Wade Allen Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 7, 1985 in Lake Wales, FL
High School: Lake Wales HS (Lake Wales, FL)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2009 (Age 23)   vs. DET 7.0 IP, 3 H, 9 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Teams (by GP): Rays/Royals 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$10.1M (11-14) & 15-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.032, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Jet Sports Management [*]
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• 6/9 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap:Ervin Santana Strong in 7-2 Win; Hosmer Has A Good Night: Good pitching, hitting, and defense could win a lot of games for the Kansas City Royals (27-32), as was the case Saturday night...
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• 6/6 TheFantasyFix.com: Where There’s a Wil There’s a Ray: Wil Myers Impending Arrival: Tampa Bay Rays fans are impatiently awaiting the arrival of their team’s top prospect Wil Myers’ to the big club.  The Rays...
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• 6/5 Kings of Kauffman: Impact of Royals’ Defense on the Pitching Staff: Coming into the season, there was a lot of talk about the Royals having one of the best defenses in the league. That re**** has...
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• 5/31 Kings of Kauffman: Royals at Rangers – Series Preview: While many of you were sleeping Kansas City salvaged game four of the I-70 Series at St. Louis 4-2 after a 5 ½ hour rain delay....
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• 5/31 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Episode #6: Fantasy, Phillies And Rangers Expert Interviews + Notes: Like us on Facebook here Friday, May.31/2013 ’2 And A Hook’ is an expression from Baseball:  ‘Throw the guy...
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• 5/25 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Pitcher Danny Duffy Gets Double A Rehab Start Sunday: The Royals haven’t struggled for starting pitching in 2013 as in years past, but they’re still getting closer to getting...
• 5/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Tampa Bay Rays Call Up Chris Archer in a Relief Role?: In 2012, the Rays’ closer position was the best in all of baseball as Fernando Rodney was unstoppable on his way to a MLB-record...
• 5/25 Sports Talk Florida: Is Roberto Hernandez Reclamation Project Nearing An Expiration Date?Roberto Hernandez time in the rotation may end upon the return of David Price....
• 5/25 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Miguel Tejada Provides Pop; Bullpen & Offense Falter: Things just aren’t working for the Kansas City Royals (21-24) as they dropped another game to the Los Angeles Angels (21-27)...
• 5/24 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Ervin Santana Suffers From Gopheritis; Lorenzo Cain Scored Twice: Maybe it was seeing the uniforms again. Ervin Santana, who looked like he had conquered his penchant for giving up home runs like...
• 5/23 Kings of Kauffman: Angels at Royals– Series Preview: After a 3-6 road trip through Anaheim, Oakland and Houston the Royals return home for a six game homestand which begins against...
• 5/23 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Offense Fails James Shields Yet Again; Astros Win Series: This was the series in which the Kansas City Royals (21-22) were supposed to get healthy. Instead, they had one 3-inning stretch...
• 5/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Opponents Doing to the Rays What the Rays Used to Do to Them: Stealing Bases: Over the past decade, one of the hallmarks for the Tampa Bay Rays has been their ability to steal bases. Since 2003, the Rays...
• 5/22 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Losing Streak Ends; Alex Gordon’s Average Sits At .352: It wasn’t pretty or overwhelming by any sense but the Kansas City Royals (21-21) did end their ugly four-game skid to retake...
• 5/22 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Royals Escape With Win, Chiefs OTAs Continue, Xbox One: ABOUT LAST NIGHT… Kansas City may have saved their season last night with a come-from-behind win against the terrible Houston...
• 5/21 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 21, 2013: AL Yankees (Phil Hughes) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez), 7:05 Tigers (Max Scherzer) at Indians (Corey Kluber), 7:05 Rays (Alex Cobb)...
• 5/21 Kings of Kauffman: Odorizzi is First Up: The first of the Royal prospects shipped to Tampa Bay in THE TRADE came up today, and it was not Wil Myers.  Jake Odorizzi made...
• 5/21 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Hosmer, Moustakas, And An Ill-Timed Quote: The Royals dropped their fourth game in a row tonight, to the Houston Astros no less, to run their season record to 20-21. Tomorrow’s...
• 5/20 Sports Talk Florida: Jake Odorizzi Makes HIs Rays Debut In Afternoon Affair Versus Blue JaysJake Odorizzi ready to make his Rays debut against a struggling Blue Jays. Lineups Posted....
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• 5/20 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Monday: May 20, 2013: What a blah day of picking! With the rain-out of the Yankees - Blue Jays game and what would have surely been a correct pick,...
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• 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Price, Odorizzi, Loney, Johnson: Over the last ten games, the Rays share a league-best 8-2 mark. Here are a few notes on the team as it looks to carry that momentum...
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• 5/18 Baseball News Source: Jake Odorizzi To Start Against Toronto Blue Jays: As first reported by Marc Topkin  of the Tampa Bay Times Jake Odorizzi will make his Tampa Bay Rays  debut starting against...
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• 5/12 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Another James Shields Start Wasted With Poor Offense: At some point, the Royals’ General Manager Dayton Moore is going to have to recognize the fact that the offense needs help....
• 5/11 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Pitching Overachievers and Underachievers: The Royals have been playing contending baseball despite having rough numbers from most of their key offensive players. With Mike...
• 5/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Struggles; Jarrod Dyson & Mike Moustakas Go Long: Wade Davis‘ inconsistency woes continue to hold the pitcher back. In Friday’s 11-6 beating by the New York Yankees...
• 5/10 KC Kingdom: Preview: New York Yankees Vs. Kansas City Royals: It is like we have found a time machine. The first place (AL East) New York Yankees (20-13) are coming to town to battle it out...
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• 4/29 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #21 & #22: Indians split twin bill: Game 1: Royals 9, Indians 0 Game 2: Indians 10, Royals 3 Player of Game 1: Jeremy Guthrie (6.2 Inn. 6 hits...
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• 4/28 mlbreports.com : The Pitching Artist Formerly Known As Fausto Carmona Needs To Be DFA’d!: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.28/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent):  Roberto Hernandez,  ( AKA Fausto Carmona),...
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• 4/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Kansas City Royals: Early Season Notes: Because it’s unquantifiable on their spreadsheets many stat people ridicule the concept of “veteran presence.” The most...
• 4/24 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: April 24, 2013: AL Blue Jays (Brandon Morrow) at Orioles (Josh Stinson), 12:35 Indians (Zach McAllister) at White Sox (Jose Quintana), 2:10 Mariners...
• 4/23 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Blustering Braves: Atlanta Braves Weekly Report: by Dale Yarborough​Atlanta Braves Beat ReporterPaul Maholm/sbnation.comThe 2013 Atlanta Braves have shot off to a quick start...
• 4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 20 Preview: Are David Price’s Velocity Struggles A Reason for Concern?: Thus far in 2012, David Price has not lived up to expectations. He has gone just 0-1 with a 6.26 ERA in his first 4 starts, and...
• 4/23 Through The Fence Baseball: So … do the Atlanta Braves suck now?: That’s right, Atlanta Braves fans. I heard you. After a nearly historic streak to start the season, the Braves have dropped...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Adam Wainwright is showing Cliff Lee like control this season. Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Royals and Tigers battle...
• 4/23 KC Kingdom: Series Preview: Royals vs. Tigers: The Kansas City Royals will finish off an eight-game road trip by playing a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. Here...
• 4/23 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 23, 2013: AL A’s (Bartolo Colon) at Red Sox (Alfredo Aceves), 6:35 Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez), 7:05 Royals...
• 4/23 On The Way Home: Guest Post: Can the Kansas City Royals Keep Winning?: Kansas City Royals fans have been suffering for a long, long time. Since winning the 1985 World Series against the ... keep readingThe...
• 4/22 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Peaks and Valleys: Believe Me, or Not: Feedback is what drives me.  I enjoy being able to talk and write fantasy baseball articles. I also feel like the only way to...
• 4/22 Baseball Jerks: MLB Week 4: A Look Ahead at Key Matchups and Storylines: What a week it has been. Boston became the setting for one of the most heinous acts of terrorism this country has ever seen. And,...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
• 4/21 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Red Sox Win Emotional Game; Lorenzo Cain Gets 4 Hits: It has been a very harrowing week for the city of Boston in which its citizens have emerged as an example of strength and will...
• 4/19 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Maholm, Royals, Shields, Martin: Earlier today, Jim Bowden of ESPN.com (Insider sub. req'd) looked at five early season surprised and wondered if they'd be able...
• 4/19 Kings of Kauffman: Wade Davis and THE TRADE: I have been considering building a capital budgeting framework for valuing baseball trades, and Wade Davis’ start this week...
• 4/19 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues and AL/NL Only: Yonder Alonso's high batting average gives him value. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under...
• 4/19 BoSox Injection: Streaking Sox Take On Royals Friday at Fenway: Boston, Kansas City Series Preview: The Kansas City Royals were one of the most dominant teams during the 2013 spring training season. You heard me. The Kansas City...
• 4/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: MLB Power Rankings for April 2013: As a guest writer for Fantasy Team Advice I am allowed to write about whatever I please so I have put together my first power...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 18, 2013: Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast was taped during the San Jose Giants and Stockton Ports game played...
• 4/18 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Brilliant; Greg Holland & Kelvin Herrera Bounce Back: The stalwart starting rotation again covered for the struggling bats of the Kansas City Royals (8-6) on Wednesday when the Royals...
• 4/18 Billy-Ball.com: Celebrating 1-0 wins: PEDs took the joy of homers away from me, which is a discussion for a whole other time. So now, I look to great pitching and great...
• 4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Set to Debut, Wade Davis Impresses for Royals, David Price: Way back on April 6th, Scott Kazmir was ready to make his long-awaited return to the major leagues, taking the ball for the Indians...
• 4/18 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/18:   GIF Of The Bluebird Kelly Shoppach Tried to Throw the Ball, but Failed Not Braves related, but to good had to throw it...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Rays Need To Call Up Will Myers Pronto!: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.18/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): First off, I wanted to say...
• 4/18 Baseball Ruminations: April 17, 2013 – Royals at Braves: Wednesday, 12:10 PM Turner Field Atlanta, GA Whoever said that too much of a good thing is bad clearly wasn’t a sports fan....
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 17, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I look at the negative things in our life that we can express as...
• 4/17 The DoubleDay: Wade Davis Blanks the Blank Out of the Braves: TylerDrenonThe Braves were 12-1 coming into their brunch with Kansas City today. They had just crushed three homers off of Kelvin...
• 4/17 Baseball News Source: Kansas City Royals Wade Davis Shuts Down Red Hot Braves: How do you shut down the red hot Atlanta Braves? Send Wade Davis to the mound. Davis  threw  seven shutout innings,  scattering...
• 4/17 Baseball Musings: Learning from the Pen: Wade Davis pitched seven shutout innings against the Braves as the Royals end Atlanta’s winning streak with a 1-0 victory....
• 4/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Rays and Orioles: Early Season Notes: Tampa Bay Rays The Rays were one of the few teams with a “surplus” of starting pitching. So they dealt James Shields and Wade...
• 4/17 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Wednesday: April 17, 2013: Yesterday featured some brilliant picks. The Twins over the Angels? I had it. The Padres over the Dodgers? Yep. Got that one....
• 4/16 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Kansas City Royals: Source: Jamie Squire/Getty Images North America In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30...
• 4/16 KC Kingdom: Royals vs. Braves Series Preview: The Royals begin a two game series against the Atlanta Braves tonight in Atlanta. Here are some notes to keep in mind before the...
• 4/15 Kings of Kauffman: Early Team Rankings: The following is trying to look at the Royals’ team stats to see if there is anything unusual going on and if there is anything...
• 4/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Walk-Off Single By Alex Gordon; Ervin Santana Goes 8: Good pitching and timely hitting generally translates into victories and that is what happened Sunday afternoon at Kaufman Stadium....
• 4/15 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Royals @ Braves, KC Views:   As we approach Jackie Robinson day on 4/15 we notice the Braves have a day off on the calendar.  Before you get crazy...
• 4/14 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: James Shields Loses 2-Hit Complete Game, Eric Hosmer Hurt?: Thursday’s off day seems to have sapped the Kansas City Royals‘ (6-5) momentum they gathered during their 3-game sweep...
• 4/13 Kings of Kauffman: First Impressions: 2013 Lexington Legends Infielders: Media Day brings us the first look at each year’s newest edition of the Legends, and this year certainly didn’t disappoint. After...
• 4/12 Jays Journal: Toronto Blue Jays/Kansas City Royals Preview: 4/12/13: At 3-6 and 6-3 respectively, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals come into Friday’s series opener in two completely...
• 4/11 i70baseball.com: Greg Holland and Wade Davis struggle early this seasonThe Royals are playing well, despite Holland and Davis struggling on the mound....
• 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Why Did the Attempted Conversion of Rays’ Jeff Niemann to Relief Turn Out So Disastrous?: It happened so fast we didn’t even know what had hit us. Jeff Niemann was heading to the Rays’ bullpen after losing...
• 4/11 Billy-Ball.com: Shutout Wednesday: The Reds Homer Bailey took a 23-inning scoreless streak into the 5th inning of his game against the Cardinals yesterday. But four...
• 4/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Gets 1st Win; Billy Butler, Jeff Franoeur Homer: On a cold, wet, Wednesday night in Kansas City, the leaders in the American League Central stretched their early season divisional...
• 4/11 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Orioles Knock Hanrahan Sox Off: With a 5-3 lead heading into the 9th inning, the Boston Red Sox felt pretty good about taking the first two games against the...
• 4/11 TheLeadoffWalk: Twins vs. Royals: Day Ten Observations: Royals 3, Twins 0 Billy Butler: It didn’t take long for Butler to continue his run-producing ways. On the second...
• 4/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Kansas City Royals: A Good Week, Or A Good Year?: Who has ascending talent ready to compete and who is relying on fossilizing talent to hold on? These are the basic questions I...
• 4/11 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Complete Sweep of Twins: It’s still early in the 2013 season, but one thing is for certain: a quick start by the Royals isn’t going to hurt....
• 4/10 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Starting Rotation Built for Stability in 2013: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April.10/2013 By Michael McGraw ( Royals Correspondent) It was obvious through General Manager...
• 4/10 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – APRIL 10, 2013: AL Blue Jays (Mark Buehrle) at Tigers (Rick Porcello), 1:05 Rays (Matt Moore) at Rangers (Derek Holland), 2:05 Yankees (Ivan Nova)...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Homer Bailey and Jake Westbrook bring 0.00 ERAs into the rubber game of the Reds at Cardinals series. Bailey only allowed two...
• 4/8 Puckett's Pond: Twins at Royals Series Preview: The 4-2 Twins wrap up a six game road trip with three games at Kansas City beginning at 3:10 today. Kevin Correia will face Royals...
• 4/8 Kings of Kauffman: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals – Series Preview: The Royals are finally home after taking part in the White Sox and Phillies home openers last week. Kansas City returns to Kauffman...
• 4/7 KC Kingdom: The First Time Through: The Royals New Rotation: The Kansas City Royals opened the 2013 season with a starting rotation entirely different than the one they had at the beginning...
• 4/7 The High Phive: Phillies Fall Apart in Home Opener, Lose 13-4: You couldn’t really dream up a better start to today’s home opener. There were home runs, extra base hits, good defense...
• 4/6 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Gordon, Getz Bases Loaded Triples; Escobar Homers; Hosmer Has 4 Hits: It took three and a half games for the the Kansas City Royals’ bats we witnessed in Arizona to finally thaw out. The Royals...
• 4/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Royals vs. Phillies, Cardinals vs. Giants: Day Five Observations: Royals 13, Phillies 4 Alex Gordon: It was just another ho-hum, run-of-the-mill day of Alex Gordon being awesome...
• 4/5 KC Kingdom: Quality Starts, Wins, and the Kansas City Royals: Sometimes things are not as complicated as we make them. We’ve complained endlessly about decisions and issues with the...
• 4/5 Philadelphia Baseball Review: Gameday Preview: April 5 - Phillies vs. Royals: By PATRICK GORDON | Managing Editor@PhilabaseballIt's been a little more than 33 years since Mike Schmidt and George Brett last...
• 4/5 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Jeremy Guthrie K’s 9; Offense Still On Hiatus; 1st Win: The Kansas City Royals avoided a disastrous 3-game losing streak to start the 2013 season, despite an anemic offense. The Royals...
• 4/5 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Royals at Phillies, April 5-7: The Phillies will kick off their 2013 home schedule with interleague play for the very first time this week as the visiting Kansas...
• 4/5 Kings of Kauffman: Spring Q&A with That Balls Outta Here: After a 1-2 trip on the South Side of Chicago, the Royals head to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park....
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Say Timing Of Shields-Myers Deal Was Key: by Chuck Myron for MLBTR In December, the Rays parted with their all-time leader in wins, strikeouts and games started when...
• 4/3 Diamond Ring: Where The Royals Stand After Opening Day: When we reviewed the Royals over the winter, they were the seventh or maybe, just maybe, the sixth best team in the American League....
• 4/2 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rookies, Rays, Cubs: Jose Fernandez of the Marlins, Aaron Hicks of the Twins, and Jackie Bradley, Jr. of the Red Sox are all on their teams' Opening...
• 4/1 The Captain's Blog: 2013 Season Preview and Predictions: American League Edition: American League East Toronto Blue Jays: Much of the focus has been on the talented players GM Alex Anthopoulos acquired in the...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Predictions: Jacob: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Predictions: Joel: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Season Preview: What We Know: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Strikeout To Walk Is Key Stat For Royals In 2013: A fun fact: no team in the American League that was below league average in SO-BB ratio made the playoffs last season. Only two...
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Set Organization Rosters: On Friday, the Royals made the last decision of spring training, choosing George Kottaras as Salvador Perez‘s backup. After...
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: 2013 Season Preview: Prediction season is once again upon us. Here at BSI, we will be partaking in the festivities as well, with each writer posting...

