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In 2005, one year before the arrival of Joe Maddon, Kevin Cash played in 13 games for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. By the time Maddon had entrenched himself a...
Robbie Knopf|
It was surprising that Raul Ibanez got as far as he did in the Tampa Bay Rays' manager search. Bench coach Dave Martinez had been eliminated from considera...
Robbie Knopf|
Last night was the deadline for teams to tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players and the Tampa Bay Rays unsurprisingly did so for all of the...
Robbie Knopf|
After the 2013 season had drawn to a close, it was easy to say that the Tampa Bay Rays had made a good move when they acquired Wesley Wright. After the Ray...
Robbie Knopf|
Acquiring Scott Kazmir back in 2004 was one of the greatest moves the Tampa Bay Rays ever made. Dealing away Kazmir five years later was never going to be ...
Robbie Knopf|
When the Tampa Bay Rays decided to designate Sean Rodriguez, it implied a certain amount of trust in their remaining right-handed backup infielders. Even t...
Robbie Knopf|
There was a time when it was almost impossible to mention one of Alex Colome and Alex Torres without mentioning the other. They were the Tampa Bay Rays’ ...
Robbie Knopf|
After Sean Rodriguez got designated for assignment, we weren't sure what the Tampa Bay Rays would receive in return for him. In a vacuum, he had some trade...
Robbie Knopf|
Has the Tampa Bay Rays' rotation situation gotten better over the past year? Losing David Price is certainly evidence to the contrary, but the Rays' starti...
Robbie Knopf|
It’s ironic that the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League are the first team playing a doubleheader that we have discussed in a while. Afte...
Robbie Knopf|
It made sense that the Tampa Bay Rays designated Sean Rodriguez for assignment when they signed Ernesto Frieri to a one-year deal. It was a little strange ...
Robbie Knopf|
While the Dominican Winter League and Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (in Puerto Rico) were off, the rest of the Winter Leagues were in actio...
Robbie Knopf|
What does it say about me that I missed the Winter Leagues recap yesterday but did it today? In any event, Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and I'm glad to gi...
Robbie Knopf|
Several days ago, I wrote a piece about the ten candidates in the Rays managerial search and predicted that the field would soon be cut to five. My choices...
David Egbert|
For the past week, I had the opportunity to be the President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the FanSided Faux Winter Meetings. It...
Robbie Knopf|
While he throws a fastball that reaches triple digits, he has trouble commanding it. Even worse, his secondary pitches are clearly below-average. There is ...
Robbie Knopf|
When a breakout year at Triple-A is not enough for you to get a 40-man roster spot, you're obviously in a less-than-ideal situation. For Merrill Kelly, tho...
Robbie Knopf|
Dave Martinez will not be the next Tampa Bay Rays manager. In fact, he did not even come close as he failed to rank among the Rays' three finalists for the...
Robbie Knopf|
When Matt Silverman replaced Andrew Friedman, it was unclear how much of the Tampa Bay Rays he would change. Was he going to maintain the practices that ha...
Peter M. Gordon|
David DeJesus came to the Tampa Bay Rays in a strange way in 2013. After he began the year with the Chicago Cubs, he was sold to the Washington Nationals ...
David Egbert|
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