[picappgallerysingle id="5540738"] Nick Cafardo has a long preview of the 2010 Rays in the Boston Globe. If he spent much time in the Rays camp, he didn’t come up with too much new stuff. Of course, it mentions the pending free agency of Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena. He mentions that the Rays have [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The Sunday Papers – Does Cinderella Have a UZR?
Posted: 28th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in The Sunday PapersTags: Ben Zobrist, carlos peña, Pat Burrell, UZR
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The Rays have a new season slogan this year: W.I.N. No more math. Now we have an acronym. Last year’s slogan didn’t work, and 9=8 was the best, now I am just feeling this one. Joe Maddon is at it again with this acronym: W.I.N.- What’s Important Now. This is a great motto for the [...]
Cliff Floyd Weighs In On the Carl Crawford Situation
Posted: 26th February 2010 by Devon Rogers in Rays NewsTags: Cliff Floyd, Contract, Crawford
Cliff Floyd appeared today on MLB Homeplate. He gave his take on the Carl Crawford contract situation: My feeling is I think he will outprice himself in Tampa. Of course, it’s a win-win for CC. My advice to him would be to stay with Tampa because it makes him a ten-five guy and then he [...]
A Quick Word From Red Sox Nation
Posted: 23rd February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Akinori Iwamura, NESN, Rafael Soriano
And this from the Red Sox flagship, NESN: Tampa should be stronger at the end of games if Soriano performs up to expectations, but with the loss of Red Sox killer Akinori Iwamura and several other departures from their middle relief corps, the Rays don’t seem to have made up a considerable amount of ground [...]
Jayson Stark and the Rays
Posted: 20th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Jeremy Hellickson, Rafael Soriano
ESPN’s Jayson Stark gave his early assessment of the Rays. And, Rays fans should be happy. I won’t dwell, but the highlights are “It isn’t last year anymore” and “They have a closer”. Enough for me. So, if there’s anything from Stark’s piece that sums it up, it’s this: By the way, this team also [...]
What About Felipe Lopez?
Posted: 19th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Ben Zobrist, felipe lopez*, Matt Joyce, Sean Rodriguez
[picappgallerysingle id="5826747"]The major storyline for the spring camp will be the 2nd base/right field battle. Where will Ben Zobrist end up? I know the Rays have options at second base in Sean Rodriguez and Reid Brignac and in right field in Matt Joyce. But, there remains one free agent that interests me. Felipe Lopez finished last season [...]
Today could quite possibly be my favorite day of the year. Today marks the start of workouts down in Port Charlotte for the Rays. The baseball season will be no longer at any point than it is today. Today marks the start of non-stop baseball talk until October and, hopefully, beyond. I know, no actual [...]
Pena’s Heir Apparent? Rays Look at Cuban Slugger
Posted: 14th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot StoveTags: carlos peña, Jose Julio Ruiz
As reported by MLB.com, the Rays are one of six teams taking a look at Cuban first baseman Jose Julio Ruiz. The 25-year-0ld left-handed hitter hopes to be signed sometime this week. One of his agent’s Jorge Luis Toca says that Ruiz hopes to sign with a team where the opportunity to play right away [...]
The Sunday Papers – Longoria Likes the New and Improved Bullpen
Posted: 14th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Carl Crawford, evan longoria, Matt Joyce, Pat Burrell
[picappgallerysingle id="4099699"]Evan Longoria was in Connecticut this week to attend the Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer dinner and he told the Hartford Courant that he likes what new closer Rafael Soriano brings to the team. “Last year, we had a lot of problems with the back end of our bullpen. Now, I think we’ve got [...]
Rise of the Rays Fantasy Baseball League
Posted: 13th February 2010 by Devon Rogers in Fantasy BaseballTags: RotR Fantasy league
This year will mark the first annual Rise of the Rays Fantasy baseball league. Here is your invitation to join our baseball league. We will be hosting our league with Yahoo! Fantasy and you must have a Yahoo! account to join. It will be a 12 team head to head league, but that number can [...]