Matthew Cody Moore (twitter: @MattyMoe55)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 18, 1989 in Fort Walton Beach, FL
High School: Moriarty HS (Moriarty, NM)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 8th round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 2011 (Age 22)   vs. BAL 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Team: Rays 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 5 yrs/$14M (12-16) & 17-19 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.017, Arb Eligible: 2017, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Sosnick/Cobbe [*]
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• 4/20 Rays Colored Glasses: RCG Discussion: Has Jeff Niemann Appeared in His Last Game for the Rays?: One of my favorite parts about this site has been the opportunity to interact with great commenters who really know what they’re...
• 4/20 fantasyteamadvice.com: UPDATED – two start pitchers for week 4 – fantasy baseball 2013 – top streamer options for the week ahead: Here is the updated two start pitcher list for week 4 of fantasy baseball 2013.  As expected, the weather from week 3 wrecked...
• 4/18 Birds Watcher: Orioles’ ‘Five-Inning Club’ an unpo**** honor: If you believe the first month of the season is for getting the inconsistencies out of your system, the Baltimore Orioles are...
• 4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Right Moment Ever Arise for the Rays to Trade David Price?: We were sure that it was inevitable. The Rays had been unable to sign B.J. Upton to an extension, and as he approached free agency,...
• 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 Birds Watcher: Tampa evens series with the Orioles: The L.A. Dodgers are making their second ever visit to the yard this weekend. Granted they have a similar record as do the Baltimore...
• 4/17 TheLeadoffWalk: Rays vs. Orioles: Day 17 Observations: Rays 6, Orioles 2 James Loney: It was a rare sight to see James Loney play the role of offensive star. Breaking...
• 4/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 14: James Loney Leads the Way as Rays Offense Comes Alive In Victory: The Rays offense showed signs of life in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. That spark turned...
• 4/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Surviving The Lefties Of April: At the beginning of the month, I previewed April and the probable pitchers the Yankees would face this month. The discussion was...
• 4/17 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 17, 2013: AL Astros (Bud Norris) at A’s (Bartolo Colon), 3:35 Rays (Matt Moore) at Orioles (Chris Tillman), 7:05 Red Sox (Alfredo...
• 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....
• 4/17 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 17, 2013: Welcome to another stirring rendition of the daily fix. Today, I will be playing the MLB $1K Moon Shot ($1000 Guaranteed). I hope...
• 4/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 13: Rays Bats Finally Come Alive, But Too Little Too Late as Orioles Win 5-4: The Rays just kept waiting for the spark that would ignite their offense. They hoped it would be Desmond Jennings‘ leadoff...
• 4/16 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Jake Arrieta Looks To Rebound Against Slumping Tampa Bay Rays: The 4-8 Tampa Bay Rays come to Baltimore after getting swept out of Boston in a three game set. Mike Napoli hit a walkoff RBI...
• 4/16 numberFire: 3 Key Stats Behind the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-8 Start: It's not easy to stop opposing hitters when 24 percent of David Price's allowed balls in play are line drives.See More David...
• 4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 4 fantasy baseball 2013 (April 22nd – 28th) Tony Cingrani’s first 2 start week hot waiver wire pickup: The MLB season is now in full swing, and I have compiled a list of the 47 (that’s right, count ‘em, 47!) starting...
• 4/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: A Pair Of Aces: In poker a pair of aces is nowhere near the best hand, but on the diamond a pair of aces can lead a team to the promise land....
• 4/14 mlbreports.com : Rays Say No Time To Panic: It Has Just Been 10 Games: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Apr.14/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent):  Ben Zobrist aside, the Rays have started...
• 4/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Show They’re Regular Guys Too, Play Paintball With Local Paintball Team TB Damage: Fun can have radically different definitions depending on who you ask. Some people might say watching baseball. Others would tell...
• 4/13 The Sports Critic: Ten-Game “Who’s Hot / Who’s Not” in MLB: As of April 13, most MLB teams have played 10 games. Any 10-game stretch serves as a strong reference for a “Who’s Hot-Who’s...
• 4/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-12: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 23.33 37.117 2 Matt Harvey 24 14.00 35.986 3 Yu Darvish 26 19.67...
• 4/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: UPDATED – Two start pitchers for week 3 – April 15th through April 21st 2013 fantasy baseball: There are an abundance of 2 start options for week 3, but as you will quickly realize, very few of them are elite.  I was only...
• 4/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Pitching Prospect Jake Odorizzi Reminds Everyone Not to Forget Him: Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi has been a really good pitching prospect for years now. Wherever he goes, though, it always...
• 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: How Was Rays’ Matt Moore So Enigmatic Yet Pitch So Well?: The Rays handed the ball to Matt Moore on Wednesday needing him to shut down to the Texas Rangers and lead them to victory. Moore...
• 4/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: 10 Surprising Statistics To Start The 2013 MLB Season: We are now approximately nine games into the young MLB season and there are some interesting statistics developing around the...
• 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 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 Update thru 4-10: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 16.00 38.870 2 Zack Greinke 29 6.33 36.726 3 Matt Harvey 24 14.00...
• 4/11 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Stats Leaders – April 10: Small sample sizes are fun. We can speculate until our faces turn blue, and when we turn out to be wrong, we can blame it on the...
• 4/10 Mastersball.com: Sidd Finch, Part 1:    I play in a league named after Sidd Finch. Google “Sidd Finch” should you be curious about the history of this fictitious...
• 4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 9: Matt Moore, Bullpen Shut Out Rangers In Rays Victory: The conditions may not have been the best for the Tampa Bay Rays – Texas Rangers game this afternoon, and it showed. Yet,...
• 4/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Rays vs. Rangers: Day Ten Observations: Rays 2, Rangers 0 Ben Zobrist: In what stands as the biggest play of the game, Zobrist, playing right field, caught...
• 4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 9 Preview: With Everything Falling Apart, Rays Place Faith in Matt Moore: Today is April 10th. This afternoon, the Rays are scheduled to play their 9th game versus the Rangers at 2:05 PM. The season just...
• 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 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks: Wednesday: April 10, 2013: Tuesday's picks went well enough yesterday. The day was not as clean as Monday was, but it could have been if both Los Angeles...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Extensions Down This Offseason: From the end of the 2012 season until present, 25 players with less than six years of Major League service time signed multiyear...
• 4/8 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 3 – 2 start pitchers fantasy baseball 2013: There are an abundance of 2 start options for week 3, but as you will quickly realize, very few of them are elite.  I was only...
• 4/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 6: David Price, Rays Have Game They Would Much Rather Forget: Pythagorean Record is an interesting statistic that uses a teams run scored and runs allowed values to determine what their won-loss...
• 4/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Johan Santana’s Comeback Happen With the Tampa Bay Rays?: For five years, Johan Santana looked like one of the best pitchers any of us had even seen. Armed with a great mid-90′s...
• 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...
• 4/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Stephen Vogt Traded to the Oakland A’s: When Stephen Vogt was designated for assignment on March 31st, it felt as though his time with the Rays had come to an end. As...
• 4/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: It’s never too late for a player profile!We’ve released a slew of player profiles in the past month or so, some in response to specific requests on More......
• 4/6 WahoosOnFirst: Cleveland Indians Quietly Fall To Tampa Bay Rays, 4-0: The trip in and out of Toronto is always a bit more taxing on a baseball team due to having to clear customs.  Having a night...
• 4/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Indians vs. Rays, Red Sox vs. Blue Jays: Day Five Observations: Rays 4, Indians 0 Ben Zobrist: Zobrist came up huge for the Rays in back-to-back innings. He got the team on the...
• 4/5 Baseball News Source: Matt Moore Tosses Six Shutout Innings, K’s Eight in Rays Win: Matt Moore turned in six solid innings, striking out eight and Ben Zobrist  drove in three runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays  over...
• 4/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Squander Early Opportunities, Drop Second Game in a Row; Rays 4, Indians 0: By Steve Eby I guess the Indians used up all of their offense Thursday night. Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore along with the Rays...
• 4/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore, Bullpen Shut Down Indians 4-0: Matt Moore had been developing a re**** as a slow starter, given how his April and May had been over the previous couple of seasons....
• 4/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Jeff Niemann Hits DL With Shoulder Soreness, Brandon Gomes Called Up: The Rays kept making excuses. Jeff Niemann‘s velocity was down, but he was just taking a little extra time rounding himself...
• 4/5 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 5: If you referenced yesterday’s lineup, you’re probably not very happy, unless of course you replaced Mark Buehrle with...
• 4/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At the Positives in Jeremy Hellickson’s Outing: A quick look at the stat line for Jeremy Hellickson‘s first start would show that he gave up five earned runs in 6.1 innings...
• 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...
• 4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Brandon's 2013 MLB Predictions: I’m a couple days late with these, but here we go: AL East Tampa Bay - With a full season of Evan Longoria, the...
• 4/2 Rays Colored Glasses: One Year Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East: In recapping offseason moves, analyst want to lump teams into two categories: the teams that gained and the teams that lost. The...
• 4/1 Baseball News Source: Rays News: Matt Moore Sharp, Luke Scott to The DL: After a 25 pitch first inning Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Moore  found his groove and completed the next three innings with 29...
• 4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Responsibility The Rays Are Placing on Matt Moore’s Shoulders Nothing His Left Arm Can’t Handle: It’s far from the usual progression, but the Rays were confident that Matt Moore could make it. Despite his enigmatic rookie...
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: 2013 American League Predictions: The excitement of a new season just continues to mount for us baseball fans. Here at BoSox Injection, each writer will submit...
• 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...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL East Preview: The division preview series continues with the AL East. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position players,...

