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Winning presents its fair share of problems. When a team begins to find success, how they refurbish their team roster in the offseason begins to change. Go...
Thomas Swan|
In search of a first baseman this past offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays were reportedly interested in New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis. Before they signe...
Thomas Swan|
Joe Maddon loves changing around his lineups. In fact, if you were to see his Tampa Bay Rays utilize the same lineup multiple times, you would be seeing a ...
Drew Jenkins|
Alex Colome has been a name to watch in the Tampa Bay Rays system for a long time. Signed in 2006 at the age of 17, Colome first emerged a Rays prospect tw...
Robbie Knopf|
In Sunday's spring training game, the Tampa Bay Rays were lucky that catastrophe did not strike. Xander Bogaerts hit a line drive right at Matt Moore tha...
Drew Jenkins|
In 1984, Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver wrote a book with Terry Pluto called "Weaver on Strategy." In it, Weaver described th...
Peter M. Gordon|
For the first two and a third innings of the game, Matt Moore was the pitcher the Rays dreamed he would be. He retired all seven batters he faced, consiste...
Robbie Knopf|
The regular season is eight days away, and the time for roster decisions has arrived. The Tampa Bay Rays began by anointing Jake Odorizzi their fifth start...
Robbie Knopf|
At this point, we know the drill. It is inevitable that we are going to look at the spring training statistics of the players on our favorite teams, but we...
Robbie Knopf|
Especially since we do not have much else to look at, often we forget how little spring training statistics can mean. Just look back at last year–Aaron H...
Robbie Knopf|
The day has finally come where the decision on who will be the Rays’ fifth starter will be made. Jake Odorizzi, Erik Bedard, and Cesar Ramos have had pl...
Joe Saunders|
The battle for the Tampa Bay Rays' fifth starter job has come down to the wire, and the team is finally set to announce the winner today. The decision has�...
Drew Jenkins|
Tomorrow, we will find out who the Tampa Bay Rays decide upon for their fifth starter role. In making their choice, the Rays have several factors to consid...
Robbie Knopf|
At the end of the spring training, the Tampa Bay Rays will have to choose the 25 players who will start the season on their roster. Right now, ten days awa...
Robbie Knopf|
After visa problems prevented Juan Carlos Oviedo from reporting to camp until this week, suddenly one more bullpen spot in the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen becam...
Robbie Knopf|
Part of the fun of the pre-season is projecting just how good or bad each individual team and player could be. This is the fifth part of a series in which...
Drew Jenkins|
The easiest way for a team to kill its season prematurely is to overtax its bullpen. In today's baseball where specialization is the norm, an overworked bu...
Thomas Swan|
On Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins, Matt Moore's control issues were as present as ever. In 4.1 innings, he walked 6 batters, bringing his totals to 11...
Robbie Knopf|
Don't expect that the Tampa Bay Rays will ever feature a lineup with Wil Myers leading off and Wilson Betemit batting second at any point in the regular se...
Robbie Knopf|
Erik Bedard entered Tampa Bay Rays spring training hoping to reestablish himself as a legitimate big league rotation option. It is hard to say that he has ...
Robbie Knopf|
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