Rays Colored Glasses » winter meetings http://rayscoloredglasses.com A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 23:46:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Rays Winter Meetings Roundup: Day 4 http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/09/rays-winter-meetings-roundup-day-4/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/09/rays-winter-meetings-roundup-day-4/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:41:27 +0000 http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4129 Thursday was the fourth and final day of the Winter Meetings and also the biggest. Arguably the two best free agents in their respective positions found new homes in Anaheim in Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson. As Robbie mentioned earlier, the day also saw the Rule 5 draft in which the Rays lost two players. [...]

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]]> Thursday was the fourth and final day of the Winter Meetings and also the biggest. Arguably the two best free agents in their respective positions found new homes in Anaheim in Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson. As Robbie mentioned earlier, the day also saw the Rule 5 draft in which the Rays lost two players. Here is a recap of the final day of the 2011 Winter Meetings in Dallas.

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]]> http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/09/rays-winter-meetings-roundup-day-4/feed/ 0 Rays Rule 5 Roundup http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/08/rays-rule-5-roundup/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/08/rays-rule-5-roundup/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:20:39 +0000 Robbie Knopf http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4086 The Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft on the final day of the Winter Meetings was pretty uneventful for the Rays. They made no selections and lost two players, one in the Triple-A phase and another in the Double-A phase. Also, a former Rays Rule 5 pick was drafted by the Royals and traded to [...]

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]]> The Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft on the final day of the Winter Meetings was pretty uneventful for the Rays. They made no selections and lost two players, one in the Triple-A phase and another in the Double-A phase. Also, a former Rays Rule 5 pick was drafted by the Royals and traded to the Yankees. Let’s run through what happened.

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]]> http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/08/rays-rule-5-roundup/feed/ 0 It all hinges on Brandon Guyer http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/08/it-all-hinges-on-brandon-guyer/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2011/12/08/it-all-hinges-on-brandon-guyer/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:13:16 +0000 Robbie Knopf http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4118 Once again, the Rays are talking with other teams about a potential B.J. Upton trade. The trade, if it happens, will be a blockbuster deal that nets the Rays some very good prospects, at least one of whom would be a catcher or first baseman. However, the question for the Rays is if they trade [...]

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]]> Once again, the Rays are talking with other teams about a potential B.J. Upton trade. The trade, if it happens, will be a blockbuster deal that nets the Rays some very good prospects, at least one of whom would be a catcher or first baseman. However, the question for the Rays is if they trade Upton, who would take over for him in centerfield? Well, if you’re talking specifically about centerfield, that would be Desmond Jennings. But considering Jennings is currently penciled in as the Rays starting left fielder, the Rays would have an outfield spot open. And the obvious candidate to fill that spot would be outfield prospect Brandon Guyer, a legitimate 5-tool prospect who dominated Triple-A in 2011 and received big league playing time in the latter part of the season. Sure, the Rays could sign a player like Josh Willingham, but they certainly wouldn’t trade Upton to sign a player like that. Really, a B.J. Upton trade is dependent on how confident the Rays are in Guyer.

But it’s really more than that. The B.J. Upton trade will determine the direction of the Rays entire offseason. If the Rays trade Upton, they may not trade a starting pitcher, and even if they do trade both Upton and a starter, the haul on the Upton trade will affect what the Rays ask for in return for the starting pitcher. So what’s the verdict on Guyer? Is he good enough that the Rays can and should trade Upton?
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