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2012 Prospect Breakout Candidate: Jake DePew

Jake PePew has been overshadowed in terms of performance and upside by Luke Bailey and Justin O’Conner. In my whole series on the Rays’ catching prospects back in December, I talked about Bailey here, O’Conner here, and even Oscar Hernandez here (you ...

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Around the Twitterverse: The Pit Becomes the Pound

We had a busy week in the Twitterverse this week. Evan Longoria got into a … [visit site to read more] Around the Twitterverse: The Pit Becomes the Pound - Rays Colored Glasses - Rays Colored Glasses - A Tampa Bay ...

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Shay Crawford is Already Winning: A Story of Perseverance

For every high selection like Taylor Guerrieri or Mikie Mahtook each draft, there is a player like Shay Crawford. A player that most people don't know much ...

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The Rays Tank: PECOTA Is Released, Billy Beane Extended, And Cespedes Welcomed To Florida

There's no giant story today, so let's jump straight into the links: Baseball Prospectus has released their 2012 PECOTA forecasts, and they've tweaked their formula slightly to ...

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The Rays Tank: PECOTA Is Released, Billy Beane Extended, And Cespedes Welcomed To Florida

There's no giant story today, so let's jump straight into the links: Baseball Prospectus has released their 2012 PECOTA forecasts, and they've tweaked their formula slightly to ...

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RCG Gets New Look

As some of you may have noticed, we now have a featured post section as well as popular posts. One of the bigger features of the new layout is The Hub. Robbie and I will post our favorite Rays links, ...

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Rays News and Notes: Former Ray Clyburn Murdered

Today we lost a member of the Rays community. Former Rays outfielder Danny Clyburn, Jr. was shot this morning at a home in the town of Lancaster, South Carolina. Clyburn did not have a long or memorable MLB career, but ...

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2012 Prospect Breakout Candidate: John Shelby

What is it about John Shelby? As a prospect evaluator, sometimes you get irrational feelings about prospects. Sometimes you watch a player and see unharnessed potential in him that could be just a moment away from coming. Maybe you look at the ...

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Minor League Lineups – Montgomery Biscuits

Continuing with our look at how the lineups might look for the Rays affiliates. If you missed Durham's, you can find it here. This week: Montgomery ...

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The Rays Tank: Brooks Baseball Is Amazing; Justin Ruggs Sign With Astros

I can't believe I forgot to pass this along yesterday, but on Friday evening, three fantastic Pitch F/x'ers (Dan Brooks, Harry Pavlidis, and Lucas Apostoleris) released ...

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Rays News And Notes: Ruggiano Follows the Crowd, Signs in Houston

There has been a recent signing binge on former Rays players, most heading to the AL and NL Central. Justin Ruggiano joined the crowd today, signing a minor league deal with an invite to spring training with the Houston Astros. ...

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Rays Are Hiring A Season Ticket/Database Service Intern

Rays Are Hiring A Season Ticket/Database Service Intern Like most entry-level jobs in baseball, it doesn't sound like a particularly glamorous role. But hey, if you're college-aged and looking for a baseball-related gig, this sounds like an intere...

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Time To Start Thinking About Fantasy Baseball

Every so often, we're going to have advertisement posts here at DRaysBay. If they're not your thing, please feel free to skip -- totally understood. If you're reading this and you haven't already started thinking ...

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Thoughts on James Shields, Part 1

In this two part series, I will look at various aspects of James Shield's 2011 performance and how if could effect his 2012 season. In the ...

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The Rays Tank: Only 14 More Days…

Now that football season is over -- I actually watched my first football game of the season last night, man -- baseball season seems all that ...

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Rays News and Notes: BJ Upton Very Unlikely to be Traded

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that the Nationals trade talks about BJ Upton have cooled. What this means is BJ Upton is very unlikely to be traded before the season, and probably won’t be traded at the ...

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2012 Rays Fantasy Baseball Preview

2012 Rays Fantasy Baseball Preview Jason recently answered some questions for Grey Albright over at Razzball, talking about how players on the Rays should perform and which players are good fantasy grabs. His Longo prediction made my heart skip a ...

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Remembering our Roots: Looking at Pro Baseball in Tampa Prior to the Rays (Part 3)

We continue with Part 3 of our series on the professional teams and players who played in the area in and around Tampa prior to the creation of the Tampa Bay Rays. In this post we take a look at ...

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Rays News and Notes: Rays Beat Niemann

The Rays beat Jeff Niemann yesterday in arbitration. Neimann will make $2.75 million next season. He filed for $3.2 million. Even though he lost, Niemann will still make nearly 300% more than the $903,000 he made last season. The win ...

