Keith Law thinks so. Or more accurately, Law thinks the Tigers were wrong to give Benoit a three-year deal… I truly thought major league GMs had moved beyond offering middle relievers three- or four-year deals. The history of those deals is so overwhelmingly negative, and the difficulty of predicting reliever [...]
[Update] Enrique rojas of ESPN.com is now reporting that Benoit has signed with the Tigers. The deal is 3-years, $16.5 million. And at $5.5 million per season, this means Rafael Soriano can expect a huge contract in free agency. [11:25am] Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports is reporting that the [...]
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Marc Topkin reports that there is a high level of interest at the winter meetings for a couple of Rays relievers. It just might not be the relievers you would think… Word at GM meetings in Orlando is that interest is strong in free-agent relievers Benoit + Choate By now, [...]
Interest in the Rays two best free agent relief pitchers is starting to heat up. First we have Ken Rosenthal reporting that the White Sox are looking at Rafael Soriano… The White Sox are checking into free-agent closer Rafael Soriano, yet another indication they may trade or non-tender Bobby Jenks. [...]
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Keith Law calls Rafael Soriano, Mariano Rivera and Joaquin Benoit the three free agent relief pitchers most in demand. And with Rivera almost certainly re-signing with the Yankees, that makes Soriano and Benoit the two best relief pitchers on the free agent market. On Soriano: “You can make an argument [...]
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The Rays added former top pick-turned-delinquent-turned-pitcher Matt Bush to the 40-man roster to avoid losing him to free agency. Bush who was the top pick by the Padres in the 2004, was converted to a pitcher in 2007. Tommy John surgery shut him down until 2009, a year that saw [...]
The Rays have eight potential free agents once the off-season begins. The Elias rankings will determine whether the Rays will receive any compensation should these players sign with another team (see below for a detailed explanation of free agency compensation). MLB Trade Rumors has determined the formula used in the [...]
Before we jump into the 25-man and 40-man roster projections, let’s take a look at the one area where we can expect the most change, the bullpen. But before we start thinking about who the Rays may add to the mix, let’s take a look at who might be back [...]
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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. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: The Perfect Storm. The entire country finally got to see Crawford’s all-around skills including a HR and a couple [...]
Back in the day, in the prehistoric pre-Devil Raysian era of 1991, aspiring hip-hop producer Robert Diggs (aka the RZA) brought together nine rappers under the banner of the Wu-Tang Clan and revolutionized the hip-hop genre. In his book “The Wu-Tang Manual”, Diggs discussed his method of utilizing each individual [...]
