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Rays Notes: Jennings to DL, Vogt Up

The seemingly inevitable has happened, and it’s frustrating for multiple reasons that it took this long. Desmond Jennings had been placed on the DL with his knee injury, tweeted Mark Topkin, and…Read More

Unfortunate Rays News and Notes: It’s Official, Longoria Out 4-8 Weeks

Marc Topkin tweeted a while back that Evan Longoria was going to be out 6-8 weeks with his hamstring injury that he suffered sliding into second base last night. We were all in a state of denial, hoping…Read More

Rays Close to Signing Hideki Matsui to a Minor League Deal

An ordinary off-day got a little more interesting as Jack Curry broke the news that Hideki Matsui is expected to sign a minor league contract with the Rays. Although Matsui lacks any defensive versatility…Read More

Rays Notes: Rays Claim Power-hitting 1B Brandon Allen

Per Mark Topkin, the Rays have claimed first baseman Brandon Allen from the Oakland Athletics. Allen provides the Rays with a power-hitting bench player who can handle first base and left field. Allen…Read More

Ivan Rodriguez Retires as Rays Uninterested

The AP and other outlets have reported that 14-time All-Star, 13-time Gold Glover, and future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez has elected to retire after 21 big league seasons. This is big news as…Read More

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Rays Add Bullpen Depth, Claim LHP Gaub

Today the Rays have added to their bullpen depth following the Kyle Farnsworth injury, claiming lefty…Read More

Breaking News: Rays to Move to Oklahoma City for 2016 Season

A source with connections to the parties involved is reporting that the Oklahoma legislature has signed…Read More

Injury News: Niemann Scratched with Blister, Rodney OK After Line Drive

Mark Topkin just tweeted that Jeff Niemann will miss his start Saturday with a blister on his pitching…Read More

Ramifications of the Rays’ Signing of Carlos Pena

The Rays have signed Carlos Pena to a one year deal worth 7.25 million dollars. How will that affect…Read More

Stop Everything- Heyman Reports that Rays Have Signed Carlos Pena

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports just tweeted that the Rays have re-signed first baseman Carlos Pena after a…Read More

Rays Sign Will Rhymes, Two Others to Minor League Deals

Baseball America’s Matt Eddy has reported that the Rays have signed former Detroit Tigers middle infielder Will Rhymes, former Yankee and Pirates pitcher Romulo Sanchez, and ex-Mets outfielder Jesus…Read More

Arbitration Deadline Passes; Deals for Upton, Price, and Badenhop

The deadline to sign arbitration eligible players before heading to arbitration hearings passed at 1 PM today. The Rays had five arbitration eligible players. The most noteworthy of those five were BJ…Read More

Rays Make First Offensive Move, Sign Scott

The Rays made their first offensive move of the offseason, signing Luke Scott to a one year deal with an option for 2013. Scott was non-tendered by the Orioles earlier this offseason. This move will likely…Read More

So Long, Kelly: Kelly Shoppach heads to Red Sox

This offseason, the Rays declined Kelly Shoppach‘s 2012 option, and now it’s official that Shoppach will not be returning to the Rays now that he has signed a 1-year contract with the organization…Read More

Some certainty- Rays lock up Matt Moore for the next 5 years

ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick’s reported that the Rays have signed top prospect Matt Moore to a 5 year contract with 14 million dollars with options that could make it 8 years and 37.5 million dollars.…Read More

Rays Make Bold Move, Trade Jaso

The Rays made a big move today, trading John Jaso to the Mariners for relief pitcher Josh Lueke and a player to be named later or cash. This is a big move for the Rays as Jaso was likely heading for a…Read More

New wild card spot – great news for Rays

Major League Baseball made a couple of big moves today, adding a new wild card spot to each league and moving the Astros to the American League to make two 15 team leagues. Rays fans should be rejoicing…Read More

Rays Looking to Help Ailing Offense

Even with the Rays winning three straight in Toronto, Tampa is just 4-5 in their last nine games. In those five losses they have averaged a paltry 1.2 runs per game. The weak run production is a product…Read More

Upton to be Traded?

As the news spread across the internet today that B.J. Upton had been claimed off waivers by an anonymous team, one question had to go through the mind of Rays fans everywhere. “Would the Rays miss Upton…Read More

Rays Postponed Again In New York

The Rays have made three trips combined to New York and Boston and each time, they have had a game postponed. Today’s is the latest rainout and it looks like they will make up the game as part of…Read More

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