Fernando Rodney (Kimbo)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 18, 1977 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 2002 (Age 25)   vs. MIN 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Angels/Rays 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$4.25M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.137, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Bill Rego [*]
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• 5/19 Sports Talk Florida: Matt Moore Joins The Babe At 8-0, Rays Defeat Orioles 3-1: Admittedly the heart rate had quickened with Fernando Rodney on the mound holding a 3-1 lead but he was up to the task. He threw...
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• 5/17 FanSided: Tampa Bay Rays Sticking With Closer Fernando Rodney For Now: There are no jobs more fickle in professional sports than that of a Major League closer. You certainly are allowed a hiccup here...
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• 5/17 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: May 17, 2013: For a short schedule, Thursday was a good day. Seven of nine correct is a fine tally. But as always, it was the two that got...
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• 5/17 Blog Red Machine: Reds Wait Until Extras to Win, Latos Denied Another “W”: So it didn’t quite work out the way he had wanted it to go. Through 8.1 innings and the Reds holding a 2-1 lead, starter...
• 5/16 Sports Talk Florida: Rodney Loses Control And Red Sox Rally In 9th, Defeat Rays 4-3: These are the games that sting. These are the games that a team will look back on at the end of the year and wonder what if. To...
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• 5/14 Sports Talk Florida: Rays Win 6th In A Row, Defeat Red Sox 5-3: Matt Moore becomes the first Ray in franchise history to begin a season 7-0 and the Rays win 6th in a row defeating Red Sox 5-3....
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• 4/26 Baseball Jerks: Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Wait, Then Sell High: The closer carousel might be spinning at its fastest ever this season as a two more closers emerge as legitimate fantasy baseball...
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• 4/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Outduels Andy Pettitte As the Tampa Bay Rays Defeat the Yankees 3-0: Alex Cobb dominated over 8 1/3 innings pitched, and Fernando Rodney held on for a somewhat shaky save as the Rays defeated the...
• 4/24 My Pinstripes: The Price Was Right For Small Ball: The master of small ball There are plenty of people out there, their own fans included, waiting for the Yankees to completely...
• 4/24 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: A’s Thump Red Sox, Uptons Go Back To Back, Angels Walk-Off: The Oakland Athletics pounded Boston pitching for 13 runs to beat the Red Sox 13-0 in a rain shortened seven inning complete game....
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• 4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 20: Marvelous David Price Outing Spoiled by Fernando Rodney in the 9th: Ninth inning, tie game–who do you want on the mound, your ace or your closer? Joe Maddon was faced with precisely that dilemma...
• 4/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees 4, Rays 3: My apologies to Mr. Hughes: Dear Phil, I sincerely apologize for doubting you tonight. In reality, I actually didn't. I knew deep down that you would be...
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• 4/23 Rays Colored Glasses: What Has Happened to the Rays’ Once-Dominant Lefty, Jake McGee?: In 2012, Fernando Rodney delivered a season for the ages, saving 48 games with a 0.60 ERA, a major league record for a minimum...
• 4/22 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Yankees-Rays (4/22-4/24): The trip up north for the New York Yankees (10-7) ended up being a success over the weekend. Even though Yankees’ fans were...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
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• 4/15 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Week 3 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep: Welcome back to 3×3, where this week, I tell you why you should trade Josh Hamilton and Fernando Rodney, pick up Brandon...
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• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney’s Hitless Streak Ends, Roster Moves: Fernando Rodney continued his impressive showing in the World Baseball Classic today as the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto...
• 3/17 mlbreports.com : World Baseball Classic Week Two Recap: Like us on Facebook here   Saturday, March 17th, 2013 By Sam Evans (Baseball Writer):  A lot has happened in the World Baseball...
• 3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: ESPN Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft: Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft.  You may feel that other people have players ranked...
• 3/15 www.drstrangeglove.com: Dominican Republic Defeats U.S.A.: That sure was some meaningless exhibition game! If I didn’t know any better, I might think that the players on team Dominican...
• 3/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney Continues to Dominate in WBC: The Dominican Republic broke open a 1-1 tie in the ninth inning against the United States in the World baseball Classic last night,...
• 3/14 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: A Collection of Commentary on Fernando's Rodney's Baseball Cap: Judging by the below comments, there seems to be no other player that incites more ire in baseball fans than Fernando Rodney...
• 3/13 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Same Face, New Place - Starting Pitching: Last season, A.J. Burnett was the beneficiary of a trade to the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Sounds weird, especially coming from...
• 3/12 Baseball News Source: WBC 2013: Dominican Republic Rallies for Win Over Italy: The Dominican Republic rallied from a four run deficit with three runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat...
• 3/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: Closer rankings for fantasy baseball 2013 – Free MLB Draft Kit: These rankings were updated March 9th, 2013 Rank Name Team SV SO ERA WHIP 1 Craig Kimbrel ATL 45 122 1.56 0.81 2 Sergio Romo SF...
• 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...
• 3/10 The Baseball Haven: Is WAR Useful for Fantasy Leagues?: Wins Above Replacement, better known as WAR, came to the forefront of MVP balloting last season for many voters. Mike Trout, who,...