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The Rays 2012 Bullpen Competition

After the conclusion of the 2010 season the Rays front office was faced with the unprecedented task of having to replace six pitchers who appeared in ...

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Stephen Vogt, the Ultimate Rays Utilityman?

The Rays organization is packed with utility players, players who can play more than one position. Every team has several utility players in their system, but the difference is that the Rays’ guys can often actually hit. Ben Zobrist can ...

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Rays Win Arbitration Hearing With Jeff Niemann

Rays Win Arbitration Hearing With Jeff Niemann Per Marc Topkin, the Rays won their arbitration hearing against Jeff Niemann, who will be making $2.8M next year. Andrew Friedman remains undefeated.

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Rays Should Sign Russell Branyan

As Jason Collette pointed out yesterday, the Rays have seemingly lost all of their former first basemen to the American League Central. All three also happened ...

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The Rays Tank: Edwin Jackson Signed; Rays Chances Of A Trade Shrinking

The Washington Nationals signed Edwin Jackson to a one year, ~$10 million deal yesterday, but despite that fact, it doesn't look like the pitching market is ...

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Rolden Ribble, the Best Name in Tampa Baseball History

In between these long Tampa Bay baseball history posts I’ve been doing (see Part 1 here and Part 2 here), I thought I’d tide you over with the story of a former Tampa minor league player whose name is awfully ...

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Rays News and Notes: Kotchman Joins the Tribe

The recent signing spree of former Rays continued today. Casey Kotchman signed a one year deal with the Indians. The deal is valued at $3 million plus incentives. Kotchman will join Russ Canzler in Cleveland, as Canzler was traded there ...

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All former Rays 1B flee to the AL Central

All former Rays 1B flee to the AL Central Kotchman has inked a 1-yr deal with the Indians for $3M per Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Catching Targets on the Trade Market

Back in October, jcmitchell took a look at available catching targets here. However, over four months have passed and numerous moves have occurred. With the catcher's ...

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Catching Targets on the Trade Market

Back in October, jcmitchell took a look at available catching targets here. However, over four months have passed and numerous moves have occurred. With the catcher's ...

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A Geovany Soto Trade to the Rays Would Have to Involve Matt Garza

A couple of days ago, Devon mentioned that the Rays could be interested in trading for Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. The type of trade makes sense because the Rays need a starting catcher and Soto has nice power and plays solid ...

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The Dan Johnson Video Vault & Recaps

Tributes to Dan Johnson are all over the web. This thread is a walk back in time for Johnson's four greatest nights in the American League East with videos and links to the DRB ...

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The Rays Tank: Casey Fossum’s Triumphant Return To The AL East

Hold onto your hats, everyone, as this news is sure to shock: Casey Fossum is back in the AL East. After spending the spending the entire ...

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The Rays Tank: Casey Fossum’s Triumphant Return To The AL East

Hold onto your hats, everyone, as this news is sure to shock: Casey Fossum is back in the AL East. After spending the spending the entire ...

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Rays News and Notes: Dan Johnson Moves On

There was some more signing news today, as Dan Johnson moved on from the Rays, signing a minor league deal with the White Sox. Johnson will be fighting for a spot in an already crowded first base position for the ...

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Others have had enough of waiting on Upton. "He’s always just showing flashes of what he’s capable…

Others have had enough of waiting on Upton. "He's always just showing flashes of what he's capable of," said an American League scout. "The lack of adjustments and the same damn swing every time and knowing how much ...

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1B Dan Johnson, who hit big homers for #Rays, signing w/ #White Sox, minor-league deal

1B Dan Johnson, who hit big homers for #Rays, signing w/ #White Sox, minor-league deal Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times First Canzler, now DanJo? It's like the Rays don't want to leave us any Quad-A first basemen to get ...

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Deep Thoughts: Rotation and Manager Edition

Today's Deep Thoughts guest is Ben Lindbergh, editor/author at Baseball Prospectus, analyst at Bloomberg Sports and recent BBWAA member. We discuss the Rays options on the ...

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The Rays Tank: Russ Canzler Traded; Longoria Speaks About His Contract

The Russ Canzler trade was already discussed here on the site, but I wanted to give a quick tip of the hat to Canzler on his ...

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Rays Part Ways With Canzler, Ruggiano

Two Rays who have spent time with the big league club left the team this week. Russ Canzler was traded to the Indians for cash considerations. Canzler was designated for assignment earlier in the week to make room for Jeff ...

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Could Rays be interested in Geovany Soto?

This could be pure speculation, but CSNChicago.com is reporting that the Rays could have interest in Geovany Soto. The deal would seem to make sense for both sides, as the Rays need a catcher with experience and the Cubs could ...

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