• 3/29 Baseball Musings: The Return of Dr. Fausto: The pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona, the current Roberto Hernandez, made the Rays rotation: Last year the Rays had a...
• 3/29 Kings of Kauffman: Positional Power Rankings Reaction: I highly recommend going over to Fangraphs and checking out this piece, and all of the individual articles it was built from....
• 3/29 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays Name Roberto Hernandez To Rotation:  As expected, Tampa Bay Rays  manager Joe Maddon announced that Roberto Hernandez  will be added to the rotation and Jeff...
• 3/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Name Roberto Hernandez 5th Starter, Send Jeff Niemann to Bullpen: Allowing 9 runs on 11 hits in his last spring start was not exactly the final impression that Roberto Hernandez wanted to give...
• 3/28 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the American League East: The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have traditionally dominated the American League East division thanks to their lofty...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: James Shields and Life Outside the Trop: Late on December 10, the Kansas City Royals agreed to a trade that, in principle, sent highly-touted outfield prospect Wil...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Bullpen Depth and the Kansas City Royals: In October, few things are as important to a baseball team as having a deep and talented bullpen. In recent years, the San...
• 3/28 i70baseball.com: Are the Royals For Real This Year?I believe this is the year the Royals turn the corner. Or at least finish above .500....
• 3/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Should Be The Rays’ 5th Starter, Jeff Niemann or Roberto Hernandez?: Spring training is drawing to a close, and the Rays’ Opening Day roster is set. Jose Lobaton was named the backup catcher...
• 3/28 More Than A Fan: How the A.L. East Shakes Out in 2013, First Take: The great thing about pre-season predictions is that nobody ever remembers them, except the person who made them, and no one ever...
• 3/28 11th and Washington: The six covers of SI's 2013 baseball preview issue: It's that time of year. Sports Illustrated released its baseball preview cover yesterday.Actually, that should be covers. For...
• 3/28 Kings of Kauffman: Moving on from Myers: Remember Wil Myers? Of course you do. For some of you, it’s still an open wound. You’re still heartbroken. He’s like that...
• 3/27 The DoubleDay: Ad Hoch Hypothesis: TylerDrenonThe percentage of newly religious Royals fans is on the rise. Something supernatural has certainly befallen the Kansas...
• 3/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): Better Know a Division: The 2013 AL Central: To be honest, I was a little intimidated by the prospect of writing this preview. I really just wanted to be lazy and post, "THE...
• 3/26 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Davis Strong; Gordon, Escobar, Cain, Francoeur All Have 2 Hits: It is one thing to read about baseball, or even to listen to the Kansas City Royals on radio. It is quite another to get to watch...
• 3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays preview: Will youth be served in the AL East?: When you consider this past offseason for the Tampa Bay Rays, what becomes clear is the club’s biggest move — dealing for...
• 3/26 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB 2013 Preview: Breaking down the American League Central division: The Detroit Tigers, powered by the bats of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder and the arm of ace Justin Verlander, comfortably...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Predicts the Future: Opening day is in one week, which means there’s a light at the end of the the tunnel and we can all stop saying “yeah...
• 3/25 Lasorda's Lair: Birdman Zack Greinke Makes 64 Pitches In Three Frames Against Royals: Zack Greinke, the blue bird took his first steps toward flapping his wings and flying into the regular season on time. Birdman...
• 3/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Welcome Return of Zack Greinke: For the first time since March 1, Zack Greinke is on the mound in a Cactus League game for the Dodgers, facing off against Wade...
• 3/25 Lasorda's Lair: Birdman Greinke Back On The Mound In Blue: The 147 million dollar Mark Fidrych look-alike and former Cy Young award winner Birdman Zack Greinke returns to the mound tonight...
• 3/25 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Guthrie Rolls; Francoeur Shows Life; Gordon Belts 5th: The pitching stiffened and the bats stayed hot as the Kansas City Royals took out division rival Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Sunday,...
• 3/25 MLB Dirt: 2013 Tampa Bay Rays Top 16 Prospects: The Tampa Bay Rays continue to contend and continue to replenish their loaded farm system. The recent trade of James Shields and...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: April Showers: If you ask someone for a Royals win prediction for 2013, you’re bound to get a plethora* of answers. The response you receive...
• 3/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: Central States Edition: With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League...
• 3/22 Kings of Kauffman: A Potpourri of Royals Spring Training Notes: The Royals celebrated a 13-9 victory today that saw Eric Hosmer and Jeff Francoeur hit homers and James Shields get roughed up...
• 3/22 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Central: In this installment of “Prediction Time” I get to the most important division in baseball for Tigers fans, and probably...
• 3/21 StanGraphs: Wake Up! 2013 Fantasy Baseball Pitching Sleepers: The 2013 Major League Baseball season is less than two weeks away from enveloping me in its comfy web, and I don’t want...
• 3/21 Pinstripe Pundits: Division Preview: Tampa Bay Rays: Leading up to Opening Day, we’ll be previewing the divisional rivals the Yankees will be competing with in 2013. Today,...
• 3/21 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Pitches Well; Mike Moustakas & Lorenzo Cain Go Deep: The offense bounced back yesterday in the Kansas City Royals‘ 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Surprise, Arizona....
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Kansas City Royals: After improving their starting rotation the Royals can be considered a sleeper team entering the 2013 season.  Major League...
• 3/20 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Jeremy Guthrie Good Early; Mike Moustakas Goes Deep: Reality is starting to sink in just a little bit for the Kansas City Royals in Arizona. It was all fun and games the first few...
• 3/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Kansas City Royals preview: Playoff dreams not unrealistic: If you’ve been a Kansas City Royals fan for long, as I have, then you’ve been hearing “they’ll be good in a couple...
• 3/20 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Spring Training: Minor League Assignments, Hall of Fame Hijinks, and Awards: It’s starting to hit that point of spring training where the excitement of pitchers and catchers reporting has dwindled...
• 3/19 Kings of Kauffman: Pitching Depth and the Crowded Omaha Rotation: Having too much starting pitching depth is impossible. No matter how good a general manager thinks his five-man rotation looks,...
• 3/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Does The Rays’ Strategy of Leaving Big League-Ready Pitchers at Triple-A Make Any Sense?: There was a time when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were infamous throughout baseball for rushing their pitching prospects to the major...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Most One-Sided Trade Of The Last Decade: Yankees GM Brian Cashman spoke last week about how his team nearly traded Mariano Rivera to the Mariners for Felix Fermin in...
• 3/16 Southside Showdown: Chatting Royals With Mike Vamosi of Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day is still a couple of weeks away, but it’s nearing. The White Sox open up with the Royals at U.S. Cellular Field...
• 3/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Getz & Giavotella Double Up, Guthrie’s Rocky Start, Lough Still Hot: The Kansas City Royals are still rolling, winning their 15th Spring Training game out of 18 contests. The Royals beat the Cleveland...
• 3/15 Kings of Kauffman: Musical Chairs and Royals Relievers: Spring training always brings up the same terms. Players are in position battles. They’re racing each other for a position....
• 3/14 Baseball Jerks: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Preview: The Rays undeniably had the best pitching staff in all of baseball last season but their mediocre offense kept them to just third...
• 3/13 Baseball News Source: Royals News: Luke Hochevar Moved To Bullpen: When the Kansas City Royals signed right-hander Luke Hochevar to a new deal worth $4.56 million In January, we questioned which...
• 3/13 SoDo Mojo: 2013 American League Preview: A few weeks ago, I gave my predictions for the American League West division. This week, I will finish my projections for the...
• 3/13 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | Price Quotes: Tyler DrenonIs there a finer sound in the unrestricted sonance of baseball than the efficient hum of the Rays talent machine? Yes...but...
• 3/13 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Release Guillermo Moscoso: Nearly a week ago, Guillermo Moscoso entered a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners and proceeded to give up two...
• 3/12 Kings of Kauffman: Realistic Win Total for 2013: No one could have asked for a better start to the spring than the way the Royals have been playing.  As a team they are absolutely...
• 3/12 Baseball Jerks: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Preview: The Rays undeniably had the best pitching staff in all of baseball last season but their mediocre offense kept them to just third...
• 3/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Jim Hickey Effect Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays: Following the 2013 MLB Season, a key Tampa Bay Ray is set to hit free agency. He’s entering his seventh and final season...
• 3/11 Kings of Kauffman: World Baseball Classic Could Spell Bad News For Royals: With the arrival of the World Baseball Classic this past week, I have to admit, I was excited. Baseball fans finally had real...
• 3/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Kansas City Royals: Starting Pitching Key: Wade Davis The Royals can write down what they’ll get from the majority of their starting pitchers. That...
• 3/10 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Kansas City Royals: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/10 Kings of Kauffman: Yordano Ventura Keeps Impressing: Spring training numbers are generally meaningless. Obviously you’d rather someone hit well or pitch well, but many veterans...
• 3/10 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Ventura, Giavotella, & Lough Shine: The Kansas City Royals bounced back from losing their first spring game on Thursday and suffering through two Friday Arizona rain...
• 3/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Get Your Thetans Tested At Citi Field: The thetans are important to judging one’s overall mental health. At least that’s what I’ve heard. Or is that Scientology?...
• 3/9 Call to the Pen: The Tampa Bay Rays: The Little Market Team That Could: The little market team that could, the Tampa Bay Rays keep chugging up the nasty American League East hill towards another 90...
• 3/9 Kings of Kauffman: Wade Davis Dealing With Shoulder Soreness: On Friday afternoon, the Royals informed Bob Dutton that right-hander Wade Davis would be skipping his next scheduled start due...
• 3/8 Baseball News Source: Royals News: Wade Davis to Miss Start With Sore Shoulder: It certainly isn’t time to panic, but Wade Davis acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays  this winter along with James Shields...
• 3/8 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Kansas City Royals: How many fans of the Royals think, “Dayton Moore is the worst GM in baseball.” I almost have sympathy for Royals fans....
• 3/7 WasWatching: Great Non-Closing Seasons: Here’s one list - Rk Player ERA+ BA SV Year Age Tm G GS GF W L IP ERA BF OBP SLG OPS+ 1 Chris Hammond 441 .195 0 2002 36...
• 3/7 Kings of Kauffman: Why Not Aaron Crow?: Aaron Crow was a first round draft pick.  Aaron Crow was supposed to be a starter.  Aaron Crow has some pretty good stuff and...
• 3/7 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 10-1: The top 50 MLB prospects thus far have given us an idea of the direction several franchises are going. The Chicago Cubs, for example,...
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Tampa Bay Rays’ Roberto Hernandez A Different Pitcher and Maybe Even A Better One: Fausto Carmona is gone. We remember him from his 19-win season in 2007 punctuated by a complete game 3-hitter against the Yankees...
• 3/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Undefeated Royals Look Strong in Spring: With an 8-1 victory over the Reds on Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Royals earned their ninth straight win and thus remain...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Do The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers View Their Rotation Surpluses The Same Way?: When you’re looking for the exact opposite edge of the financial spectrum in major league baseball for teams looking to...
• 3/5 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Payroll in 2013 – And Contracts Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, March.05, 2013 By Michael McGraw ( Royals Correspondent) With the Royals finishing the 2012...
• 3/5 MLB Injury News: Royals rumors: Kansas City seeking outfielder: The Kansas City Royals would like to add an outfielder this spring, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports, and the club will...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Is a David Price Extension Possibly Feasible for the Tampa Bay Rays?: Hi Rays fans. I’m Steve Givarz and I will be joining Rays Colored Glasses as a staff writer. I lived in Tampa for ten years...
• 3/4 KC Kingdom: When To Get Excited About The Royals: Nine games. That’s how many consecutive Spring Training games the Kansas City Royals have won. Nine meaningless games. There...
• 3/4 Kings of Kauffman: Draft Stock And Who To Keep A Watchful Eye On: The Royals have had a busy offseason, and will continue to have a busy spring  leading up to the MLB draft come June. General...
• 3/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training Streak Continues: The Royals are 9-0-1 in spring training so far, with their only “loss” happening in the second intrasquad game. As...
• 3/3 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster in 2013 Part 1 – The Hitters: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent) Part 1: The hitters: 2012 saw the Tampa Bay...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Tampa Bay Rays, The Kansas City Royals, and The Margin for Error: On December 9th, 2012, the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals executed one of the most talked-about trades in baseball in a...
• 3/1 Yanks Go Yard: State Of The AL East: Tampa Bay Rays: Over the course of the last few seasons, a new contender has emerged in the American League East. The division is no longer the...
• 3/1 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 6 – AL East: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...

• 2/28 Baseball News Source: Royals News: Shields Perfect in Spring Debut: It’s just one inning. It was only 13 pitches  In a spring training game in February.  James Shields acquired in a trade...
• 2/28 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Tampa Bay Rays: Harry Tomback- The Tampa Bay Rays made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason in acquiring highly touted power-hitting outfield...
• 2/28 Kings of Kauffman: The What Ifs Of One Of The Biggest Blockbuster Trades In Royals History: When the news broke that general manager Dayton Moore and the Royals agreed to ship the organization’s two brightest and...
• 2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields Looks To Add Social Planner To His Leadership Role In Kansas City: Rays fans remember James Shields for his leadership role in the clubhouse, but it looks like Shields is also taking on a new role...
• 2/28 Baseball Jerks: Kansas City Royals 2013 Preview: The Royals have long been in the basement of the AL Central but with the Indians and Twins playing so poorly the Royals have actually...
• 2/28 MLB Dirt: Why The Royals, Mariners, and Indians Will Vie For a Wildcard: Unlike past seasons….the three teams that made the boldest moves during the off season were the Royals, Mariners, and Indians. ...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays addressed long-term needs with a blockbuster trade and the most lucrative contract in franchise history. They addressed...
• 2/27 Kings of Kauffman: The New Guys: Thursday might be the most hyped up 20 pitch performance that the Kansas City Royals organization has had in some time. I don’t...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics: The Longoria Window | Kansas City Royals: Tyler Drenon20122010-2012Average payroll of playoff teams $105,234,600.80$105,374,479.21Kansas City Royals payroll$60,916,225 $56,149,145Average...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: The Dayton Game | Competitive Rotation Edition: Tyler Drenon   Dayton Moore has been busy in Kansas City, constantly re-shuffling the deck in his game of rotation...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics: The Longoria Window | The AL East: Tyler Drenon          Arbitration is one of the murkiest concepts in the economic...
• 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Shields, Davis, Tejada: The Royals are looking for their first .500 finish since 2003, and there's optimism that the team could surprise people following...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/27 Kings of Kauffman: Elliot Johnson and Mike McCartney Stop by the Kansas City Baseball Vault: While snow fell in Kansas City, the Royals were busy getting spring training underway and taking the field against the rest of...
• 2/27 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training 2/26: Pitching on Display: Today’s matchup against the Cleveland Indians was more significant for the Royals because of their pitching lineup than...
• 2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Myers, Johnson, Escobar: The Rays allowed the fewest runs of any MLB team in 2012, posting a team ERA of 3.19. Here’s the latest on the 2013 version...
• 2/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Season Preview: It was another prototypical winter for the folks in Tampa, Florida. Andrew Freidman and  his cohorts looked at the Tampa...
• 2/26 Baseball News Source: Royals’ Wade Davis Gets First Spring Start: The big news for the Kansas City Royals this off-season  was the acquisition of James Shields from the Tampa Bay Rays.  The...
• 2/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: 5 Prospects To Get Excited About: Top 5 prospects I am excited to see…….. Last year was truly a special year for baseball in terms of fans getting to...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Lohse, Cano, Granderson, Orioles: MLBTR's Mark Polishuk examined the market for Kyle Lohse and wrote it would be very surprising to see the Royals make a move...
• 2/24 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays: Wil Myers Makes Nervous Spring Debut: Tampa Bay Rays prospect Wil Myers  admitted he was somewhat nervous and finished his 2013 spring training debut  against the...
• 2/23 KC Kingdom: Royals And Spring Training Stats: It is very easy to get overly excited about Spring Training performances. Fans are so connected with their teams that when players...
• 2/22 Kings of Kauffman: A Pitch Of A Different Kind: Spring Training is beginning to hit its stride with the first game of the spring alreay upon us, today. The buzz of baseball is...
• 2/22 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 2013 MLB All Break-out Team: Last season, I took the time to compile a list of break-out stars, guys that were on the cusp of being huge contributors for...
• 2/22 MLBTradeRumors: Examining The Kyle Lohse Market: Few players have generated as much news as Kyle Lohse this winter, though they're not the headlines that Lohse and agent Scott...
• 2/21 i70baseball.com: To Start Or To Relieve: Wade DavisThe Royals project Wade Davis as a starter, but is he a better reliever?...
• 2/21 Kings of Kauffman: Zimmer Top Royals Prospect in Baseball America’s Top 100:   Baseball America has released its Top 100 Prospects, and of course the first name that draws interest from Royals fans...
• 2/20 Kings of Kauffman: Dayton Moore’s Sense of Time: Dayton Moore is ahead of schedule, according to, well, Dayton Moore. “I’m amazed that it’s happened this quickly,”...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Are Kansas City Royals legitimate contenders in AL Central?: For the first time in a decade, the Kansas City Royals have a chance to contend for a playoff spot. Now, it probably won’t be...
• 2/19 Call to the Pen: The Kansas City Royals Flush With New Starting Pitching Entering 2013: The Kansas City Royals made one of the biggest trades of the offseason. Minor League Player of the Year Wil Myers and three other...
• 2/18 i70baseball.com: Who Is Number Two In KC Rotation?: The addition of James Shields gave them a legitimate ace pitcher at the front of their rotation. The rebuilt rotation looks...
• 2/18 Chicken Friars: Will The Padres Really Add Another Starting Pitcher During Spring Training?: Like it or not Friars fans, but San Diego’s Starting Rotation still has far more questions surrounding it than answers as the...
• 2/18 Kings of Kauffman: Comparison: 2007-08 Rays and 2012-13 Royals: I watched Moneyball again last night. That movie is my crystal meth; I just love it so much. In my smitten swoon over baseball...
• 2/17 Kings of Kauffman: Getting Creative With the Royals Fifth Starter Spot: There aren’t a lot of big position battles in Royals camp, but the looming decision about the fifth starter in the rotation...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Shields, Johnson, Tejada, Francoeur: The Royals, as chronicled by MLBTR's Transaction Tracker, had a busy winter acquiring James Shields and Wade Davis in a blockbluster...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Arroyo, Wang, Perez, Dodgers, Oswalt: The Rays shed about $28MM of payroll this winter between B.J. Upton, James Shields, Carlos Pena, Jeff Keppinger, J.P. Howell,...
• 2/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Mike Montgomery, From Royals Top Prospect to the Biggest Sleeper in the Rays’ Organization: For years and years, lefty Mike Montgomery was right there among the best pitching prospects in baseball. Armed with a blistering...
• 2/15 Call to the Pen: Can The Royals Compete in 2013?: The AL Central has long been one of the weakest divisions in baseball, and the Royals have been the worst of the bunch for two...
• 2/15 i70baseball.com: Salvador Perez May Be Making Crucial Error: As the season looms in the horizon, Perez is preparing to leave the team to play for the Venezuela World Baseball Classic team....
• 2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: What Does Alex Cobb’s All But Guaranteed Spot in the Rays’ Rotation Mean for the Rays’ Other Starters?: On the day that pitchers and catchers reported to the Rays’ spring training home in Port Charlotte, Florida, Rays fans heard...
• 2/14 i70baseball.com: Fourteen Players, Three Roster SpotsThe starting lineup is pretty much set, but opportunities exist for some players to get a spot on the bench....
• 2/13 i70baseball.com: Bruce Chen Withdraws From Rotation: The Kansas City Royals rebuilt their rotation this offseason, leaving Bruce Chen to compete for a spot in order to continue being...
• 2/13 Motor City Bengals: Cleveland Indians Now Biggest Threat to Detroit Tigers in AL Central: The Detroit Tigers entered the offseason as huge favorites in the American League Central. Back-to-back division titles and a...
• 2/13 KC Kingdom: Royals Add Another Utility Infielder: Kansas City Royal General Manager Dayton Moore collects a certain type of player like a kid collects baseball cards.  Unfortunately,...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Tampa Bay Rays Complete James Shields/Wil Myers Deal, Send Elliot Johnson to Kansas City Royals: In 2013, the Rays are going to have a lot of former Rays to root for on the Kansas City Royals (except, of course, when they’re...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: If The Rays Go Fishing For The Longterm, Should They Net Mike Carp?: With the almost last minute signing of Kelly Johnson and the 2013 roster potentially set for spring training now under way, it’s...
• 2/12 KC Kingdom: Indians Signing Bourn Makes Royals’ Task Harder: The biggest move the Kansas City Royals made this off season may actually be the one they didn’t make.  Since acquiring...
• 2/12 i70baseball.com: Elliot Johnson Acquired By Royals: The Kansas City Royals today announced that infielder/outfielder Elliot Johnson was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays as the player...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Acquire Elliot Johnson: The Royals announced that they acquired utility player Elliot Johnson from the Rays as the player to be named later in the December...
• 2/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Spring Training Opens Today With Hope: As happens every spring, hope is in the air.  It is the one time of the year that every team in the major leagues still has a...
• 2/11 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part III: Pitching: For the most part, pitching staffs in the AL East have remained stagnant amongst the division’s clubs. While the Rays did...
• 2/11 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Report to Spring Training Looking to Answer Questions: It was a long winter. And on Monday, it’s over, in a baseball sense. The first official report date of spring training marks...
• 2/9 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Weekend Notes (or, Waiting Patiently For Spring Training): Obviously, the biggest news is Monday’s pitchers and catchers reporting date, though many players are showing up early....
• 2/8 KC Kingdom: 10 Intriguing ST Questions For The Royals, Part 2: The Kansas City Royals are excited about all the new faces (and arms) brought in over the long off-season.  There is fresh hope...
• 2/8 Fire Brand of the American League: Dreaming Big IIThe Sox will need some serious help from their division rivals to win the AL East....
• 2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Javier Vasquez Drawing Major Interest: It says something for the quality of the pitching market when Javier Vazquez can sit out an entire season and then still...
• 2/7 i70baseball.com: The Royals “Come To Play,” but will they have “game” this season?The Royals are an improved team, but there's still some questions coming into Spring Training....
• 2/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Bold Predictions for 2013, Part 3 — The League: The truck has left Boston, and the facilities in Ft. Myers are starting fill up with players eager to prove that 2012 was an aberration....
• 2/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Spot Start Pitchers Ready for Jump to Next Level: This isn’t the first or last time you’ll hear this from me, but drafting the game’s elite pitchers early in...
• 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Kansas City Royals Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we?  The Kansas City Royals have been the sexy team in each of the last couple...

• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: How Do the Rays Keep Their Minor League System Going Strong?: It’s really unbelievable. Once again this year, the Rays’ minor league system is right up there among the best in...
• 1/30 KC Kingdom: Royals Place Three on MLB.com Top-100 Prospect List: MLB.com revealed their Top-100 prospect list today and three current and two recently traded Royals made the list. Of the current...
• 1/27 Kings of Kauffman: A Missed Opportunity: Last Thursday, the New York Mets agreed to terms with Shaun Marcum on a one-year deal. Once the numbers were released, it was...
• 1/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Talking to Rays Right-Hander Chris Archer About Pitching, Pinch-Running, and Charity Work: This past Thursday afternoon, Rays right-handed pitcher Chris Archer, who made his major league debut in 2012, was involved in...
• 1/24 Jays Journal: If Jays Took Fire Sale Approach: Whenever fans talk about approaches their team could have taken in an offseason, it’s always scenarios that would make them...
• 1/24 KC Kingdom: What Did the Kansas City Royals Get In Wade Davis?: It has been a little over six weeks since the General Manager for the Kansas City Royals, Dayton Moore, traded top prospects Wil...
• 1/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Erik Bedard and the Astros—A Marriage of Convenience: There’s nothing to lose for the Astros to sign Erik Bedard and have a look at him, but there’s probably not much to gain either....
• 1/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trades: Context and Impact: It may have been a week ago when I saw Bob Dutton from the Kansas City Star answering reader questions on Twitter when someone...
• 1/19 Kings of Kauffman: Comparing the AL Central Rotations: On paper, according to Jon Morosi, the Royals have the second-best starting rotation in the American League Central. Maybe you...
• 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Mariners and Morse (Change One Letter and it’s “Worse”): Anyone else see the irony of the Mariners and their GM Jack Zduriencik having traded Mike Morse in 2009 while Zduriencik was in...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Ex-Ray Rafael Soriano Signs His Second Anti-Rays Contract: Congratulations to Rafael Soriano. For the second time in three years, the ex-Rays All-Star closer has signed a contract the likes...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi at Rays Prospects Camp, Kyle Farnsworth, David Price: The Rays annual Prospect Development Camp is an awesome experience from every parti**** They got to practice at Tropicana Field,...
• 1/15 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays: Wil Myers Ready, Willing and Paitent: Wil Myers visited Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg Florida for the first time as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays organization....
• 1/15 MLB Injury News: Rays OF Wil Myers to Start Season in Minors: The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Wil Myers from the Royals this winter in the trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to Kansas...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Our First-Ever RCG Mailbag: Did the Rays Make a Mistake By Dealing Wade Davis?: Here at Rays Colored Glasses, we do everything we can to come up with interesting articles that provide Rays fans with incisive...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidates: Milone & Parker: The Oakland Athletics have made a habit of extending pre-arbitration eligible starting pitching in the last decade or so. General...
• 1/12 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers Bullpen: Tampa Bay Style: For the past couple of seasons the Texas Rangers have payed quite a bit of money in payroll to the bullpen, in return it was...
• 1/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Starting Rotation Projections For 2013: Every year, Dan Szymborski from Baseball Think Factory generates projected stats for the upcoming season for every team’s...
• 1/11 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January, 11/2013 Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern):  The Kansas City Royals have been notorious...
• 1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Among Best Minor League Systems, Alex Cobb, Rays Shift Scouting Staff: This offseason, the Rays dealt away two pitchers who have been a big part of their major league team, right-handers James Shields...
• 1/8 Baseball News Source: Washington Nationals: Market For Michael Morse Is Now Open: The signing of Adam LaRoche makes Michael Morse a valuable trade chip for Washington Michael Morse hit 31 home runs and had 95...
• 1/8 District On Deck: Potential Trade Partners for Michael Morse: The deal is official.  Adam “AdaMVP” LaRoche, 2012 Silver Slugger and and Gold Glove award winner, is returning to...
• 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: GMs Must Adjust Midway Through Winter: It’s been a little more than two months since the postseason gave way to the offseason, and in that time baseball’s landscape...
• 1/8 Kings of Kauffman: The 2013 Lineup I’d Like To See: We’re in the home stretch now. Or, in baseball terms, we’re rounding third on the off-season. Only about a month and a half...
• 1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: What Is Going on With the Rays’ Interest in Javier Vazquez?: At first glance, it’s hard not to be completely confused about the way the Rays are operating their ballclub now. As recently...
• 1/7 i70baseball.com: 2013: Do or die for the Kansas City RoyalsThe team is going "all in" for the 2013 season....
• 1/7 Baseball News Source: 2013 Top 10 Major League Prospects – Baseball News Source: Jurickson Profar heads the list of Top 10 Prospects for 2013 In 2012, Major League Baseball experienced a memorable year for young...
• 1/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: J.P. Howell Departs for Dodgers, Rays Among Best Bullpens, Chris Gimenez, Matt Joyce: It was back in June of 2006 that the Rays acquired a left-handed pitcher named J.P. Howell from the Kansas City Royals. Howell...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Waiting For Opening Day: With the 2013 Under Armour High School All-America Game being played yesterday at Tropicana Field, it was hard not to watch the...
• 1/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Javier Vasquez Drawing Major Interest: It says something for the quality of the pitching market when Javier Vazquez can sit out an entire season and then still...
• 1/4 BoSox Banter: Red Sox fans will eventually embrace 2013 version of ballclub: By Jeff Louderback When crafting my columns for BoSox Banter, I incorporate my background as a professional journalist, a feverish...
• 1/4 Kings of Kauffman: Has Marks Opened Enough Eyes?: It was a tough overall year to be a starting pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. There were only a few that performed...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: Javier Vazquez: The Royals searched high and low for starting pitching options. By now, they’ve re-signed Jeremy Guthrie and traded for...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Minor League Ball’s John Sickels Ranks the Rays’ Top 20 Prospects: The Rays have been known for years and years now for their minor league system. The last few seasons, we have seen so many of...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: The New Rotation – Good Enough?: I don’t think too many fans will argue Dayton Moore has done quite a bit to improve the starting pitching on this team – but...
• 1/2 mlbreports.com : Billy Butler: The Consistent Royal: Like us on Facebook here Thursday January 3rd, 2012 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): For the past few seasons, the Kansas...
• 1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Did the Rays Miss Their Chance to Extend David Price?: Earlier today, we talked about the Rays’ signing of ace David Price to a contract worth just over 10 million dollars to...
• 1/1 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Seeking Relievers: Tampa Bay Rays general manager Andrew Friedman has said he’s still looking for one or two relievers this winter, reports Joe...
• 1/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE ROYALS ADD VETERANS TO THEIR KIDS: (In Photo: Miguel Tejada) Two notable signings I wanted to point out to you made by the Kansas City Royals. (In Photo:...
• 1/1 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: All In: The Kansas City Royals finished the 2012 season with a 72-90 record. They finished 23rd in all of baseball with a 4.30 ERA. They...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 2012: A Lost Year for the Rays, But One That Needed to Happen: The Rays entered 2012 with aspirations of not just a third straight trip to the postseason but their first World Series championship....
• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Key "Non-Moves" Of 2012: As the cliche goes, sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make.  Some teams greatly benefited by standing pat on certain...
• 12/31 Baseball News Source: Kansas City Royals Reach Agreement With Endy Chavez: Royals add outfield depth with Chavez signing The Kansas City Royals have reached agreement with free-agent outfielder Endy Chavez....
• 12/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Could The Rays Swoop In and Snatch Mike Napoli From The Red Sox?: We heard at the beginning of December that Mike Napoli and the Boston Red Sox had agreed to a 3-year, 39 million dollar contract....
• 12/30 MLBRandomFandom: Problem Solving: Tigers Bullpen: By Nick CesareThroughout the history of baseball, pitching has often been the main reason why a team was successful or not. ...
• 12/28 mlbreports.com : The Tampa Bay Rays: The Pitchers 1998-2012: Part 3 Of A 5 Part Article Series: Friday, December.30, 2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into...
• 12/28 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2013 Team Top 12 Prospects: Tampa Bay: The prospect lists I have created are based solely on my perspective as a baseball fanatic and nothing more, ultimately attempting...
• 12/27 Kings of Kauffman: My Royals Wish List: 2013 Edition: With everyone in the holiday spirit, it gave me an idea to create my wish list for the 2013 Royals.  Obviously, I’d love...
• 12/27 i70baseball.com: Royals sign four veteran players to Minor League contracts Sherrill, Wheeler, Taveras and Nady provide depth to the Royals roster....
• 12/26 Kings of Kauffman: Impatience: We’re a few days from 2013, which means a few days closer to spring training and a few days closer to Opening Day. The temperature...
• 12/26 The Flagrant Fan: Alex Gordon is king of Missouri: If you look at the overall value of non-pitching ballplayers over the last two seasons, you would probably guess most of the...
• 12/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Holiday Shopping Just Isn’t Andrew Friedman’s Thing: The best shoppers know that the best time to buy the product they’ve been waiting for is not necessarily during the times...
• 12/25 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Seeking 'Bat or Two': Even after adding several pieces this offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays continue to seek a “bat or two,” general manager Andrew...
• 12/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Diamondbacks’ Cody Ross Signing Reignite Talks of Justin Upton Going to the Rays?: The Arizona Diamondbacks entered the 2012 offseason looking to deal from an outfield surplus. A multiplicity of rumors made it...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: James Shields, Wade Davis To Royals for Wil Myers and Prospects: The coveted Myers may start in left field for Tampa Bay Tampa Bay has agreed to trade James Shields and Wade Davis to the...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Has David Price Been Priced Out Of The Rays Budget?: With the trade of James Shields and Wade Davis, on top of the salaries that had left via departing free agents, it appeared as...
• 12/21 KC Kingdom: More Trade Fallout: Stop Bashing Wil Myers: Blockbuster or blockheaded? Whether you are for or against Dayton Moore’s mega trade with the Rays, hopefully we’ve...
• 12/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Hamilton, Pujols Duo Could Have Been the Devil Rays’: A week ago, the Angels stunned everyone with their blockbuster deal when they signed center fielder Josh Hamilton to a five-year...
• 12/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The last head-scratching days of Dayton Moore:   I feel bad for Kansas City sports fans. By all accounts, they are a devoted and enthusiastic people, despite their two...
• 12/21 The Baseball Haven: Are the Royals Good Enough to “Go for It”?: Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore apparently thinks that his team is good enough to win within the next two years. That has to...
• 12/20 Kings of Kauffman: The Importance of Salvador Perez: If all goes according to plan, the rest of the decade will see Salvador Perez behind the plate in Kansas City. The Royals made...
• 12/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Dayton Moore—Desperate; Jack Zduriencik—Genius?: Desperation and job security are in the eye of the beholder. Last season Jason Vargas was, in stat guy metrics, more valuable...
• 12/19 Kings of Kauffman: The Greinke Trade: Then and Now: Two years ago to the day, the Royals made one of the most prolific trades in the team’s history.  Former Cy Young winner,...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: How Does the Rays’ Signing of Roberto Hernandez Make Any Sense?: 2012 was undeniably a lost year for Roberto Hernandez. In January, authorities found out that he was in the US under a false identity,...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Would Kendrys Morales Be A Worthwhile Acquisition for the Rays?: Sometimes a sequence of events seems to fall perfectly into place. After the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Josh Hamilton,...
• 12/18 Baseball News Source: Rays Reach Agreement with Roberto Hernandez: One-Year $3.25 Million: Hernandez gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with right-hander Roberto Hernandez. The deal...
• 12/18 Kings of Kauffman: On the Block: Luke Hochevar: It’s been a busy offseason of overhauling a Royals pitching rotation that has been below average for years. Now, with three...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Notes: Hochevar, Athletics, Bourjos: The latest on some potential trade scenarios from around MLB... The Royals called the Rockies about Luke Hochevar, but nothing...
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: After Offseason Moves, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays Are Trending in Opposite Directions: When the Rays traded James Shields, it was widely viewed as an excellent trade for them based on the four prospects they received:...
• 12/17 Kings of Kauffman: Who Gets the 5-Spot?: I responded in pretty much the same manner as the other writers on Kings of Kauffman when the Shields deal broke. Luckily, I had...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/9/12 - 12/15/12: With yet another crazy week of hot stove madness, let's step away from the action to catch up on the week that was here at MLBTR... For...
• 12/16 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Optimists Club: It feels as if the Royals are done making any big moves for the rest of the offseason. Sure, things could develop out of nowhere...
• 12/16 BoSox Injection: Acquisition Of R.A. Dickey Makes Blue Jays Cream Of AL East Crop: The Blue Jays have continued their crazy offseason today by adding 2012′s NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey in a trade...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Alfonso Soriano Be The Last Piece of the Rays’ 2013 Lineup?: One glaring need remains on the Rays’ roster for 2013: a designated hitter. Nothing is more telling of that than the Rays’ depth...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Peter Bourjos The Answer To The Rays’ Gap In Center Field?: The Angels’ outfield is suddenly crowded as they signed center fielder Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers yesterday. The Angels...
• 12/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking Down The Minor League Free Agent Catcher Market: Part 2, Backups Who Could Be More: The Rays’ starting catcher is Jose Molina. As recently as two years ago, your friend would have laughed at you if you said...
• 12/14 Kings of Kauffman: The “Process” of moving on: Dear James Shields and Wade Davis, I wish you nothing but the best of luck and I’m happy to read that you’re both happy to...
• 12/14 Southside Showdown: Ranking The AL Central’s Starting Rotations: The AL Central has made a few pitching acquisitions lately, with the Royals vastly overpaying for James Shields and Wade Davis...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hamilton, Shields, Choo: On this date in 2007, the Diamondbacks finalized two trades that brought Dan Haren, Connor Robertson, Chad Qualls, Chris Burke,...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Acquire INF Vince Belnome From Padres for LHP Chris Rearick: After the major trade of James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals, the Rays may not be making another blockbuster...
• 12/14 i70baseball.com: I come to praise the Shields-Davis trade, not to bury itThe Royals did what they had to do for a chance to win....
• 12/13 MLBRandomFandom: The Trade That Finally Happened: By Danny MaddenThis week may have been the worst week for baseball to start going crazy with their trades. First, the Royals destroy...
• 12/13 Motor City Bengals: Chicago Cubs Reportedly Close To Signing Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers Apparently Still Involved: Multiple reports have floated out this afternoon concerning Anibal Sanchez and how close he is to signing a deal with the Chicago...
• 12/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Earlier This Offseason, The Idea of the Rays Acquiring The Mets’ R.A. Dickey Might Not Have Been So Crazy: At least for the time being, the situations regarding the two Cy Young winners in baseball are quite different. After David Price...
• 12/13 Swingin' A's: Billy Beane’s Land of Missed Opportunities: Athletics GM Billy Beane is well known for making tough decisions, trading young players before or in their prime years when their...
• 12/13 Kings of Kauffman: How James Shields Can Change My Mind: I went through all the stages. There was denial (“No way they’d trade six years of Wil Myers for two of James Shields“),...
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Kansas City Royals Team Page: KANSAS CITY ROYALSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Alex Gordon (7.75)2. Billy Butler (7.5)3. James Shields...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: James Shields, Wade Davis and 2013 Contention: Now that I’ve had a few days to digest the big trade I think I’m going to stick with my initial reaction. The Royals...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Close to Deal With RHP Roberto Hernandez (Formerly Known as Fausto Carmona): The Rays NEVER sign free agent starting pitchers. The last time they signed one to a major league contract was back in 2000, when...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Fans’ Reactions To James Shields’ Trade To The Royals: It’s been three days since the blockbuster trade between the Rays and Royals, and fans from both teams have mixed feelings about...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Was The Wade Davis Extension A Mistake?: On March 31, 2011, Wade Davis was just about to enter his second full season for the Rays. Fresh off a year when he had produced...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Day, Moving On Without Shields, Dan Wheeler Joins Shields, Davis in KC: Pretty cool to have a city (and a pretty major one at that) name a day after you. After an outstanding 2012 season that culminated...
• 12/12 Mastersball.com: No Pain, No Gain: Negotiations are a tricky thing. If you doubt this, just take a look at Congress. Furthermore, as a Strat-O-Matic owner in the...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: “The Trade” with Fox Sports KC’s Joel Goldberg: After the blockbuster trade of Wil Myers (plus) for James Shields and Wade Davis, we had to go out and get another opinion on...
• 12/12 Kings of Kauffman: What Does it All Mean?: For the first time that I can remember, the Royals are putting together their best hand and going “All In”.  When...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Turned-Down Trade Offer That Made The Shields to the Royals Trade Happen: We heard for a while that the Kansas City Royals were targeting a topflight pitcher and were willing to trade top outfield prospect...
• 12/12 KC Kingdom: Royals and Rays Trade: The Right Return at the Right Time?: When the news broke late last night about the Royals big trade, I nearly lost my mind. After gathering myself and doing some breathing...
• 12/12 Motor City Bengals: Were the Detroit Tigers Prepared To Ship Out Nick Castellanos For James Shields?: Former New York Mets general manager Jim Duquette just tweeted out an interesting bit of news: I was just told by a top major...
• 12/11 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Zack Greinke, Lionel Messi, Roger Ebert:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar, Glen Hentz The hottest topics for the week...
• 12/11 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: James Shields Traded to the Royals: James Shields adds talent and experience to the KC rotation. (US Presswire)Late Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas...
• 12/11 mlbreports.com : Dissecting The Royals And Rays Trade: Shields And Davis For Wil Myers + Prospects: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): We at the MLB Reports have established that we are far...
• 12/11 The Baseball Continuum: So about the weekend…: Things we learned over the weekend: The Dodgers have a lot of money You know how I wrote that analogy of how the Yankees are like...
• 12/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Financial Side Of Trading James Shields And Wade Davis: One of the realities facing the Tampa Bay Rays are their payroll restrictions. As much as the Rays may want to hang on to their...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Inserting Shields’ Numbers into Royals Rotation: I love baseball statistics and statistical analysis. The problem is I’m not very good with numbers. I’m an English teacher...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Processing The Wil Myers/James Shields Trade: So many reactions. So many opinons. So much chaos. The Royals and Rays put themselves into the spotlight today after their Sunday...
• 12/11 District On Deck: Why Results Shouldn’t Matter In Hot Stove Season: The baseball world was really, really, really hit by Hurricane Rays-Royals to the extent that nobody could really go on social...
• 12/11 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rays-Royals Trade Part II—The Responses: When someone has a following—justified or not—they can pretty much do or say anything and that base is going to agree with...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Davis, Myers, Pierzynski, Hanrahan: Wade Davis told ESPN.com’s Buster Olney that he’s excited to join the Royals, since he’ll be asked to start in Kansas City....
• 12/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: Greinke signs, Rays trade Shields: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER It was a weekend ruled by the pitcher. Names like Zack Greinke, James Shields, Wade...
• 12/11 Blog Red Machine: Reds Trade Rumors: Still Looking at Lead-off: Yes, Ryan Ludwick is in the fold for at least another two years. Can we please see what’s behind curtain #2? Or did we initially...
• 12/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball impact: A fake trade, a real trade and signings, part two: With so much offseason clamor going around about big-time trades, there is one trade that needs to happen: Justin Upton for Jurickson...
• 12/11 Seedlings to Stars: Royals Deal Myers and More to Tampa Bay for Shields: The Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to what amounts to be a seven player trade, according to Ken Rosenthal of...
• 12/11 Through The Fence Baseball: For the Texas Rangers, it’s time to move on … but with whom?:   I was almost sure when Zack Greinke signed on the dotted line, the logo in the corner of the contract would be that of...
• 12/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Royals-Rays Trade: Fantasy Baseball Value of All Players Involved: Two small market clubs made a big hot stove splash when the Royals acquired James Shields from the Rays. Wade Davis will More......
• 12/10 Behind the Plate: Behind the Trade: Rays Receive King's RansomWil Myers is part o [...] ...
• 12/10 Baseball Analytics: Wade Davis: Middling Starter, Star Reliever: It's no secret that pitchers who move from the starting rotation to the bullpen perform better. No longer worried about conserving...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Blockbuster Trade A Win For Both Rays And Royals: It was almost a given that the Tampa Bay Rays would trade some of their rotation depth at some point during the offseason. The...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Revamp Rotation Over Weekend: The Dodgers are doing some high end holiday shopping this offseason. After spending $183 million between Zack Greinke‘s...
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/10 Diamond Ring: Analysis of the Wil Myers Trade: I'm a bit depressed about this trade, but I'll try to keep it as fair and informative as possible. First off, the Royals are now...
• 12/10 The Captain's Blog: Experts Sling Arrows, but Shields Gives Royals Fighting Chance: A six year, $147 million contract is too rich for the Kansas City Royals’ blood. So, when Zack Greinke agreed to terms with...
• 12/10 KC Kingdom: Dayton Flushes Future: Trades Myers, Odorizzi and More: Were you looking forward to seeing Wil Myers at Kauffman Stadium in a Royals uniform? Well you’re now out of luck as Dayton...
• 12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Royals-Rays Trade Analysis: By Nick CesareYesterday I worked all day, got home in time to watch the 2nd half of the Giants win, caught a good portion of the...
• 12/10 i70baseball.com: Everyone Calm Down – Royals Trade Reaction: The Kansas City Royals traded away two high level prospects last night, bringing home a legitimate ace and another strong pitcher....
• 12/10 Motor City Bengals: The Kansas City Royals Are Not Yet Contenders In the American League Central: Late Sunday night, after word broke of the major trade that sent James Shields and Wade Davis from Tampa Bay to Kansas City in...
• 12/10 Motor City Bengals: Offseason Central: James Shields to Kansas City: The button finally got pushed on the long-rumored James Shields for Wil Myers trade. Wil Myers will be going to Tampa Bay, James...
• 12/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Royals Offered Myers for Anderson: Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports tweeted that before settling on their big deal to acquire James Shields and Wade Davis from Tampa...
• 12/10 Baseball Jerks: Royals Finally Trade Wil Myers, Sacrifice Future to Break .500: I want to root for the Kansas City Royals. Really, I want to. As someone who writes about prospects for a living, I like when...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading Shields to Royals A Significant Short-Term Risk for the Rays But A Steal of A Trade for the Future: The Rays pulled off a franchise-defining trade on Sunday night, trading away James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals...
• 12/10 El Maquino: WHY THE ROYALS DID WHAT THEY DID: I usually reserve this site for Cardinals stuff, but since I’m from Kansas City and the Royals are my unwanted stepchild,...
• 12/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Royals Pull Trigger for Shields: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /*...
• 12/10 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rays-Royals Trade Part I—The Truth: The Rays traded RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named later to the Royals for OF Wil Myers, RHP Jake Odorizzi,...
• 12/10 Splash Hit Blog: Outside Perspective to the Sunday Night MegaDeal: For people that didn’t have much to do last night, General Managers Andrew Friedman and Dayton Moore gave the baseball folk...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price, Rays Stunned After What Andrew Friedman Called “Most Difficult Trade to Date”: It’s almost incomprehensible to imagine the Rays without James Shields. Shields has been a dependable starter for the Rays...
• 12/10 MLB Dirt: Rays Rob the Royals in Blockbuster Trade: The Tampa Bay Rays have traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for the bat they have been...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Rays-Royals Trade: The Rays and Royals made a major trade last night, and in the 12 hours or so since the teams announced the deal, many executives,...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Wade Davis to startThe Kansas City Royals want to use newly acquired P Wade Davis as a starter....[+] The Kansas City Royals want to use newly acquired P Wade Davis as a starter.
• 12/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: KANSAS CITY ROYALS TRADE FOR SHIELDS IS "BIG": The Royals have wanted and needed pitching for a while now and finally, they got some.  The Tampa Bay Rays have traded...
• 12/10 Nolan Writin': Better things are coming: With the Mike Napoli signing with the Red Sox, the trade of Michael Young, Zack Greinke signing with the Dodgers and James Shields...
• 12/10 Nolan Writin': James Shields has been Traded to KC for Wil Myers and More: James Shields has been traded, along with right-hander Wade Miller, to the Kansas City Royals for top OF prospect Wil Myers, RHP...
• 12/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Rays, Royals, complete Shields-Myers swap: The Rays have been shopping James Shields around the league for weeks to multiple suitors, but it would appear now that they have...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Reaction To Rays-Royals Trade: The Royals continued adding to their rotation last night, acquiring James Shields and Wade Davis from the Rays. It cost them...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Blockbuster Deal We’ve All Been Waiting for Has Happened: Pretty easy to guess what RCG and every Rays website on the planet is going to be talking about today. The Rays have traded their...
• 12/10 Baseball Musings: Royals-Rays Blockbuster: The Rays send James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for four prospects, including Wil Myers. “We have to start winning...
• 12/10 MLB Injury News: Rays Trade James Shields, Wade Davis to Royals in Multi-Player Deal: The blockbuster of the winter offseason happened late last night.  The deal has been in the works since the Winter Meetings,...
• 12/10 Blogging Mets: Rays Trade James Shield to Royals; R.A. Dickey Next to Go?: This should prove to be a very interesting week for the Mets and their chances of trading R.A. Dickey, following two major pitching...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Royals Trade Myers, Odorizzi for James Shields: The Kansas City Royals are the only American League club in the past six years to fail to have at least one winning season. In...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Wade Davis added: The Tampa Bay Rays traded P Wade Davis along with SP James Shields to the Kansas City Royals Sunday, Dec. 9. The Royals shipped...[+] pitching prospects Mike Montgomery and Jake Odorizzi to the Rays, along with OF Wil Myers and 3B Patrick Leonard.
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: James Shields, Wade Davis To Royals for Wil Myers and Prospects: The coveted Myers will start in left field for Tampa Bay Tampa Bay has agreed to trade James Shields and Wade Davis to the...
• 12/10 StanGraphs: Trade: Rays Trade James Shields to Royals for Wil Myers and Others: With Zack Greinke off the free agent board, James Shields instantly became a sought-after target for a number of teams. In the...
• 12/10 Baseballhotcorner.com: Royals and Rays Complete Blockbuster: The Tampa Bay Rays traded from a position of strength dealing pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the pitching starved Kansas...
• 12/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trade Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery to Tampa for James Shields, Wade Davis: A tweet by Ken Rosenthal confirming a previous report by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times indicates that the Royals and Rays...
• 12/9 MetsToday.com: Rays Trade James Shields for Wil Myers: Jon Heyman just tweeted that the Tampa Bay Rays have traded “Big Game” James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Royals To Acquire James Shields, Wade Davis: The Royals have bolstered their starting rotation for 2013 thanks to the addition of two quality pitchers. Kansas City has agreed...
• 12/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on The Winter Meetings And What Could Be Next: The Rays had a quiet, productive Winter Meetings. They filled two big needs by signing James Loney and trading for Yunel Escobar....
• 12/7 Rising Apple: Mets Could Get Mike Olt for Dickey; Blue Jays Will Deal Catcher for Prospects: Although the Mets left Nashville without any significant deals done, Sandy Alderson said they made progress in regards to the...
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Is The Time Right for the Rays to Trade James Shields?: We’ve been hearing nonstop about the Rays’ pitching depth- and how the Rays would be better served trading a starter...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rockies | Asking price still high for Dexter Fowler: The Colorado Rockies have made it known that they are shopping OF Dexter Fowler at the winter meetings this week, but the price...[+] remains high for the center fielder. Colorado won't trade him away unless they receive an impact player in return. The Cincinnati Reds are linked because they are searching for a leadoff hitter, and the Rockies would likely ask for a package involving SP Mike Leake and possibly a power arm at the top of their farm system. It's unclear if the Philadelphia Phillies are involved in talks for Fowler. The Rockies have interest in Tampa Bay Rays SPs Jeremy Hellickson and Wade Davis, but there is no indication if there is a fit between the teams.
• 12/2 MLB Injury News: Blue Jays Rumors: Toronto Shopping J.P. Arencibia for Pitching: The Toronto Blue Jays are carrying three catchers on their roster, and they’re interested in trading one, most likely J.P....
• 12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Notes: Arencibia, Davis, Niese, Happ: Yesterday, the Blue Jays non-tendered Bobby Wilson, leaving J.P. Arencibia, John Buck, and Travis D’Arnaud as the remaining...

