The New What Next: Rays Rain on the Astros Parade, and Other Random Musings (2/27/13 Lineup Included)

The Tampa Bay offense cranked it up again in a rain shortened, 7-2 win over the Astros. The Rays will make their way up to Bradenton tomorrow afternoon with a 4-1 record on the spring. And though a 4-1 record in the Grapefruit League may not mean much, it sure does feel nice. Besides, if …

Hot-Stove: The Arbitration Thread (Updated)

January 18, 2013 was the deadline to exchange filing numbers with their arbitration eligible players. The Rays had four players (Matt Joyce, Ryan Roberts, Sam Fuld, and Jeff Niemann) that were arbitration eligible. Now that the deadline has come to pass, we’re pleased as peach to announce that the Rays have avoided arbitration with the …

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 …

Meet the Rays 2013 Arbitration Eligible Players

With the 2012 season being all but a faint memory, us Rays fans are trying to find something to hold on to between now and when the pitchers and catchers report to Port Charlotte, in February. Believe it or not, there are lots of things (okay, I might be stretching things just a bit) that …

Rays 7/25/12 Starting Lineup

Rays 7/25/12 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist 2B Joyce RF Keppinger DH Pena 1B Roberts 3B Lobaton C Johnson SS Price LHP Noteworthiness: Ryan Roberts will make his Rays debut at third, batting seventh. Good news on the Evan Longoria front. He will be starting his rehab stint with Triple-A Durham on Thursday. …