Let the madness begin! For the better part of the next week, representatives from all 30 Major League Baseball organizations, and more than 160 minor league baseball teams, have descended upon Lake Buena Vista, Florida to make moves in what has been called the culmination of the Hot-Stove period of the off-season. As one writer put it, “A lot of things are going to be talked about this week—some of them will bear fruit and change the landscape of MLB in 2014, others will be a lot of hot air from agents trying to drive up prices or teams trying to pressure a player into taking their deal.”
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Robo Posts His First Complete Game in Three Years
Going into last night’s game, Roberto Hernandez hadn’t put together a complete game — or a shutout — since 2010. Two hours and thirty-four minutes *later, Hernandez walked off the mound with his eighth career complete game — having taken a shutout two-outs into the ninth inning. Tampa Bay was able to maintain its status as the top team in the AL East, after Hernandez and the Rays took the first game of a two-game set against the Diamondbacks by a score of 5-2.