• 11/22 MLBTradeRumors: GMs Talk Starting Pitching Depth: Every team needs starting pitching depth, but few teams have enough of it. Given the expected cost of free agent pitching, the...
• 11/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At the Rays’ 40-Man Roster Situation in Advance of the Rule 5 Draft: The offseason has just begun for the Rays. They have plenty of moves to make before they’ll be ready to contend in 2013...
• 11/14 Puckett's Pond: The Trouble with Trading: If you have two apples and your friend has some peanut butter, you make a trade, right?  Apples and peanut butter taste great...
• 11/12 Baseball News Source: Pitching and Defense – Can Friedman Keep The Rays Way Intact: Friedman hints that the team may be willing to tweak the Rays way The Tampa Bay Rays won 90 games in 2012 and missed the playoffs....
• 11/6 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Tuesday, Nov.06/2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5...
• 11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Pitching?: There is an old adage in baseball about how one can never have enough starting pitching. The Tampa Bay Rays, however, appear poised...
• 11/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Ticket To The Trop: A Kingdom For K’s: With the Rays picking up James Shields’ and Fernando Rodney’s club option for 2013 and Jeremy Hellickson winning the A.L....
• 11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Could a Rays-Royals Blockbuster Possibly Happen?: The Rays and Royals are a pair of polar-opposite organizations. The Rays have done a major franchise turnaround on have been one...

• 10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays, one of the few teams with pitching to spare, have needs at multiple positions this coming offseason. Guaranteed...
• 10/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Acquire Giants Catcher Hector Sanchez?: The Rays’ current situation at the catcher position is far from ideal. Jose Molina‘s pitch-framing ability is prolific,...
• 10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Just How Many Starting Pitchers Do the Rays Have?: The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their incredible depth of quality starting pitchers. They were the best in baseball...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Sorry Royals Fans, But Matt Moore Is Not Going Anywhere: Over at Kings of Kauffman, a Kansas City Royals website, Marcus Meade talked about how the Royals, in desperate need of good young...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Team With the Mets for an Ike Davis Trade?: Way back in 2005, the Rays selected a first baseman named Ike Davis in the 19th round of the MLB Draft. Davis did not sign and...
• 10/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Relief Pitcher: When Kyle Farnsworth got injured at the beginning of the season, the Rays bullpen appeared to be in a state of flux. Only J.P....
• 10/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes and Fall Recap: Rays Among IL Top Prospects, Joel Peralta, Ben Zobrist: Usually the Minor League Recap gets a full article here at RCG, but there was not much going on in terms of Rays prospects getting...
• 10/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Acquire Dexter Fowler?: The Rays were not a good offensive team by any measure in 2012. And with B.J. Upton set to depart as a free agent, the Rays’...

• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Gives Rays Everything They Could Have Hoped For: Alex Cobb couldn’t believe it. After just two spring training appearances, the Rays sent him down to minor league camp....
• 9/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays and 10 K’s: Back when Chris Archer had his 11-strikeout game two weeks ago, the Rays Radio Network (@RaysRadio) sent out a very interesting...
• 9/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays Shut Down Matt Moore?: A little over a week ago, we discussed how Matt Moore‘s velocity had been declining over his last few starts, reaching...
• 9/22 Call to the Pen: The Rays’ Incredible Homegrown Pitching: The Tampa Bay Rays made headlines yesterday by setting the American League team record for strikeouts by a pitching staff when...
• 9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 146: Moore Off, Offense Gets Too Little, Too Late as Rays Lose Series to Yankees: For the second straight game, the Rays managed a late rally. And for the second straight time, they lost. Matt Moore looked great...
• 9/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 143: Rays Stunned By Orioles in 14-Inning Thriller to Complete Sweep: It was beautiful baseball. Maybe that is even amplified by the feeling that every Rays fan is feeling right now. Every obstacle...
• 9/10 MetsToday.com: Do the Mets Have Difference Makers?: NOTE: This is a guest post by longtime, loyal MetsToday commenter “Argonbunnies.” Enjoy. After Omar Minaya’s...
• 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
• 9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 139: Archer K’s 11, But Farnsworth Falters As Rays Lose in 10: The Rays came back to make this game the second consecutive extra-inning thriller they have played with the Rangers. But unlike...
• 9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Ones That Got Away: Kris Medlen: Way back in 2003, the Rays took a flier on a little 5’10″ right-hander with a solid sinker out of Gahr High School...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 138: Ben Zobrist Works Extra Inning Magic: When a team comes from being left for dead to making the playoffs, there are a number of games along the way that help build momentum....
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Birthday Boy Wade Davis An X-Factor for the 2012 Rays: At the end of spring training, Jeff Niemann was named the Rays’ 5th starter with Wade Davis heading to the bullpen. Since...
• 9/7 High Heat Stats: Will the real Vance Worley please stand up? Please stand up… Please stand up…: Vance Worley had a wonderful start to his major-league career with the Phillies. Through his Age 23 season (2011) he pitched 144.2...
• 9/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Russell Martin Can Still Be Saved: How can you keep rooting for a guy that’s hitting just .202? I’m not sure where to submit this amendment to the baseball...