• 3/29 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Yoenis Cespedes, OF, Oakland Athletics Yoenis the Menace! We’re wasting no time jumping on the...
• 3/29 KC Kingdom: American League Predictions: Detroit Tigers The Team To Beat?: This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the...
• 3/29 Rays Colored Glasses: To What Extent Did Jeff Niemann’s Trade Value Affect The Rays’ 5th Starter Decision?: The competition stretched the entirety of spring training, but the Rays finally made their decision, choosing Roberto Hernandez...
• 3/29 SoDo Mojo: A Case for Erasmo Ramirez: It’s official, the starting rotation for the Seattle Mariners on opening day will not include Erasmo Ramirez, while Blake Beavan...
• 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...
• 3/29 Rays Colored Glasses: What’s In A Name? The Tampa Bay Rays Should Name Roberto Hernandez Their Fifth Starter: When the Tampa Bay Rays signed Roberto Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona, it was a typical Rays offseason move. Much...
• 3/29 StoopSports.com: MLB X Factors: Jeff Israel-  It takes 25 players to make a baseball team. Nine guys on the field playing a smooth, crisp game giving maximum...
• 3/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Release Former Top Prospects Nick Barnese and Joseph Cruz, Mourn What Could Have Been: From the 2007 MLB Draft, the Rays received two pitchers as talented as anyone in baseball and critical to their success this season:...
• 3/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Reasons for Optimism Abound on the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013: With the upcoming season fast approaching, baseball ‘experts’ everywhere are making their preseason predictions. Sports...
• 3/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Matt Harvey Player Profile: Do you think he’s a Star Wars fan?Is Matt Harvey – the 6’4″ right-hander for the Mets who turns 24 today – a Star Wars fan? He More......
• 3/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles 2013: Matt MooreIs it me, or is there less buzz about Matt Moore this season than there was last year? It’s a More......
• 3/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Lasts Only 4.2 Innings, Trio Of Homers Lift Rays To 6-2 Lead: With one week left until Opening Day, the Rays’ bats proved Monday night that they are ready to take on the 2013 season. A trio...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Cy Young Winner: Continuing my prediction series, I now turn to individual awards, and the Cy Young is the first one I am going to look at. Last...
• 3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Prospect Injuries, Matt Joyce’s Non-Injury, Nick Weglarz Released: The injury bug: the one thing that can take down any team in baseball, no matter how talented. Has it already struck the Rays?...
• 3/25 Mastersball.com: Shadow-Drafting Tout Wars Mixed Auction: This Saturday, I was privileged to be invited by Peter Kreutzer to run the online spreadsheet for this year’s Mixed Tout Auction....
• 3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Hellickson Pitches 7 Innings But Rays Fall To The Yankees In Extra Frames: The Rays’ offense, which had been sputtering of late, finally came alive but the Rays’ still fell to the Yankees 7-6...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: American League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason predictions. ...
• 3/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Assessing The Rays Prospects From The 2012 Montgomery Biscuits Part 4: Ever since they began contending, the Rays have entered each season with a starting rotation among the best in baseball. But even...
• 3/20 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League East: AL East At A Glance New York Yankees: A lot of writers and analysts are picking the Yankees to finish third, and in the most wide...
• 3/16 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look at the Rays Season Projections With Jason Collette of Baseball Prospectus: Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Jason Collette of Baseball Prospectus about the upcoming season, and to get his thoughts...
• 3/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Stephen Vogt Hits Walkoff Home Run for Rays Win: Stephen Vogt may still be in search of that first regular season hit, but he got his moment in the hitting sun yesterday, as he...
• 3/15 Phillies Nation: Spring Training Gameday 2013: Phillies v. Rays: Tampa Bay Rays  vs Philadelphia Phillies Time: 1:05 pm Charlotte Sports Park – Port Charlotte, FL Weather: 64, Clear TV: No...
• 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...
• 3/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: Matt Moore 2013 fantasy baseball projections and analysis breakout pitcher: Matt Moore 2013 Starting Pitcher – Tampa Bay Rays Fantasy baseball analysis Matt Moore’s first full season in the...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: A Fan-Friendly Experience At The Rays’ Charlotte Sports Park: Standing on top of the Rays’ dugout, Chris Archer and Alex Cobb stood there looking up at me. It was my time to dance. Yesterday,...
• 3/11 Fire Brand of the American League: MythBusters: Red Sox Prospects Edition: In which we compare the Red Sox farm system to the Yankees’, highlight why Xander Bogaerts should stay at short and discuss...
• 3/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Shows Progress But Falls Apart in 4th as Rays Lose 6-2 to Red Sox: Entering 2012, the expectations were sky-high for Matt Moore after he struck out 11 in his first major league start in 2011 and...
• 3/10 BoSox Injection: Lackey, Sox Bend But Don’t Break. Beat Rays 6-2.: Sunday afternoon against Tampa Bay was another step in John Lackey‘s bend but not break pitching journey as well as a testament...
• 3/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: All Eyes on Matt Moore as Rays Make Season Debut on Sun Sports: Spring training is a very fun time in the baseball season, but what’s it very frustrating is that the vast majority of games...
• 3/9 Up Along First: Will The Mets Be Able To Lock Up Matt Harvey Early?: When news broke this week of Chris Sale’s new five-year extension with the White Sox, my thoughts immediately turned to...
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: A Trio of Concerns- Luke Scott’s Hamstring, Matt Moore’s Command, and Cancer Research: Today’s an off-day for the Rays and a chance to relax and reflect on everything that has happened so far in spring training....
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Struggles In His Second Outing But Brandon Guyer Steals Home as Rays Rally to Win 8-5: The Rays’ starting lineup was filled with six players who are expected to have regular playing time in the season, but magic...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers “The X-Factor”, Tim Beckham’s Potential, Tuesday Lineup: The Rays have the potential to be a very good baseball team in 2013, but there’s one player with the potential to make them...
• 3/4 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster In 2013 Part 2 – The Pitchers: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rays are a team built on their...
• 3/3 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Part 4 Of A 5 Part Rays Series: Like us on Facebook here Sunday Mar.03/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): New Changes to the old article...
• 3/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Lefties Matt Moore and Jake McGee Struggle Mightily as Tigers Blow Out Rays: Spring training got off to a great start for the Rays as they began 4-1 with their pitchers dominating and their offense always...
• 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 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 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Tampa Bay Rays: Starting Pitching Key: Matt Moore Moore’s done his flashy playoff introduction to the world as David Price did. He had an inconsistent...
• 2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Matt Moore, Joel Peralta Make First Appearances, Rays Top 15 Prospects: In 2013, the Rays are expecting to have one of the best rotations in baseball once again. But for that to happen, a key pitcher...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: The Stanky Maneuvers | Part II: The AL: Baseball's Unsung Heroes  Continuing from Part I: The NL  We're looking at the guys who embody Eddie Stanky's...
• 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...
• 2/26 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...
• 2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking at the Rays’ 25-Man Roster Situation With Spring Training Just Underway: Spring training in a unique time in the baseball calendar, with established veterans, top prospects, former major leaguers trying...
• 2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sunday Lineup, David Price’s Leadership, Scott Kazmir Off to Rousing Start in Indians Camp: Second day of spring training, and it already feels like there’s something a little different in the air. No better feeling...
• 2/23 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Breakout Candidates: If you had written last offseason that Mike Trout was going to score 129 runs, hit 30 home runs, and steal 49 bases in 139 games,...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rockies Reportedly Interested in Rays Jeff Niemann: If there is one almost certainty with the Tampa Bay Rays, it is that they should have pitching. With the reigning Cy Young award...
• 2/23 MLB Injury News: Rockies rumors: Colorado interested in Rays’ Jeff Niemann: This week it was reported that the Colorado Rockies are in search of a dependable starting pitcher to add to their rotation. ESPN’s...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: When Will the Rays Call Up Wil Myers?: Even after the Rays’ missed out on the postseason in 2013, there is plenty of reason to be excited about their 2013 team....
• 2/21 Rays Colored Glasses: With His Future Flashing Right in Front of Him, Enny Romero Enters Rays Camp With Something to Prove: Enny Romero only needs to look across the Rays’ spring training diamond to see what he hopes his future will be like. He...
• 2/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Chris Mason: From Top Rays Prospect To Out of Baseball in Two Short Years: Over the past several years, it’s unbelievable the amount of pitching prospects that have panned out big-time for the Tampa...
• 2/18 Baseball Jerks: Five Players To Watch: 2013 Tampa Bay Rays: There are two things that we know about the Tampa Bay Rays. One: Joe Maddon must hate fantasy baseball. How else can you explain...
• 2/18 Behind the Plate: 2013 Rankings: LH Starting PitchersClayton Kers [...] ...
• 2/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays Aim for A Different Kind of Presidents’ Day Next Year: Every year for Joe Maddon and the Tampa Bay Rays, the goal is the same: to win the World Series. There’s never a Joe Namath-esque...
• 2/17 Mets360.com: Are the Mets on track to duplicate the 2012 Rays pitching staff?: Looking at the players the Mets have, and the projection systems used to evaluate the team, has been interesting. Dan Szymborski’s...
• 2/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Jeremy Hellickson Replace James Shields?: Heading into the 2013 season, the top of the Tampa Bay Rays starting rotation has changed dramatically from the previous year....
• 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...
• 2/14 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...
• 2/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Spring Training – A Time of Hope: As Alexander Pope stated in his poem ‘An Essay on Man’, hope springs eternal in the human breast. That sentiment is...
• 2/11 Rays Colored Glasses: What Would It Take for Wil Myers to Make the Rays’ Opening Day Roster?: This offseason, the Rays’ biggest offensive move was to acquire top outfield prospect and reigning Minor League Player of...
• 2/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Questions Surrounding the Rays With Pitchers and Catchers Reporting Tomorrow: We have arrived. The offseason will officially end tomorrow for the Rays as pitchers and catchers report and the Rays are primed...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Matt Moore Make a David Price-Esque Leap in His Second MLB Season?: Over the course of their short team history, the Rays haven’t developed too many traditions. But one of the few they have...

• 1/28 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Starting Pitching: It’s fair to say that the AL East is the hardest division to pitch in. Apart from the Rays, every team has a very hard-hitting...
• 1/27 Through The Fence Baseball: The business of baseball: MLB Salary Arbitration 101 (part II): In our second installment of Appeal Play, a column providing insight on business and legal matters in the world of professional...
• 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Evaluating the AL East, Part TwoDaniel concludes his two-part look at Boston's AL East competition in 2013....
• 1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Bring Back Kyle Farnsworth, Solidify Bullpen: Nine days ago, I said that if right-hander Kyle Farnsworth would be willing to settle for a salary between 1.5 and 2 million...
• 1/23 The Flagrant Fan: How patient will Rays be on Wil Myers?: The recent acquisition of Shelley Duncan gives the Rays a bit more reliability in their left-field platoon paired with Sam...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Assessing the Rays Prospects From the 2012 Montgomery Biscuits Part 1: In 2011, Matt Moore went from the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits’ Opening Day starter to the Rays’ starter in the opening...
• 1/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Sign Three, Invite 4 More to Spring Training, Fuld, Hellickson Involved in Camps: Things are happening for the Rays right now as they begin to make their final preparations with the date for pitchers and catchers...
• 1/11 Fire Brand of the American League: Boston’s Platoon AdvantageThe Sox might have one of the most productive left fielders in the AL, but it comes in the form of two players....
• 1/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Brandon Allen’s Walk Off Home Run Magic Early in 2012: With Spring Training around the corner, it’s good to look back at the highlights of last season and then imagine what 2013 could...
• 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...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: How Much Are the Rays Risking By Starting Wil Myers at Triple-A to Begin 2013?: The Rays are one bat short of being ready to go on a playoff run. Wait, are they? They’re missing a DH, fine, but they have...
• 1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting & Pitching Projections: Tampa Bay Rays – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL East I have to admit that I’m enamored by the Rays organization....
• 1/2 Southside Showdown: My favorite White Sox game of 2012: When you’re writing about an MLB season, the daily chug of regular games, new lineups, new stories can wear on you after...
• 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...
• 1/2 Baseball Jerks: MLB Fantasy Rookies – Wil Myers: The million dollar question everyone wants answered is “Will Wil Myers begin the season with the Rays?”  And the...

• 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....
• 12/28 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...
• 12/26 WahoosOnFirst: Should Indians Offer Trevor Bauer A Contract Extension?: Last spring, the Tampa Bay Rays signed top pitching prospect Matt Moore to an eight-year contract extension. Although the 22-year-old...
• 12/21 Roto Think Tank: 2012 A.L. Starting Pitchers: Part II: 0 0 1 1512 5553 Roto Think Tank 793 784 6281 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longoria, Girlfriend Expecting, David Price’s Connection to Tennessee Hometown: Why did Evan Longoria sign his 10-year, 136 million dollar extension with the Rays when he was already signed for the next three...
• 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 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 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 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 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Updated for Myers Trade Dec.11/2012: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5...
• 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 MLBRandomFandom: Tampa Bay Rays Team Page: TAMPA BAY RAYSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. David Price (9.5)2. Evan Longoria (9)3. Ben Zobrist (8.5)4....
• 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...
• 12/10 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 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 Baseball Jerks: James Shields, Wade Davis To Kansas City, Wil Myers to Tampa Bay: For weeks and weeks, the Tampa Bay Rays dangled RHP James Shields to see what they could get for him on the open market. Knowing...
• 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...
• 12/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Zack Greinke Reverberations and Madness: Zack Greinke has reportedly agreed to terms with the Dodgers on a 6-year, $147 million contract. Let’s look at the reality and...
• 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....
• 12/6 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...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers for James Shields Rumor Gains Steam: The rumor that started before the Winter Meetings gained some steam on Wednesday night when Ken Rosenthal sent out this tweet:...
• 12/3 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Talking Mike Morse, Danny Espinosa with Nationals: The Tampa Bay Rays are discussing a potential trade with the Nationals that would send one of the team’s starting pitchers,...
• 12/3 Baseball News Source: MLB Winter Meetings – Previews and Projections: Rays GM Andrew Friedman will be busy this week in Nashville This week’s MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville will open with...

• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part Three: So far this week we’ve looked at the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves organizations pitching. In the final installment of...
• 11/29 Kings of Kauffman: All I Want for Christmas…: I have two items, not really items I guess…but wishes, on my Christmas list this year. The first is for David Glass to stop...
• 11/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Building an Elite Staff With Pitchers that aren’t: Clave and I recently spoke about pitchers, we have both noticed that the “elite” guys are slim this year. VERY More...The...
• 11/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Next Possible Extension Candidates: With the news that Evan Longoria has been locked up to his second contract extension, one that may well keep him as a member of...
• 11/28 Rays Colored Glasses: How Hard Should the Rays Pursue a Trade For The Royals’ Wil Myers?: The number one prospect in all of baseball is on the market- but it’s going to awfully hard to get him. Frantically searching...
• 11/27 Southside Showdown: Is Chris Sale Worth Locking Up Long Term Right Now?: Evan Longoria is 27, he’s put in 5 extremely productive offensive years and played very well defensively at third base. Those...
• 11/25 Kings of Kauffman: Butler for Shields: It Makes Too Much Sense: So many trade rumors swirling around. So much trade talk flying everywhere. It’s hard to keep track of it all. It’s hard to...
• 11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: What Should the Rays Do With Jeff Niemann?: The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their starting pitching depth. Their accumulation of young, talented starting pitchers...
• 11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Generating Interest, Matt Buschmann Re-Signed: It broke the hearts of Rays fans everywhere when the Rays traded Scott Kazmir to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The only thing...
• 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...
• 11/22 Kings of Kauffman: How bad can he be?: Jeff Francoeur is likely going to be a Kansas City Royals player when opening day 2013 rolls around. After a dismal 2012, and...
• 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...
• 11/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Enigmatic Again, Iker Franco Has Big Day: Alex Torres continues to drive us completely insane. One second he looks like he’s made a breakthrough and then suddenly...
• 11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading David Price Will Never Be Worth It for the Rays: There are two players that the Rays have to consider breaking the bank for if that’s what they have to do to keep them in...
• 11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on David Price Winning the Cy Young Award: “That’s why I play the game. I don’t do this for the paycheck, I don’t do this to be an average big-leaguer....
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Latest: Royals, Butler, Myers, Rays, Astros: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports hears that Royals GM Dayton Moore is "feeling the heat," in the sense that many want the team to use...
• 11/13 MLBTradeRumors: Sherman's Latest: Soriano, Yankees, Moore, Rays, Bay: Of the nine players who received qualifying offers this offseason, Rafael Soriano is viewed within the game as having taken the...
• 11/13 The Baseball Haven: Matt Moore – Remember Him?: How quickly you can be forgotten. With the Rookie of the Year announcements on November 12, the world was, once again, focused...
• 11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: No Rookie of the Year Votes, No Problem for Matt Moore: Entering 2012, Matt Moore was the runaway favorite for American League Rookie of the Year. Instead, his season began as a struggle....
• 11/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Connections to Rookie of the Year, Richie Shaffer, Offseason Plan, Stadium: The Baseball Writers Association of America named the recipients of the 2012 American League and National League Rookie of the...
• 11/9 Reviewing the Brew: Could Jeremy Hellickson be a fit in Milwaukee?: While it may seem a bit implausible at first glance, Jeremy Hellickson could fit very nicely into this rotation. Taking into account...
• 11/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: B.J. Upton Declines Qualifying Offer, The Rays’ Offseason Plans, Chris Archer: No matter how much Rays fans don’t want B.J. Upton to leave and how much they’ll miss him when he does, Thursday was...
• 11/9 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Could Tampa Trade James Shields, David Price?: While James Shields, and more recently Jeremy Hellickson, have been the two Tampa Bay Rays’ starting pitchers most mentioned...
• 11/8 mlbreports.com : James Shields or David Price: Tampa Bay Rays are Ready to Trade an Ace: Thursday November 8th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  With center fielder B.J. Upton most likely leaving for free agency, the Tampa...
• 11/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Trade Jeremy Hellickson This Offseason?: This offseason, the biggest question for the Rays is whether they will trade a starting pitcher to upgrade their offseason to...
• 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...
• 11/5 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just...
• 11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Trade James Shields to the Los Angeles Dodgers?: The latest rumor is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have made trading for Rays starting pitcher James Shields their number one priority...
• 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...
• 10/27 Kings of Kauffman: Trade Rumors Swirling Around Royals Hitters: While we wait for the 2012 season to end and the offseason to begin, Royals fans are interested to see how the Royals will attempt...
• 10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Should the Rays Root for in the World Series?: Who Rays fans root for in this World Series is a difficult but somewhat irrelevant. Neither the Tigers or Giants has any Rays...
• 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...
• 10/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Need To Make A Decision On David Price: Over Andrew Friedman’s tenure as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Rays have been proactive in regards to locking...
• 10/24 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Enny Romero Perfect in Winter Debut Amid Crazy Day: Enny Romero‘s pure stuff from the left side draws Matt Moore comparisons. His performance has not. Just like Moore had been...
• 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Looking back at preseason predictions can be painful: We all know predictions at the beginning of a baseball season are absolutely meaningless. Yet year after year we continue to try...
• 10/21 Kings of Kauffman: My Matt Moore Pipe Dream: Pitching, pitching, the Royals need starting pitching! Anyone who takes the time to read this blog, knows that. Anyone who saw...
• 10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Starting Pitching: Over the past few years, the Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has been a major strength. 2012 was not an exception, as the pitching...
• 10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Joel Peralta, Dave Martinez, Coaching Staff: In 2011, Joel Peralta came to the Rays, his fourth organization in four years. And over the past two years in Tampa Bay, Peralta...
• 10/14 MLB Dirt: My Rookie of the Year Award Ballot: The Rookie of the Year Award, also referred to as the Jackie Robinson Award by the BBWAA and the Willie Mays Award by the BBA,...
• 10/10 Seedlings to Stars: Reviewing Our 2012 Top-100: #1-10 (Trout-Rendon): Today we’re back with a look at the final group of ten from Nathaniel’s 2012 S2S Top-100 list. If you’d like to check out...
• 10/3 Rays Colored Glasses: A Horrific June Did the Rays In: No matter what you’re non-baseball watching friends try to convince you every other week, all 162 games matter in baseball....
• 10/2 Baseball News Source: Rays’ Shields tallies 15 Strikeouts in Final Start: Shields allowed one run and two hits with a career-high and team-record 15 strikeouts A fourth inning home run surrendered to...

• 9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Matt Moore, David Price, Starting to Look Back, B.J. Upton: Matt Moore finally was able to get back on track on track on Saturday, throwing 5.1 shutout innings allowing just 1 hit, and he...
• 9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles Tie for AL East Lead, Athletics Walk Off to Move Towards Clinching: Saturday was a terrible day for the Tampa Bay Rays. They won big versus the Chicago White Sox, with Matt Moore giving them 5.1...
• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore breaks winless streak, reaches .500: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore, who was 0-4 in his previous five starts, retired the first 13 batters Saturday, Sept. 29, against...[+] the Chicago White Sox in a 10-4 victory. Moore (11-11) went 5 1/3 innings with two walks and four strikeouts in outpitching White Sox SP Chris Sale.
• 9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 158: Matt Joyce Helps Power Rays Past White Sox: Matt Joyce got his first at bat in the seventh inning. Despite not starting, he homered twice, helping lead the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 9/29 Southside Showdown: Chris Sale Looking to Prove He’s a Big Game Pitcher – Lineups 9/29: Baseball fans outside of Detroit will all be able to appreciate if today is not Chris Sale’s final start of the season. Sox...
• 9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Need Matt Moore Than Ever Today: For much of the 2012 season, the pitching staff of the Tampa Bay Rays has kept them afloat in the playoff chase. That has been...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: All or Nothing Sale: Chris Sale leaves the Rays/White Sox game after 3 1/3 innings with a very strange line. He struck out seven batters, but also...
• 9/29 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: September 29, 2012: The early picks were a mess. The Phillies, Braves, Royals and Pirates all were picked and lost. In fact, the Pirates...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees can clinch a playoff spot with a win against Toronto this afternoon and an Angels loss later in the day. Andy Pettitte...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: Mariners Stuggles In Tampa Mirror Safeco: Beavan threw 8 strong inningsBlake Beavan is back from AAA and proving that he's ready to handle the Major Leagues. In his second...
• 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....
• 9/27 Kings of Kauffman: All in with a pair of threes?: We’ve all seen the comments from David Glass. The Royals position players and bullpen stack up with anyone in the division....
• 9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rookie Hazing, Cy Young, B.J. Upton, Dave Martinez: The Rays have had themselves a fun week, having won 7 games in a row, and the fun has continued off the field. The Rays did they...
• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Scoreboard Watch: Chicago White Sox Host Tampa Bay Rays for Four Game Set: If you’re a Tigers fan, and you’re wondering whether the Chicago White Sox will continue their current slide, just know that...
• 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Joe Maddon has confidence in Matt Moore : Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon met with SP Matt Moore recently and gave him a vote of confidence heading into his next start...[+] against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, Sept. 29. 'I wanted to reinforce the confidence I have in him now and in the future,' Maddon said. 'I think he's going to be an excellent major league pitcher.'
• 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 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 152: Bullpen, Offensive Explosion Carry Rays Past Blue Jays: In what was essentially a must-win game, Joe Maddon used six different pitchers while four different players homered as the Tampa...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Athletics and Yankees continue their series, Oakland sending Travis Blackley to try even the series against Ivan Nova. Adam...
• 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...
• 9/21 Baseball News Source: Could Rays Shop David Price this Off-Season ?: Tampa Bay needs more offense to compete in the AL East Considering they have the best staff ERA in the American League (and second...
• 9/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dave Martinez Finalist for Astros Manager, Ben Francisco Trade, Strikeouts: It has been an exciting time for the Rays the past two days and more good news continued to come in. Rays bench coach Dave Martinez...
• 9/19 Yankees Fans Unite: A-Rod and Nunez Key Turnaround: Once Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez went on the DL the Yankees were rolling out lineups that would not have looked in split-...
• 9/17 High Heat Stats: Why does CC Sabathia allow so many unearned runs?: Fielding in baseball (if not fielders, necessarily) is getting better all the time. Improvements in equipment, field conditions...
• 9/17 Yanks Go Yard: Kuroda Strikes Out 10; Martin Clubs Another HR En Route to Series Win: In a series the Yankees desperately needed, they came through. Ironically, it wasn’t their ace who help set the tone, rather...
• 9/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEE OFFENSE JUST ENOUGH FOR SERIES WIN OVER RAYS: On Saturday, the Yankees got a very encouraging start out of Ivan Nova, who was fresh off the disabled list. With the...
• 9/16 My Pinstripes: Yankees Battery Powers Past Tampa Bay: The Yankees best pitcher of the second half picked up his 14th win of the season and his catcher continued his mini-resurgence...
• 9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Offense Is Reason For Struggles, But It Comes Back to the Pitching: The Rays just completed a horrendous 1-5 road trip versus the Orioles and Yankees. The major problem was the offense, which averaged...
• 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...
• 9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 146: Rays Need Matt Moore to Channel 2011: It was a year ago next week that Matt Moore made his first major league start. He made his starting debut under no ordinary pretenses-...
• 9/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): With Moore walks than hits, Yankees win, 6-4: The New York Yankees walked six times in the first five innings, Eduardo Nunez stole three bases and scored two runs and Russell...
• 9/16 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: September 16, 2012: The week ended on a sour note at the picks finished at one game under .500. Of course the Cardinals were part of the...
• 9/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays at MLB Fan Cave, Rays Win Minor League Awards, Dave Martinez: The Rays relaxed in New York City on Friday as they looked to wash away the memories of a tough series in Baltimore, and Evan...
• 9/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Matt Moore Tiring Out Down the Stretch?: During his last start on Tuesday, something strange was going on for Matt Moore. Just as the broadcasters were touting his mid-90′s...
• 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...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: September 11, 2012: This date still brings anxiety and bad memories. We will never forget. But there is still a job to do here and...
• 9/12 Baseball Press: Prospect Press: Chris Archer, Tampa Bay Rays: Chris Archer has been very impressive at the major league level. (US Presswire)From young minor league prospects to rookie big-league...
• 9/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 141: Not the Rays’ Best Day… Let’s Move On: On Tuesday, the Orioles beat the Rays’ 9-2. That’s about all you need to know,. You can stop reading now. Matt Moore‘s...
• 9/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Impact September Call-Ups: Alex Torres: In 2011, a pair of left-handed pitching prospects came up big for the Rays in September to help them make the postseason. The...
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays take on the Orioles in the first of six games between the teams, three now in Baltimore and three in Tampa Bay at the...
• 9/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Saturday Could Be Just the Start for Chris Archer: On Saturday, Chris Archer gave the Rays an incredible outing, going 7 innings allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits, striking out 11...
• 9/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Chris Archer, Rays Team Photo: On Saturday, the Rays lost 4-2. But that was in no way the fault of Chris Archer. Archer had an incredible outing, going 7 innings...
• 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: Game 139 Preview: All Eyes on Chris Archer: The right-handed Matt Moore. That won’t be enough for Chris Archer on Saturday as he’s filling the shoes of Rays ace...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Joe Maddon, Matt Moore, Chris Archer, Bowling Green Hot Rods: Things could have gone completely different for Joe Maddon in his managerial career. Scott Miller of CBS Sports wrote about how...
• 9/5 Yanks Go Yard: Alone on Top: Yankees grab back sole possession of 1st place: It says a lot to watch how a team reacts when they have completely hit bottom. The Yankees may have reached that spot Tuesday...
• 9/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 137: Key Error Leads To 6-4 Loss: The Rays had a golden opportunity to making the American League East race even closer. However, the Yankees proved too much to...
• 9/5 My Pinstripes: Elliot Johnson Finally Pays Off Debt, Yankees Back in 1st: Let's go into the way back machine, back to Spring Training, March 8, 2008. Yankees playing the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa....
• 9/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Russell Martin And Derek Jeter Power Yankees To A 6-4 Win, Retake The East: Tonight could have been devastating. The Yankees could have potentially lost their AL East lead, and further, been swept by the...
• 9/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: TICK, TICK, TICK: Time is not an ally of the New York Yankees. Tim McCarver uttered those words during Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, moments before...
• 9/5 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees continue descent now tied for AL East lead: Is this the bottom or can it actually get worse? The New York Yankees wake up this morning with a share of the American League...
• 9/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Mets and Cardinals offer a compelling afternoon matchup as R.A. Dickey pitches for a Cy Young and Adam Wainwright pitches...
• 9/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 136: Smooth Cobb, 3 Homers Drive Rays to Victory: The Yankees are in first place by themselves no more. The Rays played the role of spoiler on Tuesday, beating the Yankees to push...
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: Jeff Niemann Out Indefinitely with Rotator Cuff Inflammation: Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Jeff Niemann is out indefinitely after inflammation was discovered in his rotator cuff, reports...
• 9/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Latest Call-Ups are De La Rosa, Vogt, Mystery Man: The Rays have decided on their latest September call-ups: right-hander Dane De La Rosa, catcher/utilityman Stephen Vogt, and a...
• 9/4 Eye On the Tigers: My August Awards: American League:Player of the MonthPrince Fielder - .370/.491/.663/1.154, 7 HR, .476 wOBA, 206 wRC+The Tigers had...
• 9/3 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: September 3: Top stories Cingrani promoted to majors: Since he was drafted in 2011, Tony Cingrani has been one of, if not the best minor league...
• 9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Rotation Insanity: With Jeff Niemann coming off the DL and appearing to be OK after leaving his first start with tightness in his pitching arm,...
• 9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Impact September Call-Ups: Chris Archer: When a Jeremy Hellickson injury opened up a rotation spot, Chris Archer came up to the Rays to replace him, making his pro debut....
• 9/1 Rays Colored Glasses: What Can the Rays Expect From Jeff Niemann in September?: Jeff Niemann is starting for the Rays today, his first start since the May 14th game in which he fractured a bone in his right...

