As the Winter Meetings approach, Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett appears to be the leading nominee as trade bait to help fix the Rays bullpen. With yesterday’s Dodgers signing of Juan Uribe, the San Franscisco Giants have floated to the front of teams needing a shortstop. So, what can the Giants offer the Rays? Well, if [...]
Archive for November, 2010
This article will pay tribute to Carl Crawford’s great Rays career. Carl Crawford quickly became Tampa Bay’s favorite player when he came to the big leagues and it stayed that way until the arrival of Evan Longoria. CC was the bright spot on many terrible Devil Rays teams. He is a 5 tool player who [...]
Why Tampa Bay as a Sports Market is Messed Up
Posted: 18th November 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Tropicana Field
Marc Topkin in today’s St. Petersburg Times illustrates the sentiment of Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg and his desire for St. Petersburg to willingly open up discussion for an area-wide consideration for a new stadium. All things considered, why would St. Pete do it? Let’s face facts. If a stadium is placed in the [...]
Double the Upton, Double the Fun
Posted: 17th November 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot StoveTags: BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, justin upton, Matt Garza
[picappgallerysingle id="8525874"]Rumblings around the GM meetings in Orlando suggest that the Arizona Diamondbacks would consider BJ’s little brother, Justin Upton. Better yet, Joel Sherman writes in his Harball blog today that the Rays and the Marlins are two teams that baseball executives are watching closest as possible trade partners. Just think of the possibilities. [...]
Rays Prospect Andrew Bellatti is Sentenced
Posted: 13th November 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Andrew Bellatti
The Rays 12th-round draft pick in 2009, pitcher Andrew Bellatti, was sentenced yesterday for his guilty plea to gross vehicular manslaughter. Bellatti was speeding as he drove his girlfriend to a girl’s basketball game that she was late for. He was going about 80 mph in his Mustang when he crossed the center line, hitting an oncoming minivan, killing [...]
Could Desmond Jennings End Up In Center?
Posted: 12th November 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot StoveTags: BJ Upton, Desmond Jennings, Zach Grienke
[picappgallerysingle id="9533729"]In a subscriber-only post, ESPN’s Buster Olney had this to say about the Rays and BJ Upton in his #1 blurb under the heading “Moves, deals and decisions”: Heard this: Rival teams are convinced the Rays are willing to trade B.J. Upton, and for the first time they believe that Tampa Bay would [...]
The Gold Glove awards for the AL were announced today and the Rays came away with some hardware. Evan Longoria got the Gold Glove for third base, and Carl Crawford came away with one of the outfield awards. Crawford’s award is well deserved, but he should’ve gotten at least one before now. There are no [...]
Leslie Anderson Best of Future Stars Game
Posted: 7th November 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot StoveTags: Carl Crawford, Desmond Jennings, Leslie Anderson
[picappgallerysingle id="4293492"]At 28, Cuban free agent signee Leslie Anderson isn’t really a youngster waiting for his chance with the Rays. But, after a minor league season where he hit a combined .302 while making stops in Charlotte, Montgomery and Durham, it would appear that the Rays are fast-tracking him to the big leagues. Last night, [...]
I know this is a little late to be posting it, but awards season for the MLB is just cranking up, so I figured now would be the perfect time to post this. I will be going through my Rays awards after the great 2010 season to see who helped us get to the playoffs. [...]