The Tampa Bay Rays homered three times on Friday in a 4-1 win over Cleveland. At 39-30 (and an MLB best 20-11 on the road), Tampa Bay is a season-best nine games over .500 after their third straight victory.
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Hot-Stove: Rays Avoid Arbitration with Eight Players, Sign Five to Minor League Deals
Heading the January 16th arbitration deadline, Tampa Bay had eight arbitration eligible players they hadn’t reached an agreement with, and until 1:00 PM to sign a deal, or settle in court. As I reported earlier on Tumblr, the Rays were able to avoid arbitration this afternoon with those players — John Jaso, Kevin Jepsen, Jake McGee, Logan Forsythe, Desmond Jennings, Rene Rivera, Alex Cobb, and Drew Smyly.