The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.
12/12/09 11:50 PM EST A little more than an hour before the non-tender deadline on Saturday night, the Rays struck one-year deals with catcher Dioner Navarro, right-hander Lance Cormier and lefty Randy Choate, choosing to non-tender right fielder Gabe Gross and catcher Shawn Riggans. The rest of the Rays' players in danger of being non-tendered [...]
12/11/09 6:20 PM EST It's an indication that the Rays are playing for right now, that they won't back down despite being financially strapped while playing in the sometimes-impossible American League East, and that they think that locking up the ninth inning is as critical an element to playing in October as anything else. One [...]
12/10/09 2:15 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — Over the course of a week, the prospects for the Rays' 2010 season brightened considerably. Tampa Bay went to Indianapolis on Sunday hoping to improve its bullpen and catching situations. Rumors were thick regarding a trade that would send Pat Burrell to the Cubs for Milton Bradley, and the [...]
12/09/09 6:54 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — The Rays appear to have interest in right-hander Rafael Soriano, while the prospect of a Pat Burrell-for-Milton Bradley trade continued to be locked in a stalemate on Day 3 of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings. Soriano saved 27 games for the Braves in 2009 while posting a 1-6 mark [...]
12/08/09 7:15 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — Late Tuesday afternoon, after another day of talking to perspective teams about deals that might be made, Andrew Friedman managed to find some humor in the Rays' hunt for additional pieces for their bullpen. "Each respective team or agent [they talk to about players], there's at least five teams [...]
12/08/09 12:24 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS — Rumors persist about what the Rays might do to shore up their club for 2010, but there wasn't a lot of movement in regard to trades or signing free agents where Tampa Bay was concerned on Monday, the first day of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings. Heading into the [...]
12/04/09 4:22 PM EST ST. PETERSBURG — Former Rays catcher Gregg Zaun signed a one-year contract with the Brewers on Friday. Earlier in the offseason, Tampa Bay elected not to exercise a $2 million option on Zaun, which made him a free agent. But it offered the veteran catcher arbitration on Tuesday, which turned out [...]
12/04/09 12:00 AM EST Club needs: CLOSER: Yes, J.P. Howell did save 17 games in 2009, but the Rays would be much more comfortable if they had a veteran option for the ninth inning next year. Finding veteran setup men and keeping Howell in the ninth is the most likely option. There are free-agent closing [...]
12/02/09 12:00 AM EST ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays will arrive at Major League Baseball's 2010 Winter Meetings with a chance to make a blockbuster deal at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Carl Crawford will be at the heart of most speculation this year. The Rays began the offseason by exercising the $10 million [...]
11/30/09 10:00 AM EST If the Rays want to show their fans that they really want to win, the club will find a way to sign Carl Crawford to a long-term deal. The guy has paid his dues on some bad teams and stuck it out and played at an All-Star level since being brought [...]