• 8/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 131: Villanueva Outduels Moore as Rays Offense Silent: Rays, please stop getting shut out. It gives every Rays fan emotional pain. Matt Moore got into trouble early for the Rays. With...
• 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....
• 8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Bad Decisions, Bad Luck: Sean Rodriguez was swinging the bat well at Triple-A Durham and had a chance to receive quite a bit of playing time for the Rays...
• 8/25 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers Beltre Hits for Cycle Against Minnesota: Beltre Stays Hot Minnesota 0 – Texas 8 - Adrian Belte continued his torrid hitting, hitting for the cycle and backing up...
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Angels try to gain on Detroit in the wild card race as they send Zack Greinke against Rick Porcello. Since joining the Angels,...
• 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...
• 8/23 Swingin' A's: Ross Gets The Call For Game One Against The Rays: Bartolo Colon is out and Tyson Ross is in.  Bartolo Colon, who was suspended 50 games yesterday for using performance enhancing...
• 8/22 Seedlings to Stars: Young Arms: Next In Line for the Rays: Another summer in Tampa, FL is in its closing months.  Senior golfers are stowing away their clubs and bringing out their cribbage...
• 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...
• 8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore Loses Miami Dolphins’ Quarterback Job: Despite his great pitching of late, including a 5-1 record and a 1.64 ERA in his last 7 starts, Matt Moore has lost the Dolphins’...
• 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...
• 8/19 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rays Finish Four-Game Sweep of Angels: Tampa Bay 8 – Los Angeles 3 – the Tampa Bay rays completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with an 8-3...
• 8/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 120: Moore Earns 10th Win as Bats Continue Surge to Sweep Angels: What a series the Rays had in Anaheim. They were not going to let the finale spoil that. The Angels have four really good starting...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: The Curse of Vernon Wells: The Angels sent Zack Greinke to the mound, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout hit home runs, but the Angels still lost to the Rays 8-3....
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Orioles and Tigers play the rubber game of their series Sunday afternoon with Chen Wei-Yin facing Doug Fister. A Tigers win...
• 8/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: AL East Power Rankings: We’re three fourths of the way through the season and the Yankees currently have the best record in the American League....
• 8/15 Baseball News Source: MLB – Baseball’s Best Starting Rotations: If the regular season ended today, the Major League Baseball playoffs would feature the following teams: The New York Yankees,...
• 8/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 115: Mariners Come Back Against Fernando Rodney:   Two problems from the beginning of the year, the bullpen and their defense, came back to haunt the Rays as they lost to...
• 8/15 Baseball Musings: Last Minute Mariners: The Seattle Mariners ended the Rays seven-game win streak with two runs in the bottom of the ninth as Tampa Bay falls 3-2. An...
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: Odds To Win World Series: Why The Tampa Bay Rays Are Worth A Wager: The 2012 MLB season is winding down and teams are jockeying for the...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 115: Cobb Sharp, Upton Homers as Rays Win 7th Straight: On Monday night, the Rays gave Evan Longoria his first day off since his return from the DL. But great pitching to go along with...
• 8/14 Yanks Go Yard: Should the Yankees be concerned about the Rays?: The trend lately is that the Tampa Bay Rays (63-52) have always found their way into the playoffs or have been at least threatening...
• 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...
• 8/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top 10 ERAs Over The Last 28 Days – Starting Pitchers: With approximately only 50 games left in the season, teams are starting to feel the heat and are making the push to win their...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: Red Sox Clay Buchholz Dominant in Second Half: It is rare for a Major League starting pitcher to have such drastically differing halves of a season than Red Sox right-hander...
• 8/9 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Billy Butler Leads Royals Past Orioles: Kansas City 8  - Baltimore 2 - Billy Butler homered in a four-run first inning, doubled in the third and tripled in fifth to...
• 8/9 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes – AL: Rays 7, @Blue Jays 1: Matt Moore turned in Tampa’s third straight strong start (1 R, 2 H in 6 IP), and the Rays moved...
• 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...
• 8/9 Baseball News Source: Longoria Sparks Rays – More Offense Needed for Post-Season Spot: Boosted by the left-handed arm of Matt Moore in their 7-1 win over Toronto on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays are staying in the...
• 8/9 Baseball Musings: Moore is Less: Matt Moore continued his streak of good starts on Thursday afternoon as the Rays defeated the Blue Jays 7-1. Moore gave up one...
• 8/8 The Baseball Stance: With Evan Longoria back, can the Tampa Bay Rays duplicate their 2011 finish?: The last day of the 2011 MLB regular season was one of the more extraordinary days in the history of the game. There were multiple...
• 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,...
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Where are Baseball’s Pre-Season Top 10 Prospects Today?: Ranking Major League prospects is an inexact science, much like filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket...
• 8/7 The Baseball Page: Two start pitchers for week 20 fantasy baseball 2012 (August 13th – August 19th 2012): Here are my five tiers for week 20 fantasy baseball which spans August...
• 8/6 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: With a little over 8 weeks remaining in the 2012 season, exactly half of the teams in MLB are in serious playoff contention.  Of...
• 8/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Quietly Awesome (AL Hitters): To see the NL edition, scroll down or go here. Austin Jackson (.316/.405/.500) The 2010 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up endured...
• 8/3 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Upton, Jennings and Moore Lead Rays Win Over Orioles: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla – B.J. Upton hit his 100th career home run, and rookie Matt Moore pitched into the sixth inning, allowing...
• 8/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 106: Matt Moore, Bullpen Combine On Shutout:     Friday night kicked off what could be a pivotal series for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Baltimore Orioles. In...
• 8/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore maturing: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore said he is learning how to be successful against big league hitters. 'It's all coming to me one day...[+] at a time,' Moore said. 'It seems like each time out I'm figuring something out or learning something new.' He is 6-2 with a 3.32 ERA in his last 10 starts compared to 1-5 with a 4.76 ERA in his first 10 starts of the season. Manager Joe Maddon likes seeing Moore be more aggressive with his fastball in the strike zone.
• 8/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Four months into the season and every division is up for grabs: Despite being over 60 percent of the way through this 2012 season (wow, this has flown by) there still isn’t much separation...

