Tampa Bay Rays News

Rafael Soriano, who is under contract only for this season, surprisingly became available from the Braves and cost the Rays only a prospect in their biggest offseason move.

We left off discussing the questions that Dan Moroz proposed about his Baltimore Orioles .A Today we will join up with Jason Collette and take a look at what is going on with the 2008 American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays .

Published: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. The Rays are back on top of the Baseball America organizational talent rankings.

T he epiphany came last May 9, in the fifth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park [ map ] . It was at that moment the Red Sox [ team stats ] realized their defense truly was terrible.

RHP Mike Ekstrom was claimed off waivers from the Padres. MLB ST. PETERSBURG In an era where naming rights for sports venues is now more the norm than an aberration, the Tampa Bay Rays and The Mosaic Company have agreed to a 15-year agreement to change the name of their spring training stadium to Mosaic Field at Charlotte Sports Park.

Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 12:37 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 5:48 p.m. Mosaic, the giant phosphate company, and the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a deal for the naming rights to the team's spring training home in Charlotte County.

Four players from the Rays' organization have made the just-released list of MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects.

There has been a lot to like about the Rays system top to bottom the past few years and it shouldn't stop.

You can view this on my blog Tawkin Hawks by clicking here . Despite their recent success, the Tampa Bay Rays remain as one of baseball's thriftiest teams , and that preference is not likely to change anytime soon in an economic recession.

Last season turned out to be something of a disappointment for the Tampa Bay Rays, but the organization was able to get a good look at some of their younger, Major League-ready players stuck in the minors.

In a column for MLB.com, Peter Gammons writes that the Rays could be ready to leave Tampa Bay, and mentions New Jersey and Southern Connecticut as possible new homes.

The Yankees and Red Sox have made bigger splashes this offseason, but according to the number-crunchers at Baseball Prospectus , the Rays will be the ones squirting champagne in October.

Well, this adds another dynamic. Randy Winn has signed with the Yankees , effectively leaving Johnny Damon in the cold.

St. Petersburg, Florida- The New York Yankees won't be making room for veteran outfielder Johnny Damon after signing Randy Winn to a one year, 2 million dollar deal, so that makes Damon an interesting addition to baseball's free agent market.

This possibility was floated by the very same Buster Olney earlier in the off-season as well.

So let's go over some of the issues addressed by the ABC Coalition in regard to the Rays' stadium situation: That a new facility with a retractable roof is actually needed? Check.

Monday marked the beginning of the Fanball / RotoTimes Team Poll series.A You can view all of the staff's answers here , but I'd like to explain my picks from the polls on CrowdthePlate.com each day.A Here's the Rays.

If one Orlando politician has his way, Carlos Pena may not have far to commute to work some time in the future.

Nick Cafardo mentioned the following bit in his column this morning: Carl Crawford , LF, Rays - The feeling is that if the Raysa financial picture gets any gloomier, Crawford will be trade bait by the trading deadline or even earlier.

Going to an arbitration hearing with CF B.J. Upton isn't good for either side. Both insisted they tried hard to work out a deal before the Rays' self-imposed Tuesday deadline, but it became obvious they wouldn't. It only looked worse a few hours later when the filings revealed how close they were - merely the $300,000 difference between the $3 ...