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Ben Zobrist 8th Most Valuable American Leaguer
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Joe Mauer has been named the 2009 American League MVP. Ben Zobrist 8th place finish, was the highest ever for the Rays. Zobrist’s highest vote was a sixth-place vote. Evan Longoria finished 19th.
Carlos Pena had the highest finish ever by the Rays in the AL MVP voting with...
AL MVP: Zobrist About To Become Face In War Between Statheads And Sabermetric Defamation League
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The AL MVP award will be announced today, which means Ben Zobrist is about to become the latest and maybe most controversial name in the fight between those that believe stats are the end-all, be-all and those that think Sabermetrics is synonymous with Satan.
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The One Where We Discuss The Hot Stove, Crawford’s Future And Sheff’s Annual Flirtation With Rays
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Let’s start today with several Hot Stove goodies from Joe Smith…
Andrew Friedman is looking at right-handed and left-handed relievers and has a target list of free agents and trade targets depending on how the market plays out.
Smith lists lefties Joe Beimel, Will Ohman...
From The Professor’s Desk…
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My latest effort to write about the Bucs over at Joe Bucs Fan. Be gentle, I’m sensitive. [Joe Bucs Fan]
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The One Where We Discuss The 40-Man Roster, Naimoli’s Bitterness And The End Of The Carlos Hernandez Era
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If you missed it yesterday, the Rays added Desmond Jennings, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Torres to the 40-man roster. The move left the team with exactly 40 players on the 40-man roster.
The biggest surprise was the absence of Aneury Rodriguez, the pitcher the Rays received from the...
Hellickson, Jennings, Torres Added To 40-Man Roster
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The Rays announced today that they have added their top prospects Jeremy Hellickson and Desmond Jennings as well as Alex Torres to the 40-man roster. The move protects all three players from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. The Rays now have 40 players on the 40-man roster. The Rays received...
The One Where We Discuss Dirtbaguettes, Niemann’s Award Voting And Tampa’s Inferiority Complex
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While researching something else, we came across this photo of Evan Longoria and 9 of his groupies. Does anybody else think that one of the groupies looks like a certain all-time home run king (or maybe Cliff Floyd)?
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
Jeff Niemann finished fourth in the AL Rookie...
2010 Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index
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We recently updated our 40-man and 25-man roster projections for the 2010 season. With free agency now in full swing, the Hot Stove is upon us. Therefore it is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays “Trade Value Index” in which we rank the value of top 43 players in the Rays...
The One Where We Discuss Longo’s Fake 2K10 Cover, Minor Leaguers Granted Free Agency And Beating Troy Percival
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One website is reporting that Evan Longoria may be on the cover of “MLB2K10.” Supposedly, the images at right were included in a survey asking people which cover they preferred. (thanks Joel).
There is one small problem. The top image is stolen from Dirtbag’s ESPN...
Report That Crawford Upset At Rays Is Full Of Holes
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NY Baseball Digest is reporting Carl Crawford is upset the Rays picked up his 2010 option and that Crawford believes the Rays backed out of an agreement to renegotiate his deal.
We spoke with someone with knowledge of the situation on Friday who told us that Crawford is “livid...
The One Where We Discuss Evil Lessers, The Duke To The Cubs And Godzilla
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A situation that Raysheads should watch closely in the next couple of weeks is the negotiations between Johnny Damon and the Yankees. The Yankees want Damon back on a one-year deal. This is important because the 2011 class of free agent outfielders is much more enticing than this year...
One Year Ago On Rays Index
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One year ago on Rays Index we wrote about Joe Maddon being named AL Manager of the Year, falling one vote shy of unanimous.
Joe Maddon Wins AL Manager Of The Year Award [Rays Index]
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The One Where We Discuss Hernandez To The O’s, Richard Not To AAA And More Burrell To The Cubs
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Just a few quick links on Sammy Sosa’s birthday. He is 41. His face is not.
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
We did a Q&A about the Rays off-season for Simon on Sports. [Simon on Sports]
Michel Hernandez has signed a minor league deal with the Orioles. With 4 catchers on the 40-man...
Rays Most Famous Fan Weighs In On Stadium Issue
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The Big Lead conducted a Q&A with Dick Vitale and asked him about the Rays ongoing fight for a new stadium…
I think there’s no doubt it would be great here if they built a modern stadium, but it gets down to dollars. And fan interest and putting people in the seats. I dont...
The One Where We Discuss Burrell To The Cubs, Burrell To The Mets And The New Jenn Sterger
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There might still be life to that Pat Burrell-for-Milton Bradley deal after all.
Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has rekindled talks with several clubs over the past 24 hours. Of these meetings Hendry’s had, he met with Tampa (sic) general manager Andrew Friedman and special...
100 Days ‘Til Pitchers And Catchers Report
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One hundred, one hundred, one hundred days to go, oh, oh…I wanna be sedated.
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Evan Longoria Wins Gold Glove
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The Rays announced today that Evan Longoria won his first Gold Glove Award. Dirtbag is just the second Ray to win the award (Carlos Pena, ‘08).
“It’s the one award that I’ve wanted to win since I started pro ball,” Longoria said. “I take a lot of pride in my defense...
The Curious Case Of Carl Crawford’s Elias Ranking And What It Means For His Future With Rays
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The Elias Ranking for 2010 free agents has been released. All players are ranked at their respective positions based on a formula using stats from the previous two seasons. Players that are ranked in the top 20% of their position are classified as Type A and players ranked in the next...
One Year Ago On Rays Index
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One year ago on Rays Index we wrote about Evan Longoria being named the AL Rookie of the Year in a unanimous vote.
Evan Longoria Wins AL Rookie Of The Year Award [Rays Index]
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2010 Options: Crawford Yes, Shouse And Zaun No; Rays Claim Ramirez Off Waivers
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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’...
Free Agency: Measuring How Well Rays Play The Market
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Andrew Friedman and Co. are about to enter their fifth Hot Stove Season. Let’s take a look at the four previous seasons and see just how well the Rays fared with their free agent signings.
Using Fangraphs‘ WAR Value system, we looked at every player that has been signed...
The Professor Talks…Buccaneers Football?
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With the baseball season now officially over, my 4-year contract with RaysIndex.com has now expired. While we continue to discuss what role I will have around here moving forward, I have stepped away from baseball for the moment and made my debut today over at Joe Bucs Fan. Some would...
Two Years Ago On Rays Index
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Two years ago on Rays Index we were amazed by the championship-like celebration planned for the unveiling of their new uniforms.
The Devil Rays Know How To Be Overdramatic [Rays Index]
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The One Where We Discuss Another Market Inefficiency, The Rays Tuesday Win And Minor League Awards
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From the “Can’t make this up” pile, Marc Topkin drops this little nugget…
…the Rays decided to keep Uchibori, Iwamura’s interpreter the past two years, and gave him a job as a scout in his native Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Just another move proving...
New York Yankees: World $eries Champions
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Like my pappy always says…throw $200 million at the wall enough times, eventually Arod won’t suck in the playoffs.
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