• 3/10 Call to the Pen: WBC Recap, March 9: Chinese Taipei & Venezuela Eliminated; Canada Deals Knockout Blow: With one elimination game at hand and other teams fighting to stay alive, Saturday was one of the most exciting days of the 2013...
• 3/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball Draft Preparation – Closers: By Jeff Boggis “The Sultan of Stats” For Fantasy Sports Empires Introduction Whether you are a fantasy baseball league expert...
• 3/9 Call to the Pen: The Tampa Bay Rays: The Little Market Team That Could: The little market team that could, the Tampa Bay Rays keep chugging up the nasty American League East hill towards another 90...
• 3/9 The Writer's Journey: 2013 TWJ cards…updated daily (so far): Are you following TWJ Cards on tumblr? A new card is being posted daily (at least so far). We have seen Chris Heisey, Yonder Alonso,...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Jason Grilli – Exhibit “A” – Don’t Overpay for a Closer: April 4, 2008 – Coming off a disheartening three-game home sweep at the hands of the lowly Kansas City Royals, the ’08...
• 3/8 Splash Hit Blog: “Yesterday’s” WBC Highlights in Videos, GIFs, and Tweet: A lot has happened in the World Baseball Classic over the past 24 hours, and you’ve probably seen it all, but you like to...
• 3/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rodney Sharp in WBC Debut, Luke Scot and Sam Fuld’s Injury Statuses, Sean Rodriguez: Turn your hats to the left because Fernando Rodney is back in the 9th inning. Rodney tossed the final inning of the game as the...
• 3/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Mike Fontenot Attracting Attention in Rays Camp: Given the Tampa Bay Rays multitude of options for utility infielders, the signing of Mike Fontenot to a minor league contract...
• 3/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Francisco Rodriguez: If – as Danny Knobler has written (so it must be true) – the Tigers are now trying hard to find a closer outside the...
• 3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look At the Rays Model of Success: With the financial limitations surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays, they have needed to find ways to compete, particularly as they...
• 3/3 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster in 2013 Part 1 – The Hitters: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent) Part 1: The hitters: 2012 saw the Tampa Bay...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Dominates, Escobar, Roberts, and Rodriguez All Homer as Rays Overwhelm Orioles: Alex Cobb could finally relax. The 25 year right-handed entered spring training this year with a spot in the Rays’ rotation...
• 3/2 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for March 2, 2013: Some final WBC news before tonight’s games (go here for news from earlier in the day)… after jump. Tonight’s...

• 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 Jays Journal: Steve Delabar: Closer Of The (Distant) Future?: Spring Training signals a new beginning to the long, arduous season that belongs to the 162 meaningful scheduled games of Major...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays addressed long-term needs with a blockbuster trade and the most lucrative contract in franchise history. They addressed...
• 2/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria, Anderson Key Rays Victory: Even if it is early, the Rays are hitting the ball well thus far in their Grapefruit League games. If nothing else, it may help...
• 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 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays: Wil Myers Makes Nervous Spring Debut: Tampa Bay Rays prospect Wil Myers  admitted he was somewhat nervous and finished his 2013 spring training debut  against the...
• 2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Jennings Starts Strong, Anderson Slams Key Homer, Rodney Unhittable as Rays Earn Split in Spring’s First Day: The games still mean nothing, but how great is it to have some Rays scores to talk about? On Saturday, the Rays began their spring...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Baseball Is Back!: There is nothing quite like Spring Training. After a long and, especially where I’m from in Massachusetts, brutally cold...
• 2/22 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look Back At The Tampa Bay Rays’ Team MVPs – Part 2, Roberto Hernandez: 1999 was disappointing for the Devil Rays as they won only 69 games in their second season. However, closer Roberto Hernandez brought...
• 2/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HOW THE YANKEES STACK UP: THE CLOSER: We have looked at every position in the American League East and how the Yankees stack up, check out: Catcher First...
• 2/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Bold Predictions for 2013: 1. The Boston Red Sox make the playoffs Why this is bold: The Red Sox lost 93 games last year and haven't won a postseason game...
• 2/19 Red Sox Maineiacs: Might as Well Face It, We're Addicted to Saves: First, go and read Jonah Keri’s terrific blog post from Grantland this past April.  Go ahead.  I’ll wait. Now...
• 2/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Tampa Bay Rays Bring Back Juan Cruz?: Over the past few years, the Rays have become renowned throughout baseball for signing questionable relievers to cheap contracts,...
• 2/16 The Flagrant Fan: Relievers by pitch value - Craig Kimbrel is the bomb: I took a look yesterday at qualifying starting pitchers using PitchF/X pitch values to find the top ten and bottom ten values...
• 2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The Dangers of the Sandwich: We have all been there before. You’re out on the road and feeling hungry when suddenly a craving for a nice sandwich comes...
• 2/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HOW THE YANKEES STACK UP: THE BULLPEN: Our "How the Yankees Stack up" Series was very successful and we appreciate your interest in it.   We've examined: Catcher,...
• 2/13 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - 2013 Closers: Don't pay for saves, draft Tom Wilhelmsen in the later rounds. (US Presswire)Baseball Press presents a returning miniseries...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Carp, Rodney, Orioles: The 2013 Yankees don't project to have as much depth as recent New York teams, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes. This...
