Loney is slated to make $1MM in 2014, $7MM in 2015, and $8MM in 2016, and has received a $5MM signing bonus. For the 29 year-old first baseman, this represents a significant rise in salary and offers him some job security — after all, he signed a one-year, $2MM prior to the 2013 season.
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Hot-Stove: Balfour – A Ray Once More?
The Rays intensified their interest in re-signing Grant Balfour days after the Baltimore Orioles walked away from a two-year, $15MM deal with reliever because they had concerns with his throwing shoulder. That interest only increased following the results of a second opinion from Rays team doctor, Koco Eaton.
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 …
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The End of the Line, An Elegy.
Everything dies, baby that’s a fact, But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Win 5-4 in Grandiose Fashion
Let me put it to you this way, I’m tired…neigh, wiped out. Yes, I’m still completely psyched that Tampa Bay was able to walk away with a 5-4 win in grandiose, walk-off, fashion. However, it doesn’t detract from the fact that I stayed up well passed my bedtime Monday night. Such is life, I’d rather …
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