Despite trade interest in the Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton, a Major League source close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says Upton is unlikely to be moved.
Top outfield prospect Desmond Jennings is not ready to take over for Upton nor is a defensive tandem of Ben Zobrist and Sean Rodriguez enough to replace [...]
07/26/10
Earlier today, Peter Gammons of MLB.com mentioned “rumblings” of a possible three-way trade that involved B.J. Upton and the Mariners’ Cliff Lee. Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports say that such a deal could be problematic for the short-term and long-term for the Rays.
They say Ben Zobrist would likely take over in center [...]
07/06/10
4/23 11:16: The Tampa Bay Tribune tweets that the new deal is $18 million guaranteed through 2013 with club options at $7 million and $7.5 million in 2014 and 2015.
4/23 03:46: Bill Chastain of MLB.com says that the Tampa Bay Rays and infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist have agreed to a five-year extension. The deal will formally [...]
04/23/10
Update 1/27 04:45am: Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports says that Hudson has a few choices: take a strong financial offer from the Nationals, take a lesser valued contract from the Rays or take a deal from another club that will put him near the Nationals financially and the Rays competitively – if [...]
01/27/10
According to Tampa Bay.com, the Tampa Bay Rays have completed a trade of 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. The Rays have until one day after the World Series to either pick up the option or pay Iwamura a $550,000 buyout. In completing this trade, they did a sign [...]
11/04/09