• 2/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Evan Longoria, Everyone Excited for Start of Spring: We’ve finally made it. Rays pitchers and catchers have reported, along with quite a few position players, and baseball is...
• 2/12 mlbreports.com : Put That Coffee Down! Coffee Is Closers Only: Top 5 Closers Projected For 2013: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February 12th, 2013 MLB Reports: From the movie Glengarry Glen Ross came one of the most compelling...
• 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 60ft6in.com: The 2003 Detroit Tigers: With the dawn of Spring Training, this marks the 10-year anniversary of the infamous 2003 Detroit Tigers.  The club set an American...
• 2/11 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part III: Pitching: For the most part, pitching staffs in the AL East have remained stagnant amongst the division’s clubs. While the Rays did...
• 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Mexico baseball squad still excited after upset victory: If you’re a Mexico baseball fan, you have the right to feel very proud these days. Sit back on your couch with a cold cerveza...
• 2/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Winter League Update: Mexico Outlasts Dominican Republic in 18-Inning Classic to Win Championship: That was something missing from the Caribbean Series. There were 6 games in a round-robin format between the 4 teams, and the...
• 2/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Tampa Bay Rays Extend Fernando Rodney?: Fernando Rodney is coming off a season for the record books, dominating hitters to the tune a 0.60 ERA in 74.2 innings pitched...
• 2/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Winter Leagues Update: Dominicans Ride 7-Run 8th to Championship Berth, Puerto Ricans Stay Alive: Obviously the organizers of the Caribbean Series are impartial regarding the Series’ games. But you couldn’t have...
• 2/5 Rays Colored Glasses: What Can the Rays Expect From Fernando Rodney in 2013?: At this time last year, Fernando Rodney was not guaranteed anything. Having signed with the Rays on January 4th, he was told that...
• 2/4 Billy-Ball.com: 90/30 Pitchers: It would be a good debate to decide who is more specialized: a closer or a DH? On the one hand, a closer does all the things...
• 2/4 Baseball Analytics: 90/30 Pitchers: It would be a good debate to decide who is more specialized: a closer or a DH? On the one hand, a closer does all the...
• 2/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Winter Leagues Update: Rodney Blows Save, But Dominican Republic Rallies to Beat Mexico: In the playoffs, anything can happen- and you have to be ready for it. The best players falter, the unknowns suddenly come on...
• 2/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Confident in Return to MLB, Rodney Believes Extension Is Coming Soon: You have to go back to 2008 to remember the last time Scott Kazmir was ever the pitcher Rays fans grew accustomed to seeing...
• 2/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Winter Leagues Update: Fernando Rodney, Electric Dominican Bullpen Shut Down Puerto Rico: In just a few weeks, the World Baseball Classic will begin, with some of the best players from all over the world representing...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Rhodes, Tatis, Rodney: No one should be surprised if the Yankees engage in a major spending spree during the 2014 offseason, writes Jim Bowden of ESPN.com...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Brewers, Lyon, Reds: The latest from around MLB... Rays closer Fernando Rodney continues to express confidence at the Caribbean Series that...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Travis Hafner Chooses Yankees Over Rays, Rodney Situation Cleared Up, Lou Pinella: This offseason, the Rays would up re-signing Luke Scott to fill their designated hitter vacancy. But don’t think that he...

• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Rodney, Orioles, Lohse, Yankees: The Red Sox and Yankees each added a veteran bat today, as Lyle Overbay agreed to a deal with Boston and Travis Hafner came...
• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: The Fernando Rodney Extension That Wasn’t, Title XX-B Free Agents: Rays fans got quite a surprise on Wednesday night when Fernando Rodney told the Dominican newspaper El Día that his agent was...
• 1/30 Halo Hangout: Getting To Know Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Jerome Williams: Jerome Williams, to say the least, has a very colorful background. Williams, now 31 years old, was acquired by the Halos in 2011...
• 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...
• 1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Justin Upton Traded to Braves, The Rays’ Chances for Michael Bourn: Breaking news just now is that the Atlanta Braves have acquired outfielder Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here’s...
• 1/23 Roto Think Tank: Roto Versus Head-to-Head: James from the Carolinas wants to know about the difference between Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats:Have played Roto for many...
• 1/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Minor League Signees, Kyle Farnsworth, Delmon Young, Alex Torres, Stadium Situation: Yesterday, there was some pretty big news around the Rays as they signed four players to minor league contracts, all of whom have...
• 1/23 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hector Luna Notches 3 Hits, Juan Sandoval Tosses 1.2 Perfect IP, But Aguilas Fall: Nice to see current and former Rays playing well in Winter Ball. But when they’re the only players on their teams playing...
• 1/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Sign Juan Carlos Oviedo- Another Case of False Identity, But Stuff That’s Certainly Real: You had to see it coming. You could almost say that it was inevitable. Just weeks after signing the former Fausto Carmona, Roberto...
• 1/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Nine Rays Duke It Out as Escogido Edges Cibaenas in 11 Innings: Something pretty crazy about Winter Ball is teammates going up against each other. When both players are fighting to prove themselves...