• 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Rotation Schedule Makes Shields Trade Look Unlikely: Here in just the last couple of days before the trade deadline, we still have to wait and see exactly what the Rays will do. One...
• 7/29 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Matt Moore Shuts Down Halo Offense: Momentum is a good as your next day’s starting pitcher. Tampa bay certainly had momentum on their side. Matt Moore pitched...
• 7/29 Baseball Musings: Is Matt Moore Back?: Last fall, Matt Moore of the Rays looked like he was going to move immediately into the upper echelon of pitchers. That didn’t...
• 7/28 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Anibal Sanchez Gets Rude American League Welcome from Blue Jays: TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays welcomed Tiger starter Anibal Sanchez to the American League with three home runs to beat...
• 7/28 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Is Dan Haren Back?: Zack Greinke had to like what he saw from his new teammates last night. Shortly after acquiring the ace, Dan Haren pitched like...
• 7/27 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Take on Potential Trade Partner Rays: The Angels and Rays are set to face each other this weekend at the Big A. The Angels hold a 2.5 game lead over Tampa in the Wild...
• 7/27 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretch: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretchAfter the trade...
• 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretch: After the trade deadline of July 31, your fantasy team is going to begin to take a different shape. Many of the players you’ve...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Dodgers Pursuing James Shields: The Angels aren’t the only team in pursuit of James Shields. The Rangers and Dodgers have also made the Rays trade offers for...
• 7/22 The Rays Today: Moore Pitches Solid 8 Innings: Posted in Evan LongoriaJeff KeppingerMatt MooreSam FuldMatt Moore was on the mound today for the Ray he pitched very well  but...
• 7/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 96: Moore As Good As Ever, But Rays Offense Comes Up Short:   Matt Moore‘s two best outings of the season have both been losses. First his 10 strikeout performance on May 28th...
• 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...
• 7/18 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: The Undercards: Pitchers Dominant, Reginatto Stays Hot as Renegades Beat Cyclones: Good pitching makes a lot of problems go away. But you do need some offense as well, as the Rays are very familiar. Luckily that...
• 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 The Rays Today: Throwing Heat: Posted in David PriceMatt MooreDavid Price has averaged 95.5mph which is good enough for 3rd fastest average fastball speed in...
• 7/17 The Rays Today: Rays Bullpen Has Been Lights Out: Posted in Fernando RodneyJeff KeppingerMatt MooreThe Rays Bullpen has been doing their job very well lately. In the last 3 games...
• 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #90: Cleveland Indians (46-43) at Tampa Bay Rays (46-44): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians scored early, squandered run scoring opportunities and were able to hang on with Vinnie...
• 7/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 91 Preview: Banking on the Matt’s: Matt Joyce is back. Joyce returned from the DL today and is in right field and batting cleanup. The Rays desperately need him...
• 7/17 Baseball Analytics: Matt Moore's Not Fooling Lefties: Matt Moore's 2012 season hasn't gone as scripted. Instead of vying for Rookie of the Year honors and pairing with David Price...
• 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rays May Be Willing To Trade Shields: The Rays are suggesting to other teams that they will listen to trade offers for right-hander James Shields, Danny Knobler of...
• 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: The Rays’ Name Conspiracy: What if the Rays had a conspiracy where they would only allow players with certain names to play for their team? Well, they don’t,...
• 7/13 BoSox Injection: Red Sox & Rays Series Q&A: Finally, after four days of no Red Sox baseball we can resume our daily routine that ends with a ball game to round out the night...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Alex Colome Could Really Get There: When you gun for upside, risk is a clear downside. But the more annoying side-effect is erraticism. A player may have the ability,...
• 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...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: MLB Midseason Report: As we sit about four matches past the true halfway point of the season, it’s time to look at the season so far and see not...
• 7/11 MLB Dirt: Taylor Guerrieri: The Next Big Thing in Tampa: The Tampa Bay Rays are the model small-budget franchise for Major League Baseball. They eschew going after big ticket free agents...
• 7/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rating Matt Moore on the David Price Scale: Matt Moore‘s rookie struggles have been very reminiscent of another promising young lefty the Rays have developed: David...
• 7/11 Roto Think Tank: More on First Half Disappointments: My post on potential second-half pitching "surgers" generated a great deal of interest. So I threw out a general query...
• 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...
• 7/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez Shuts Down Rays, Gives Tribe Second Series Win; Indians 7, Rays 3: By Mike Brandyberry It took a little time, but Ubaldo Jimenez is finding his groove in the Indians’ rotation. Saturday evening...
• 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #84: Tampa Bay Rays (44-40) at Cleveland Indians (43-40): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Indians fell behind early and fell farther behind in the fifth inning when the pitching...
• 7/5 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Bradley Woodrum Talks Tampa Bay Rays: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays come to town tonight to kick a four-game series. This is the first time we’ve seen the Rays this...
• 7/3 The Rays Today: Rays Win 8th Straigh Home Game Against The Yankees: Posted in B.J. UptonCarlos PenaElliot JohnsonMatt MooreSean RodriguezThe win over the Yankees last night was the 8th straight...
• 7/3 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Tampa Bay Rays Edge New York Yankees on Late Error: AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay Rays 4, New York Yankees 3 The New York Yankees took an early lead off Matt Moore thanks to run-scoring...
• 7/3 Puckett's Pond: Baseball and The Open Road (Part 3): I woke up at a hotel yesterday on the north side of Tampa just down the road from Busch Gardens and hustled my brother out of...
• 7/3 Yanks Go Yard: Over Thinking It: Yankees lose tough one to Rays: The New York Yankees got more than expected out of Freddy Garcia in his first start since April, but the bullpen faltered again...
• 7/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees lose lead late, lose 8th straight at the Trop: Despite solid performance for about a month now, it was hard not to be nervous about Freddy Garcia starting a game for the Yankees....
• 7/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: "60% OF THE TIME, IT WORKS EVERY TIME.": Sure, you can sit there and  tell me that mix and matching the bullpen with Rays batting should have lead to a Yankee...
• 7/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 80: Refusing To Go Down: It’s only early July. After Monday, there are 82 games remaining in the regular season. But as July goes, Monday was about...
• 7/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): Bullpen blows it in seventh. Rays beat Yanks, 4-3: The night began with the unknown as Freddy Garcia got the ball from the New York Yankees to start the game against the Tampa...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Tampa Bay lost nine of their last 12 games as they host the Yankees in an effort to climb back into the AL East race. Freddy Garcia...
• 7/2 Yankees Fans Unite: Series Preview: Yankees at Rays | 7/2/12-7/4/12: Pitching Matchups Monday, 7/2/12, 7:10pm ET Pitching for the Yankees: Freddy Garcia, RHP Last Appearance (has been in bullpen):...
• 7/2 Yanks Go Yard: Starring Roles: Hughes, Cano lead Yankees over White Sox: On a day which celebrated stars from yesteryear, the New York Yankees were lead by a possibly still-growing star in Phil Hughes and...

• 6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Why Don’t the Rays Go After the High-Profile International Signings?: Before the most recent talented baseball player to defect from Cuba, Yasiel Puig, signed a 6 year, 42 million dollar contract...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Royals Sweep: The Royals make a statement with a 5-4 win Wednesday afternoon and a three-game sweep of the Rays. The Royals hit, scoring 21...
• 6/27 The Rays Today: Another Sweep, Just Not The Kind We Like: Posted in Ben ZobristBurke BadenhopMatt MooreThe Rays tried their hardest to keep up with the Royals today, they were able to...
• 6/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 74: Archer Enigmatic, Bullpen Collapses as Royals Embarrass Rays Again: The Rays have been outscored 16-2 in their last two games. By the Royals. Every team has stretches like this over the course of...
• 6/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Torres Up, Rotation Schedule, 2nd Round Pick Edwards Signs: The Rays get to call up a 26th man to their roster thanks to the new MLB rule allowing that for doubleheader. They’re really...
• 6/21 District On Deck: Game 67: Nationals 5, Rays 2: As children, our mothers told us “cheaters never prosper.” Tampa Bay Rays’ pitcher Joel Perralta learned the...
• 6/21 Bus League Baseball: 2012 Futures Game Preview: Today, Baseball America released rosters for the 14th annual Futures Game that’ll be held in Kansas City as part of All-Star...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Oakland Athletics go for a sweep of the Dodgers as Clayton Kershaw takes on Travis Blackley. Kershaw isn’t quite as...
• 6/19 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Another Failed Test, But No Time to Wallow: Another big weekend series against one of baseball’s top teams, another setback. Instead of showing that they can play with...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore using curveball more often: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore has been using his curveball more often lately and appears to be more comfortable with the pitch...[+] since it is hitting the strike zone in a more consistent basis. Manager Joe Maddon said Moore gets more comfortable during games when he is able to get the first batter of the game out. 'If he gets by that first batter successfully, his confidence continues to get up even higher,' Maddon said. 'As the game continues and he's putting up some zeros, his confidence continues, and that's typical young guy stuff. As he starts believing in his stuff and trusting in himself, you're going to see him take off. He's more in control of his emotions, a little more deliberate.'
• 6/17 The Rays Today: Rays Shutout Marlins Again: Posted in Alex CobbB.J. UptonMatt MooreThe Marlins had no answer against Alex Cobb this afternoon, he struck out 10 in 7 innings...
• 6/17 Baseball Musings: The Tampa Peach: Alex Cobb pitches his best game of the season, holding the Marlins to two hits in seven innings while walking one and striking...
• 6/17 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 17: I enjoyed an 0-4 start in CWS picks, so hopefully you’ve stopped paying attention to my opinions. Anyway, in this round,...
• 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore earns win Friday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (4-5) allowed one hit over seven scoreless innings in a victory over the Miami Marlins Friday, June...[+] 15, with three walks and eight strikeouts.
• 6/16 The Rays Today: Rays Continue To Dominate The Marlins: Posted in Ben ZobristCarlos PenaMatt MooreThe Rays definitely came to play tonight beating the Marlins 11-0 and holding them to...
• 6/15 Baseball Musings: Moore Shutouts: The Rays record the fourth shutout on Friday, spanking their cross-state rivals the Marlins 11-0. Matt Moore allowed one hit in...
• 6/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: How does this trade look?: I was just offered the following in my Roto league: Shaun Marcum and Matt Capps for Michael Cuddyer. As of now Cuddyer is my...
• 6/13 PaulLebowitz.com: The Best Manager In Baseball(?): Put Joe Maddon in the manager’s office of the Padres, the Athletics, the Cubs or even the Red Sox and their record isn’t...
• 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...
• 6/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: We’re not gonna waste your time: Recently I saw a title on another fantasy website (yes, even us experts read other “so called experts”) it read: “Trumbo,...
• 6/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IS THERE REALLY A MATSUI / MUSSINA CONNECTION?: When Hideki Matsui received his standing ovation in the Bronx on Tuesday night, I got chills.  I’m not sure what it...
• 6/4 FanSided: The Ones That Slipped Away: Andrew Heaney: Andrew Heaney has a chance to be a very good pitcher. Unfortunately, the way things worked out, that will almost assuredly not...
• 6/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Ones That Slipped Away: Pierce Johnson: You don’t get any credit for finding a prospect if you don’t sign him. No one would care aboutThe Ones That Slipped...
• 6/3 The Rays Today: The Rays Take Another From The Orioles: Posted in UncategorizedThe Rays won todays game 8-4 capitalizing on the errors that were made by Baltimore. The Orioles had 3...

• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Longest Current Contracts By Team: As the number of long-term contracts and contract extensions increases, teams lock themselves into payroll obligations well into...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blue Jays, Myers, Middlebrooks: Cal Ripken Jr. started his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played on this date 30 years ago. He played third base and batted...
• 5/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 28 – June 3This week's AL two-starters features the reigning Cy Young/MVP as well as Detroit's other ace....
• 5/29 High Heat Stats: Memorial Monday musings: [Just in time for Tuesday night's slate, here are a few notes on Monday games.] White Sox 2, @Rays 1: To put it very mildly, ChiSox...
• 5/29 The Rays Today: Happy Memorial Day Everyone: Posted in UncategorizedWell the Rays have one less person on the DL as of today, they activated catcher Jose Lobaton. Lobaton...
• 5/29 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Chris Sale Dominates as Chicago White Sox Edge Tampa Bay Rays: AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago White Sox 2, Tampa Bay Rays 1 Chris Sale‘s conversion to the starting rotation has been everything...
• 5/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 49: One Mistake Costs Moore in Strikeout-Rampant Pitcher’s Duel: We saw the Matt Moore we were waiting to see. We also saw fellow lefty … [visit site to read more]Game 49: One Mistake Costs...
• 5/28 Baseball Musings: Firing Ks: Chris Sale and Matt Moore are putting on a strikeout clinic in Tampa Bay this afternoon. Sale struck out 15 through seven innings,...
• 5/27 FanSided: Minor League Review: Nick Barnese, A Forgotten ManThe Rays are an organization that is filled with pride about its pitching depth. While others have succeeded, ...
• 5/26 The Rays Today: And The Weekend Series Begins…: Posted in Uncategorized  Well I couldn’t find the video of the benches clearing in the 9th inning of last nights game,...
• 5/25 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout: It’s Tampa Bay Time!The Advanced Scout eagerly previews a series that should be high on intrigue....
• 5/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Lance Lynn: It’s Lance Lynn‘s birthday, hence the reason for this post. Actually, Lance Lynn‘s birthday was 12 days ago,...
• 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. ...
• 5/19 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Rays 3: Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays — May 18, 2012 — ESPN. I imagine that Rays fans feel about “Big Game” James...
• 5/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/18: One of the players, indirectly or directly responsible depending on your point of view, who played a role in Wednesday night's...
• 5/18 FanSided: Cedrick Bowers: The Matt Moore That Wasn't: The Rays are known for getting middle round steals in the MLB Draft. Take as much as four-fifths of the Rays current rotation:...
• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Is the postseason still in sight?: Tampa Bay Rays: In part four of this five-part series, we take a look at the Tampa Bay Rays and their chances to reach the postseason. The bad...
• 5/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/18: One of the players, indirectly or directly responsible depending on your point of view, who played a role in Wednesday night's...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore strikes out eight but still loses: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore gave up three runs and five hits in six innings against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, May 17. Moore...[+] retired his last 10 batters. He struck out eight and walked one, but the Rays still lost 5-3.
• 5/17 Fragile Freddy's: Game 38 Recap: BOS – 111 000 020 – 5 – 7 – 1TBR – 001 100 010 – 3 – 8 – 0 The redemptive feature of a Major League Baseball season...
• 5/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/17: After falling 2-1 last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of their two-game set tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana...
• 5/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/17: After falling 2-1 last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of their two-game set tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana...
• 5/17 FanSided: Current Road Trip Will Prove If Red Sox Are Contenders
• 5/16 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout stops at Ferg's for a cold one before analyzing the Tampa Bay Rays....
• 5/16 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 5/16-5/17: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Wednesday, May 16 @ 7:10 PM Clay Buchholz, RHP (4-1, 8.31) vs Jeremy Hellickson,...
• 5/15 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 5/16-5/17: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Wednesday, May 16 @ 7:10 PM Clay Buchholz, RHP (4-1, 8.31) vs Jeremy Hellickson,...
• 5/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Best Lefties Struggle Early: We get it. Matt Moore is struggling and struggling mightily. He has shown no … [visit site to read more]The Best Lefties...
• 5/13 FanSided: No, It's Not Time to Panic: Yes, the Rays have gone into a slide, losing 6 of their last 7. No, there's no reason to be worried. The Rays pitching has hit...
• 5/10 The Captain's Blog: Are the Rays for Real? Shedding Light on Tampa’s Hot Start: The Tampa Rays will take the field tonight at Yankee Stadium tied for the best record in baseball, but they aren’t winning the...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is Jeremy Hellickson breaking the mold?: It’s no secret that Andrew Friedman, Gerry Hunsicker, and the rest of the Rays’ front office is developing one of the best...
• 5/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 29: The A’s and Rays square off against each other today with Matt Moore taking on Tom Milone. Against their respective starters...
• 5/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Rays Affiliates Rally: Tuesday was quite a day for the Rays and their affiliates. Matt Moore earned … [visit site to read more]The Undercards:...
• 5/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 24: Matt Moore Strikes Out Seven as Rays Win 3-1: The Rays beat the Mariners on Tuesday night with a solid performance from Matt … [visit site to read more]Game 24: Matt...

