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Proballnw.com took hold of Bob Nightengale’s tweet that the Tigers, the Mariners and a mystery third team were in talks of a deal that would include Edwin Jackson and Brandon Morrow. And, they inserted the Rays as that mystery third team.
I can see it. The Rays and the Mariners were ...
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Pat Burrell
Carlos Pena
Brandon Morrow
Curtis Granderson
The Rays left pitcher Aneury Rodriguez off their 40-man roster. For an adventurous team, that could mean taking him in the upcoming Rule V draft. But, obviously, that comes with risk. The selecting team would need to keep him on their roster for the entire 2010 season. I guess that’s a ...
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Alex Rodriguez
Jason Hammel
Jeremy Hellickson
This from the Chicago Tribune . An article laments that big salaries have strapped the Chicago Cubs. Paul Sullivan writes about Lou Piniella’s desire to add a left-handed bat to their lineup.
That decision led to last winter’s disastrous signing of switch-hitter Milton Bradley, ...
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Milton Bradley
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Pat Burrell
Lou Piniella
Evan Longoria just recieved two more awards to add to his trophy case, which is great for him and the Rays. The awards announcement left me asking one big question: Why did Carl Crawford not get any awards? Now, I am saying this before the MVPs are announced, but it is a bit of a long shot for ...
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C.C. Sabathia
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Adam Jones
Torii Hunter
Evan Longoria
On the Angels official website, beat writer Lyle Spencer was asked the question about whether the Angels would have interest in Carl Crawford. His reponse:
He would be a fit anywhere, but especially in Anaheim, in the run-and-stun game. He might be a little too pricey for the Rays, which ...
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Los Angeles Angels
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C.C. Sabathia
Word has leaked that Evan Longoria has replaced Tim Lincecum as the MLB 2K10 cover player.
Examples of the cover options being reviewed can be seen at pastpadre.com .
On one of the forums discussing these covers, one commenter suggested that the top pictures look like Evan Longoria as ...
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Evan Longoria
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Tim Lincecum
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks the Rays may just trade BJ Upton this off-season. But, he qualifies it by saying this:
“A lot would depend on how the Rays feel about tying up Crawford and whether they felt they could get more in return for him than Upton.”
How the ...
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Tampa Bay Rays
Robinson Cano
Bay City Ball explains why the San Francisco Giants should sign Gregg Zaun. It seems strange. The Giants actually have depth at catcher. There’s Bengie Molina as the regular starter. There’s Buster Posey as the up-and-comer. This post thinks the Giants should let Molina go, ...
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The National Post runs down the Roy Halladay sweepstakes for this off-season. I thought they pretty much got it right, up until I got to the part about the Rays.
First, it ranks the favorites to obtain Halladay as the Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers and Angels. Yep, big-market teams again. ...
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David Price
FoxSports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that the Rays continue to be the most interested team in the services of Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley.
The Rays, however, remain the club most interested in Bradley, sources say, proposing an exchange of outfielder/designated hitter Pat Burrell for ...
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Chicago Cubs
As expected, the Rays today picked up the 2010 option of Carl Crawford at the reasonable price of $10 million. So, now what do the Rays do?
Obviously, the first option is to see if Carl and the Rays can come to some sort of extension beyond 2010. Carl has publicly expressed interest in ...
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Tampa Bay Rays
Carl Crawford
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be having a look at some of the contracts the Rays have on their roster right now. We will start off with one of the worst contracts in franchise history, Pat Burrell’s 2 year contract for $16 million. At the time this signing happened last ...
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Pat Burrell
Desmond Jennings and Alexander Colome each were named player of the year of their respective leagues for the 2009 season.
Jennings won the award for his performance at the Double-A level with Montgomery where he was among the league leaders in batting average, stolen bases and on-base ...
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Hudson Valley Renegades
Now that the Rays have traded Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates, it is time to look at the reaction that this trade has gotten from around the baseball world.
Pirates blog Raise the Jolly Roger says
As much as I like Iwamura and as much as the Pirates need an upgrade at 2nd, I feel like they ...
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Pittsburgh Pirates
FoxSports’ Ken Rosenthal and John Paul Morosi report that the Rays will get right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez in return from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Akinori Iwamura.
Chavez appeared in 73 games last season for the Pirates, accumlating a 1-4 record and 4.01 ERA.
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Kings of Kaufmann thinks the Royals should pursue Reid Brignac.
Reid Brignac is an interesting Rays player. He’s come up through the Rays organization as a shortstop. But, Jason Bartlett is firmly implanted there now. Second base might be an option, but the Rays haven’t ...
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Minnesota Twins
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Alex Rodriguez
I’ve had a few days to digest the Rays’ new ticket and parking strategy. First, let me say that I get it. I understand why they want to overprice weekend Yankees and Red Sox games. But, I als0 have questions.
Are they making their pricing plan too confusing for the casual fan? ...
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It seems that one team, or at least one team’s fans, are outwardly excited about the opportunity to latch on to Carl Crawford.
There’s been a lot of buzz recently about whether the Mets have a chance to sign him if, and according to one blog, when, the Rays decline CC’s ...
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C.C. Sabathia
The Rays resigning of Gabe Kapler leaves me asking why? Why do the Rays need him when Ruggiano or Perez can play the same role as him for less money? Why would the Rays need Kapler on their roster? This signing most likely means that Gabe Gross will not be resigned. This also most likely ...
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There’s growing opinion that the Rays will opt to pick up Akinori Iwamura’s option, and then trade him to a team in need of a second baseman, such as the Dodgers or Mariners.
The move comes with some risk, as the option is $4.85 million for the 2010 season. But, Rotoworld.com ...