• 1/21 The Sports Provocateur: The American League East Dream Rotation: The American League East Dream Rotation is headlined by both Cy Young Award winners, and its third starter won the award in 2007....
• 1/20 Motor City Bengals: Do Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Tigers NEED to shop for Closer?: Lions quarterback, Red Wings goaltender, Tigers closer…if you plan on putting one of these positions on your resume’,...
• 1/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Considered Possible Landing Spot For Michael Bourn: According to various sources, the Rays are not only searching for a designated hitter and relief pitching, but may also be interested...
• 1/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Fernando Rodney has Rough Appearance, Feliciano Provides Offense: After the dominant season that Fernando Rodney had last year, it would have made sense if he took the winter off. However, Rodney...
• 1/19 The Rays Today: Fernando Rodney’s 2012: Posted in Fernando RodneyNewsFernando Rodney definitely pitched his best year last year finishing the year pitching 74.2 innings...
• 1/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Five Rays Named to World Baseball Classic Rosters, Uniform Numbers: With baseball no longer in the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic is the only time every four years that we get to see players...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Ex-Ray Rafael Soriano Signs His Second Anti-Rays Contract: Congratulations to Rafael Soriano. For the second time in three years, the ex-Rays All-Star closer has signed a contract the likes...
• 1/15 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: An Introduction and Those That Missed: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/15 The High Phive: Nationals Sign Soriano…Is Papelbon a Steal?: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reported today that Rafael Soriano has signed with the 2012 National League East Champions Washington...
• 1/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney to Pitch in World Baseball Classic, Another Positive Drug Test: The World Baseball Classic is an entirely different experience compared to wait players are used to. You’re not pitching...
• 1/14 The Baseball Continuum: Late World Baseball Classic news for January 14, 2013 (Part 2 of ?): More WBC news that has come out (or that I just found) since earlier: Buster Posey is out, but there are other members of the...
• 1/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney to pitch in WBCTampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney plans to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic....[+] Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney plans to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Fernando Rodney Stays Untouchable in Winter Ball Debut: Greatness is awfully hard to achieve, let alone sustain. Fernando Rodney was able to do that over the course of an entire season...
• 1/12 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers Bullpen: Tampa Bay Style: For the past couple of seasons the Texas Rangers have payed quite a bit of money in payroll to the bullpen, in return it was...
• 1/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Do the Rays Grow ‘The Beard’?: The last two offseasons, it’s been the exact same story for the Rays.  They have entered the offseason with a proven closer...
• 1/12 Jays Journal: Rafael Soriano Not The Answer: For the first time in a long time when you look at Toronto Blue Jays you see a lot more bright spots than holes. Sometimes those...
• 1/11 Mariners Latest: The Justin Upton Turn Down and Possible Phoenix: That smug little..... As I'm sure you've heard, unless you've been living under a rock or have stayed away from technology...
• 1/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Brandon Lyon Be A Fit Out of the Bullpen for the Rays?: Every offseason, the Rays seem to add one or two bullpen arms at a reduced rate and then watch those pitchers turn into dominant...
• 1/10 Fire Brand of the American League: The Highs & Lows of 2012 (Part 2)A look back at the Top 5 moments from last year. ...
• 1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Peter Moylan Be The Latest Bullpen Reclamation Project?: Even before J.P. Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Rays were rumored to be looking for arms in the bullpen. While there...
• 1/8 mlbreports.com : The Rays Trade And Draft Record Is Impressive: However Most Of The Best Players Are Now Ex-Rays: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.08/2013 By Jake Bullington (Rays Correspondent) The Tampa Bay Rays have had a great...
• 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...
• 1/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: J.P. Howell Departs for Dodgers, Rays Among Best Bullpens, Chris Gimenez, Matt Joyce: It was back in June of 2006 that the Rays acquired a left-handed pitcher named J.P. Howell from the Kansas City Royals. Howell...
• 1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: A Tale Of Two Bullpens: It seems as though every offseason, virtually every team is attempting to upgrade their bullpen. With baseball having evolved...
• 1/1 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Seeking Relievers: Tampa Bay Rays general manager Andrew Friedman has said he’s still looking for one or two relievers this winter, reports Joe...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 2012: A Lost Year for the Rays, But One That Needed to Happen: The Rays entered 2012 with aspirations of not just a third straight trip to the postseason but their first World Series championship....
• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Looking For Relief Pitching: The Rays are looking to add another reliever or two, Tampa Bay executive VP Andrew Friedman tells Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times. ...
• 12/27 Red Sox Maineiacs: Might as Well Face It, We're Addicted to Saves: First, go ahead and read Jonah Keri’s terrific blog post from Grantland this past April.  Go ahead.  I’ll...
• 12/20 Yankees Fans Unite: The New Wave of Relief: Are relief pitchers the new market efficiency? As new minds and fresh ideas invade traditional, or better put, current baseball...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: How Does the Rays’ Signing of Roberto Hernandez Make Any Sense?: 2012 was undeniably a lost year for Roberto Hernandez. In January, authorities found out that he was in the US under a false identity,...
