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Saturday Dec 12 | St. Petersburg Times

New Tampa Bay Rays closer Rafael Soriano to have impact on entire bullpen

Rafael Soriano is obviously a huge boost to the bullpen, his 43 saves more and ninth-inning arsenal better than anyone else the Rays have.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, J.P. Howell, Dan Wheeler

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Fox Sports

Hot stove heats up

Baseball's winter meetings will feel aptly named with snow forecast for Indianapolis much of the week, but maybe the cold temps make the action hotter.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Kelly Shoppach, Baseball Players, Gabe Kapler, Jason Isringhausen, Brian Shouse

Fri Nov 20, 2009

BleacherReport

Tampa Bay Rays Offseason Report: Nov. 20, 2009

Welcome to another edition of Thaddeus' Tampa Bay Rays Offseason Report. Each and every Friday, we're going to recap the moves, trades, signings, and other nonsense of the previous week in the wonderful world of Tampa Bay baseball; keeping you, Dear Reader, up to date with the team until Opening Day in April 2010 against the Baltimore Orioles.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Rashad Eldridge, Baseball Players, Baltimore Orioles, Jason Isringhausen

Thu Nov 19, 2009

DRays Bay

Some Interesting Minor League Free Agent Pitchers

View full size photo>> Here's the thing about the minor league free agents list .

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Wes Littleton, Baseball Players, Lance Cormier

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Fox Sports

Roster decisions for 2010 kick off

Now that the Yankees are celebrating this year's championship, the Rays can start the real work in trying to win the next one.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Akinori Iwamura, Jesse Chavez, Brian Shouse, Dioner Navarro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Major League Baseball

Six Rays in mix to become free agents

Major League Baseball crowned a new champion Wednesday night, and Thursday morning it was back to business as players could begin to file for free agency.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Jason Isringhausen, Brian Shouse, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Mon Oct 19, 2009

DRays Bay

What About the Rays' Bullpen?

The Rays' bullpen this year was quite the odyssey. There were times we loved it, but just as frequently, there were times we hated it.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Jason Isringhausen

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Major League Baseball

Rays to stay busy during the offseason

All that's left to do now is sit back and watch. After a history-making 2008 season, the Rays couldn't recapture that magic to vault them back to the postseason in '09. So while the Yankees, Angels, Phillies and Dodgers duke it out in each league's Championship Series to eventually crown a World Series champion, all Tampa Bay's players can do is ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Baseball Players, Ben Zobrist, Carl Crawford, Akinori Iwamura

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Major League Baseball

Garza looking to reach 200 innings

It's a right of passage, per se. For starting pitchers, few numbers are more important than 200, which is pretty much the goal for the number of innings in a season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Matt Garza, Chris Tillman, Chris Waters, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Wed Sep 30, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Ailing Tampa Bay Rays reliever Chad Bradford may shut it down for season, ponders retirement

RHP Chad Bradford 's season may be over due to some slight elbow discomfort, and his career may be, too.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, James Shields

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Baltimore Orioles

Wieters powers Orioles' comeback

Matt Wieters had the best offensive night of his brief career Tuesday, a game in which he displayed some of the raw power that's been missing during his rookie season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Jason Berken, Matt Wieters, Tampa Bay Rays, Brian Roberts

Mon Sep 14, 2009

The Tampa Tribune

Maddon backs bullpen

Joe Maddon says the recent failings of his bullpen could be more due to emotional exhaustion than physical fatigue, and he won't change the way he's using his relief pitchers over the final three weeks of the season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, J.P. Howell, Baseball Players, Lance Cormier, Dan Wheeler, Troy Percival

Sat Sep 12, 2009

The Cub Reporter

Bradford's Unlucky Hits

Not too many ideas around my head lately, although I have been a bit busy with school work and learning new things about baseball.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Right moves could put Rays back in mix for 2010

After last season, we can never look at the Tampa Bay Rays the same way again. That's what makes this season so deflating.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Pat Burrell, Baseball Players, Scott Kazmir, Troy Percival

Wed Sep 09, 2009

The Tampa Tribune

No changes imminent for Rays' bullpen

The Rays' bullpen is what it is, and there aren't going to be any substantive changes to it in the season's final weeks, according to Manager Joe Maddon .

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Lance Cormier, Brian Shouse, Carlos Pena

Mon Sep 07, 2009

Bleacher Report

If The Rays Do a Few Things, 2010 Could Be Special

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, I have thrown in the towel for this year. Four straight games of having the lead or being tied going into the eighth inning, and also seven times during the past three weeks.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, American League, American League East, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Dioner Navarro, Akinori Iwamura

Wed Sep 02, 2009

Bleacher Report

Chad Bradford: The Last of a Dying Breed

No one thought that Chad Bradford would make his high school team. Bradford did.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Oakland Athletics, Jay Payton, Vernon Wells

Thu Aug 27, 2009

The Cub Reporter

A Look At The Rays: The Relief Pitching

That's the second part of the series about the organizational depth the Rays will probably have in 2010.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Troy Percival, Brian Shouse, J.P. Howell, Dan Wheeler

Mon Aug 24, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

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Technical difficulties apparently won the battle with the earlier version of this, so let's try again: SS Reid Brignac started Tuesday so Jason Bartlett could get a day off, then after the game was optioned back to Triple-A. RHP Chad Bradford was activated off the disabled list and will rejoin the bullpen on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Reid Brignac, Jason Bartlett, Akinori Iwamura

Fri Aug 21, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Top pick LeVon Washington, family say Tampa Bay Rays didn't want to sign him

After failing to reach agreement by Monday's deadline to sign draft picks, the Rays said they tried, moved on and wished top choice LeVon Washington well.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Akinori Iwamura

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