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  2012 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  November 17, 2011 at 9:55 am 14 comments

  Ranking the top players in the Rays organization

   
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  2011 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  April 12, 2011 at 8:45 am 7 comments

  [Ed. note: We have been running these posts for several years now, but ultimately, the original idea was based on Bill Simmons' NBA Trade Value List. Bill gets crabby if we forget to mention that.] It is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index in which we [...]

   
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  2010 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  May 25, 2010 at 12:30 pm 13 comments

  It is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index in which we rank the top 45 players in the Rays organization based on their overall value to the team. The TVI ranks every player on the 40-man roster and the top prospects. The rankings consider a number [...]

   
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  Rays Age Values And Best Age For Promoting Prospects

  May 24, 2010 at 10:00 am 6 comments

  Tomorrow we will be posting our updated Trade Value Index, in which we rank the top 45 players in the organization based on overall value to the franchise. Two of the most important criteria for determining overall value is a player’s age and the number of years remaining until that [...]

   
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  2010 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  November 16, 2009 at 10:00 am 8 comments

  We recently updated our 40-man and 25-man roster projections for the 2010 season. With free agency now in full swing, the Hot Stove is upon us. Therefore it is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays “Trade Value Index” in which we rank the value of top 43 players in [...]

   
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  2009 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index Top 51

  March 2, 2009 at 11:49 am 3 comments

  Since we last updated the TVI in November, the Rays have made several roster additions. This update reflects those additions and subtractions. Feel free to tell us where we screwed up in the comments. Notes on the rankings can be found after the table…

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Salas’ Career, Percy’s Rehab And Coach Joe’s Philosophy

  February 13, 2009 at 8:00 am 0 comments

  Man, we can already smell that fresh-cut grass. Yummy. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… In case you missed our update yesterday afternoon, the Rays DFA’d Juan Salas to make room for Brian Shouse…It seems like only yesterday when Salas, a converted infielder allowed only 2 earned runs and struck out 52 in [...]

   
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  [TVI] 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index Top 50

  November 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm 22 comments

  Last week we updated our 40-man and 25-man roster projections for the 2009 season. With free agency now in full swing, the Hot Stove is upon us. Therefore it is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays “Trade Value Index” in which we rank the value of top 50 players [...]

   
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  [TRADING DEADLINE] 2008 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  July 22, 2008 at 2:35 pm 6 comments

  With the non-waiver trade deadline, a little over a week away, there are rumors galore that the Rays are interested in beefing up the bullpen, adding a right-handed hitting outfielder and possibly a utility infielder. Therefore it is time to update our Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index (TVI)… The [...]

   
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  2008 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index

  March 27, 2008 at 11:33 am 5 comments

  With only days to go before the regular season, trade talks are heating up with the Rays who are still in the market for a right fielder and have several pitchers that are out of options, including Scott Dohmann, Grant Balfour, and Jason Hammel.Therefore it is time to update our [...]