http://blogs.tampabay.com/rays/2009/01/pena-had-abdomi.html Carlos Pena had offseason abdominal surgery to repair a tear in his lower abdominal muscle. The surgery was minor, but Pena will not be able to play in the WBC. There is a rule that if you have had offseason surgery you cannot play in the WBC. That is the same reason why Garza [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospects
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Devon Rogers in Active Ex-RaysTags: Prospects
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=3840355 This is a pretty good list for the Rays. Here are the Rays in the top 100. #2: David Price #11: Tim Beckham #25 Desmond Jennings #33: Wade Davis #47: Jeremy Hellickson #78: Ried Brignac This is a good list for the Rays. It is good to see that people are still high on [...]
From: http://blogs.tampabay.com/rays/ Navi’s arbitration hearing is set for Feb. 9th. Navi wants $2.5 Milllion and the Rays have offered $2.1 Million. I think, for Navi’s sake, it is not good for him. You go to arbitration and give yourself a bad image by trying to squeeze as much money as you can out of your [...]
http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/schedule/promotions.jsp?c_id=tb The Rays have announced the 2009 Promotional schedule. It looks really good as usual, especially championship week, which is the first week of the season. The Friday player posters are back, the figurines are back, the concert series is back and the children promoss on Sunday are back. There are a few premium promos [...]
http://blogs.tampabay.com/rays/2009/01/classic-rosters.html#comments I listed yesterday the 8 Rays who were listed on the WBC initial rosters. Here are updates from Mark Topkin of the St. Pete Times. He says that Dioner Navarro, listed for Venezuela, has told Venezuelan officials that he does not want to participate in the WBC this year. Matt Garza, listed for Mexico, [...]
The WBC has gotten two new Rays. Matt Garza will be playing for Mexico and Evan Longoria will play for team USA. This just adds to the list of the Rays that will not be in spring. Here’s the list: Balfour, Australia Garza, Mexico Howell, USA Aki, Japan Kazmir, USA Longoria, USA Navarro, Venezuela Pena, [...]
Jonny Gomes is officially no longer a Ray. Gomes has signed a minor league contract with the Reds. Gomes had become a fan favorite in Tampa Bay for his spirited play and fun in the dugout. Gomes is also known to stand up for his teammates in a game.
Meet Joe, The Elder Statesman
Posted: 17th January 2009 by Devon Rogers in Active Ex-RaysTags: Maddon, TB coaches
With the firing of the Bucs’ Jon Gruden on Friday after 7 seasons, Joe Maddon has officially become the longest tenured coach in Tampa Bay. He has been with the team a whopping three seasons. The other coach in the area is Rick Tocchet for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has coached a total of [...]
http://blogs.tampabay.com/rays/2009/01/rays-sign-relie.html#comments The Rays have kept the signings coming. The Rays have signed Lance Cormier to a one year, $675,000 contract. To make room on the 40-man the Rays have DFA’d newly acquired Dewon Day. Cormier is decent, but the bullpen is awful crowded. This offseason, the Rays have signed Joe Nelson, Cormier, and Derek Rodriguez to [...]