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The Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves are two teams primed to make major trades this offseason. For the Rays, Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Joyce are likely t...
Robbie Knopf|
Admittedly, we have gotten out of rhythm with our Winter Leagues recaps here at Rays Colored Glasses, and it will be up to us to get back on track. That be...
Robbie Knopf|
This is a funny offseason for the Tampa Bay Rays because they do not have a single free agent. The trade-off for that, though, is that nine of their player...
Robbie Knopf|
It was not difficult to see Jerry Sands' potential during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2014. On June 15th, Sands pinch-hit in a 3-3 game in the 8th ...
Robbie Knopf|
Prior to the 2014 season, the Tampa Bay Rays signed James Loney to a three-year deal worth $21 million. It was a pretty major commitment by Rays standards,...
Joe Saunders|
Over time, the Tampa Bay Rays' reputation as one of the best drafting teams in baseball faded away. Pick after pick failed to work out and it seemed miracu...
Robbie Knopf|
When the Tampa Bay Rays decided to pick up Joel Peralta's option, whether he would help their bullpen was only one consideration involved. Just as importa...
Robbie Knopf|
There was no doubt in anyone's mind that the Tampa Bay Rays would exercise Ben Zobrist's $7.5 million option for 2015. Their decision regarding Joel Peralt...
Robbie Knopf|
We haven't talked much about the Australian Baseball League or the Roberto Clemente Winter League in Puerto Rico, but they are in full swing and several T...
Robbie Knopf|
When a closer departs in free agency, everyone looks at his team's overpowering setup man as the favorite to replace him. While the same logic does not oft...
Robbie Knopf|
Did they get out while the going was good? Andrew Friedman and Joe Maddon both took the opportunity this year to cash in on their success with the Tampa Ba...
Peter M. Gordon|
When your 42 year old legend of a first baseman homers, you're supposed to win the game! Unfortunately for the Tiburones, Alex Cabrera's homer was not enou...
Robbie Knopf|
Back in July, I explored the question of who is the Tampa Bay Rays second baseman of the future, and I ultimately came to the conclusion that the most like...
Drew Jenkins|
What Madison Bumgarner did in World Series Game 7 is almost incomprehensible. With his team up by just one run and everything on the line, he entered the g...
Robbie Knopf|
The 2014 MLB season is over, and what an ending it had. Watching Game 7 was quite the thrill, with Madison Bumgarner making history as he led the San Franc...
Robbie Knopf|
The Tampa Bay Rays will head into 2015 with some questions in their starting rotation. The top four of the rotation seems to be locked down by Alex Cobb, ...
Drew Jenkins|
When Andrew Friedman joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, there were some familiar faces there to greet him. Carl Crawford and J.P. Howell are former Tampa Bay ...
Robbie Knopf|
On Tuesday night, two of the Durham Bulls' swingmen from this season, Doug Mathis and Merrill Kelly, took the mound. Despite their similar roles, the perce...
Robbie Knopf|
There has been a lot of mystery surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays this offseason. It all started with the announcement that Andrew Friedman was leaving the Ra...
David Egbert|
There is plenty of uncertainty surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays right now, but there is one thing we can be sure about: the Rays will have a great rotation n...
Thomas Swan|
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