Of Spring Training and Other Random Bits of Ephemera (Part One)

Can you feel that extra spring in the collective steps of every MLB baseball fan? Yes friends, baseball is back and we couldn’t be happier! The Rays pitchers and catchers have found their way down to Port Charlotte, while the position players aren’t far behind. The Rays had another active off-season, and we’ll discuss that …

Hot-Stove: David Price, among other things

Doom and gloom peppered the sports talk radio and the six o-clock news formats, following the announcement that the Rays and David Price were able to avoid arbitration. Just in case you just emerged from your December 21, 2012 doomsday bunker and missed the news, Price signed a one-year $10.1125MM contract earlier this week. Now …

Hot-Stove: David Price among other things

Doom and gloom peppered the sports talk radio and the six o-clock news formats, following the announcement that the Rays and David Price were able to avoid arbitration. Just in case you just emerged from your December 21, 2012 doomsday bunker and missed the news, Price signed a one-year $10.1125MM contract earlier this week. Now …

Hot-Stove: David Price and the Rays avoid arbitration (Updated)

MLB Trade Rumors has reported that 27 year-old LHP David Price has reached a one-year deal with the Rays, avoiding arbitration. It was projected that Price would make just north of $9.5MM in 2013, more than doubling last years salary of $4.3MM. The terms of the deal have been released, and the Rays ace will receive just …

Congrats to Your AL Cy Young Award Winner, David Price!

Just in case you hadn’t heard, Rays ace, David Price, won the 2012 AL Cy Young Award, narrowly edging out the 2011 Cy Young Award winner, Justin Verlander. According to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, (BBWAA) “Price (20-5, 2.56 ERA) was named first on 14 of the 28 ballots cast by two writers in …