Rays Colored Glasses » Rays http://rayscoloredglasses.com A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:13:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rays News and Notes: BJ Upton Very Unlikely to be Traded http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/05/rays-news-and-noted-bj-upton-very-unlikely-to-be-traded/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/05/rays-news-and-noted-bj-upton-very-unlikely-to-be-traded/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:09:50 +0000 Devon Rogers http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4375 Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that the Nationals trade talks about BJ Upton have cooled. What this means is BJ Upton is very unlikely to be traded before the season, and probably won’t be traded at the deadline either. The Nationals have been Upton’s strongest suitor for a while now, ever since the Rays began shopping him. Chances were slim that the Rays would trade him anyway, but this almost assures it. BJ can be frustrating at times, but he is still a very good center fielder, considering his defense and speed. His bat is streaky and [...]

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]]> Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that the Nationals trade talks about BJ Upton have cooled. What this means is BJ Upton is very unlikely to be traded before the season, and probably won’t be traded at the deadline either. The Nationals have been Upton’s strongest suitor for a while now, ever since the Rays began shopping him.

Chances were slim that the Rays would trade him anyway, but this almost assures it. BJ can be frustrating at times, but he is still a very good center fielder, considering his defense and speed. His bat is streaky and his average is not great, but he has good power. BJ is still a solid player and will be a key piece to the Rays success in 2012.

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]]> http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/05/rays-news-and-noted-bj-upton-very-unlikely-to-be-traded/feed/ 0 Rays News and Notes: Rays Beat Niemann http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/04/rays-news-and-notes-rays-beat-niemann/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/04/rays-news-and-notes-rays-beat-niemann/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:56:26 +0000 Devon Rogers http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4355 The Rays beat Jeff Niemann yesterday in arbitration. Neimann will make $2.75 million next season. He filed for $3.2 million. Even though he lost, Niemann will still make nearly 300% more than the $903,000 he made last season. The win improves the Rays to 6-0 all time in arbitration cases and 5-0 under Andrew Friedman. The Rays had six arbitration-eligible players this year, and Niemann was the only one to have a hearing. Even though he didn’t win, Niemann will still have a nice raise for next season. Considering he was only able to muster a 11-7 record with a [...]

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]]> The Rays beat Jeff Niemann yesterday in arbitration. Neimann will make $2.75 million next season. He filed for $3.2 million. Even though he lost, Niemann will still make nearly 300% more than the $903,000 he made last season. The win improves the Rays to 6-0 all time in arbitration cases and 5-0 under Andrew Friedman. The Rays had six arbitration-eligible players this year, and Niemann was the only one to have a hearing.

Even though he didn’t win, Niemann will still have a nice raise for next season. Considering he was only able to muster a 11-7 record with a 4.06 ERA last season, I would be pretty happy if I were him. If the Rays were to trade a starter before the season starts, I would hope it would be Niemann since he will make more than Wade Davis next season. For a small market team like the Rays, every penny counts.

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The recent signing spree of former Rays continued today. Casey Kotchman signed a one year deal with the Indians. The deal is valued at $3 million plus incentives. Kotchman will join Russ Canzler in Cleveland, as Canzler was traded there earlier this week.

Kotchman ended up with a good deal for what he is. He is a non-power hitting first baseman, which are not exactly in demand in Major League Baseball. Chances are the Rays would have ended up with Kotchman had the Indians stolen Carlos Pena away from the Rays. Kotchman was good for the Rays, reviving his career a bit. We will see if he can put up the same production in Cleveland.

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