• 4/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: April 30 – May 6: This week's AL pitching matchups are pretty weak. We've got a few aces, a good grouping of middle-tier choices and a bunch of...
• 4/27 For Baseball Junkies: April Headlines Across Major League Baseball: It's still early but with so many panic buttons being pressed, I figured that I would highlight some of the biggest stories in...
• 4/26 FanSided: Game 19: Moore Fades But Allen Comes on Strong as Rays Clinch SweepThere's never a single moment where everything ends. The end of one thing is the start of something else. ...
• 4/26 Baseball Musings: Walk Off Thursday: A few minutes after the Mets walk off with a win, Brandon Allen hits a pinch-hit, walk-off home run against the Angels, giving...
• 4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Any Meaning to Matt Moore’s Early-Season Struggles?: Matt Moore was expected to play an important role for the Rays as the 4th … [visit site to read more]Any Meaning to Matt...
• 4/22 FanSided: Minor League Review: Is Enny Romero on the Matt Moore Path?: It's tough to be a starting pitching prospect in the Rays organization. If you're in the upper minors, you're competing with tons...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore decent in start: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore allowed three runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Minnesota Twins Friday, April 21. He...[+] struck out two batters and walked three in the game.
• 4/20 Baseball Musings: How Offense Works: Denard Span and Jamey Carroll of the Twins set the table by reaching base six times. Joe Mauer and Josh Willingham drove them...
• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Nunez, Valentine, Hutchison: Believe it or not, Rays left-hander Matt Moore has never started a game at Tropicana Field. The 22-year-old left-hander will...
• 4/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore may have tipped pitches: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore may have been tipping his pitches in his ugly outing against the Boston Red Sox Sunday, April 15....[+] Manager Joe Maddon said 'it's like they know what's coming almost.' The thing that was most obvious was the overly aggressive swings the BoSox were taking given their limited exposure to Moore. C Chris Gimenez may have been setting up in his stance too early in his first start since being called up. However, the team's concerns were squashed when video after the game showed it was more bad location by Moore than anything else.
• 4/15 FanSided: Red Sox Take Third Straight From Rays:   [caption id="attachment_14258" align="alignright" width="300" caption="April 15, 2012; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox...
• 4/15 FanSided: Game 9: Missed Opportunities Down Rays Again: The game's lines tell it all. The Red Sox scored 6 runs on 8 hits, leaving five men on base. The Rays, meanwhile, scored just...
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore struggles in start: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore allowed six runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox Sunday, April 15, to suffer...[+] his first loss of the season. He struck out five batters and walked four in the game.
• 4/15 Red Sox Life: Game Nine and Other Tidbits: Young Félix Doubront takes on even younger Matt Moore at Fenway today. Moore had a good first outing -- but so did Félix,...
• 4/15 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 4/15: When the Tampa Bay Rays got four runs in the 1st inning against Clay Buchholz, it seemed as though it was going to be a long...
• 4/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Young pitchers Matt Moore and Felix Doubront square off at Fenway as the Rays attempt to get a win in game three of this four-game...
• 4/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: Line of the Day: Matt Garza: April 12, 2012: Matt Garza of the Chicago Cubs pitched 8 2/3 innings of masterful baseball in leading his team to an 8-0 victory...
• 4/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays: Having clinched the Wild Card at the end of the most dramatic evening of baseball in recent memory, the Rays should again prove...
• 4/12 SOX & Dawgs: "Sunday MLB on TBS" Continues with the Red Sox hosting the Rays: “Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on April 15 with an American League East match-up featuring Dustin Pedroia and the Boston...
• 4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/13-4/16: Friday, April 13th @ 2:05 PM David Price, LHP (1-0, 2.84) vs Josh Beckett, RHP (0-1, 13.50) TV: NESN, MLB Network MLB.tv Radio:...
• 4/12 SOX & Dawgs: "Sunday MLB on TBS" Continues with the Red Sox hosting the Rays: “Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on April 15 with an American League East match-up featuring Dustin Pedroia and the Boston...
• 4/12 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/13-4/16: Friday, April 13th @ 2:05 PM David Price, LHP (1-0, 2.84) vs Josh Beckett, RHP (0-1, 13.50) TV: NESN, MLB Network MLB.tv Radio:...
• 4/11 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: By the numbers and assignments: In an effort to milk this list as much as possible, I made a post that has all 100 prospects in just one list with their Opening...
• 4/11 The Baseball Page: MLB: AL Roundup – Tigers remain undefeated, beats Rays 5-2MLB: AL Roundup – Tigers remain undefeated, beats Rays 5-2...
• 4/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Recap: Three Affiliates Join Rays in Loser’s Column: It was a frustrating loss today for the Rays in Matt Moore‘s season debut and … [visit site to read more]Minor League...
• 4/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Matt Moore and David Price: This all seems way too familiar. Matt Moore is coming off a minor league … [visit site to read more]Matt Moore and David...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore makes second regular season start: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore allowed two runs and four hits while walking five (one intentional) and striking out four in 6 2/3...[+] innings in his second career regular season start against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, April 10.
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Tigers Stay on Top: Detroit becomes the only undefeated team in the American League as they beat the Rays 5-2. Rick Porcello allowed just one walk...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Snow Storm: It’s snowing in Detroit as Matt Moore pitches in the bottom of the fifth. The Rays and Tigers are tied at one. Both Moore...
• 4/10 FanSided: Tigers Notes: Wilk Gets the Nod, Inge to Rehab, Santiago SickLynn Henning set the Tigers corner of Twitter on its ear with a cryptic tweet this morning. Lots of nervous activit......
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Matt Moore makes his 2012 debut for the Rays. Photo: © Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE Matt Moore and Rick Porcello match up in Detroit...
• 4/10 MLBTradeRumors: Recent Extensions For Pre-Arb Eligible Players: As players approach free agency, they generally gain leverage in contract negotiations with their teams. That’s how Joey Votto...
• 4/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: American League Pitching Planner: April 9 – April 15On Saturday, I took a look at the NL pitching matchups for week 2. Here is a look at the matchups for 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...
• 4/6 The Pesky Pole: Predicting the 2012 Season: I was lucky enough to receive a very early copy of Out of the Park Baseball 13 and the first thing I did was simulate the...
• 4/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays v Yanks I: Opening Series Preview: It’s finally here! After many long, seemingly interminable months (and no fewer than three separate Opening Day occasions),...
• 4/5 Red Sox Beacon: 2012 Season Preview: “..it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view.” -Friedrich...
• 4/5 Up Along First: Quick Thoughts: The Niese Deal: I just wanted to quickly let my thoughts on the Jonathon Niese deal be known. For those who are unaware, Niese today agreed to...
• 4/4 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: 1-10: One day before the season kicks off, the top 10 prospects will be revealed. These are the absolute best of the best. They have...
• 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Staff Predictions on the 2012 AL Awards: Yesterday we revealed the staff’s predictions for the American League and the World Series. Today it is the staff’s picks...
• 4/4 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: American League East: With Opening Day quickly approaching and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview...
• 4/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: These Are Predictions, Wrapped In A Burrito, Inside An Eminem: Wrapped in misdemeanor, inside an enemy?  No. Rapped in Miracle Whip, inside an enema?  No. Never mind. The point here is that...

• 3/31 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 MLB Award Predictions: American League MVP-Adrian Gonzalez Fresh off winter shoulder surgery, Gonzo claims that he can now "drive through the...
• 3/30 The Baseball Page: Improved formula for MLB player comparisonsImproved formula for MLB player comparisons...
• 3/30 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Starting Pitching Preview: There’s no need for an intro.  Let’s get right to the players. Six Starting Pitchers I Love Zack Greinke, MIL......
• 3/30 Talkin Sox with Dan: Patience is Key to Bard’s Success: Daniel Bard is going to give up a lot runs over the course of not-so-many innings in 2012. Get used to it. It is not easy to transition...
• 3/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Spring Training Gameday: Pirates vs. Rays: Rays (8-16) at Pirates (8-17) 1:05 PM EST–McKechnie Field, Bradenton Radio: 93.7 Here is the MLB.com Gameday The Bucs take...
• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Maxwell, Moore, Red Sox: If the Dodgers are worth $2.15 billion, what are the Yankees worth? Here are some AL East-related notes, starting in the Bronx... The...
• 3/23 The Baseball Page: New Look Free AgencyNew Look Free Agency...
• 3/23 Baseball Musings: Secret Plan: Drunk Jays Fans wonders if there is a plan to limit Drew Hutchison‘s minor leagoue innings early in the season so he can...
• 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 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: AL East: As a site we released our 2012 MLB Predictions just last week with division rankings, World Series outcome, and our top two players...
• 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Kansas City Royals: The Royals sat out the trade market for top starting pitchers, instead adding a pair of short-term lefties to their rotation,...
• 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...
• 3/18 FanSided: Clay Buchholz Impressive as Red Sox Beat Rays 8-4  ...
• 3/18 The Daily Catch: Red Sox Get To Matt Moore, Down Rays In Port Charlotte: This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Ben Buchanan  Despite utilizing a depleted lineup and...
• 3/17 Up Along First: Harvey will make an impact soon: Matt Harvey, highly regarded by many as the best prospect in the Mets system, was cut by Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson and...
• 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...
• 3/15 El Maquino: > THE ROYALS AND THE NEW ART OF WINNING AN UNFAIR GAME: During the Glass family’s stingy reign over the Kansas City Royals, defeat could be expected every single year and for the...
• 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Cactus League update: Finding fantasy sleepers: Spring training is under way! What better time to snuff out potential fantasy baseball sleepers. Unless you are a walking baseball...
• 3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore debuts: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) retired the side in order in his inning over work in his Grapefruit League debut versus...[+] the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, March 13.
• 3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore throwing hardTampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) hit 97 mph on the radar gun in his first spring action Tuesday, March 13....[+] Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) hit 97 mph on the radar gun in his first spring action Tuesday, March 13.
• 3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore won't be held back: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) won't be held back in his spring debut against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, March 13,...[+] and he will throw all of his pitches. 'I think early on (in camp), the reason I wasn't throwing all of my pitches was because I didn't want to confuse myself too much with three pitches,' Moore said. 'So I was like, 'All right, let's just do the changeup now and worry about the curveball later.'' He will throw just two innings Tuesday and will appear in four games before the start of the season.
• 3/12 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 10 - Tampa Bay Rays: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball spring preview: Minor league draft: In my long-standing keeper league, we decided to do a two-round, offline snake draft that would include any players who were still...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore to debutTampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdomen) will make his spring debut Tuesday, March 13....[+] Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdomen) will make his spring debut Tuesday, March 13.
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Rivera, Roberts, Moore, Cherington: It was on this day in 1985 that the Blue Jays and Dave Stieb finalized one of the more unique contracts in baseball history --...
• 3/8 MLB Dirt: 2012 Tampa Bay Rays Top 16 Prospects: Every year the Tampa Bay Rays appear to be in the top 5 of all farm systems and this year is no different. Armed with the best...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore sharpTampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) looked sharp and healthy during his throwing session Thursday, March 8....[+] Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) looked sharp and healthy during his throwing session Thursday, March 8.
• 3/6 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2012 Team Prospect Lists: Tampa Bay Rays: Credit: Tim Heitman-US PRESSWIRE Most minor league sites will do top-10s, top-15s, top-20s, or some other ranking. Last year,...
• 3/6 Bus League Baseball: Baseball America’s Two-Timers: Andruw Jones, Joe Mauer, and Bryce Harper: Baseball America released its preseason Top 100 list a few weeks ago, and while they could easily have gone the way of other outlets...
• 3/6 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards: I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview.  Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at the...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore throws: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdomen) played catch Thursday, March 1, and is expected to be back on a mound early next week....[+]
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore's next stepUpdating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) will play catch from 100 feet Thursday, March 1....[+] Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) will play catch from 100 feet Thursday, March 1.