• 12/19 Call to the Pen: Rays Reach Deal with Roberto Hernandez: The Tampa Bay Rays are typically an intelligent organization, so when news comes down the pipe that they’ve signed a free...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Was The Wade Davis Extension A Mistake?: On March 31, 2011, Wade Davis was just about to enter his second full season for the Rays. Fresh off a year when he had produced...
• 12/12 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 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....
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Relief Pitchers: This is the second article of MLBRandomFandom's "Up-And-Comers" series, in which we talk about players on the rise. Today: Relief...
• 12/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney Named Closer of the Year, Nelson Hired As Assistant Hitting Coach: Fernando Rodney was downright unbelievable in 2012, delivering a 0.60 ERA, a 76-15 strikeout to walk ratio, and 45 saves in 76...
• 12/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball impact: Winter Meeting signings and trades, part one: Winter time can only mean one thing: baseball! Other than football, basketball, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, bowl games...
• 12/4 Rays Colored Glasses: What The James Loney Signing Says About Wrigley And Anderson: The Tampa Bay Rays have had great success in plucking players off the scrap heap and revitalizing their careers. Players such...
• 12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Stanton, Jones, Hanrahan, Rodney: Let's take a quick look around the league for a few of the morning's odds and ends out of Nashville.... Giancarlo Stanton...
• 12/1 Baseball Jerks: Tommy Hanson, Jordan Walden: Pitchers with Question Marks on the Move: Two quality hurlers are swapping coasts as their new, and former, teams address their pitching needs. The Atlanta Braves sent...

• 11/27 Blog Red Machine: Reds Hot Stove Talk Leaves Much to be Desired: Two major names hovering around the Reds’ during this young off-season, depending on how you define major. Relief pitcher...
• 11/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Ryan Raburn Be Coming Home to Play for the Rays?: On October 6th, 2009, it was Game 163 between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to determine the champion of the AL Central...
• 11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Giving Thanks For The Rays: Today is Thanksgiving, a day where we, as a nation, sit back and give thanks for those things that we have in life. And with the...
• 11/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At the Rays’ 40-Man Roster Situation in Advance of the Rule 5 Draft: The offseason has just begun for the Rays. They have plenty of moves to make before they’ll be ready to contend in 2013...
• 11/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Could Joey Devine Be the Next Reliever the Rays Resuscitate?: Since 1920, just two major league pitchers have thrown 45 or more innings in a season with an ERA 0.60 or lower. The most recent...
• 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: What’s The Cubs’ Rebuilding Strategy? Emulating the Rays: The Chicago Cubs have a long way to go before they can return to relevancy in baseball. They lost 101 games in 2012 and aren’t...
• 11/16 WSJ Daily Fix: Does the RBI Mean Anything?: The Count: Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown credentials were too much for Mike Trout to overcome in the AL MVP race, but Cabrera's...
• 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers?: The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/15 Motor City Bengals: David Price Gets Undeserved Cy Young: You might assume, since this is a Tigers site, that I am going to be ranting about how Justin Verlander got robbed. After all,...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: David Price AL Cy Young Winner: This is the kind of stuff that was predicted for David Price from the moment he joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The 2012 winner of...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: Tigers Shift Attention to Anibal Sanchez: The Detroit Tigers have been one of the biggest spending teams in baseball over the past three years. In 2013, their payroll figures...
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
• 11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners: Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American...
• 11/15 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Finishes Third In Cy Young Voting: Jered Weaver didn’t get the reward Angels fans wanted. Weaver finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting with 70...
• 11/14 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Cy Young Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Edges Verlander For AL Cy Young Award: Price went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA against the AL East David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays received 14 of 28 first-place votes, and...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price: Cy Young Award Winner: David Price came tantalizing close the the American League Cy Young Award in 2010, finishing second to Felix Hernandez in a year...
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: And the Cy Youngs Go To…: Tampa Bay number one overall draft pick David Price just edged out Justin Verlander in what the BBWAA called the closest race...
• 11/14 Baseball Musings: Strange Vote: David Price wins the AL Cy Young award in a very close vote, Price winning 153 points to Justin Verlander‘s 149. Price was...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price or Rodney for Cy Young?, Jose Molina, Ticket Prices, Will Rhymes, J.P. Howell: The day has finally come. Tonight we will find out whether Rays lefty David Price will take home the 2o12 American League Cy Young...
• 11/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Cy Young Award winners announced today: Although I’m not a big fan of the BBWAA and their voting habits, (especially when it comes to the Hall of Fame) awards week...
• 11/12 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Relief Pitchers: This is the second article of MLBRandomFandom's "Up-And-Comers" series, in which we talk about players on the rise. Today: Relief...
• 11/11 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Best OF Plan Might Be “Wait”: It has become something of a tradition for Dave Dombrowski and the Tigers organization to pounce once the free agency period begins....
• 11/7 Baseball News Source: Rays News – Joel Peralta re-signed to two-year deal: Peralta signs new deal with Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Rays reliever Joel Peralta wanted to stay with the team all along. ”I wish...
• 11/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Similarities Between This Offseason and 2011′s Offseason For The Rays: After being crowned the AL East Division Champions in 2010, the Rays’ excitement was quickly diminished by the long list of...
