Decisions loom on Price, Upton deals

The Tampa Bay Rays dodged arbitration with two of their key players Tuesday, signing outfielder B.J. Upton and pitcher David Price to one-year deals.Upton's deal is worth roughly $7 million plus performance bonuses. The 27-year-old, whose name was bandied about in trade rumors last month, is coming off a season that saw him hit .243 with 23 home runs, 81 RBIs and 36 stolen bases...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Centerfielder B.J. Upton and pitchers David Price and Burke Badenhop have agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays, avoiding arbitration. The deals reached before Tuesday's deadline for teams and players to exchange salary proposals will pay Upton 7 million, Price's 4.35 million and Badenhop 1,075,000 next season. Upton earned 4...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Price is inching closer to the biggest payday of his professional career. The same...

Two key Tampa Bay Rays players received a nice pay raise yesterday. SP David Price and CF B.J. Upton both received hefty pay increases while avoiding arbitration with the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa also reached a new deal with newly acquired RP Burke Badenhop.  On Monday, the Rays reached a new one-year deal with RP J.P. Howell worth $1.35 million dollars. Price, 26, saw his salary increase...

The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that they have come to terms on deals with LHP David Price, OF B. J. Upton, RHP Burke Badehhop, and LHP J. P. Howell. Inside is the full official press release from the team.

According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (still weird typing that), the Rays have successfully avoided arbitration with one-year deals for David Price, BJ Upton, and Burke Badenhop. No deal was reached with Jeff Niemann, who will now have his 2012 salary determined by an arbitrator. Price’s 2012 salary will be $4.35 million. He made $1.25 million in 2011 as the fifth...

Centerfielder B.J. Upton and pitchers David Price and Burke Badenhop have agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays, avoiding arbitration.

ROGER MOONEY The Rays avoided arbitration with David Price, B.J. Upton and Burke Badenhop this afternoon by agreeing on one-year deals with the three players. Jeff Niemann appears to be headed to arbitration. Price, a Super 2 player who voided…