• 2/29 Giants Nirvana: Don’t Forget About Eric Surkamp: About a week ago, Fangraphs added Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections to its sortable projections page. Which is nice, because...
• 2/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore plays catch: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdomen) played catch from 75 feet, throwing 35 to 45 tosses Wednesday, Feb. 29, and said he felt...[+] fine.
• 2/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore plays catchUpdating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) is playing catch Wednesday, Feb. 29....[+] Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) is playing catch Wednesday, Feb. 29.
• 2/28 More Mariners: Mariners Hope Mike Carp can Solve Left Field Woes: Mariners Hope Mike Carp can Solve Left Field WoesMike Carp will play left field for the Mariners. It sounds like minor news. It’s...
• 2/28 The Captain's Blog: A Big Day for Catchers Underscores a Developing Trend in the Game: Yesterday, catchers stepped out from behind the plate and into the headlines. Early in the afternoon, word of Jason Varitek’s...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Service Time Considerations For Top Prospects: Timing the debuts of top prospects is essential for MLB teams. No club wants to expose a player to top competition before he's...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cabrera, Marlins, Dodgers: The deadline for NHL teams to make trades in preparation for their playoff runs passed this afternoon. Baseball's deadline is...
• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore unlikely for Wednesday: Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore (abdominal) is feeling better, but he's unlikely to throw Wednesday, Feb....[+] 29.
• 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Ranking the AL East rotations: Pitching wins championships. We hear it all the time. Earl Weaver said, “Nobody likes to hear it, because it’s dull, but...
• 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Royals To Extend Salvador Perez: The Royals announced that they signed catcher Salvador Perez to a five-year contract that includes three club options. Perez...
• 2/25 FantasySportsKings.com: First Base Throw-Down: Hosmer vs. FreemanEvery year there are sleepers that get so much hype they become overvalued. This year that list includes rookies Matt......
• 2/24 Bus League Baseball: Best of the Best, Baseball America-Style: 2012 Version: I finally picked up my copy of the 2012 Baseball America Prospect Handbook today*, so today was ultimately a happy day. For the...
• 2/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Composite Prospect Rankings: Yesterday, Jeff Zimmerman of RotoGraphs released his composite rankings for the top 100 prospect lists. What we are left with...
• 2/23 Crashburn Alley: 2012 Predictions with the Crashburn Staff: It’s the most fun time of the year. Oh, did I say fun? I meant excruciatingly painful. Televised baseball is still weeks...
• 2/23 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Red Sox, Rays, Rivera, Vizquel: Roy Oswalt probably won't be signing in Boston any time soon and the Yankees are discussing a multiyear deal with Russell Martin. Here...
• 2/23 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Eighth Edition (71-80): Of all the statistical categories we are targeting on draft day, saves are usually the most attainable in-season. Our strategy...
• 2/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Need To Lock Up Core: By Christian Petrila If the world does indeed end in 2012, the Indians are planning on going out by saving money. Not a single...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Top 100 Prospects Lists: With the release of Baseball America's top 100 prospects list today, my three preferred prospect sources have all published their...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore won't be limitedTampa Bay Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman said SP Matt Moore won't be on an innings limit this season....[+] Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman said SP Matt Moore won't be on an innings limit this season.
• 2/20 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Top 100 Prospects: I present to you my 2012 top 100 prospect list. I have ranked the players evaluating ceiling, how likely a player reaches that...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Top 20 AL Rookie of the Year candidates for 2012: To be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, a player must  have less than 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched and less than...
• 2/19 FantasySportsKings.com: The Youngsters of the AL EastOver the last couple of weeks I have written about some sleepers and prospects from each division. The last one......
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Average Game Scores for 2011: Messing around on baseball-reference, on the second night of baseball's winter meetings, I ranked starting pitchers by average...
• 2/15 Seedlings to Stars: There Is No Such Thing As a First Base Prospect: Photo Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE It’s a common saying in the minor league world that “there is no such thing as...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Soler, Zimmerman: Yahoo's Jeff Passan presents the projected 2012 payroll for every MLB team, from the Yankees ($204MM) to the Pirates ($46MM)....
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Vlad, Theo, Red Sox: One AL East player has avoided arbitration in designated hitter David Ortiz, and another is close in reliever Casey Janssen.  The...
• 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Betting on the Super Bowl vs. the 2012 Red Sox: Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. Glory will come for either the Patriots or the New York football Giants. Just about everyone...
• 2/12 NY Baseball Digest: Prospect Rankings Are Out and Its Buyer Beware: We’re at the time of year now when the various media outlets and fan blogs start releasing their minor league top prospect...
• 2/11 Fire Brand of the American League: Taking A Look At Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospect List: On Thursday, ESPN analyst Keith Law released his annual ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game. Before ESPN, Law had a job...
• 2/9 El Maquino: KEITH LAW RANKINGS: ESPN‘s Keith Law is one of the esteemed names who, along with Johnathan Mayo and Baseball America, EM considers important...
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Rogers, Tigers: Today we've heard that Rich Harden is out for the year and that Nelson Cruz agreed to a two-year deal with the Rangers. Here...
• 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....
• 2/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Betting on the Super Bowl vs. the 2012 Red Sox: Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. Glory will come for either the Patriots or the New York football Giants. Just about everyone...
• 2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: REVIEW: If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?: Last week I asked the question, “If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?”  I was curious to see which active...
• 2/3 The Golden Sombrero: Top 50 Prospects: #1 – Matt Moore: #1 Matt Moore Tampa Bay Rays DOB: 6/18/1989 Previous Rank: 31 ETA: 2011 It’s almost impossible to earn a ranking ahead of Bryce...
• 2/2 High Heat Stats: Young hurling stars of 2010-11: Following our post on the young position stars, here are the pitchers’ top bWAR values over the past 2 years by those who...

• 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...
• 1/27 District On Deck: Nationals Place Four in MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects: MLB.com released its 2012 Top 100 Prospect list earlier this week. The Washington Nationals have a solid prescence on the list,...
• 1/25 El Maquino: TWO CARDS IN MAYO’S TOP 100: Jonathan Mayo’s yearly prospect rankings are out, this year ranking the top 100 minor leaguers from each major organization....
• 1/21 Fire Brand of the American League: Do The Sox Really Have Any Legitimate Starting Pitching Options In The Minors?: “If spring training opened tomorrow we would be comfortable where we are with our pitching depth.” ~General Manager Ben Cherington Spring...
• 1/17 Crashburn Alley: Hamels Kicks Off Farewell Tour with $15 Million Contract: The Phillies have signed LHP Cole Hamels to a one-year, $15 million deal, avoiding a final year of arbitration with one of their...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Orioles, Cespedes, Dodgers: Links for Monday, as teams and players continue avoiding arbitration in advance of tomorrow's deadline for exchanging figures... Former...
• 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,...
• 1/14 Red Sox Beacon: Underdogs: Coming off of a 97 win, 101-Pythag win season in which the New York Yankees ran away with the American League East, the Bombers...
• 1/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Properly deploying Gardner: Brett Gardner is a player who’s always been a bit hard to pin down. When he first came up in 2008, he flashed great defense...
• 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 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Ringing in the New Year: On Thursday night The Baseball Show was back with its first episode of the New Year.  As usual, I was joined by Clint from DiamondHoggers.com...
• 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...
• 1/3 Puckett's Pond: Tuesday Twins Talking Points: Non-Rosters, Dan Wheeler, S2S, Carlos Silva, and Fangraphs: The Twins announced their non-roster Spring Training invitees, and there are enough of the to fill an entire Major League roster....
• 1/3 Seedlings to Stars: The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #4: Matt Moore: Name: Matt Moore DOB: 6/18/89 Organization: Rays Position: Pitcher Notable 2011 Stats: 2.20 ERA, 2.62 FIP, 8 HRA, 28 BB, 131 K,...
• 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Rays, Quentin, Polanco, Marlins, Darvish: After ranking MLB's best rotations, bullpens, infields, outfields, and lineups in December, ESPN.com's Buster Olney opened up...

• 12/30 The Golden Sombrero: Top 50 Prospects: #18 – Tyler Skaggs: #18 Tyler Skaggs Arizona Diamondbacks DOB: 7/13/1991 Previous Rank: N/R ETA: 2012 Skaggs really has nothing left to prove in the...
• 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rays, Brewers, Whitesell, Pinto: On this date in 1998, the Tigers traded Luis Gonzalez to the Diamondbacks for Karim Garcia. Gonzalez would hit 224 home runs...
• 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...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligible Extension Candidates: From Matt Moore to Chris Carpenter, extensions for players not eligible for arbitration happen all the time.  More commonly,...
• 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...
• 12/22 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Why The Tribe Might Be Able To Woo Beltran:   By Kevin Schneider Finally, the Indians appear to be courting a major free agent this offseason who could add needed punch...
• 12/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Baseball America’s Top Ten Rays Prospects: Baseball America came out with their annual list of the Rays’ top ten prospects today. There were some notable inclusions...
• 12/17 SoDo Mojo: Do It Now: A Dustin Ackley Extension: When you look at what has made a team like the Tampa Bay Rays successful over the last few years you always talk about their...
• 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 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 Through The Fence Baseball: The most major-league ready prospect: American League: While everyone wants to know who their team’s top prospects are, more importantly, they want to know who is going to able to...
• 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 Neurotic Sports Fan: Cleveland Indians 2012 BOLD Predictions: So yesterday, I’m in class with Mitch the editor and I tell him that I believe the Indians have the second-best  rotation...
• 12/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays trade Jeff Niemann or Wade Davis?: After the Rays locked up Matt Moore to a extension that will keep him in a Rays uniform for at least the next five years, Andrew...
• 12/12 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Rasmus, Jays, Scott, Red Sox, Madson: Some links from the AL East... The Blue Jays have sent the Cardinals cash considerations rather than players to be named...
• 12/12 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 14: Derek Norris: Prospect A-Z takes a back seat to the book any day, so hopefully no one missed it too much. As a refresher, the last entry was...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/4/11 - 12/10/11: This was an incredibly exciting week here at MLBTR as we brought you 24/7 live Winter Meetings coverage.  On Thursday, Luke Adams...
• 12/11 Chicken Friars: What Matt Moore’s Deal With the Rays Means for the Padres’ Latos and Maybin: On Friday, news broke that the Tampa Bay Rays had signed Matt Moore to a contract extension.  The stud lefty was drafted in the...
• 12/10 Rising Apple: Why the Mets Should Go “Matt Moore” All Over Their Own Young Players: Some people let out a bit of a chuckle the other day when the Tampa Bay Rays handed Matt Moore an eight-year, $39.75 million extension....
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Pujols, Reyes, Cespedes: As expected, the winter meetings brought plenty of excitement and changed the baseball landscape this week. The Angels and Marlins...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Details on Matt Moore's contract: Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore will make $1 million next year, $1 million in 2013, $1 million in 2014, $3 million in 2015 and $5...[+] million in 2016. His option for 2017 is worth $7 million, the 2018 option is worth $9.5 million and the 2019 option will go for $10 million.
• 12/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore not guaranteed roster spot: Tampa Bay Rays executive Andrew Friedman said SP Matt Moore isn't guaranteed a spot on the Opening Day roster, even after the...[+] team locked him up long term Friday, Dec. 9.
• 12/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): More reason to hate the Rays: I don't know how they keep doing this: Not counting the playoffs, Matt Moore has a grand total of three games and nine and one-third...
• 12/9 Baseball Musings: Moore Money: The Rays, once again, don’t waste time locking up a potential star player long term: Not counting the playoffs, Matt Moore...
• 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...
• 12/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Lock up Matt Moore: The Tampa Bay Rays signed SP Matt Moore to a five-year, $14 million extension. The deal includes several club options that could...[+] raise the value to $37.5 million over eight years.
• 12/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Matt Moore has three club options: Updating a previous report, Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Moore's five-year, $14 million deal includes option years for 2017, 2018 and...[+] 2019. The deal could be worth as much as $39.75 million over eight seasons.
• 12/2 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 13: Matt Moore: We got back to shortstops yesterday, generally focusing on Tampa Bay’s Hak-Ju Lee. Just a year after being acquired from...