• 11/7 Tomahawk Take: A Short Case for a New Award: Despite all the talk about how the most dominant relievers this year deserved to be in the discussion for the Cy Young Award,...
• 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...
• 11/6 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson Award Winners for Starting and Relief Pitchers: Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announced this year's Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson awards recipients (you can see...
• 11/6 Halo Hangout: Where we Stand: So, last week was fun, wasn’t it? Jerry Dipoto has been quite busy so far this winter with the Chris Iannetta extension,...
• 11/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Re-Sign Joel Peralta: Joel Peralta has been saying even since the season ended that there was nothing he wanted more than to return to the Rays for...
• 11/5 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes From the Past Week: Part 2: Rafael Soriano opted out of a $14 million dollar deal with the Yankees in the hope that he can find a multi-year deal with another...
• 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....
• 11/2 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Eric Denton: This has been one incredibly hectic week, as anyone who lives on the east coast could probably attest too. Luckily, where I live,...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: Baseball Comebacks Warm The Heart: Major League Baseball’s awards for the Comeback Player of the Year are so quintessentially American. Americans love giving...
• 11/1 Motor City Bengals: A Thank You To Jose Valverde: The Detroit Tigers have come out and publicly stated that they are prepared to move on from Jose Valverdeas the closer of their...
• 11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rodney Coming Back, Scott’s Option Declined, AFL Rising Stars Game: The Rays’ had a few more decisions to make on Wednesday and decided to keep fireballing right-hander Fernando Rodney by...

• 10/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Exercise options on twoThe Tampa Bay Rays picked up the 2013 options on RP Fernando Rodney and C Jose Molina, as expected, Wednesday, Oct. 31....[+] The Tampa Bay Rays picked up the 2013 options on RP Fernando Rodney and C Jose Molina, as expected, Wednesday, Oct. 31.
• 10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Pick Up Options For Shields, Rodney, Molina; Decline Scott: The Rays have officially exercised their 2013 club options for James Shields, Fernando Rodney, and Jose Molina, the team announced....
• 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...
• 10/30 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Expected To Exercise Jose Molina's Option: The Rays are expected to exercise their $1.8MM option on catcher Jose Molina for 2013, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa...
• 10/30 Baseball News Source: Rays Exercise Option on James Shields – $10.25 million: The Rays have more decisions to make this week The Tampa Bay Rays have informed RHP James Shields they are picking up his $10.25-million...
• 10/30 MLBTradeRumors: Rays To Exercise 2013 Option For James Shields: As expected, the Rays will exercise James Shields' 2013 contract option. The club has informed Shields that they'll pick up his...
• 10/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Comeback Players of the Year: The Sporting News named Adam Dunn AL Comeback Player of the Year, but MLB selected Fernando Rodney. Both were deserving candidates;...
• 10/29 Baseball News Source: Rafael Soriano Opting Out May Not Be Best Decision: For Soriano walking away from $14 million is not without risk The landscape of baseball has been changing. As soft caps get placed...
• 10/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Expected to exercise options of Fernando Rodney, James Shields: The Tampa Bay Rays are expected to exercise contract options for next season on RP Fernando Rodney ($2.5 million) and SP James...[+] Shields ($10.25 million). It is uncertain if they will exercise the options of DH Luke Scott ($6 million) and C Jose Molina ($1.5 million).
• 10/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Go After Matt Capps?: The Rays’ bullpen could be heading towards a time of transition with Joel Peralta, J.P. Howell, and Kyle Farnsworth all...
• 10/26 Baseball News Source: Yankees – Life After Mariano Rivera Sooner Than Later ?: Rivera considering retirement and has not decided on return in 2013 Call it posturing or call it a change of heart, but there...
• 10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Pursue Joakim Soria?: The Rays’ specialty the past several years has been signing once-promising relievers coming off frustrating seasons to cheap...
• 10/24 The Flagrant Fan: Dunn and Rodney are lazy picks for comeback awards: The Comeback Player of the Year Award is a strange animal. Basically, you qualify for the award if you completely sucked the...
• 10/24 Yanks Go Yard: To Opt-Out or Not Opt-Out: The Rafael Soriano Question: The Hot Stove season will be heating up soon–although, one could argue that after the disappointing ALCS sweep, that has...
• 10/24 Baseball Analytics: Phil Coke, Not the Real Thing?: So, Jim Leyland is not admitting it but with the ongoing  headaches caused by Jose Valverde it appears...
• 10/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Taylor Swift:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of October 21, 2012 …...
• 10/23 Southside Showdown: The Sporting News Says: Adam Dunn for AL Comeback Player of the Year: The Sporting News is not interested in who wins your awards. They aren’t particularly interested in who wins Major League Baseball’s...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Stadium Chaos, Joel Peralta Set to Cash In?: The Rays’ stadium situation is getting continuously more tense. Sunday in the Tampa Bay Times, Stephen Nohlgren and Mark...
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cardinals, Nationals, Rodriguez: Congratulations to Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney, who were named MLB.com’s comeback players of the year for their respective...
• 10/19 Baseball News Source: Comeback Player of the Year Awards – Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney: Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney were named Comeback Player of the Year in their respective leagues as voted on by MLB.com. Posey...
