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13 hrs ago | Major League Baseball

Inbox: McGee future big league closer?

Are the Rays going to work with Jake McGee as a closer or stay with him in long relief and occasional starter? -- Tim B., Land O' Lakes, Fla.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Jake McGee, J.P. Howell, Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Major League Baseball

Inbox: Sign Crawford to long-term deal?

If the Rays want to show their fans that they really want to win, the club will find a way to sign Carl Crawford to a long-term deal.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Carl Crawford, J.P. Howell, B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Baseball Prospectus

So You Need: Power by Marc Normandin

Free agents classified as power hitters can be very alluring in the offseason, since power production is one of those things that every team wishes it could have more of.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Los Angeles Angels, Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Bleacher Report

Jim Hendry: What Will He Do With the Chicaco Cubs?

With things so quiet on the trade front, you have to assume that the winter meetings will start the momentum of the offseason going - someone will overpay for a reliever that had a career year or a position player that was great two years ago but has been injured since.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, John Grabow, Sean Marshall, Jeff Samardzija, Randy Wells

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Major League Baseball

Inbox: When will Jennings arrive?

When could Desmond Jennings come to the Majors? There's all this talk about starting Matt Joyce, but what about Jennings? He seems very similar to Carl Crawford to me.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Matt Joyce, Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, David Price, James Shields

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Major League Baseball

Inbox: Analyzing last offseason's moves

The Rays made numerous bad decisions last winter. First of all, signing Pat Burrell and trading Edwin Jackson, but the biggest mistake was to give manager Joe Maddon a three-year contract extension.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar

Sun Nov 22, 2009

BleacherReport

Why Jason Bay Should've Accepted the Boston Red Sox' $64 Million Offer

ESPN.com reports that Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay refused an initial offer by the team and will dive into the pool of free agency to test the depth of its waters.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Jason Bay, Cincinnati Reds

Fri Nov 20, 2009

DockOfTheRays.com

Silence is Golden

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu said it best when she said, "The idle mind will sometimes fall into contemplations that serve for nothing but to ruin the health, destroy good humour, hasten old age and wrinkles, and bring on an habitual melancholy." The 2009 baseball season is 99.8% over with only these long drawn out award announcements leaving fans and ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Carl Crawford, Jason Bartlett, Carlos Pena

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Newsday

Davidoff's Baseball Insider

One gave New York a glimpse of what he had; one served as little more than a tantalizing name to local baseball fans.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jose Tabata, Baseball Players, Lastings Milledge, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Carl Crawford, Opinion

Mon Nov 16, 2009

BTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

The Peter Golenblog: Billy Wagner on Rays Radar ?

Ia m very excited. I was reading the sports wire, and I saw that the Rays are one of the teams who have expressed interest in signing free agent Billy Wagner.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Billy Wagner, Baseball Players, David Price, Jake McGee

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Sporting News

Mets to inquire about Holliday; likely to pass on Bay

The New York Post reported that the Mets will try to meet with agent Scott Boras tonight in Chicago to get an idea of how much it will take to sign outfielder Matt Holliday, one of the top free agents in this year's class.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Baseball Players, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Delgado

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Newsday.com

"Imperfections on the market," starting Pat Burrell and Curtis Granderson

During my time at the shortened GM meetings, I was telling one industry official about the Mets' decision to not go after the Rays' Pat Burrell in a trade, due to Burrell's lousy defense.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Baseball Players, Curtis Granderson, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox

DRays Bay

Rays Family Tree: The Dead Trade Strings of 2001

View full size photo>> 1999: Aaron Ledesma and Rolando Arrojo for Vinny Castilla Aaron Ledesma Expansion Draft $525k OPS .682/2 yrs OPS .554/1 yr 2nd Rd 1990 Mets Rolando Arrojo AFA $325K AmateurFA 1997 for Vinny Castilla Released 2001 $6.25 million OPS .870/9 yrs OPS .569/ 2yrs Bought for Mexican team Pre-Trade: Formerly a second round pick of the ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Vinny Castilla

Wed Nov 11, 2009

DRays Bay

The Definitive Carl Crawford Off-Season Post

View full size photo>> It seems odd, but the most compelling Rays hot stove item has nothing to do with this off-season. Well, it has something to do with this year, just not as much as it does with next year, or the year after next.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Steve Finley

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

the Deal Hunters

Is Milton Bradley still here? Yeah, and he's holding up some of the decisions the Cubs might make as the hot-stove season gets started in earnest with the general managers meetings this week at the O'Hare Hilton.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, John Grabow

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Philly.com

Michael Smerconish: Parade is a sure thing; first, a few tweaks

Jinx, schminx. The Phils are going to win this thing, and the city needs to get ready.

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Related Topix: Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Brad Lidge, Tampa Bay Rays

Tue Nov 03, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Oil drilling in gulf makes trouble in River City worse

According to a St. Petersburg Times / Miami Herald/ Bay News 9 poll, 54 percent of Floridians strongly support or somewhat support oil drilling 3 to 10 miles off the coast.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Fox Sports

Kapler a fit on several fronts

The Rays liked how he hit , how he played defense, how he ran, how he prepared, how he hustled, how he set a good example for the young players.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Fernando Perez, Baseball Players, Justin Ruggiano, Gabe Gross, Matt Joyce

Fri Oct 30, 2009

New York Post

Rollins belittles Burrell

Jimmy Rollins still loves a microphone, even if it means airing a little of the Phillies' dirty laundry in the process.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League, Major League Baseball, National League East, Baseball Players, Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies, Raul Ibanez, Tampa Bay Rays

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Tampa Tribune

With Series upon us, one has to wonder if Rays can make it back

Today, the Orlando Tuskers of the fledgling United Football League will work out at Tropicana Field in preparation for Friday's game there against the Las Vegas Locomotives.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, American League, American League East, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies

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