Over the next couple of weeks, we will be having a look at some of the contracts the Rays have on their roster right now. We will start off with one of the worst contracts in franchise history, Pat Burrell’s 2 year contract for $16 million. At the time this signing happened last year, the [...]
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November 09, 2009
The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped.
Zambrano's agent Peter Greenberg says Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano was abducted Sunday morning from her son's farm near Maracay in central Venezuela.
In Venezuela, which is home to dozens of major leaguers, the families of wealthy athletes are periodically targeted by kidnappers. Rockies catcher Yorvit...
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November 09, 2009
The Rays made several moves today including picking up Carl Crawford’s option. The team also decided not to puck up the options for Gregg Zaun and Brian Shouse. None of these moves are surprising, however there was some suggestion that the Rays could have picked up Zaun’s option.
In addition, the Rays claimed pitcher Ramon Ramirez [...]
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November 08, 2009
Prospect ranking season is here. Top 10 lists will be arriving shortly and in preparation for that, we present an intro series looking at some of the players who deserve mentioning but probably will not be appearing on their teams’ Top 10 lists. The series is back for a second year.
Tampa Bay Rays
The Graduate: Jeff [...]
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November 09, 2009
The agent of Victor Zambrano said the former major league pitcher's mother has been kidnapped in Venezuela.
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November 07, 2009
Regardless of whether or not you think bringing him in was a good idea, I have a feeling that Akinori Iwamura is going to make quite the impression on Pirates fans over the next year, half year, or next few years. “Aki” should be both productive and exciting, no matter how long he wears a [...]
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November 09, 2009
Kidnappers in Venezuela snatched the mother of Victor Zambrano. Given the number of kidnappings in that country, I’m somewhat surprised that major league and former major league players haven’t moved all their close relatives out of the country.
No word if the ransom demand includes Scott Kazmir’s mother. (Yes, I’m an awful, heartless person.)
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November 09, 2009
The Tampa Bay Rays announced Monday they have exercised the 2010 option on the contract of outfielder Carl Crawford and declined the options on pitcher Brian Shouse and catcher Gregg Zaun.
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November 09, 2009
The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped.
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November 09, 2009
While the Tampa Bay Rays have already made some moves to shore up their 2010 roster (like re-signing RF Gabe Kapler), they have more decisions - which could come as early as today - on their other options. One is...
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November 09, 2009
Update 5:41 p.m. Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman said after deciding to pick up Carl Crawford's $10 million option for 2010 that the All-Star leftfielder "is a big part of what we've accomplished and what we will accomplish in the...
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November 09, 2009
The Rays took one of their most expected steps of the offseason today, exercising the $10 million option on left fielder Carl Crawford’s contract for 2010. The club also made decisions on left-handed pitcher Brian Shouse and catcher Greg Zaun, declining $2 million options on both players, and clamed…
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November 09, 2009
FoxSports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that the Rays continue to be the most interested team in the services of Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley.
The Rays, however, remain the club most interested in Bradley, sources say, proposing an exchange of outfielder/designated hitter Pat Burrell for Bradley.
Burrell and Bradley each will make $9 million in 2010. The Cubs would [...]
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