• 10/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Fernando Rodney Named AL Comeback Player and Delivery Man of the Year: It was hard to watch Fernando Rodney pitch in 2011. The former fire-balling closer for the Tigers simply was not the same, walking...
• 10/19 Southside Showdown: American League Comeback Player of the Year Award: All year long the discussion has been, at least within my earshot, which Chicago White Sox player would win American League Comeback...
• 10/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney takes two awards: Tampa Bay Rays CL Fernando Rodney was named Comeback Player of the Year in the American League and Rolaids Delivery Man of the...[+] Year.
• 10/18 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Tampa Bay Rays: You may have heard this before, but life in the AL East is rough. Especially if you’re the low budget Rays. There are the...
• 10/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Relief Pitcher: When Kyle Farnsworth got injured at the beginning of the season, the Rays bullpen appeared to be in a state of flux. Only J.P....
• 10/17 The Beanball: Casey Janssen Should Close in 2013 Too: Almost a year ago today (well, technically eleven months), I declared that Casey Janssen should be the Toronto Blue Jays closer...
• 10/17 The Beanball: Is Fernando Rodney For Real?: If you listen closely, you can probably still hear the boos echoing within the walls at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Fernando Rodney...
• 10/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Dennis Eckersley on Fernando Rodney, Carillon Stadium, Hak-Ju Lee: This season, Fernando Rodney has a special year, dominating hitters to an unbelievable 0.60 ERA, the major league record for a...
• 10/12 Halo Hangout: Who Could Close Games For The Angels in 2013?: Ernesto Frieri came in like a shooting star and then like a shooing star in the second half fizzled out to a 4.50 ERA. GM Jerry...
• 10/12 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Goose Gossage (Rolaids) and Walter Johnson (Cy): Yesterday, we looked at the manager of the year and rookie of the year awards.  Our selections as winners for those awards...
• 10/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Not THAT Payroll-Strapped Now, But Future Salaries Are Major Concern: The Rays will never have a payroll that doesn’t rank among the lowest few in baseball. But this past offseason, the Rays...
• 10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Regular Season Awards – American League Edition: I’m fortunate to maintain membership with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance through my role as senior editor for Yanks Go Yard....
• 10/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB End of the Year Awards: Predictions: Thursday October 11th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:What a year it has been. With the extra Wild Card and a Triple Crown winner, there...
• 10/11 The Pesky Pole: BBA Awards Ballot: Every year members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance cast their votes for end of the season awards. Here is my American League...
• 10/11 Rays Colored Glasses: We Live for Heartbreak: It could have been the Rays out there. It could have Jeremy Hellickson going 7 shutout innings. It could have been a pair of unlikely...
• 10/10 Talkin Sox with Dan: Handing Out Hardware: With the playoffs well underway, it is a good time to look back on the season that was and pick a few winners. I’m going...
• 10/9 The Flagrant Fan: MLB 2012 Post season awards: As a card-carrying member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, one of my favorite duties is to vote in the alliance's post...
• 10/9 MLB Dirt: AL Cy Young Award: Verlander vs. Price: The regular season is almost a full week from conclusion and two of the first round playoff matchups have two teams up 2-0 on...
• 10/8 mlbreports.com : 2012 Top Ten MLB Saves Leaders: Monday October 8th, 2012 Sam Evans: With the 2012 regular season completed, bullpens will become even more important during the...
• 10/8 MLB Dirt: Some Completely Useless But Fun Numbers From The 2012 MLB Regular Season: The 2012 baseball regular season was one of excitement and surprises. Only part of the story is what was seen from game to game,...
• 10/7 Full Spectrum Baseball: How Do You Spell Relief, Jim Johnson?: Jim Johnson eclipsed the 50 save mark this season and, as the only reliever in the majors to do so in 2012, also led the majors...
• 10/7 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball Bloggers Alliance 2012 Awards Ballot: Kings of Kauffman is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization set up to foster communication and collaboration...
• 10/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: American League Postseason Awards: By Bob Toth With the completion of the 2012 regular season, it is that time of year to reflect back on the highs and lows of...
• 10/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At The Rays’ Free Agents: The offseason is here for the Rays and it has yet to be determined which direction they will choose to go. Trades may lead to...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young?: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? Now that the regular season is over it’s time to ask. Who wins the 2012 AL...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Stadium Situation, Sam Fuld, Fernando Rodney, TV Ratings: Last week, the develop CityScape presented a proposal for a new Rays stadium in the Carillon business park in St. Petersburg....
• 10/5 The Baseball Page: The O’s, The A’s and 10 Things That Would Have Been Stupid To Say In April: Every baseball season defies prediction. And yet every year, blowhards...
• 10/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The 2012 MLB Awards Voting - Per B3P: The 2012 Major League Baseball season was certainly an eventful year. From an improbable run by the...
• 10/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Should Rays Fans Root For In the 2012 Postseason?: The Rays are out. That is extremely disappointing for every Rays fan. But while a good portion of Rays fans are just about done...
• 10/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: 2012 Final Ratings: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 10/4 Call to the Pen: Closers So Good It’s Unfair: It’s a wonder we ever see a ninth-inning comeback. The men who man the position of closer have pretty much shortened baseball...
