The Tampa Bay Rays announced their preliminary list of managerial candidates a few days back, and they kicked off the interviewing process in earnest by weeks end.
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Hot-Stove: Rays Trade Cesar Ramos, Acquire RHP Mark Sappington
On Wednesday afternoon the Rays announced a trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, of LHRP Cesar Ramos for RHP Mark Sappington.
Hot-Stove: Rays Pick Up Peralta’s Option, DFA Jerry Sands and Vince Belnome
The Rays have exercised their $2.5MM team option on Joel Peralta for the 2015 season. In kind, in order to create space on the 40-man roster, the Rays have opted to have designate outfielder Jerry Sands and infielder Vince Belnome for assignment, according to a team press release. It should be noted, both Sands and Matt Moore were activated off the 60-day DL.
This Week in Rays Baseball: Decisions to be Made on Peralta, Cubs Set to Hire Maddon, and More
The Tampa Bay Rays will wait until Monday to make their option decision on reliever Joel Peralta, the Tampa Bay Times’ Marc Topkin tweeted. They’ll also be making other 40-man decisions, since Matt Moore and Jerry Sands need to be reinstated from the 60-day disabled list, and their roster is currently full. If the Rays choose to exercise Peralta’s $2.5M option, they’ll have options at the same price for 2016 and 2017 as well. Peralta is coming off a season in which he posted a 4.41 ERA, and the Rays could decide to let him go to save a bit of money and clear a roster spot for a younger player. What follows are a handful of links from this week past.
Hot-Stove: Rays Pick Up Ben Zobrist’s $7.5 MM Option, Cubs Fire Rick Renteria
The Rays officially announced that they have exercised their one-year, $7.5MM club option on All-Star utility-man Ben Zobrist.