Like](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-5654159373469401853.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Devil Rays DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… MVN’s Devil Rays blog has a new lead writer and a new name, and the only surprise is that there wasn’t already a blog using the moniker. We’ve never met Eric SanInocencio or his wife, but let’s hope that the title is the only portion [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] James Houser Added To 40-Man Roster Despite Ongoing Suspension](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-6189694080268248016.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Devil RaysSince the we embarked on our Thanksgiving shenanigans, the Rays made several changes to the 40-man roster. Dropped from the 40-man roster Chris Snelling (traded to Phillies) Jon Switzer (DFA’d) Brian Stokes (DFA’d) Added to 40-man roster John Jaso, C Jason Pridie, OF Fernando Perez, OF James Houser, SP [...]
