With a 694 and 923 record during the 00’s or the aughts or the 2000’s or whatever the hell you want to call this decade, one would think it would be pretty hard to put together an all decade team.   For a team that had some faces that stuck around through most of the [...]

The Rays had serious interest in former SP Kelvim Escobar of the Anaheim Angels. Today though, Escobar agreed to terms with Los Mets, the place many thought he would end up. I thought the ability to potentially run JP Howell, Kelvim Escobar and then Rafael Soriano at the end of games would [...]

Bill Chastain of MLB.com answered some questions about the Rays that were placed on the teams website yesterday.  With the Hot Stove cooling down to a more reasonable temperature, at least in regards to the Rays, there isn’t much to report to you guys.  Some of these are solid questions that any fan might have, [...]

Monday the Rays avoided arbitration with Grant Balfour by agreeing to a 1 year 2.1 million dollar contract with the right handed flame thrower.
The Rays need all the bullpen arms we can muster up at this point, but bringing back Balfour at 2.1 million, making him the 7th highest paid player on a team that [...]

I didn’t see this until I got back from out of town this weekend, and caught up on some Rays reading, but Akinori Iwamura apparently took a full page ad out in the St Petersburg Times thanking the Rays fans.  A really nice gesture from a guy who will be missed in the Bay Area.

I have heard from a source within MLB, that the Rangers are considering moving the recently acquired RHP Chris Ray to the Tampa Bay Rays for C Dioner Navarro.
There are a few verifications of this within some blogs and forums of Texas Rangers sites.
This is a slam dunk move for the Rays in every way [...]

After two years of being highly competitive in the AL East, one of which saw the Rays go to a World Series despite not having a real option at the end of games, the Rays have acquired a bonafide closer.  The Rays acquired Rafael Soriano last night for pitcher Jesse Chavez, who was acquired in [...]