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  • Rays have traded Steve Pearce

    Rays have traded Steve Pearce

    August 1, 2016 at 3:07 pm 6 comments

    Steve Pearce has been traded to the Orioles for minor league catcher Jonah Heim. Jeff Passan was the first to report that Pearce had been traded. Ken Rosenthal was first to report that Pearce was going to the Orioles and that Heim was the player in return. Heim was a fourth-round pick […]

     
  • Rays trade Matt Moore to the San Francisco Giants

    Rays trade Matt Moore to the San Francisco Giants

    August 1, 2016 at 3:04 pm 11 comments

    Matt Moore has been traded to the San Francisco Giants, according to Joel Sherman. According to Ken Rosenthal, the Rays will receive infielder Matt Duffy from the Giants. Marc Topkin is reporting that somebody named “Fox” is involved. Meanwhile, Jeff Passan says the Rays will also receive “Santos.” Now Passan clarifies […]

     
  • Brandon Guyer traded to Indians for 2 minor leaguers

    Brandon Guyer traded to Indians for 2 minor leaguers

    August 1, 2016 at 2:01 pm 9 comments

    The Rays have traded Brandon Guyer to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for minor league outfielder Nathan Lukes and right-handed pitcher Jhonleider Salinas, the team has announced. Lukes is a seventh-round pick from the 2015 MLB Draft and was hitting .299 with a .369 OBP in 94 games this season […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    August 1, 2016 at 7:45 am 1 comment

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 5, Yankees 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Is this the streakiest Rays team yet? It seems like this team can’t win or lose a game without […]

     
  • [Rays 3, Dodgers 1] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [Rays 3, Dodgers 1] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    July 28, 2016 at 9:24 am 5 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 3, Dodgers 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Matt Moore had another solid outing, holding the Dodgers to just 1 unearned run in 6.2 innings. He struck out […]

     
  • Other teams reportedly feel Rays are ‘leaning toward’ keeping their starting pitchers for rest of season

    Other teams reportedly feel Rays are ‘leaning toward’ keeping their starting pitchers for rest of season

    July 27, 2016 at 1:50 pm 15 comments

    There are four days left until the (non-waiver) trade deadline and despite all the chatter surrounding the Rays and their starting pitchers, a few teams feel like the Rays are leaning towards holding on to those pitchers for now. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN spoke with “several teams” that have had […]

     
  • Everything Rays fans need to know about recent trade rumors

    Everything Rays fans need to know about recent trade rumors

    July 27, 2016 at 9:44 am 8 comments

    The Rays lost last night in Los Angeles. Meh. So instead of talking about that, let’s get caught up on all the trade rumors that are scurrying about. According to Marc Topkin, “at least 10 teams” are having ongoing discussions with the Rays about trading for one their starting pitchers. […]

     
  • MLB insider says another weird thing about the Rays that is probably not true

    MLB insider says another weird thing about the Rays that is probably not true

    July 26, 2016 at 11:30 am 1 comment

    Last time we checked in on Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports he was teasing a potential Evan Longoria-to-the-Dodgers trade rumor only to later admit that sources said it wouldn’t happen, but maybe it will happen later on. Also, maybe it won’t, who knows. Let’s fast-forward a few days and […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    July 25, 2016 at 7:46 am 6 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. A’s 3, RAYS 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: The starting pitching has been good. In fact, considering the Rays are still without Alex Cobb, the staff over […]

     
  • MLB insider says Chris Archer is available for trade but there is a catch

    MLB insider says Chris Archer is available for trade but there is a catch

    July 21, 2016 at 11:16 am 8 comments

    We are closing in on the trade deadline which means we are in the middle of baseball’s silly season. With the Rays out of the race and loaded with starting pitchers, seemingly every playoff contender is interested in trading for one of the Rays’ young arms, and one name that […]