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Rays Notes: Sean Rodriguez Avoids Arbitration, Drew Sutton Signs with Red Sox, Mark Lowe to Rays?

Sean Rodriguez had a season of frustration in 2012, blowing a wide-open opportunity to seize the Rays’ starting shortstop job, finally receiving consistent at-bats in the latter part of the season…Read More

Could the Rumored Rays-Nationals Trade Come Together?

Rays fans have gotten used to hearing trade rumors between the Rays and the Washington Nationals. For a long time, the rumors centered around B.J. Upton. Now, with Upton gone, having signed with the Atlanta…Read More

Rays Notes: Free Agents Looking to Return, Could the Rays Acquire Yunel Escobar or Jason Kubel?

The Winter Meetings are in full swing and the rumors are non-stop. The Rays are no exception. Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Rays are in pursuit of the Miami Marlins’ Yunel Escobar to be their everyday…Read More

Should the Rays Pursue Mark Reynolds?

The Rays have major needs on their team at first base and designated hitter. Luckily, after Friday’s non-tender deadline added a bevy of players to the free agent market, their options are more diverse…Read More

Would Brennan Boesch Be A Fit In Tampa Bay?

With both the Winter Meetings coming up next week, and the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players Friday, the trade rumors have begun to circulate at a high level. One such player…Read More

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Will Other Rays Players Be Eligible For A Lifetime Contract Like Longoria’s?

With the Rays announcing Evan Longoria’s contract extension Monday, it leaves us wondering what is…Read More

How Hard Should the Rays Pursue a Trade For The Royals’ Wil Myers?

The number one prospect in all of baseball is on the market- but it’s going to awfully hard to…Read More

Rays Notes: Rays “Aggressive” on Keppinger, Have Edge Over Red Sox for Wil Myers?

This entire offseason, it has seemed like the Rays would let Jeff Keppinger leave as a free agent. But…Read More

Could Ryan Raburn Be Coming Home to Play for the Rays?

On October 6th, 2009, it was Game 163 between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to determine the…Read More

Imagining Jeff Keppinger in Pinstripes

The Rays failed to make the postseason in 2012- but Jeff Keppinger was a big reason they got as far as…Read More

What A Jeremy Hellickson Trade Might Look Like

The speculation that the Rays will trade a starting pitcher this offseason has been rampant. The obvious…Read More

How Seriously Should The Rays Pursue Lance Berkman?

This offseason, the Rays had needs at first base and designated hitter, and after the relatively high-priced…Read More

Could the Rays Trade for One of the Blue Jays’ Catchers?

In the ridiculous blockbuster where the Miami Marlins sent the entire core of the team to the Toronto…Read More

Is Geovany Soto An Option for the Rays This Offseason?

For a player with serious promise to end up in Tampa Bay as a free agent, serious things have to go wrong.…Read More

Trading David Price Will Never Be Worth It for the Rays

There are two players that the Rays have to consider breaking the bank for if that’s what they…Read More

Could Shin-Soo Choo Be A Trade Target for the Rays?

After two consecutive years of starting off the season well and tanking down the stretch, the Cleveland…Read More

The Chaos That Is the MLB Hot Stove

Kevin, I want Justin Upton, but you’re not getting Elvis Andrus or Jurickson Profar. These are…Read More

Could A.J. Pierzynski Be Heading Down to His Home State of Florida to Play for the Rays?

A.J. Pierzynski loves playing for the White Sox having spent the last 8 years in Chicago’s south…Read More

A David Price Trade Is Not As Likely to Happen As Some People May Think

Not a day goes by without some writer that people consider a baseball pundit discusses the Rays trading…Read More

Would a Justin Upton Deal Be Worth the Cost for the Rays and Diamondbacks?

It started off sounding ridiculous. And now suddenly it could really happen. Ken Rosenthal has reported…Read More