As we noted earlier (via our Tumblr page), Sam Fuld will become a free agent, and will consider all options, after the Rays chose against tendering his contract ahead of the midnight arbitration deadline. Projected to perform closer to his career norms in 2014, Fuld posted a .199 BA/.270 OBP/.267 SLG/.537 OPS/.246 wOBA slash line in 2013, with two homers and 17 RBI in 200 plate appearances (119 games, 48 starts).
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Hot-Stove: Rays, Jose Molina Agree to Multi-Year Deal
I wrote yesterday that the Tampa Bay Rays have reached a two-year, $4.5MM deal with 38 year-old catcher, Jośe Molina. A few of the finer details surrounding the deal have surfaced. When the deal is officially announced in the next few days, Molina is projected to make $1.75-million in 2014 (a slight pay cut from 2013, when …
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Hot-Stove: Roster Moves; Yates, Belnome, and Riefenhauser
Among other Hot-Stove moves, the Rays have announced the addition of RHP Kirby Yates, INF Vince Belnome and LHP C.J. Riefenhauser to the Tampa Bay Rays 40-Man Roster.
This Week in Rays Baseball: Rays Announce Renovations to the Trop, Sign Reliever Mark Lowe, and More
It’s time for another edition of This Week in Rays Baseball — the first in some time. I digress. First on the docket, details on the Rays previously announced renovation of Tropicana Field have surfaced. They’re planning what is being called a 360-degree “interior stadium fan access” with the creation of walkways behind the outfield seating …
Rays Making Major Improvements to Tropicana Field (Re-posted From DRaysBay)
The Rays announced they’ll be making significant improvements to Tropicana Field, presumably ahead of the 2014 season. On the list of improvements, are extended walkways around the outfield, and replacing the center-field restaurant with an open-air patio. Now if they’d only lop off the top and replace it with a retractable roof, and lay down some sod. On the subject of those renovations, Daniel Russell of DRaysBay notes: