With the recent acquisition of former Tigers infielder, Will Rhymes, the Rays find themselves in an interesting position. Going into Spring Training, the Rays will effectively have four infielders, or outright short stops, battling it out for a spot on the roster. We’re diligently writing about the battle for shortstop at the moment. However, we’d …
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As per a tweet from Marc Topkin, a 3-year contract extension with Rays and skipper, Joe Maddon, is in the books. The official announcement of the deal, presumably with all of the pertinent information (terms, etc) will be made at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, at 11:00 AM. The Rays and Joe Ma began …
Here’s the deal, I’m tired and it’s easier for me to just re-post a screen-shot of a MLBTraderumors post on the imminent signing of utility infielder, Jeff Keppinger. I’ll post more on this later. In the meantime, it looks like that lil ol battle for short-stop/middle infielder just got a bit more interesting!
The Rays are reportedly interested in INF Jeff Keppinger, who split his time with the Astros and Giants in 2011. Keppinger hit .277 BA/.300 OBP/.377 SLG/.677 OPS with 39 runs (35 RBI) and 105 at-bats in 99 games last year. With the potential to add Keppinger to the Rodriguez-Brignac-Rhymes-Johnson infield fray, as they say, it …
Check it out here. January 20th Update: This just in, Carlos Pena is again a Ray. Pena has signed a one year deal, reportedlyworth $7.25 MM. According to MLBTraderumors, the Cubs offered Pena arbitration after the season, so they’ll earn a compensatory draft pick for losing the Type B free agent. However, the Rays don’t have to …
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