Bob Nightengale of USAToday.com is reporting (via Twitter) that BJ Upton has agreed to a 5-year, $75.25 million contract. The deal is pending a physical. So that 5-year, $75.0 million contract I predicted back in September? My bad.
The Rays have announced a contract extension for Evan Longoria that will keep him with the Rays through at least the 2022 season. The six-year extension is worth $100 million and will be added on to his existing contract and includes an option for 2023. The total value of Longoria’s [...]
No surprise here, but according to Marc Topkin, BJ Upton has declined the Rays qualifying offer. Upton is now a free agent and free to sign with any team. When he does, the Rays will receive a draft pick as compensation. Here are a few other leftover links to get the [...]
Baseball America (via Marc Topkin) has a big list of minor leaguers that have been granted free agency, including 16 players from the Rays’ organization. The biggest names are Will Rhymes, who spent much of the season with the Rays, and first basemann Henry Wrigley, whom many Rays fans were [...]
Marc Topkin is reporting that the Rays and Joel Peralta have agreed to terms on a new contract (via Twitter). Topkin says there are no details yet on the new deal. However, there were reports earlier in the day out of the Dominican Republic that said it is a two [...]
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Let’s start the week with some leftover links from the weekend. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… The Rays have added pitcher Frank De Los Santos to the 40-man roster. The Rays now have 34 players on the 40-man roster. [TampaBay.com] Former Rays infielder Brooks Conrad will play in Japan next year. [...]
The Rays announced today that they have declined the $6 million option on Luke Scott’s contract, making him a free agent. In addition, they also announced that they have picked up the options on James Shields, Jose Molina, and Fernando Rodney, as expected. Declining the option on Scott is surprising [...]
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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. RAYS (boxscore) THE GOOD: Meaningful Games. It is sometimes difficult to see the trees from the forest, or something. So it is difficult to appreciate that [...]
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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. RAYS 4, Yankees 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: James Shields. Defensively, the Rays tried to give this game away. But thanks to a workmanlike performance from James [...]
In addition to the September call-ups, the Rays also activated Jeff Niemann from the disabled list. And to make room on the roster, the Rays designated Will Rhymes for assignment (via Marc Topkin). Rhymes will now have to clear waivers in order to remain in the Rays organization. Players on [...]
