Hot-Stove: The non-tender deadline has come and gone

The non-tender deadline passed late last night, and Tampa Bay chose to tender the contracts of seven arbitration eligible players (David Price, Jeff Niemann, Sam Fuld, Burke Badenhop, Matt Joyce, Sean Rodriguez, and Ryan Roberts) while opting to leave outfielder Ben Francisco out of the mix. The above mentioned players will now move on to …

A Bourgening Relationship with Another Upton?

Many of you are aware of that the Rays may be in the market to replace one Upton with the other. An acquisition of this caliber could give Rays some badly needed offense in the middle of their lineup, which is a plus. Overall, making a trade to Arizona for Justin Upton does seem intriguing, however …

Hot-Stove: Rays Minor League Free Agents

Baseball America just released their list of minor league free agents. Included on the list in the Rays organization are RHP Matt Tora, first-basemen Ryan Garko and Henry Wrigley, utility infielder Will Rhymes, and out-fielder Jesus Feliciano. You can see the list of Rays minor league free agents below. I suspect that things could get …

Who Should Return Next Season; A Poll

My hopes for an underdog in the ALCS were dashed last night thanks to the O’s loss at the hands of those bloated, overpaid, primadonnas in the Bronx. Hooray, two teams with high payroll’s are going head-to-head with one-another! Sure sounds like compelling baseball to me. Furthermore, the NL side of the coin doesn’t look …