Forum: Tampa Bay Rays

Mods, please unsticky the 2008 offseason thread :bowdown: In addition to previous threads about the trade of Aki Iwamura and the picking up of the option of Carl Crawford, today the Rays re-signed R J Swindle. A soft tossing RP who was claimed from the Rays in August by Cleveland, but picked...

The Tampa Bay Rays have claimed right-handed pitcher Ramon Ramirez off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds. Ramirez, 27, compiled a 3.65 ERA (12.1-IP, 5-ER) in 11 relief appearances for the Reds last season during two stints in the major leagues. He spent the remainder of the season with...

The team picked up Crawford's option, but declined Zaun's and Shouse's... Zaun will received a $500K buyout, Shouse $200K. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4620529 It was kind of expected that the Rays would not be picking up his option at $4.85M, especially after him being hurt for 4 months this year and Zobrist stepping in to play a solid offensive 2B, and with decent defense. I haven't heard much about...

Some reports now say the deal for 2 minor league prospects and a PTBNL is off. Jon Heyman says it is still on. I think once it's out there, maybe not the same players involved for Kazmir, but some combo, it still gets done. I don't know what to think of this deal. First, how can he be traded...

What happened? This was supposed to be his breakout year.

As a Phillies fan, I almost feel like I should apologize to Rays' fans for the year Pat Burrell is having for the Rays this year. Clearly what showed up in Tampa Bay fell far short of what was advertised. He did this once early in his Phillies' career. After having a career-high 37 homeruns in...

ST. PETERSBURG -- A dormant offseason ended on Friday, as the Rays brought three Minor Leaguers into the fold. The Rays agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Jason Childers on a Minor League contract, and re-signed right-hander Jeremy Cummings and outfielder/first baseman Chris Richard to...

to the Tigers for Matt Joyce :applaud: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8922020/Wednesday-MLB-winter-meetings-blog Joyce is a local kid from Tampa who went to Florida Southern. In 2008, in 242 ABs, he had 12 HRs and 33 RBI, but what I like (and Andrew Friedman loves) is he had an OBP of...

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/perez-injury-worse-than-tought/ He had suffered a dislocated wrist earlier this month that was expected to keep him out 2-3 months. The Rays sent him for a 2nd opinion, and they found ligament damage that will keep him out 4-5 months instead. It...

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Why do the Rays care about what the Threshers give away as a bobblehead??? http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/13/130012/sp-kazmir-on-target-as-he-passes-test/sports-rays/ Friday night was supposed to be Pat Burrell bobblehead night - 18 miles north at the Clearwater Threshers game. ...

http://www.draysbay.com/2009/5/30/893799/rays-promote-matt-joyce-from Now we will see the results of the Edwin Jackson trade. So far, it's been very one-sided as E-Jax is having a solid year with Detroit. Joyce got hurt in spring training and then it took him a while to get warmed up in Durham....

Congratulations to Carl Crawford for stealing 6 bases in one game against the Red Sox on Sunday! Crawford became only the fourth player since 1900 to accomplish the feat along with Eddie Collins (twice), Otis Nixon, and Eric Young.

This might sound like a joke to most non Rays fans. But it's no certainty that David Price will begin the season on the Rays. They might do what they did to Longoria last season, begin him in Durham and bring him up in April. The top 4 starters are set: Kazmir, Shields, Garza, Sonnanstine. The...

I noticed today that Longoria has played 162 game in his major league career as of last night. .288/.365/.582, 135 OPS+, 38 HR, 131 RBI, 98 R, 48 doubles, 2 triples, 174 hits, 62 BB, 163 K, 9 SB, 0 CS A good start to a career. :thumbsup:

IMO, the Rays can be very overrated on the terms that they are one of the very best teams in baseball. I can agree with that on some levels but I really don't think that they have the experience or have been consistent enough to win what people say is their division this year. They are the most...

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While watching a Yankees spring training game on YES, I noticed that there were a lot of appaluding when the Rays did something good at Steinbrenner Field. Does this mean Tampa now cares about the Rays, will they sell out games at the Trop besides when the Yankees or Red Sox come into town only to...

Go Rays!!! :clapping (Can we get a sticky in here?)

I think Hammel will get it. He has more ML experience, and has pitched in both a starter role and a long reliever. Niemann has just a taste of the big leagues last year. He has started his whole career, but his stuff seems to scream closer. He's also so tall that it is hard for him to duplicate his...

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Reassigned C Craig Albernaz, C Nevin Ashley, RHP Neal Frontz, RHP Calvin Medlock and RHP Chad Orvella to Minor League camp. Optioned LHP James Houser to Triple-A Durham. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/

We really want to tell you what a great young team you have and we hope to see you again next year. Same time, samr place. We are sorry for the bad things the bad fans, or should I call them hoodlums, did to you guys. Pat yourselves on the back and go get the Sox and Yanks next year.

Charge for autographs at FanFest. The economy as a whole is going into the tank, attendance in this city of front-runners is going to be down again and now they want to hit you up for more $$$? Smart move...season ticket holders are exempt from this extortion. Will they charge $10 for Buck...