Front office executives and Kevin Cash made waves by releasing three players, optioning a pair, and telling another that he will not be on the 2016 squad.
Tag Archives: Rene Rivera
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 5-3 Amidst Scoring Opportunities Aplenty; Jennings to the DL
The Tampa Bay Rays squandered not one or two bases loaded opportunities on Wednesday night, but three, as the Minnesota Twins went on to win 5-3. Minnesota has won the first two games of the three-game series, while Tampa Bay has fallen two games under .500, and three games back in the AL Wildcard race.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Beat Jays 2-1
Jake Odorizzi as impressive once again, going eight strong innings while the Tampa Bay Rays scored on two bases-loaded walks by R.A. Dickey to beat the Blue Jays 2-1 Monday night. The Rays improved to 4-3 on the season, sending a sellout crowd of 48,414 home unhappy.
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.
To Better Know A Catcher: Rene Rivera
But at some point between 8:30 Wednesday night and the moment I started to pen this piece, I had a change of heart. A question I dared ask myself, what if this portion of the trade was positive? I fully acknowledge that I had a change of heart, partly because of what I’ve read about Rivera — despite the fact that he’s now with his seventh organization in 11 years, Rivera is a solid backstop.
Let’s expand on that.