The Rays have announced that they designated Reid Brignac and Elliot Johnson for assignment. The Rays needed to clear up space on the 40-man roster and both players, who were out of minor league options*, were unlikely to make the opening day roster. The Rays have ten days to trade [...]
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com is reporting that the Rays have reached an agreement with second baseman Kelly Johnson. Johnson has played seven seasons in the majors, including the 2012 season with the Blue Jays. He hit .225 with a .313 OBP (.299 wOBA) and 16 home runs. Johnson’s best offensive [...]
Marc Topkin is reporting that the Rays “are set” to re-sign Luke Scott (via Twitter). So while most of has visions of other DHs dancing in our heads, the Rays decided to give Scott one more shot and hope he can stay healthy. The Rays will now have to cut [...]
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com is reporting that Kyle Farnsworth has agreed to a 1-year contract with the Rays worth between $1.25 million and $1.5 million (via Twitter). There are also incentives built into the agreement, likely based on either games played or games finished. Yesterday it was reported that Farnsworth [...]
The Rays today announced that they have signed four players to minor league contracts including right-handed pitchers Jamey Wright, Juan Carlos Oviedo, and Juan Sandoval, as well as outfielder Shelley Duncan. Duncan should be familiar to most Rays cans. It was his dirty slide at second base during the 2008 [...]
Sam Fuld has avoided today’s arbitration deadline and agreed to a 1-year, $725,000 contract with the Rays (via Marc Topkin). Fuld had been projected to make $500,000 through arbitration. Topkin is also reporting that Ryan Roberts and Matt Joyce have reached deals, but details on their contracts are not yet [...]
The Rays and Jeff Niemann have avoided arbitration and agreed to a 1-year, $3 million deal (via Jon Heyman). The two sides had until 1pm this afternoon to reach an agreement or the two sides would have gone to an arbitrator to determine Niemann’s 2013 salary. Niemann was projected to [...]
Buster Olney of ESPN.com is reporting that JP Howell has agreed to a 1-year, $3 million deal. Howell had been in the Rays organization since 2006 when he was acquired in a trade for Joey Gathright and Fernando Cortez. After making 18 starts for the Rays in 2006 and 2007, [...]
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[UPDATE] Jon Heyman says the deal is for $10.1 million. [YESTERDAY] Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com is reporting that David Price has agreed to a 1-year contract with the Rays. Terms of the deal are not yet known. Price was eligible for arbitration for the second time. He made $4.35 million [...]
The Astros wanted Andrew Friedman, but they will have to settle for Carlos Pena in their effort to be just like the Rays. Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com is reporting that the Astros and Pena have agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million contract. Pena could earn another $1.4 million in incentives. Pena made [...]
