Andrew Friedman has joined the Dodgers, according to a team release. Matthew Silverman, previously the team president, will replace Friedman as president of baseball operations. It’s unclear if/how this will impact the rest of the front office.
FoxSports’s Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Rays have agreed to a six-year extension with Chris Archer in the range of $25M that begins this season and includes two club options. The contract covers all of Archer’s arbitration years as well as gives the Rays team options to exercise which would have been Archer’s first two […]
Earlier today, the Rays announced they agreed to terms with David Price for 2014. Price will earn $14 million in 2014, which is more than the $13.1 million that MLB Trade Rumors projected him to receive in the arbitration process a few weeks ago. This deal does not necessarily guarantee Price stays with the Rays […]
At the winter meetings Andrew Friedman said he thought the Rays would have a solution for first base by the end of the month. As it turns out he only needed until the end of the week. With the market for first basemen drying up, the Rays turned to a familiar face, inking James Loney […]
At the end of the season, Andrew Friedman expressed a few goals for the offseason as he planned out the 2014 Rays roster. One of those goals was a desire to add speed to the roster. “We can’t force it, but to have more of a speed element would be ideal.”
David Price is expected to be a hot topic during next week’s winter meetings. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan, the Mariners and Dodgers are amongst a handful of teams that have interest in the left hander and the means to get a deal done. At the beginning of the off-season, we mentioned that while […]
While the focus has been on who the Rays might add this winter, don’t be surprised if a few familiar names are moved along the way.
The Mark Lowe signing means it’s time to talk about the Rays and their depth-favoring ways again.
The terms market driven and positive arbitrage have become synonymous with how the Rays operate. This is especially true during the winter months, in which they go head-to-head with the rest of the league for talent on the open market. These terms will continue to define the Rays conduct business, but it looks like we […]