• 8/28 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays’ Top 10 Prospects – Lee, Archer, Guerrieri…: Hak-Ju-Lee Heads Rays Prospects List Everywhere you look on the Tampa Bay Rays roster, there are homegrown players contributing....
• 8/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Future Power Rankings, Rays’ Turnaround: The ESPN MLB Insider writers released an Future Power Rankings for all 30 MLB teams in an Insider-only piece. Buster Olney, Jim...
• 8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will Jeff Niemann Affect The Rotation?: With the impending return of Jeff Niemann, the Rays may be in a bit of a quandary. As it stands now, they already have six pitchers...
• 8/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot: Tampa Bay Rays rotation: Let’s throw a little change of pace into this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Instead of individual players, we...
• 8/20 Motor City Bengals: Playoff Contender: Tampa Bay Rays: Over the next couple weeks, I intend to take a look at some of the teams that are vying for a playoff spot along with the Detroit...
• 8/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Road Trip, Pitching, Sean Rodriguez, Justin O’Conner, Chuck LaMar: The Rays are coming off a road trip to remember, and Marc Topkin had some interesting notes. #Rays 37 runs vs. #Angels this weekend...
• 8/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 118: Offense Comes Alive as Rays Roll in Opener vs. Angels: Dan Haren was perfect in the first inning on Thursday night’s game versus the Rays, and it had to in the back of your head-...
• 8/16 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will the Rays React to the Perfect Game?: Yesterday, the Rays got perfect-gamed by Felix Hernandez. How will they respond today as they start a series with the Los Angeles...
• 8/13 Rays Colored Glasses: What Role Will Jeff Niemann Play for the Rays Down the Stretch?: At the beginning of 2012, Jeff Niemann pitched well for the Rays and was one of their most dependable starters. In his first 7...
• 8/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 111: Lobaton, Longoria Lead Rays To Sweep: The Rays offense exploded and Matt Moore continued a streak of dominant performances by the rotation as the Rays capped off their...
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Evolution Of Wade Davis: Heading into the season, Wade Davis was a victim of a numbers game. The Rays had six starters with major league experience and...
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Rays – Best Pitching – Worst Hitting – Post All-Star Break: Since the All-Star break the Tampa Bay Rays have had the best pitching staff in all of Major League Baseball. At the same time,...
• 8/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Trades That Didn’t Happen: Beyond acquiring Ryan Roberts back on July 24th, the Rays did nothing at the MLB Trade Deadline. That does not mean that there...
• 8/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Reviewing The Trade Deadline: The non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, and despite rumours involving several Rays’ players, the Rays stood pat on...

• 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Bonifacio, Nationals, Braves, Phillies: No team in baseball has a better ERA than the Nationals (3.25), who are seeking infield depth and monitoring the market for arms...
• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Phils, Victorino, Braves, Reyes, Buehrle: Here's the latest out of the NL East... Phillies GM Ruben Amaro told reporters (including Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com)...
• 7/27 Call to the Pen: Los Angeles Angels Not Likely to Land A Starter: According to Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com, the Angels chances of landing another starting pitcher are below average.  They have...
• 7/27 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Angels Interested in Wade Davis: The Angels have expressed interest in James Shield, but talks between the two teams for the 30-year old righty seems to have broken...
• 7/27 Phillies Nation: Phils Dangling Victorino For Bullpen Help: The Phillies have played some solid baseball lately, which has muddied their trade waters as the deadline approaches. They haven’t...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Sherman On Red Sox, Crawford, Shields: Three AL East executives said they view the Red Sox as the Yankees’ greatest intra-divisional threat this year, Joel Sherman...
• 7/26 Baseball News Source: Rays Willing to Discuss Pitchers – Except David Price and Matt Moore: Starving for offense, even if third baseman Evan Longoria returns from a hamstring injury, the Tampa Bay Rays are willing to deal...
• 7/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Could The Rays Be Buyers And Sellers?: Typically, at the trade deadline, teams are set as either buyers or sellers. Very rarely does a team straddle the fence, both...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Greinke, Headley, Indians, Wells: The market for Zack Greinke appears to consist of the Rangers, Angels, White Sox and Braves, ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark reports....
• 7/26 Fire Brand of the American League: What pitchers could the Red Sox trade for?: Leading up to the trade deadline, all signs point to the Red Sox being buyers. It’s obvious what the team needs most: starting...
• 7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Interested in two Tampa pitchersThe Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are interested in Tampa Bay Rays P Wade Davis, as well as SP James Shields....[+] The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are interested in Tampa Bay Rays P Wade Davis, as well as SP James Shields.
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Davis, Yankees, Beckett, Escobar: The Angels are talking to the Rays about Wade Davis and other available pitchers, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports. James...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Marlins, Phillies, Dodgers, Garza, Twins: Here's the latest from ESPN's Jayson Stark... One official who spoke with the Marlins brass estimates that the odds Josh...
• 7/21 The Rays Today: There Is Trade Interest In Shileds: Posted in Evan LongoriaJames ShieldsJeff NiemannWade DavisBoth the Tigers and Angels have been scouting James Shields, there has...
• 7/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 95: Cobb Leaves Early, Offense Absent as Rays Fall to M’s: This. game got off to an awful start for the Rays as Alex Cobb allowed 2 first inning runs before leaving in the second with a...
• 7/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Player Trade Predictions—American League: If you read the mainstream sites and clearing houses of “rumors”, you’ll see that at any given time approaching the July...
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Shields, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles: Several teams, including the Tigers and Angels, had scouts in attendance for Rays right-hander James Shields' start against Seattle...
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Receiving interest about Wade Davis: The Tampa Bay Rays have received several inquiries about the availability of RP Wade Davis. Davis can be a starter or a reliever...[+] for a team.
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Rays, Volquez, Butler, Phillies: The chances of Cole Hamels getting traded are diminishing, but they haven't disappeared, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reports. The...
• 7/19 The Rays Today: Price Continues Hot Streak: Posted in B.J. UptonDavid PriceLuke ScottWade DavisDavid Price got his 13th win of the season in today’s game, he had a...
• 7/19 The Rays Today: Davis Having Success In His New Home: Posted in UncategorizedStarter Wade Davis was moved to the bullpen this year to accommodate room for other starters that did a...
• 7/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 93: Price Dominant, Upton Clutch as Rays Earn Split With Indians: The Rays endured a tough loss on Wednesday. But playing a 12:10 game on Thursday, they had to immediately refocus. Thursday turned...
• 7/18 WahoosOnFirst: Offense Sputters Again as Indians Fall to Rays 4-2: The Indians’ offense sputtered again and Josh Tomlin ran into some early trouble as the Rays tied the series with a 4-2...
• 7/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rhymes Down, Streaks Broken, Cruz OK, Trade Deadline: Yesterday we talked about the Rays calling up Matt Joyce. The other side of the coin is that they sent Will Rhymes back down.That’s...
• 7/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Big First Inning, Bullpen Help Tampa Bay Even Series; Rays 4, Indians 2: By Ryan Hohman A three-run first inning proved to be enough for the Tampa Bay Rays as they downed the Cleveland Indians 4-2...
• 7/17 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Rays, Colon, Angels, Dempster: James Shields isn’t the only member of the Tampa Bay pitching staff who could be traded this summer. The Rays are open to moving...
• 7/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Circumstances Like Joseph Cruz Are Far Too Common: It was very sad what happened to Joseph Cruz on Saturday. As we detailed yesterday, Cruz felt two pops in his right, throwing...
• 7/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 89: Shields, Rays Falter, Drop Series to Red Sox: The Rays scored 3 runs in the first inning against Josh Beckett, but nothing went right after that as they fell 7-3 to the Red...
• 7/13 MLBTradeRumors: Potentially Available Right-Handed Relievers: Most contenders could use another right-handed reliever for the season’s final two-plus months. Here are some potentially available...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Wade Davis’ Arsenal Maximized Out of the Bullpen?: It was a much publicized move for the Rays to move Wade Davis to the bullpen and then keep him there even after Jeff Niemann went...
• 7/8 BoSox Injection: Hamels, Greinke, Garza Sought by Yanks, Rays, Sox: Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke, and Matt Garza are the Big Three starters on the meat market slab and “buying” teams that are desperate...
• 7/8 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo Throws Gem as Indians Pound Rays 7-3: Just when you start to think you have a team figured out, they go and pull a complete 180. Case in point: last night’s game...
• 7/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Be Involved in a Cole Hamels or Matt Garza Trade?: The Rays have plenty of starting pitching. Yet getting into the discussions for pitchers in high demand as the trade deadline...
• 7/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 85: Moore, Rays bats struggle in loss to Indians: After a game in which the Rays bats broke out for 10 runs on 13 hits, they reverted back to their woeful hitting ways in a 7-3...
• 7/7 WahoosOnFirst: Rays’ Bats Come Alive, Rout Indians 10-3: Justin Masterson and Alex Cobb entered the evening as pitchers heading in opposite directions. Masterson had been sharp over his...

• 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Three pitchers unavailable Tampa Bay Rays RPs Brandon Gomes, Wade Davis and Cesar Ramos are not available to pitch Monday, June 25....[+] Tampa Bay Rays RPs Brandon Gomes, Wade Davis and Cesar Ramos are not available to pitch Monday, June 25.
• 6/24 The Rays Today: Conrad Comes Through For The Rays: Posted in J.P. HowellWade DavisBrooks Conrad is proving he was worth the pick up, he had two 2 run doubles against Cliff Lee in...
• 6/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 72: Rays Slam Lee, Phillies, Clinch Doubleheader Sweep: Thus far in 2012, Cliff Lee is 0-4. Unbelievable. He really hasn’t pitched that bad all season, posting a 3.48 REA and 3.13...
• 6/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Analyzing the Rockies’ 4-Man Rotation Idea: The other day, the Rockies decided to try something the likes of which baseball has never seen before. Possessing horrific starting...
• 6/11 The Rays Today: Some Relief: Posted in UncategorizedWade Davis has been getting better at working out of the bullpen instead of starting like he has done for...
• 6/9 The Rays Today: Good Day For Rays Baseball: Posted in Uncategorized  Before the start of todays game the wives of the Rays and Marlins played a softball game to raise...

• 5/27 FanSided: Could the Rays Add a Pitcher to Trade for a Catcher?: There aren't many quality catchers in baseball. There are certainly more capable pitchers around. We also know that the Rays have...
• 5/21 FanSided: Q&A with Rays Colored Glasses Editor Robbie Knopf: The Blue Jays kick off what could very well be their toughest 12-game stretch until the summer tonight against the Rays, so I...
• 5/20 FanSided: Is Jeff Niemann Worth It?Here's an interesting little table. ...
• 5/16 The Rays Today: The Injuries Keep Adding Up: Posted in UncategorizedThis time its Jeff Niemann, after getting hit with a batted ball off of the Blue Jays first baseman Adam...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb, Chris Archer could join rotation: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Alex Cobb and Chris Archer are the candidates to join the starting rotation in the absence of SP Jeff Niemann...[+] (leg). Manager Joe Maddon prefers to leave P Wade Davis in the bullpen, where he's been excelling.
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis unlikely to move to rotation: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon prefers not to move P Wade Davis back to the starting rotation after the injury to SP Jeff Niemann...[+] (leg).
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Ankle Bone No Longer Connected to the Shin Bone: Jeff Niemann suffered a broken ankle Monday night. He’ll be out at least four weeks: Rays manager Joe Maddon said it was...
• 5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Was the Wade Davis Extension a Bad Move by the Rays?: Just before the 2011 season, the Rays signed right-hander Wade Davis to a … [visit site to read more]Was the Wade Davis...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Montero, Pirates, Rays, Lee: Here's a look at the latest edition of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.. Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero...
• 5/5 Mets360.com: Looking for rotation help beyond Schwinden and Batista: I like Chris Schwinden and think with patience he could be a back-end starter or AAAA backup for most teams.  However if the...

• 4/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Contracts Can Kill: Alex Rodriguez: As a diasporic Yankee fan living in Tampa, I really like Alex Rodriguez.  Rays fans hate him. They boo him at their stadium,...
• 4/26 Boys of Summer: Yu Darvish and a Look at Early Dominant Pitching: Question: What do Tim Fortugno, Mariano Rivera, Bob Milacki, Tim Wakefield, Dennis Ribant and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal have...
• 4/23 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Wade Davis, Jake Peavy and Francisco Liriano: During his Sunday Baseball Notes column, Nick Carfado of the Boston Globe touched on a trio of starting pitchers that he believes...
• 4/23 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Brandon Beachy: It's not easy for potential stars to arrive in the Major Leagues with less fanfare than Brandon Beachy in the present day...
• 4/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Peavy, White Sox, Twins, Liriano, Rays: The Red Sox are struggling early on in the season, but no one in the American League East seems to be off to a hot start, writes...
• 4/17 MLBTradeRumors: Examining The Madison Bumgarner Extension: It’s not surprising that Madison Bumgarner's part of the Giants’ long-term vision. The 22-year-old is establishing himself...
• 4/15 FanSided: Luck Check: Do the Rays Have a Serious Bullpen Problem?: Thus far this season, the Rays a 4-4. What would there record be if it weren't for the ineffectiveness and almost ineptitude of...
• 4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Evan Longoria and the Sophomore Slump that Wasn’t: In baseball, we hear all about the dreaded “Sophomore Slump.” As Rays fans, we even sawEvan Longoria and the Sophomore...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Berkman, Giants, Rays, Royals, Broxton: With a full slate of games on tap today, let's take a look at links from around the majors.. "If I could go back in time,...
• 4/8 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Pettitte, Rays, Blue Jays: The last time the Yankees and Red Sox both started the season 0-3 was all the way back in 1966.  Boston finished 9th in the AL...
• 4/7 FanSided: Where Do the Rays Rank Among the Top Rotations in Baseball?: Everyone all around baseball knows that the Rays have an incredible rotation. But just how good are they? Today we'll attempt...
• 4/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES GUIDE TO THE AL EAST: It’s almost time again, Opening Day is around the corner and I can hardly wait! The Yankees made a lot of moves during the...
• 4/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis a ninth-inning option?: Tampa Bay Rays RP Wade Davis could be in consideration to receive some saves if RP Kyle Farnsworth's (elbow) injury lingers and...[+] Davis settles nicely into his relief role.

• 3/30 Baseball Analytics: Where Are Wade Davis' K's?: Not long ago, the Tampa Bay Rays hoped that Wade Davis would join David Price and James Shields atop the club's loaded starting...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Suzuki and the Rays: There have been talks of the Rays and A’s hooking up on a trade centered around A’s catcher Kurt Suzuki. Most of these...
• 3/22 Fragile Freddy's: Trade With a Competitor?: The Sox are the rare team with somedepth behind the plate.It is conventional wisdom that teams do not trade with teams they are...
• 3/21 FanSided: Scouting Notes From Spring Training: The Veterans and Mainstays: After talking about the prospects in my scouting notes this afternoon, we transition to the major leaguers tonight. We'll arbitrarily...
• 3/21 The Baseball Page: MLB Spring Training Wrap Up: Rays beat Marlins 3-2MLB Spring Training Wrap Up: Rays beat Marlins 3-2...
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: What’s Important Now: Davis Strong in Win: Spring Game 17: Rays 3, Marlins 2 Wade Davis definitely … [visit site to read more]What’s Important Now: Davis Strong...
• 3/19 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Starting Pitchers (Part II): $8-9Henderson Alvarez $9, Jonathan Sanchez $9, Gavin Floyd $8, Matt Harrison $8, Ivan Nova $8, Jake Peavy $8Once you get...
• 3/19 MLB Dirt: Justification of Rays Concern: The staff writers of this fine site parti**** in our annual MLB Predictions last week. One of our friends on Twitter and the proprietor of...
• 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: Surprisingly, the Rays augmented their offense through free agency. Major League Signings Carlos Pena, 1B: one year, $7.25MM. Luke...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2013: Some pre-arbitration eligible players have already signed million dollar extensions, but arbitration eligibility represents the...
• 3/11 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/10: After falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates last night, the Boston Red Sox continue their Grapefruit League campaign with a matchup...
• 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Phillies, Blanton, Lannan, Ramirez: In this morning's column, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe takes a look at some of the emerging storylines in the American...
• 3/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/10: After falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates last night, the Boston Red Sox continue their Grapefruit League campaign with a matchup...
• 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 Fantasy Baseball Spring Preview: BABIP and xFIP: I never played fantasy baseball during the height of the steroid era. I assume it was a lot harder back then, trying to get five...

• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Davis, Niemann, Pitching: With so many teams now in Florida for Spring Training, let's check on one of the teams that calls the Sunshine State home year-round... Wade...
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Taking Stock Of Recent Early-Career Extensions: Some franchises have had tremendous success locking up star players to team-friendly extensions early on in their careers. The...
• 2/7 More Mariners: Dustin Ackley or Jesus Montero Should be Extended: Dustin Ackley or Jesus Montero Should be ExtendedDustin Ackley and/or Jesus Montero need to be extended by the Seattle Mariners....
• 2/7 El Maquino: ROY OSWALT UPDATES: CARDS OUT, REDS IN It sounds like the reports of Oswalt’s asking price being too far above $10 million were true, as Mozeliak...
• 2/4 Phillies Nation: Mutual Interest in Oswalt Return to Philadelphia: According to Fox Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi, Roy Oswalt‘s price tag is falling yet his preferred suitors remain strapped...
• 2/4 Rays Colored Glasses: 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...
• 2/4 El Maquino: ROY OSWALT UPDATES: OSWALT “SCRAMBLING” Jon Paul Morosi reports that “Oswalt is scrambling” for a contract two weeks before...
• 2/2 Rays Colored Glasses: 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...
• 2/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing The Yankees 2012 Season: April:   Spring Training will come and go before we know it and once Spring Training is over, that is when the Yankees have to focus...
• 2/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing The Yankees 2012 Season: April:   Spring Training will come and go before we know it and once Spring Training is over, that is when the Yankees have to focus...

• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 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...
• 1/30 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Are the Tampa Rays interested in the Cubs' Geovany Soto?: The Tampa Rays have pitching to deal, according to Marc Tompkin of the Tampa Bay Times, and they might use that pitching to bolster...
• 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Davis, Niemann, Maddon, Pena: A few items on the Rays courtesy of Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.. A few months ago it would have seemed unlikely that...
• 1/29 The Daily Catch: Rays 2012 Opening Day Roster Nearly Set: This article is courtesy of our friends at Rays Index Written by: Cork Gaines With the addition of Carlos Pena, the Rays 25-man...
• 1/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Sean Rodriguez is expendable for the Rays: Nothing major has happened yet this offseason, but we always hear about the Rays being in discussion to make high profile or even...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Daniel Hudson: The Diamondbacks' Daniel Hudson has a sweet resume for a starting pitcher with one year and 117 days of Major League service...
• 1/14 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Rays | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
• 1/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Breakout candidate 2012: Tampa Bay Rays’ Matt Moore: The Tampa Bay Rays seem to always have standout talent stashed away in the minors just waiting for an opportunity to shine. After...
• 1/6 MetsToday.com: Will Mets Trade Daniel Murphy?: Yesterday Buster Olney suggested that Dan Murphy could be a fit for the Tampa Bay Rays, and that the Rays could have the young...
• 1/6 District On Deck: Looking at the Latest from Buster Olney: ESPN.com’s Buster Olney has been busy lately, counting down a number of rankings to lead off the year across Major League...
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Seth Smith Continues Drawing Interest: Rockies outfielder Seth Smith remains a coveted trade chip, though the Braves’ interest in him has cooled, Troy Renck of the...

• 12/29 Marlin Maniac: MLB Rumors: Prince Fielder, Yoennis Cespedes, Roy Oswalt on Miami Marlins Radar?: The Miami Marlins started the 2011 off season with a loud bang. The Marlins went on a spending spree, spending $191 million dollars...
• 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Madison Bumgarner: The Matt Moore extension showed any young pitcher is a candidate for a multiyear extension, regardless of service time.  Once...
• 12/26 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Matt Joyce: When it comes to signing young players to long-term contract extensions, no team has been as aggressive as the Rays in recent...
• 12/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: 10 Pitchers the Yankees can target after losing Darvish: With reports that the Yankees are “not getting” Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish it is probably a good time...
• 12/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Heyman: Rays in on Anthony Rizzo: In case you haven’t already heard, the Reds and Padres pulled a monster blockbuster trade yesterday, trading Edinson Volquez,...
• 12/17 Fragile Freddy's: Transaction Update: A couple of interesting moves around baseball on Saturday.  Let us start with the one that requires a little less energy...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Reactions To The Mat Latos Trade: Earlier today, the Reds pulled the trigger on a major deal as they shipped Yonder Alonso, Edinson Volquez, Yasmani Grandal,...
• 12/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Interested in Wade DavisThe Florida Marlins have expressed interest in Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis....[+] The Florida Marlins have expressed interest in Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis.
• 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Links: Oswalt, Davis, Cedeno, Cuddyer: Here's the latest from the National League East... The Nationals "have had little contact with" Roy Oswalt, a source...
• 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Eyeing Gonzalez, Latos, Jurrjens: Gio Gonzalez, Mat Latos and Jair Jurrjens are among the pitchers on the Reds’ wish list, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX...
• 12/16 Fragile Freddy's: State of the AL East - The Rotations: With just eight more shopping days ‘til Christmas (and frankly, nothing to write about) I thought I’d take a look at the starting...
• 12/15 Kings of Kauffman: Looking at Latos: There was an article posted by Jim Bowden over at ESPN yesterday (Insider) that suggested five major trades that could (or should)...
• 12/14 House of the Bluebird: Thinking About Yu: Darvish pitching for his NPB team the Hokkaido FightersI already made my case for why I think the Jays should aggressively pursue...
• 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Focused On Trading For Starting Pitching: The Rangers are more focused on trading for a starter than signing Prince Fielder or bidding on Yu Darvish, according to Ken...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Pujols, Lee, Davis, Buehrle: On this day in 2008, the Rays traded Edwin Jackson to the Tigers for Matthew Joyce.  In his first full season for Tampa Bay in...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Interested in Wade Davis: The Texas Rangers have been rumored to have interest in Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis and could trade 1B Mitch Moreland to acquire...[+] him.
• 12/10 High Heat Stats: Amnesty: which contract would each MLB team void?: The NBA recently adopted a rule that allows each team to claim amnesty on a particular player's contract. While they still have...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: King's Latest: Yankees, Fielder, Rangers, McGehee: Here are some notes from George A. King III of The New York Post... “I am ready to rock and roll," said Yankees GM Brian...
• 12/9 MLB Dirt: Locking Up Moore is Huge for Him and the Rays: The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with top prospect Matt Moore on a guaranteed $14M over five years and the entire deal...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Lock Up Matt Moore: The Rays have aut**** another precedent-setting contract, locking up 22-year-old phenom Matt Moore for at least five years, according...
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Alonso's Name Has Come Up In Rays' Talks: Earlier today, Rays manager Joe Maddon told Jim Bowden of MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM that Yonder Alonso's name has come up...
• 12/6 Fragile Freddy's: Winter Meetings - AM Update: More doings at the Winter Meetings.  As an aside I have never noticed CBS Sports’ Danny Knobler before but he seems to...
• 12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Knobler's Latest: Braves, Beckham, Tigers, Rays: Some Winter Meetings rumors courtesy of CBS Sports' Danny Knobler: Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado continue to be "as sought...

• 11/25 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Shopping Yonder Alonso For Pitching: The Reds are offering Yonder Alonso as trade bait in their search for a closer or a No. 2 starter, reports Yahoo Sports' Tim...
• 11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Tampa Bay Rays are the Rudy of MLB: Okay, let’s see a show of hands: Who thought the Tampa Bay Rays were toast in 2011? Anyone thought they actually had a chance...
• 11/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Trade Rumors: 10 Starting Pitchers Expected to be Available: The Yankees have been talking to just about every free agent starting pitcher, but interested in almost none of them it...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Rumors: Trade Targets, Stewart, Sizemore: The latest on the Rockies from the Denver Post's Troy Renck: The Rockies continue to search for starting pitching via trade,...
• 11/13 Boston Globe: The search for a few new starting pitchers: By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff The Red Sox should have their new manager in place sometime in the next 10 days. A new coaching...
• 11/8 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers Interested In Buehrle: The Yankees, Red Sox, and Rangers are interested in free agent lefty Mark Buehrle, report Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Trade And Free Agent Market For Starting Pitchers: The Braves, Rays, Cardinals, Brewers, and Diamondbacks probably will not be in the market for starting pitching this offseason,...
• 11/7 Call to the Pen: 2011 MLB Trade Rumors: Rays Willing to Deal Wade Davis: Nick Carfado of the Boston Globe reported yesterday that the Tampa Bay Rays “are expected to be willing to deal” starting...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Notes: Carroll, Ellis, Prado, Cuddyer: The Rockies have expressed interest in free agent second baseman Jamey Carroll​, writes Troy Renck of The Denver Post.  The...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Gonzalez, Rays, Davis, Ortiz: The Cubs and Red Sox are after managers that will take a lot of input from their front offices, writes Nick Cafardo of The Boston...

• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays will work within their budget in an attempt to boost their offense, but they don’t intend to sacrifice run prevention...
• 10/9 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Epstein, Red Sox, Sabathia, Rays: If Theo Epstein winds up taking the Cubs' GM job, then the spotlight again will be directed at Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino,...
• 10/4 The "Mc" Effect: The Drafting Genius of the Rays: The Rays are one loss away from elimination and are currently losing 2-0 in the 3rd innings of their game right now, so by the...

• 9/30 Neurotic Sports Fan: ALDS Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers: In past years, the Wild Card races has been boring: the Yanks win their respective divisions and the Sawx win the Wild Card, many...
• 9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Moore and Rays Ready for Game one: One thing Joe Maddon doesn’t have to worry about is being labeled conventional. Eschewing the services of pitchers Wade Davis...
• 9/29 mlbreports.com : Game 162 and Beyond – Can MLB Top That?: September 29, 2011 Rob Bland (Baseball Writer – MLB reports): In order to write all of this, I needed to step away from...
• 9/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Transitioning into the postseason; some observations: Over the past few days, we’ve been privy to some pretty enthralling baseball. As the final days of the season come to an...
• 9/26 B-R Blog: Recapping Sunday 9/25/11: SOX WIN!!! (a game … at last): -- Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 (2nd game): The ominous words from Michael Kay -- "Scott Proctor has not pitched well for the Yankees"...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Going Long on the Blue Jays: The Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs Sunday afternoon, accounting for all of their runs as they defeated the Blue Jays 5-2. The...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox try to hold on to the AL Wild Card lead as they play a split admission double header against the Yankees. Tim Wakefield...
• 9/25 B-R Blog: Saturday 9/24/11: Night of the Living Dead Wild-Cards: Every time we think they're out, the leaders pull them back in.... Both wild-card races tightened up, as the quarry went down...
• 9/23 MLB Dirt: Matt Moore Left Me in Awe: If you missed the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees last night then you missed the first ever start by the top pitching...
• 9/23 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: James Shields: Talk about putting the cart before the horse.  The season isn’t even over and it’s time to start stirring the pot...
• 9/22 Yankees Daily: Rays rough up Yankees 15-8 as the long game tortured Yankee Fans: NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Moore struck out 11 in five innings of his first major league start and the Tampa Bay Rays unloaded...
• 9/22 B-R Blog: Matt Moore fans 11 Yanks in his first start: Thursday night in the Bronx, 22-year-old Matt Moore, Tampa's latest pitching phenom, struck out 11 over 5 scoreless innings...
• 9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman On Rays' Pitching Depth : Some rival executives and scouts believe the Rays should trade some of their starting pitching depth for offense this winter,...
• 9/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nova hurls another gem as Yanks shut Rays out 5-0: For all of the success Ivan Nova has had this season, I’m amazed I haven’t read more about the fact that this was...
• 9/20 Yankees Daily: Ivan Nova towers above as Yankees beat Rays 5-0: NEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Nova pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Curtis Granderson drove in four runs and the New York...
• 9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread | Game 153 | Yankees vs. Rays | Tuesday, September 20, 2011: Yanks and Rays kick their four-gamer off tonight; here’s the series preview in case you missed it. Lineup, courtesy of LoHud:...
• 9/20 The "Mc" Effect: Rays & Red Sox (David & Goliath): I don't normally write anything about the American League, but the Pirates season has been over for a long time and I figure maybe...
• 9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays V: Shields is the new Felix: The Yankees kick off their last 10 games of the season with four against the Rays this week, three against Boston this weekend...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays open a three-day, four-game series in New York with Wade Davis facing Ivan Nova. Tampa Bay moved back into the wild card...
• 9/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Friday Links: Alright folks.  I know we’re kind of down and out.  The Red Sox are in a precarious position, and it’s a little...
• 9/15 Call to the Pen: A.L. Wild Card Race remains Tame – Bard Struggles: The Rays missed out on their opportunity to gain ground on the Red Sox last night in the wild card race, as Jeremy Guthrie out...
• 9/14 mlbreports.com : The Hunt for Red Sox October: September 14, 2011 Rob Bland (Baseball Writer – MLB reports): Red Sox Nation is panicking. On September 1, the Boston Red...
• 9/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Stumble in September: The Red Sox were on a roll, having just swept a doubleheader from the Oakland A's at Fenway and capping a late August run of eight...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/10: When the Tampa Bay Rays came to town back in mid-August for a brief three-game two-day set against the Boston Red Sox, two of...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/9: After losing three-of-four in north of the border, the Boston Red Sox return to the lower 48 states as they try to get back...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
• 9/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/10: When the Tampa Bay Rays came to town back in mid-August for a brief three-game two-day set against the Boston Red Sox, two of...
• 9/9 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 9/9: After losing three-of-four in north of the border, the Boston Red Sox return to the lower 48 states as they try to get back...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox as the teams open a three-game series in what could be the last gasp of the AL Wild...
• 9/8 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 9/9-9/11: Friday, September 9th @ 7:10 PM John Lackey, RHP (12-11, 6.11) vs Wade Davis, RHP (9-8, 4.50) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red...

• 8/30 Baseball Reality Tour: 20 under 20%: There's about a month left to this year's regular season, meaning it's crunch time for competitive owners of fantasy teams. The...
• 8/28 TampaSportsGuy: Royals Could Be Interested In James Shields: There have have rumors about trades involving James Shields all year, but the Kansas City Royals could actually provide what the...
• 8/20 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Tamba Bay Rays Sting Sloppy Sailors: Watching tonight’s game at Tropicana Field reminded me of the old Kingdome days complete with an odd ugly stadium, sparse...
• 8/19 SoDo Mojo: Series Preview: Mariners at Rays: Ahoy, welcome aboard. Our Mariners forge out to sea, braving the colder waters of the Atlantic beneath their vessel. There be...
• 8/17 TampaSportsGuy: Pitching Talent Brewing In The Minors; What Should The Rotation Look Like In 2012?: The Rays currently feature David Price, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis, and Jeremy **** in their rotation which is already...
• 8/15 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Scouts Show Efficiency With **** And Moore: Des Moines, Iowa and Moriarty, New Mexico. Not exactly what could be considered as baseball capitals of the world. **** was drafted...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Postponed Again In New York: The Rays have made three trips combined to New York and Boston and each time, they have had a game postponed. Today’s is...
• 8/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Un-Be-Liev-Able! Sam Fuld Circles the Bases to Win It!: Lately, if you want to see offense, you tune into Rays games early. Lately, if you wanted to see teams score off of Wade Davis,...
• 8/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Borrow Indians’ Model For Extensions : If you find it hard to imagine the Rays without the long-term extensions they’ve handed out to players like James Shields (pictured)...
• 8/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Exciting See-Saw Game Sees Rays Win it in the Twelfth: Today’s early afternoon matinee between the Blue Jays and Rays was mostly a sleepy affair early on, but when push came to...

• 7/29 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rays @ A’s Game 105: 3:38PM PDT: Cliff Pennington strikes out this game is over. What a huge disappointment. The A’s really lost this game needlessly...
• 7/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Down 5-0, the Rays Deliver a Scintillating Comeback: No, this wasn’t the win of the year, but a victory rarely feels better than this one did. The game was over after the first...
• 7/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 105: 2:09PM PDT: About six or seven rows deep, Jennings deposits his first ever MLB home run into the left field bleachers. Sean Rodriguez...
• 7/27 Redbird Dugout: Rasmus dealt to Blue Jays: The back of Colby's new jersey?The news has hit the major media outlets. Colby Rasmus is no longer a St. Louis Cardinal. Neither...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent: 12:08pm: The Cardinals will send Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, and P.J. Walters to the Blue Jays for Jackson, Rzepczynski,...
• 7/25 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Niemann, Davis, Orioles: We’ve already checked in on the AL East and taken detailed looks at its two biggest spenders, the Yankees and Red Sox. Here...
• 7/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Royals Beat Up on Rays: Tonight’s final ugly score was 10-4 Royals. The obvious question going in to tonight’s game was How will Wade Davis...
• 7/22 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: A.L. Week 17, July 25-31: Rising Up David Huff (0% owned last week; 2% this week)Huff had a solid start against the Twins in his 2011 MLB debut. He's...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger: Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: A rare tough loss for Sabathia in pinstripes: Thursday night, CC Sabathia allowed 2 runs in a CG (8-inning) loss to the Rays. It was the first time as a Yankee that Sabathia...
• 7/21 Yankees Daily: Shields outduels Sabathia as Rays beat Yankees 2-1: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays All-Star James Shields won for the first time in nearly a month, outpitching CC Sabathia...
• 7/20 TampaSportsGuy: Reds Interested In James Shields; Why The Rays Should Move Him: According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Cincinnati Reds could be interested in James Shields, which makes sense due to previous...
• 7/19 TampaSportsGuy: Matt Moore Promoted To Triple-A: Before the news were announced that Alex Torres and Alex Cobb will be promoted to the Rays last night it was announced that one...
• 7/18 TampaSportsGuy: Rays DFA Russell, put Cruz and Lobaton on DL; recall Cobb, Torres, and Chirinos: The Rays have designated Adam Russell for assignment, while placing Juan Cruz & Jose Lobaton on 15 Day DL, and calling up...
• 7/18 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Should Move One Of Their Pitching Prospects: After the disastrous 16 inning defeat against the Boston Red Sox last night, many fans have written off the Rays and their run...
• 7/15 Fanspeak.com: Orioles Sweep The Rays, Come Out Of The Gate On Fire
• 7/12 The Process Report: Wade Davis To The Disabled List: For the second-consecutive season, Wade Davis will hit the disabled list in the second half of the season. Last year, a shoulder...
• 7/5 The Process Report: Wade Davis And Quality Starts: With Wade Davis’ most recent start in the books, it is becoming apparent that he hopes to squat on the naming right for the...
• 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Cardinals Take the Opener 5-3 as Tempers Flare: Baseball is often a game of adjustments. It’s a cliche, I know, but it certainly applied to tonight’s game against...

• 6/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria, Upton Powers Rays Past Astros 14-10: June 26, 2011 A: Houston Astros Attendance: 23,965   Rays (44-34) 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 14 19 1 Astros (28-51) 1 2 2 2 0 0 1...
• 6/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Take Quick Lead, Run Away From Astros: June 25, 2011 A: Houston Astros Attendance: 27,208   Rays (43-34) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 13 2 Astros (28-50) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1...
• 6/17 The Process Report: Daily Process: Wade Davis, Rays Beat Marlins: Whenever Jeff Niemann threw a game where his earned run average looked better than he pitched, either Tommy or I would label it...
• 6/12 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Offense Outlasts Orioles in 9-6 Win: The Rays and Orioles picked up their seesaw battle on Sunday after a back and forth extra-inning affair on Saturday. The Rays...
• 6/12 Yanks Go Yard: Rays Avoid Rain, Beat O’s 9-6: June 12, 2011 A: Baltimore Orioles Attendance: 22,032 Rays (35-30) 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 14 1 Orioles (30-33) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0...

