ROGER MOONEY The Rays will announce the signing of Carlos Peña on Tuesday afternoon providing the first baseman passes is morning physical. And that might not be the end of the Rays foray into free agency this winter. ESPN.com’s Jerry…
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January 23, 2012
Johnny Damon in Detroit Part II?
Could happen, according to a Sunday tweet by FOXSports.com's Jon Paul Morosi:
"Tigers are indeed pursuing Johnny Damon, source says. At this point, he's a stronger possibility than Derrek Lee."
Damon spent last season in Tampa Bay, where he hit .261 with 16 home runs and 73 RBI in 582 at-bats. With the Tigers in 2010, he hit ...
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January 24, 2012
Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page)
We are back from our little mini-vacation and find that John Sickels of Minor League Ball ranks the Rays farm system as just the seventh-best in baseball...
Impact depth behind Matt Moore has slipped but this is still a robust organization.
Although, we would point out that Moore is pretty damn good. And depending on who you talk...
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January 24, 2012
Jeremy Hellickson joined the folks at his hometown paper in Des Moines and took some questions from fans. You can see a complete transcript at USA Today.
The biggest news from the chat was when Hellboy was asked about his favorite pitch…
my favorite pitch is the cutter ive been working on for a few years now that will start working here soon… and that is also the hardest...
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January 24, 2012
Stuart Sternberg was on hand Saturday night to accept Joe Maddon’s Manager of the Year award and Jeremy Hellickson’s Rookie of the Year award. Sternberg, showing his lighter side, joked that he drove down from posh Westchester County because the team couldn’t afford airfare for Maddon and Hellickson. He also said that the awards would later be put up for auction...
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January 24, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG Two Octobers ago, Carlos Pena stood in a hallway with a handful of writers who cover the Tampa Bay Rays and tried to describe the surreal feeling of what looked like his last day with the ball club.
The star first baseman was heading into free agency and it was a foregone conclusion that the Rays would not be able to afford keeping him on their tight payroll.
Pena...
In a press release issued Tuesday by the team, the Tampa Bay Rays officially announced the signing of free agent first baseman Carlos Pena. Full release inside.
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January 24, 2012
One of the best baseball books of the past few years, Jonah Keri’s The Extra 2% took an in-depth look at owner Stuart Sternberg’s rebuilding of the Tampa Bay Rays. After taking over one of the worst franchises in the league, Sternberg took a holistic approach—a “52-48” approach, as he described it—going beyond improving the team’s roster...
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January 24, 2012
ROGER MOONEY The Rays designated OF Justin Ruggiano for assignment Tuesday afternoon to clear room on the 40-man roster for 1B Carlos Peña. Ruggiano was DFA’d last February to clear room when the Rays added Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez.…
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January 24, 2012
The Tampa Bay Rays signed first baseman Carlos Pena to a one-year, $7.25 million contract on Tuesday.
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January 24, 2012
Slugger Carlos Pena is excited about returning to the Tampa Bay Rays, bolstering hopes for another run for the playoffs.
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