• 11/27 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Cincinnati Reds: 79-83, 3rd place, 17 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Cincinnati Reds.  Each day (except...
• 11/21 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 6: Nick Franklin: The first week of Prospect A-Z wrapped up on Friday with Edwar Cabrera, MILB’s strikeout leader in 2011. He doesn’t...
• 11/18 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 5: Edwar Cabrera: Yesterday, we went behind the plate to talk about Travis d’Arnaud, Toronto’s catcher on helium last season. He’s...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go: The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the...
• 11/10 Fire Brand of the American League: Thursday Links: In case you missed it earlier, the Pittsburgh Pirates added the final elusive piece to their playoff puzzle when they signed...
• 11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: CBA, Fielder, Francis, Rollins: Ryan Madson appeared to have a deal with the Phillies this time last night, but the sides haven't completed anything to date....

• 10/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Moore Recognized on MiLB.com: Matt Moore had an unbelievable 2011. He started the season in Double-A Montgomery and finished it pitching in the “Trop” for...
• 10/27 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Pitch Sequencing: “Sequencing” is another one of those terms in the pitching lexicon that has multiple definitions. In Raising Aces, I have...
• 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...
• 10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Heat Index: Top Rookies of 2012:   I realize the World Series is being played this week, but I am already looking ahead to next year, much like fans of the...
• 10/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Moore Where That Came From: In a disappointing postseason series loss to the Texas Rangers, the one bright spot was the performance in game one of Matt Moore....
• 10/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Unpredictability is predictable in MLB playoffs:   People follow sports for so many different reasons – the competition of the athletes, the exceptional physical performances,...
• 10/10 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Matt Moore:   The Tampa Bay Rays exhausted their season to the final stroke before clinching the playoffs, and with top starters David Price...
• 10/9 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at some of the analysis and reporting MLBTR's writing team delivered this week.. Seven years ago this...
• 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,...
• 10/8 Philly Phanatics: League Championship Series previews: You can't blame us here at PhillyPhanatics.com for not wanting to write this piece and for not caring very much about who wins...
• 10/8 Seedlings to Stars: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Matt Moore: Many po**** opinions of pitching prospects are formed from general scouting reports. While these reports are invaluable resources,...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Rays First to Go: The Tampa Bay Rays, who needed a historic collapse from the Boston Red Sox to sneak into the postseason, were the first of the...
• 10/5 MLBTradeRumors: Matt Moore's Service Time: The Rays' season is over, but Desmond Jennings and Matt Moore showed late this year that the 2012 edition of the team should...
• 10/4 B-R Blog: Beltre belts Rays out of first round: There's a 6th member of the Postseason 3-HR-Game fraternity. Adrian Beltre connected in the top of the 7th off Matt Moore for...
• 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...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Scoring Without Contact: Sean Rodriguez doubles, and Casey Kotchman hits a 3-2, two out pitch up the middle to drive him in. This time Sean scores without...
• 10/3 Fragile Freddy's: LDS Update: Some quick thoughts on the various Division Series going on this weekend;Tampa Bay (1) – Texas (1)- Seriously, does Tampa...
• 10/2 For Baseball Junkies: Matt Moore Performance Reminiscent of Marty Bystron: In case you missed it, Joe Maddon, the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, took a huge gamble in game one of the American League Division...
• 10/1 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 1989 Donruss Matt Moore: Let it be known that I am not a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays. But the performance by rookie pitcher Matt Moore last night was phenomenal....
• 10/1 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: ALDS Day One Recap: Saturday October 1, 2011 Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports):  Going into the day, the opening day of playoffs had some pretty...
• 10/1 MLB Dirt: Moore Than a Feeling: Yes, the title is a song by the great rock band Boston. And, yes, it is meant to be a subtle jab at the Boston Red Sox. And,...
• 10/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Managers put faith in youngsters for ALDS: It was a tumultuous ending to the regular season, particularly in the American League. Boston was ousted handily in one of the...
• 10/1 Chicken Fried Baseball: Metamorphosis: Both fans and analysts tend to become overly fascinated with tangible numbers like team wins and losses, batting averages, and...
• 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: How The AL Playoff Starters Were Acquired: As important as it is during the regular season, starting pitching becomes even more crucial in the postseason. Rotations are...

• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Rays Win Game One: Everything goes right for the Rays in the first game of their ALDS against Texas. Raw rookie Matt Moore pitches seven shutout...
• 9/30 B-R Blog: Youngest with 7 scoreless IP in a postseason game: Matt Moore, Johnny Damon and Kelly Shoppach led the Rays to a 1-0 lead in their ALDS with Texas. At 22 years and about 104 days,...
• 9/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 ALDS Predictions: The MLB postseason kicks off tonight and we're giving you our predictions because we love to make ourselves look bad.  Enjoy!Yankees...
• 9/30 The Golden Sombrero: ALDS Rangers vs. Rays Open Thread: We’re Ready for Moore: Matt Moore 1-0, 9.1 IP, 14.46 K/9, 2.89 ERA, 2.17 FIP, 1.85 xFIP, 0.4 fWAR Tampa Bay Rays: Sean Rodriguez, SS B.J. Upton, CF Evan...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: A Legend of the Fall: Matt Moore just completed seven innings against the Rangers, giving up two hits and two walks, striking out six. He did not allow...
• 9/30 B-R Blog: ‘Vedi Napoli e poi muori’: See Naples and die. That famous line may have been coined by Goethe to express the o**** of 18th-century Naples -- Napoli --...
• 9/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: DTTWLN Staff Makes Their Playoff Predictions:   By Craig Gifford Following a baseball season that was as unpredictable as any other, it’s only **** that the postseason...
• 9/30 Baseball Analytics: Can Texas Stand the heat vs. Matt Moore?: The Tampa Bay Rays will give the ball to rookie Matt Moore against the Rangers' prolific offense tonight. The 22-year-old...
• 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...
• 9/30 Fragile Freddy's: Playoff Preview - Tampa Bay vs. Texas: Today I will take a look at the two American League Division Series.  For each club I’ll look at a player and pitcher to...
• 9/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: 2011 Division Series Preview: Way back on March 30th, I made my predictions for the 2011 season. Let’s just say they were a bit off as I correctly picked...
• 9/30 Chicken Fried Baseball: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Fact: Joe Maddon’s glasses make him 2% smarter. Joe Maddon and the Rays fired the first shot of the postseason by the surprise...
• 9/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A Dodger Fan Guide to Rooting in the Playoffs: It is now… *checks watch*… 186 days until Opening Day 2012. And while we might all be anxious to see what the Dodger...
• 9/30 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The 2011 MLB Playoffs get underway with the Rays sending rookie Matt Moore against the Rangers and C.J. Wilson. Moore pitched...
• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Quade, Vazquez, Royals, Hafner: As if the Rays didn't already have the focus of the baseball world, Joe Maddon announced that Matt Moore will start Game One...
• 9/30 B-R Blog: Matt Moore (3 games in the major leagues) will start Game 1 for the Rays:   The Rays have opted to have rookie Matt Moore start Game 1 of the Division Series against the Rangers. (h/t to LoHud Yankees...
• 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...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Moore to Start Game One: Joe Maddon is taking a risk and starting Matt Moore in game one of the ALDS against Texas. Wow. The rookie gets his first major...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: ALDS Preview, Rays Versus Rangers: The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers meet for the second consecutive season in the ALDS. The Rangers finished 96-66, first in...
• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: In-Season Trades By The 2011 Playoff Teams: It's hard to fake your way through 162 games, so most MLB playoff teams have earned the right to play in October. Once every few...
• 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 Chicken Fried Baseball: Let’s Go Red Sox: The Red Sox September collapse has been fascinating. The baseball media’s nearly unanimous pick to win the American League...
• 9/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Prospecting: Vance Worley, Domonic Brown, Matt Moore: As the post-season nears ever closer, with each game offering a candid glimpse of the future, teams are more truthful. Playoff...
• 9/23 Baseball Analytics: Moore Mows Down Yankees: Matt Moore didn't face a full-strength Yankees lineup last night, as the AL East division champs gave regulars Brett Gardner,...
• 9/23 Call to the Pen: A Look at Matt Moore and Jacob Turner’s Thursday Night: Two potential aces of the future took the mound last night, and their results were quite different.  With the Detroit Tigers...
• 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...
• 9/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Get A Look At Rays Top Pitching Prospect: The Rays top pitching prospect, lefty Matt Moore, made his first major league start on Thursday against the Yankees and it...
• 9/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays wreck Yanks as Moore wins first career MLB start: I skipped this one, and it looks like I didn’t miss all that much, as the Rays bludgeoned the Yanks 15-8 behind a beastly...
• 9/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IT WASN'T COLON'S NIGHT...AGAIN: Bartolo Colon was terrible. Not sure what you do with this guy once the Postseason begins. Right now, he's got nothing good...
• 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 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread | Game 156 | Yankees vs. Rays | Thursday, September 22, 2011: There’s a game on tonight? Oh right. Actually, this one could be pretty interesting, as fireballing lefty phenom Matt Moore...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Rays of Hope: The Tampa Bay bats came to life tonight, as they’ve scored 12 runs in the first four innings. B.J. Upton has the tough half...
• 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...
• 9/22 Call to the Pen: Matt Moore Set for First Major League Start: The Tampa Bay Rays are handing the ball to rookie pitcher Matt Moore tonight, asking the young left-hander to salvage the final...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Cardinals try to make up a win this afternoon as they host the Mets in the final game of their series. A victory puts them...
• 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,...
• 9/20 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...
• 9/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/18: Just when the confidence of Red Sox Nation was back at a comfortable level, it went right back down after the Boston Red Sox...
• 9/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 9/18: Just when the confidence of Red Sox Nation was back at a comfortable level, it went right back down after the Boston Red Sox...
• 9/18 B-R Blog: Scattered thoughts on select games of Saturday, 9/17/11: Tampa 4, Boston 3; The gap's back down to 3 games, with David Price facing Tim Wakefield in Sunday's finale. -- Jeff Niemann gets...
• 9/17 Baseball Musings: Rays Inch Closer: The Tampa Bay Rays did not remain losers for long as they defeat the Red Sox 4-3 on Saturday afternoon. Joe Maddon took a chance...
• 9/17 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective for 9/15/11: -  Who does S**** Duncan think he is?  He must think he is the man he makes sure all bad things happen in 3’s.  Bad joke…maybe. ...
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Outrighted To Triple-A: Spears, Delaney, Ekstrom: Here's the latest round of players that cleared waivers and were outrighted to the minors, courtesy of the International League...
• 9/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays or Red Sox: Who would you rather face?: Despite the panic in Boston and a horrific stretch of recent play, the Red Sox still hold a 3-game lead over the red-hot Rays...
• 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...