• 5/31 Mets360.com: Dillon Gee has been great but can he keep it up?: OK, how many of you out there thought that Dillon Gee could be this good? I see a few hands raised. Ordinarily, I might be inclined...
• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis overpowered by Rangers: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed seven earned runs, 12 hits and a walk in just 2 2/3 innings in a loss Monday, May 30, against...[+] the Texas Rangers. He needed 77 pitches and was unable to get out of the third inning.
• 5/30 Nolan Writin': Ranger/Rays – Holland vs Davis Preview: The Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Rays today in a rematch of ALDS opponents. The three game series with the Rays starts with a...
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: Fast Starting Pitchers: ERA vs xFIP and Sustainability: When someone like Josh Collmenter blows through the league on his first go 'round, everyone asks the same series of questions.What's...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis mediocre in no-decision: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed five runs - four earned - and eight hits over six innings in a no-decision Tuesday, May 24,...[+] against the Detroit Tigers. He also allowed two walks with four strikeouts in the 109-pitch outing. Davis is winless in three straight starts dating back to May 8.
• 5/20 Yanks Go Yard: Romero Quiets Rays Bats, Tampa Loses 3-2: May 19, 2011 A: Toronto Blue Jays Attendance: 12,590 Rays (25-19) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 Blue Jays (22-21) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0...
• 5/20 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Split With Toronto: Wade Davis managed to complete six innings in under 60 pitches. In the end, he completed 7 2/3 with 98 tosses. Davis was poor...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis stretches out: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis went a career-high 7 2/3 innings in his loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday, May 19. He allowed...[+] three runs on seven hits and four walks while fanning three. Davis said the key to the improvement of his pitches was better drive from his legs, which led to better breaking balls. 'Just striding better,' Davis said. 'Everything was stronger in my lower half. My off-speed stuff was better, getting out in front. My curveball, slider, everything was much better.'
• 5/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Inter-League Ploy: If you haven’t noticed, the Cardinals are in the middle of a stretch during which they play 16 games in 16 days.  That...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis tagged with loss Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (4-3) allowed four runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Baltimore Orioles Saturday,...[+] May 14. He walked three and struck out three.
• 5/15 The Process Report: Can Wade Davis Sustain His Pop Up Rate?: I think one thing is getting lost in the Wade Davis conversation and that is infield fly balls. Strikeouts are better because...
• 5/14 The Process Report: Daily Process: Davis Battles Command; Rays Shutout By Bergesen: The less velocity, more contact approach by Wade Davis is starting to take a turn for the worse. In his first six starts, Davis...
• 5/13 The Process Report: The Process Versus Orioles Hitters & J.J. Hardy: Player Name   BAT    LHOPS  RHOPS Brian Roberts SH     811    804 Nick Markakis LH     797    853 Derrek Lee   ...
• 5/10 NY Baseball Digest: Surprising Tampa Still a Distant Third in AL East: Going into the season I believed it would be the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East, and then everyone else. Last year’s division...
• 5/9 Yanks Go Yard: : May 8, 2011 A: Baltimore Orioles Attendance: 16,359 Rays (20-14) 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 Orioles (14-19) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis shaky in victory: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed three earned runs, four hits and five walks over five innings in a win Sunday, May 8, against...[+] the Baltimore Orioles. He also struck out five batters in the 100-pitch outing.
• 5/8 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Sweep O’s Despite Davis’ Control Issues: Wade Davis struggled with his control throughout and that manifested itself in five walks, although his fastball strike percentage...
• 5/6 The Process Report: Wade Davis And The Infield Fly Ball: For some pitchers inducing infield flyballs (IFFB%) can be a repeatable skill. This is generally true of a flyball pitcher like...
• 5/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Relaying the Signs: Re-evaluating the AL East: Welcome back to Relaying the Signs, a weekly column dedicated to anything and everything that is Major League Baseball. In last...
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis sharp in no-decision: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed two earned runs, six hits and three walks over six innings in a no-decision Tuesday, May...[+] 3, against the Toronto Blue Jays. Davis also struck out two batters in the 112-pitch quality start.
• 5/3 The Process Report: Daily Process: B.J. Upton Homers For The Win: Here’s a statement that gives you all the information you need to know about the pacing of tonight’s game: The most exciting...
• 5/1 Baseball Moves: Week 5 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 4. Assuming the week starts on Monday....

• 4/30 The Process Report: Alex Cobb Expected to Start on Sunday for Rays: A positive benefit of having pitching depth in the high-minors is being able to take liberties with pitcher rest cycles. This...
• 4/28 The Process Report: Day & Night: Is Jeff Niemann A Vampire?: For some reason, the Rays have tried their hardest to keep Jeff Niemann in the dark…literally. One of the given reasons for...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis wins start: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis went 6 2/3 innings, allowing just two runs on seven hits for his third straight win Wednesday, April...[+] 27, against the Minnesota Twins.
• 4/28 The Process Report: Daily Process: Offense Provides Davis With Plenty in 8-2 Win: The slow and steady approach continues to work for Wade Davis. The right-hander worked into the seventh inning once again and...
• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wednesday, Thursday rotation: The Tampa Bay Rays will have SP Wade Davis take to the hill Wednesday, April 26. SPs Jeff Niemann and Jeremy Hellickson will start...[+] the double-header Thursday, April 28.
• 4/23 MLB Fantasy Recon: Next Week 2 Start Staring Pitchers - Ranks and Reviews: Harang is money next weekWe'll turn to RotoWorld for this weeks two start pitcher review, Nick Nelson has a list of two starters...
• 4/22 Fantasy Sports Information: Two Start Pitchers: Week 4: In the our final ADP rankings before the season began, I told fantasy owners to jump on Jered Weaver as a nice value this season....
• 4/21 The Process Report: Even More on Wade Davis: Say this of Wade Davis: If nothing else, his velocity tinkering has inspired some good content across the web. Tommy and myself...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis evens record at 2-2: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed one earned run, six hits and two walks over seven innings in a win Wednesday, April 20, against...[+] the Chicago White Sox. He also struck out two in the 99-pitch quality start.
• 4/20 The Process Report: Daily Process: Davis Solid in Rays’ 4-1 Victory: Following in the footsteps of David Price and James Shields before him, Wade Davis turned in a solid performance against the...
• 4/19 The Process Report: Game-Changer: James Shields Owns Adam Dunn: Coming into tonight’s game, I was a bit worried about the James Shields vs. Adam Dunn matchup. In the Process Versus post, I...
• 4/18 The Process Report: Daily Process: Price Dominates, Fuld Does Fuld Things: We’ve talked quite a bit about Wade Davis taking off velocity in favor of control over the past few days. David Price, on the...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Last Players Under Contract: When signing players to long-term deals, teams are forced to look many years into the future.  Let's take a look at which player...
• 4/16 The Process Report: Wade Davis Trades Speed For Control: Whether you watch last night’s game on TV, on-line, or at the ballpark, you probably noticed that Wade Davis’ velocity was...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis picks up first victory: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed one earned run, four hits and two walks over seven innings Friday, April 15, against the...[+] Minnesota Twins for his first victory of the season. Davis tossed 59 of his 100 pitches for strikes in the quality start.
• 4/15 The Process Report: Daily Process: Davis Goes 7, Shoppach Goes Deep In Rays Win: If tonight’s plan was to get ahead in the count and keep the Minnesota Twins’ hitters off balance by mixing speeds, Wade Davis...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | James Shields to start Thursday: Due to a rainout Wednesday, April 13, Tampa Bay Rays SP James Shields will start Thursday, April 14, according to Marc Topkin...[+] of the St. Petersburg Times.
• 4/13 The Process Report: The Future Process: Alex Torres and Alex Cobb: While Matt Moore and Chris Archer continue to climb the minor league ladder, the Durham combination of Alex Torres and Alex Cobb...
• 4/13 The Process Report: The Extra 2% In Pitching Arsenals?: Wade Davis did a nice interview over at Prospectus today where he discusses the technical side of pitching. He let this response...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts By Service Time: MLBTR's Mike Axisa looked at the largest contracts by service time a year ago; it's time for an update. Less Than One YearPosition...
• 4/12 The Process Report: Clay Buchholz Extension: A David Price Blueprint?: Soon after Wade Davis signed his four-year extension worth $12.6 million (with the potential to be seven-years, $36.1 million)...
• 4/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Do the Yankees need to rethink their organizational philosophy regarding developing starting pitchers?: In the wake of Boston extending Clay Buchholz, I couldn’t help but think about the healthy number of young, good-to-excellent...
• 4/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis takes a tough loss: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed just two earned runs, five hits and three walks over six innings in a hard-luck loss against...[+] the Chicago White Sox Saturday, April 9. Davis fell to 0-2 with an ERA of 4.38. He'll look for better results in his next scheduled outing Thursday, April 14, against the Minnesota Twins.
• 4/6 B-R Blog: The Orioles’ great start: In their first 4 games this season, the Orioles haven't allowed more than 1 run in any game: Rk Gm# Date Tm Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: David Price: Last year 25-year-old lefty David Price established himself as one of the best pitchers in baseball, finishing second in the American...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidates: Sophomore Starters: Wade Davis signed a multiyear extension with the Rays last week, though he's just one season into his MLB career. The deal is...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Cole, Penny, Davis, Vlad: A few AL East links, as the Orioles enjoy first place... Check out some interesting quotes from Yankees executives Brian...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: David Price Would Be Open To Long-Term Deal: In the wake of Wade Davis' four-year extension, left-hander David Price says that he would be open to signing a long-term deal...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at some of the analysis and reporting MLBTR's writing team delivered this week.. This week, MLBTR learned...
• 4/3 The Process Report: Daily Process: Sam Fuld Does Sam Fuld Things: Tommy has more on Wade Davis coming up, but his seventh inning is going to overshadow an otherwise solid outing. There strikeout...
• 4/3 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Mark Reynold’s 7th Inning Double: In a series that featured some really good pitching (or some really bad hitting by the Rays, at least), it only took one big hit...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/27/11 - 4/2/11: The regular season is upon us at last! Let's take a look back at the week that was: A pair of notable extensions were signed...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Meyer, Young, Cardinals, Indians: Links for Sunday, as Javier Vazquez prepares to debut for the Marlins.... The Phillies have released Dan Meyer from their...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Pirates, Rays, White Sox, Dodgers: The Red Sox announced the passing of longtime executive Lou Gorman, who built Boston's 1986 American League Championship team....
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Jimenez Extension Going Well For Rockies: There's inherent risk in signing any pitcher long-term, let alone someone who has just one full season of Major League experience...

• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Wade Davis, Agent Take Calculated Risk: The Rays acknowledge that they took a significant risk when they invested $12.6MM in a pitcher who has appeared in just 35 big...
• 3/31 The Process Report: Is This The Last Opening Day for James Shields?: The Rays open the season tomorrow night. It’s the third consecutive season they will start on day two of the regular season...
• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman, Rays Take Calculated Risk With Deal: Wade Davis has appeared in 35 big league games and today the Rays signed him to a deal that could pay him over $35MM. Davis gets...
• 3/31 The Process Report: Rays Sign Wade Davis to Seven-Year Extension: And so, the cycle of Rays’ life begins anew. Prior to the 2008 season, the Rays signed James Shields to an extension. The guaranteed...
• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Extend Wade Davis: The Rays announced that they agreed to a four-year extension with Wade Davis that's worth at least $12.6MM and could be worth...
• 3/28 The Process Report: The Other Members of Montgomery’s Stacked Rotation: About a week and a half ago, I wrote about Matthew Moore and Chris Archer. The pair have since been moved to Double-A Montgomery...
• 3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis sharp Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed one earned run and six hits in six-plus innings versus the Houston Astros Thursday, March...[+] 24, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart. Davis struck out five and walked two.
• 3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis scratched: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (illness) was scratched from the lineup Wednesday, March 16, due to flulike symptoms, the St. Petersburg...[+] Times' Marc Topkin reports.
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | David Price to start Opening Day: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price was officially announced as the team's Opening Day starter Tuesday, March 15, according to the St....[+] Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. Price will be followed in the rotation by SPs James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis and Jeremy Hellickson.
• 3/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis hit hard Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed four runs and seven hits while walking two in three innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates...[+] Friday, March 11, according to MLB.com's Bill Chastain. Davis threw 28 of his 57 pitches for strikes. 'I felt really good today - almost too good,' Davis said. 'I think that was why I was a little erratic. (I) wasn't catching up to my body, but it was a good thing for me to have a good strong day, physically.'
• 3/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Rays: Pirates (6-8) at Rays (5-7) Audio link Here is the MLB.com Gameday: 1:05 PM EST–Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte On...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis pleased with progress: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis is happy with the way his spring is going, according to Tony Fabrizio of The Tampa Tribune. 'The...[+] biggest thing for me with the difference from last year to this year is I know kind of what my body is doing a little more and can make corrections a little easier,' said Davis. 'I think when I started doing better last year, I started realizing the things I was doing that were helping me and making things easier.'
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: Is James Shields The Next Rays' Starter To Go?: Quality starting pitching is the best currency in the game, and no team has traded more of it in recent years than the Rays. They've...
• 3/4 MLB Fantasy Recon: Sleeper Canidates - AL East 5th Starters Reviewed: Packed full of high powered offense and hitters parks, the AL East has destroyed more than one pitcher.  Javier Vasquez,...

• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis happy with bullpen session: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis was happy with his Thursday, Feb. 24, 32-pitch bullpen session and says he is working to 'clean...[+] up my line to the plate,' according to MLB.com's Bill Chastain. 'In the past, especially at this point of Spring Training, I've wanted to come in and try and prove myself,' Davis said. 'I'd always get real long - a lot of moving parts. This year, I wanted to have a good idea where I'm going with my delivery, especially going into this season, where I feel pretty comfortable with my position to be able to get off to a good start.'
• 2/7 The Process Report: The American League East Rotations: Exactly as it sounds. Orioles Red Sox Yankees Blue Jays Price Shields Niemann Davis **** Summary Baltimore Orioles At the top...

• 1/31 The Golden Sombrero: The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #31 – Matt Moore (Video): #31 Matthew Moore – Tampa Bay Rays LHP DOB: 6-18-89 ETA: 2013 A former Moriarty High School Pinto (NM) and...
• 1/31 The Process Report: Keys to Contention: Wade Davis: The Rays’ rotation looks a bit different than it did the last time Wade Davis pitched. Then, he was option number four, number...
• 1/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Masters Of The Universe: Pending physicals, the Rays have traded RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and a player to be named later to the Cubs for RHP Chris...
• 1/7 The Biz of Baseball: Cubs, Rays Strike a Deal Sending Matt Garza to Chicago: Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago reports that the rumored deal between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs has been completed and...
• 1/7 The UpperCard Network: Cubs Close To Acquiring Matt Garza: The Cubs are prepared to send four prospects to the Rays in exchange for Matt Garza. A trade appears close, but no announcement...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs To Acquire Matt Garza: The Cubs and Rays have agreed to a trade that will send Matt Garza to Chicago, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. Chris...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs, Rays Working On Garza Trade: Cubs GM Jim Hendry is working feverishly to acquire Matt Garza from the Rays, according to Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald. The...
• 1/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Bondermans, Garcias and Millwoods, oh my!: As you've undoubtedly noticed, the Yankees have seemingly been attached to a new available (and in certain cases, non-available)...

• 12/23 Fonzie Forever: Debunking Dillon: Today, a quick look at Dillon Gee and the expectations being heaped upon him for the upcoming season. First, a look at the expectations:NY...
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Not looking to trade starters: The Tampa Bay Rays are not looking to trade SPs David Price, Matt Garza, Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann or Jeremy Hellickson, according...[+] to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin.

• 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Collins, Minaya, Pirates, Rays, Bartlett: Some links to enjoy on your Sunday afternoon: ESPN's Adam Rubin offers up ten tidbits about new Mets' manager Terry Collins. Omar...
• 11/16 SOX & Dawgs: 2010 AL & NL Rookie of the Year Winners: The 2010 Jackie Robinson American League and National League Rookie of the Year Awards as voted on by the Baseball Writers'...
• 11/16 My Pinstripes: Rookie of the Year Offical Voting: I mentioned in a prior post that Neftali Feliz and Buster Posey won the AL and NL Rookie of the Year Awards. Here is the official...

• 10/27 Jason's Baseball Blog: Season Previews in Review: American League East: Back during Spring Training, I took a look at each team and made predictions about how each team would do and how I thought their...
• 10/18 The Crazy Crabbers: Posey beats out Heyward for Willie Mays Award for top Rookie: TweetThe battle for the Willie Mays Award, given by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance to the top rookie in each division, turned...
• 10/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Chapter of the BBA Announces AL Rookie of the Year Selection: The other day you might have noticed a post on the Yankees Chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance that announced our vote...
• 10/12 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: AL Willie Mays Award: Playing time was already a sizable factor when considering the differences on the NL side of ballot between Jason Heyward and...
• 10/12 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers in Five: The divisional series between the Rays and Rangers will go to a fifth game, and Texas will win its first ever playoff series on...
• 10/11 Caught Looking: Should the Rangers have started Cliff Lee in Game 4?: It’s yet to be determined that the Rangers holding Cliff Lee for Game 5 against the Rays is the right decision or not with...
• 10/11 Jason's Baseball Blog: The AL Willie Mays Award: Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we will be voting over the coming weeks on our award winners for the regular season....
• 10/11 Caught Looking: Sunday recap: Game 4: Rays 5, Rangers 2 Well it looks like this series will live up to the hype as the Rays won their second straight game on...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Rangers get their second chance to clinch at home today as they send Tommy Hunter against the Rays and Wade Davis. Davis played...
• 10/10 Caught Looking: Saturday recap: Game 3: Rays 6, Rangers 3 The Rays showed signs of life for the first time this postseason to stave off elimination for at least...
• 10/9 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Season’s Top Stories: The Rookie Class of 2010: Throughout the month of October, I’ll be reviewing some of the top stories that were in the newly completed regular season....
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | David Price to pitch Game 1: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will start Game 1 of the Division Series against the Texas Rangers Wednesday, Oct. 6, according...[+] to The Associated Press. SP James Shields will get Game 2 Thursday, Oct. 7, and SP Matt Garza will start in Game 3 Saturday, Oct. 9. SP Wade Davis would start Game 4 if necessary and Price would start a potential Game 5.
• 10/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis pushed back: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis' last start of the season has been pushed back a day to Sunday, Oct. 3, according to The Tampa Tribune's...[+] Roger Mooney. SPs Andy Sonnanstine and Jeremy Hellickson are both candidates to start Saturday, Oct. 2.

