Tampa Bay Rays News

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop John McDonald turns the double play over Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Gabe Gross to end the third inning of their MLB American League game in St.

Evan Longoria's 2009 season has brought numerous accolades for the young third baseman.

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.

A group of business and community leaders pushing for a new baseball stadium said Friday that it will present its conclusions to public officials and interested citizens soon.

Alright, along with being a professional baseball player, and a sportswriter for ESPN, The Mag, a general manager for an MLB team is on my short list of dream jobs.

With the free agency period starting last Friday, the Rays find themselves in a somewhat similar situation to last winter.

A draft report by the group examining possibilities for a new major league baseball stadium has provoked a pointed response from the city of St.

Posted on November 19th, 2009 4:43 PM By La Velle I know it's been awhile. I had to whittle down some vacation time that I was going to lose on Jan.

The Tampa Bay Rays have added two of their top prospects, OF Desmond Jennings and RHP Jeremy Hellickson, to their 40-man roster.

Carlos Pena was also reinstated from the 60-day DL. These moves are pretty much procedural.

So Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports is reporting the Rays and Cubs have rekindled the trade talks over the bad contracts of Pat Burrell and Milton Bradley.

Carl Crawford says he is open to discussing a contract extension, but he's likely to get a lot more on the open market than the Rays will be able to offer him.

The potential covers for the upcoming video game Major League Baseball 2K10 have been leaked online, and they contain a local connection.

Oh, but who to believe! With trade rumors already circulating about All-Star leftfielder Carl Crawford, now there's an apparently false, unattributed report from the NY Baseball Digest that suggests Crawford wants out of Tampa Bay.

What was once lost is gained again. A source close to the situation has informed us that Swindle is indeed back in the organization on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.

RHP Jeff Niemann said the offseason has given him a chance to finally reflect and soak in what a roller-coaster rookie year he had.

Tampa Bay Rays' Matt Joyce, right, receives congratulations from teammate Gabe Gross.

Ah, here we are yet again, sports fans: the offseason. Just a week after the Yankees won their 27th World Series trophy, the baseball world is itching and ready to go for next April, when our stars will finally take the field again for another season of America's Pastime.

Infielder Wilson Betemit #15 of the Chicago White Sox tosses a bat after a strikeout against the Tampa Bay Rays April 19, 2009 at Tropicana Field in St.

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