After taking the series from the Yankees on Saturday, the Rays will try to do something they have yet to accomplish this season — sweep a series at home.
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MLB Trade Rumors Reports, “The Angels Are Willing to Trade Bourjos, Trumbo For Pitching”
It’s common knowledge that David Price is projected to make somewhere in the ballpark of $13.1MM in 2014. To that end, Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar will likely to have their options picked up, bringing the Rays’ payroll to a guaranteed $23.5MM for those two, Matt Moore, Joel Peralta and Evan Longoria. On top of that, Tampa Bay will have to pay roughly $25.7MM to eight arbitration-eligible players (and maybe more if Niemann and/or Sam Fuld are tendered contracts), bringing the total to $49.2MM for 13 players. That’s a lot of money for a team that has hinted at reducing the payroll because of attendance. That projected total also doesn’t include the money needed to sign (or in the case of James Loney, re-sign) a first-baseman and a ctacher. The most reasonable (and/or cutthroat) solution seems to be to deal David Price, and hope you get a sweetheart of a deal in return. I’d argue a sweetheart deal might be staring Friedman and Co. in the face.