• 9/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Phillies send Roy Halladay against John Lannan of Washington as a Philadelphia win clinches the NL East. Halladay needs less...
• 9/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rain and Rays Stop Yankees, Lead Down to 1.5 Games: The rain knocked A.J. Burnett out of the game and the Yankees B-squad bullpen let them down as they lost at home 7-2 to the...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays and Yankees continue their four-game series in New York. The pitching matchup isn’t great, with Wade Davis facing...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis set to start Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis is set to start Wednesday, Sept. 22, against the New York Yankees, according to Ben Walker, of The...[+] Associated Press.
• 9/20 My Pinstripes: I Hate Bad Sports Days: I hate days like Sunday. I was already still fuming from the Yankees loss yesterday when I sat down to watch the Giants football...
• 9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Rays VI: The Voyage Home: As you may have heard, the Yankees and Rays played three one-run games in Tampa Bay last week that resulted in the Rays taking...
• 9/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Dan Haren and the Angles try to stop the Rays juggernaut as they face Wade Davis in Tampa. Haren has yet to allow a home run September,...
• 9/14 MLBTradeRumors: Nine Rotations Already Set For 2011: There are no sure things when it comes to starting pitching, but some teams are better-positioned than others for 2011. These...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis wins seventh straight : Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (12-9) improved to 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA in four starts since a stint on the 15-day disabled list caused...[+] by a strained right shoulder. He picked up his seventh straight win Saturday, Sept. 11, in a 13-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, according to The Associated Press. 'He's come off the injury and I believe he's throwing the ball better than I've ever seen,' Rays manager Joe Maddon said. 'I'm talking about last year in September, and I'm talking at any point during this season. I'm talking velocity, depth on breaking ball, demeanor on the mound, awareness. All those things are getting better and that's why he's pitched so well.'
• 9/10 El Maquino: Yankees Better Watch Their Backs: Rays starter Wade Davis is a beast. On his off-day yesterday, he and some Rays staff went hunting in Ontario. He shot a 300-pound...
• 9/5 Baseball Press: 2010 American League Rookie of the Year: Feliz has helped propel Texas to first place in the AL West (AP) As we posted last season around this time in the...
• 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: The Rays' 2011 Rotation: The Rays have the second-best record in baseball thanks, in large part, to one of the game's deepest rotations. The team can bring...

• 8/31 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series: #7 – Tampa Bay Rays: For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #7: Tampa Bay Rays General...
• 8/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: The ridiculously good starting pitching of the 2010 Toronto Blue Jays: As we've seen over 12 games thus far against the Blue Jays in which the Yankees have gone 5-7, this year's Toronto team has some...
• 8/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis wins 10th game: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed two runs on six hits and three walks while fanning five in 5 1/3 innings to beat the Los...[+] Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tuesday, Aug. 24, The Associated Press reports. He became the fifth Rays starter with 10 wins, which makes them the only staff in the majors to do so.
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis activated: The Tampa Bay Rays activated SP Wade Davis (shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list Monday, Aug. 23, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis back Tuesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (shoulder) will come off the disabled list and start Tuesday, Aug. 24, The Tampa Tribune's Roger...[+] Mooney reports.
• 8/22 My Pinstripes: Sunday Not in the Park With No George - An AL Look: It's Sunday, August 22...the baseball season is into the full stretch drive. Football is around the corner. And that really...
• 8/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann throw simulated games Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) each threw simulated games Friday, Aug. 20, according to...[+] The Associated Press. Manager Joe Maddon said both pitchers could be activated from the disabled list within the next few days. 'I don't anticipate any setbacks,' he said.
• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Sign Ramon Ortiz: The Rays signed right-hander Ramon Ortiz and assigned him to Triple A Durham, according to the transactions page for the International...
• 8/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann throw Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) both threw bullpen sessions Wednesday, Aug. 18, and both...[+] sessions went well, according to The Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. Both pitchers are targeting returns next week.
• 8/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann throw bullpens Monday: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) both threw 40-plus pitches in their bullpen sessions Monday,...[+] Aug. 16, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin. Both pitchers will throw another bullpen session Wednesday, Aug. 18, and a simulated game Friday, Aug. 20.
• 8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann to throw Monday: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) will throw bullpen sessions Monday, Aug. 16, according to...[+] Roger Mooney of The Tampa Tribune. They are both expected to be activated from the disabled list during the series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beginning Aug. 23.
• 8/11 B-R Blog: Jeremy **** does it (7 IP, 3 H) again: Last night Jeremy **** made his second career stat and again allowed just 3 hits in 7 innings. This time he allowed no runs,...
• 8/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann won't be out long: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) are not expected to miss more than...[+] the designated 15 days of their disabled-list stints, according to The Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. 'Both are in pretty good shape, actually,' Maddon said. 'Best way to describe it is shoulder fatigue or shoulder strain and that we believe they're not going to be out very long. So it was actually good news.'
• 8/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis to DL: Tampa Bay Rays SP Jeff Niemann (shoulder) and SP Wade Davis (shoulder) were placed on the 15-day disabled list with strained shoulders,...[+] ESPN.com reports.
• 8/9 MLBTradeRumors: The Reds' 2011 Rotation: The Reds have an abundance of major league starters under team control in 2011. Mike Leake, Homer Bailey and Travis Wood are not...
• 8/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankee bats forget to wake up in time for 2pm start: This game was decided early. Phil Hughes was inefficient in the early innings, and was lucky to keep the Red Sox to only 2 runs...
• 8/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Jeremy Hellickson recalled: The Tampa Bay Rays recalled SP Jeremy Hellickson in order to start against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, Aug. 10, according to The...[+] Tampa Tribune's Tony Fabrizio. SP Wade Davis (shoulder) will skip at least one start and could be headed to the disabled list.
• 8/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann being examined: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder), who are both dealing with shoulder strains, were set to...[+] be examined Monday, Aug. 9, and both could be headed to the disabled list, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Joe Smith. Manager Joe Maddon said the team was encouraged with both of their MRI results Monday. SP Andy Sonnanstine is a possibility to start Saturday, Aug. 14.
• 8/9 Mets Merized: For Love Of The Game: Yesterday I spent the day at a friend’s house during the Mets/Phillies game. This friend just recently had a son, the first...
• 8/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann battling shoulder soreness: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Wade Davis (shoulder) and Jeff Niemann (shoulder) have been sent home as a precautionary measure because of...[+] posterior shoulder soreness, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. Both pitchers experienced lingering discomfort following their most recent outings and will visit team physician Dr. Koco Eaton Monday, Aug. 9. 'We don't think either one is a long-term situation of any kind but we want to make sure before we put them back out there,' manager Joe Maddon said. 'We'll just know more after they're both examined tomorrow; then we'll be able to make more definitive plans.' Davis is scheduled to make his next start Tuesday, Aug. 10, with Niemann scheduled to pitch Saturday, Aug. 14. If either pitcher needs to miss their turn in the rotation, the Rays would likely recall SP Jeremy Hellickson from Triple-A Durham, who will be held out of action so he could pitch at the big league level if needed.
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis hit hard Thursday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed six runs and 10 hits in six innings for a no-decision against the Minnesota Twins Thursday,...[+] Aug. 5, according to The Associated Press. Davis had won his last four starts.
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis named AL Rookie of the Month: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis was named the American League Rookie of the Month for the month of July, according to The Tampa Tribune's...[+] Roger Mooney. Davis went 4-0 with a 3.03 ERA in five starts in the month.
• 8/3 B-R Blog: Jeremy **** strong debut: Last night, Jeremey **** made a strong major-league debut for the Rays, allowing just 3 hits over 7 innings. That doesn't happen...
• 8/2 Baseball Press: The 606 - August 2, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...

• 7/30 My Pinstripes: Rays ReJoyce: Phil Hughes was cruising along, mixing a mid-90s fastball with a great curve. Then the 6th inning came along and all of that...
• 7/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Wade Davis and Matt Joyce beat Phil Hughes and Nick Swisher 3-2: Man, this was a tough one. Phil Hughes was pitching rather well until he ran into trouble in the sixth. Armed with a scant two-run...
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Two Swings, Five Runs: The Yankees and Rays play a tight game, the Rays winning 3-2. Phil Hughes and Wade Davis each made one mistake. Davis allowed...
• 7/30 Obstructed View: Yankees at Rays Preview: The Yankees and Rays kick off a 3-game series tonight in Tampa Bay.  This is a preview of the ALCS in October, which should just...
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Roy Oswalt gets a fairly easy first start for the Phillies as he takes on Craig Stammen and the Nationals in Washington. Roy comes...
• 7/30 TetreaultVision: Contrarian Thinking: In Defense of Ed Wade: Baseball writers, particularly the sabermetrically inclined, enjoy lampooning the decisions and behaviors of Astros GM Ed Wade. ...
• 7/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yankees vs. Rays IV: The two best teams in baseball are back at it two weeks after the Yankees (65-36, 1st place in the AL East, 2 games up) took two...
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Three generating trade interest: Tampa Bay Rays 2B Sean Rodriguez, 2B Reid Brignac and SP Wade Davis are all generating plenty of trade interest this summer, according...[+] to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
• 7/27 B-R Blog: Matt Garza’s no-hitter: Click through for a few tidbits about Garza's no-hitter. Sorry I don't have more time to write this. Real life is getting in the...
• 7/26 The UpperCard Network: Rays Likely Keeping B.J. Upton: While the Rays have received significant interest for B.J. Upton, FOX Sports.Com’s Ken Rosenthal reports the Rays are likely...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Prefer To Use Prospects For Trades: Rays big leaguers B.J. Upton, Sean Rodriguez, Reid Brignac, and Wade Davis are drawing heavy interest, reports Ken Rosenthal of...
• 7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis unbeaten in July: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (8-9) improved to 3-0 in four starts this month after going 0-5 in June, according to The Associated...[+] Press. Davis allowed two runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings in a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Indians.
• 7/25 Baseball Musings: The RISP Difference: The Rays beat the Indians 4-2, and both teams failed to take advantage of opportunities to score more. The Rays went one for six...
• 7/25 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – July 25: Position Players: ss Yunel Escobar – Doubleheader 1b Lyle Overbay – Doubleheader 3b Edwin Encarnacion – Doubleheader of...
• 7/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Future of the US, Part 1: All Star festivities get a bad rap these days, but at least one event continues to grab my attention year after year: The Futures...
• 7/23 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 23, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Werth, Fielder, Uggla, Mets: The Phillies have asked the Rays about B.J. Upton and Wade Davis, but someone familiar with the trade talks tells Jon Heyman of...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Oswalt's Demands Slowing Trade Talks: Roy Oswalt is making the most of his no-trade clause and it's slowing the Phillies down as they attempt to acquire him. Two people...
• 7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Jayson Werth won't come cheaply: The Philadelphia Phillies have made it clear that they will not trade OF Jayson Werth 'unless they get exactly what they want,'...[+] according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark. The Phillies reportedly are asking for Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis or OF B.J. Upton in exchange for Werth. The Phillies are also not willing to pay the $3.5 million remaining on Werth's contract.
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: The Prince Fielder Market: Earlier this month we learned that the Brewers are listening to offers for first baseman Prince Fielder.  One school of thought...
• 7/19 Baseball Musings: Early Exits: Carlos Silva walks two in the first, and the first six Astros reach base as they score five runs and knock Silva out of the game...
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis solid in win Monday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis improved to 7-9 on the year Monday, July 19, after giving up one run through eight innings to the...[+] Baltimore Orioles, reports The Associated Press. Davis fanned three while giving up seven hits and a walk.
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: The 2011 Rays And Carl Crawford: The Rays are willing to spend this season, but they're lowering payroll under $60MM for 2011. The upcoming payroll drop means...
• 7/16 Baseball Press: Mid-Season Mailbag: Can rookie Brennan Boesch last all season? (AP) The Baseball Press crew is always down to answer baseball related questions....
• 7/15 El Maquino: Possibilities for A New Starter: MLB Trade Rumors put together a list of possible tradable starters.  Assuming the Cards stay within their artificial $100mil...
• 7/15 MLBTradeRumors: The Trade Market For Starting Pitching: The best starting pitcher available has already been traded, but quality arms are there for teams that are willing to pay for...
• 7/15 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Fielder, Phillies, Baylor, White Sox: Links for Thursday, as the second half begins... ESPN.com's Buster Olney wonders how the Rays would look if they...
• 7/11 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Arroyo, Carmona, Garza, Lilly: In this week's installment of his Baseball Notes feature, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe discusses the 2006 deal that sent Bronson...
• 7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Have rotation set for after break: The Tampa Bay Rays will have SP James Shields start in the team's first game after the All-Star Game and will be followed by SPs...[+] Jeff Niemann, David Price, Wade Davis and Matt Garza, reports Marc Topkin, of the St. Petersburg Times.
• 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis ends losing streak: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis ended his six-game winless streak by defeating the Cleveland Indians Thursday, July 8, according...[+] to The Associated Press. He allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings in the game. Davis was 0-5 in six starts since winning May 29.
• 7/8 MLBTradeRumors: Cliff Lee Rumors: Thursday: The Twins aren’t close to a deal for Cliff Lee, but the Rangers are working hard to acquire him and a number of other clubs...
• 7/3 El Maquino: Thome Cracks Top 6: Jim Thome hit his 573rd and 574th homeruns today against Wade Davis (RAYS).  So: 5. Frank Robinson (21yrs, 586hr) 6. Thome (Middle...

• 6/30 The UpperCard Network: Cliff Lee Trade Rumors: June 30th: 11:18AM: Patrick Russe of the Minnesota Star Tribune believes that the package the Mariners would accept from the Twins...
• 6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis solid in loss Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis fell to 5-9 after giving up two runs through 7 1/3 innings to the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday, June...[+] 27, reports The Associated Press. Davis gave up four hits and walked three while striking out five. Davis was 0-5 in five starts in June.
• 6/26 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL-Only (Week 13): Edwin's DFA opens up at-bats for Hoffpauir. (AP) Each week Baseball Press will be providing some Under the Radar...
• 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis continues winless June: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (5-8) allowed two runs, four hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings of work Tuesday, June 22, in a...[+] 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres, according to The Associated Press.
• 6/18 B-R Blog: Games Scores > 63 in first 3 starts of a career: Stephen Strasburg, if I did my math correctly, earned himself another 75 Game Score tonight, giving him two 75's sandwiching a...
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis loses third in a row Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (5-7) lost his third straight start Wednesday, June 16, as the Rays fell 6-2 to the Atlanta Braves....[+] The Associated Press reported Davis dropped to 2-6 with a 6.48 ERA over his last eight starts.
• 6/16 B-R Blog: Clay Buchholz: A good game score despite his team giving up 10+ runs: I have been meaning to post this for a while. While Clay Buchholz picked up another win last night, his previous start yielded...
• 6/10 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Strasburg, LaPorta, Lee, Padres: Some items from around the majors on Thursday... Minnesota has signed two draft picks, the highest of which is ninth-rounder...
• 6/10 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 10, 2010 Evening Edition: Tonight's games Florida Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies Josh Johnson vs. Roy HalladayWhen last we saw Johnson...
• 6/6 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Links: Pirates, Brewers, Red Sox: More draft news from around the web.. The Pirates will take either shortstop Manny Machado or righthander Jameson Taillon with...
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Wade Davis suffers loss Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (5-5) allowed eight runs on nine hits over 3 1/3 innings in a loss to the Texas Rangers Friday, June...[+] 4, according to The Associated Press. He walked none and struck out three.
• 6/5 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 5, 2010: A youth movement is afoot in Chavez Ravine on Saturday. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three most intriguing...
• 6/4 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 4, 2010: A pair of streaking AL East hurlers clash in Toronto on Friday. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three...

• 5/31 Baseball Press: Minor Tweaks - (Week 7): Jeremy **** may be bored with AAA (Durham Bulls) Every week during the season, I'm going to take a look at some of the...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis earns win Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (5-4) allowed three runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings Saturday, May 29, in a victory against the...[+] Chicago White Sox, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and struck out two.
• 5/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Are you a starting pitcher with a run-yielding problem?: Then talk to your doctor to see if the 2010 Yankees* are right for you.Including last night's rain-shortened affair against the...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis hit hard Monday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis allowed five runs and seven hits in just 3 2/3 innings and 97 pitches to lose to the Boston Red Sox...[+] Monday, May 24, according to The Associated Press.
• 5/25 Baseball Press: The 606 - May 24, 2010: Clay Buchholz tries to stop Wade Davis and the red hot Rays (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three most...
• 5/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays beat Yanks 10-6: I'm out of creative headlines for this one. The Rays beat the Yanks 10-6, as Tampa Bay's Wade Davis lulled the Yankees to sleep,...
• 5/24 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Trembley, Harper, Rangers, Uehara: Links for Monday, before Wade Davis and Clay Buchholz face off in Tampa... Dave Trembley is still the Orioles' manager...
• 5/24 B-R Blog: RESULTS: Stat Challenge Week 7 (Spring Training): Here are the results for our final exhibition contest. As you probably already know, starting next week the contests count for...
• 5/24 Baseball Musings: Game of the Day: With only four contests tonight, the game to watch is the Red Sox at the Rays. The match-up features two outstanding young starters,...
• 5/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Arms Raysed: The Tampa Bay Rays have, by far, the best pitching staff in baseball. Their arms have allowed just a smidge over three runs per...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis suffers loss Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (3-3) allowed three runs on five hits over six innings in a loss to the Seattle Mariners Friday,...[+] May 14, according to The Associated Press. He walked three and struck out two.
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Ubaldo Jimenez leads the NL in ERA. Photo: Icon SMI There are almost too many good games today. The first pits the Twins against...
• 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis suffers loss Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis (3-2) allowed three runs on six hits over five innings Saturday, May 8, in a loss to the Oakland...[+] Athletics, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and struck out three.
• 5/8 B-R Blog: Bibbidi Bobbidi BAbip: Batting Average on balls put into play (BAbip) is a pitcher's batting average allowed on batted balls ending a plate appearance...

• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Wade Davis shines Wednesday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis gave up two hits and struck out six in six scoreless innings to defeat the Chicago White Sox Wednesday,...[+] April 21, according to The Associated Press.