• 10/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Evan Longoria, Dan Johnson, Game 162, B.J. Upton, Fernando Rodney: The Rays ended their 2012 season on a near-perfect note. Evan Longoria slammed 3 home runs, B.J. Upton singled in what could be...
• 10/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 162: Evan Longoria Ends The Year With A Bang: Don’t tell the Tampa Bay Rays or Evan Longoria that this game was meaningless. Even with their postseason chances gone,...
• 10/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Most Valuable Ray of 2012: As the end of the 2012 season approaches for the Tampa Bay Rays, it has become time to look into who the Most Valuable Ray has...
• 10/2 Baseball News Source: Fernando Rodney – Price Not the Rays Only Cy Young Candidate: Fernando Rodney has kept his name in the AL Cy Young conversation With seven strong innings in which he limited the Chicago...

• 9/30 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Gets 20th Win – Beats White Sox: Price improved to 20-5 and maintained his major-league best 2.56 ERA David Price became Tampa Bay’s first 20-game winner...
• 9/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Fernando Rodney’s Season For The Ages: One of the great things about baseball is how the past and present can intermingle. As players climb the all time leaderboards,...
• 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 The Baseball Page: Frequency of No-Hitters Takes Mystique Away: There was a time, in the not so distant past, when a no-hitter in baseball...
• 9/28 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 25: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Everything Has Clicked for Fernando Rodney: He had it in him the whole time. You hear a lot about upside, but what Fernando Rodney has done this year for the Rays is beyond...
• 9/28 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (getting down to cases edition): @Rangers 9, Athletics 7:  Oakland bashed 5 HRs, but Texas grabbed a 5-0 lead in the 1st and matched Oakland’s rallies in...
• 9/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Longo’s Heroics, Fernando Rodney, Joe Maddon, Jose Molina: What a game the Rays played on Thursday! Evan Longoria drilled the go-ahead homer and Fernando Rodney nailed down his Rays-record...
• 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...
• 9/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 155: Carlos Pena Helps Lead Rays To Victory: The Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot streak, winning their seventh consecutive game on Wednesday night, defeating the Boston...
• 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The 40-Save Club: The 2012 40+ save club Batters are hitting .228 against Johnson this season RkPlayerSV 1 Jim Johnson 48 2 Fernando...
• 9/23 Baseball News Source: Angels Weaver Beats White Sox – Inches Closer to 20 wins: Weaver improved to 19-4 with a 2.74 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP Gio Gonzalez won his 20th game of the season earlier this week for the...
• 9/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 153: Hellickson, Bullpen Shuts Down Jays as Rays Win 5th Straight: The Rays are now bowing out. They’re going for it, and if they keep playing like this, nothing will stop them. Jeremy Hellickson...
• 9/22 mlbreports.com : Is Fernando Rodney the 2012 AL Closer Of The Year?: Saturday September 22nd, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  For the third straight year, the Tampa Bay Rays have brought in a new closer...
• 9/21 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: September 24-30: 0 0 1 455 2598 Roto Think Tank 21 6 3047 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 9/19 Motor City Bengals: At Least It Isn’t 2008.: Of course, it is looking a great deal like 2007… 2008, of course is the modern benchmark for a flop with high expectations....
• 9/18 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Stock Watch: Jason Grilli: Established closers such as Jose Valverde, Brandon League and Jonathan Broxton will draw interest when they hit free agency...
• 9/18 mlbreports.com : Your Saves Savior: The Closing Strategy for Your 2013 Fantasy Baseball Team: Tuesday September 18, 2012 Peter Stein:   The following stat is the most telling about the roles of closers from a fantasy baseball...
• 9/17 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey and David Price Best All Year: It has just got to drive the batters in the National League batty that the best pitcher in the league all year throws a knuckleball....
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Yankees, Playoffs, Sabermetrics: The Yankees enter play today with a one-game lead over the Orioles and four games over the Rays. And, it's a good thing this isn't...
• 9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles: Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped...
• 9/15 Yanks Go Yard: Sabathia’s struggles continue, Yankees’ rally falls short: All potential playoff teams need an ace to truly have a shot of the ultimate goal; winning a World Series title. New York Yankees...
• 9/14 Baseball News Source: Price Wins 18th – Yankees Lose Opener to Rays: CC Sabathia is struggling in big games Another largely important game, another Yankees’ loss. Just when New York got it...
• 9/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 144: David Price Comes Up Big In Victory: With the Tampa Bay Rays clinging to life in the playoff hunt, they needed David Price to put together a dominant performance....
• 9/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): Sabathia fails to deliver again as Yankees fall to Rays in opener: For the second straight start, C.C. Sabathia took the mound for the Yankees facing a division rival and playoff competitor...
• 9/14 The Flagrant Fan: Why relievers such as Rodney and Kimbrel are not CYA candidates: One of the really nice things that has happened to your favorite Fan in the last year has been a new association with a new...
• 9/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 23: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/13 Call to the Pen: Fernando Rodney: Tampa Bay’s Workhorse: This was Tampa Bay’s seize-the-division-title opportunity. With the Red Sox in the tank and the Yankees limping along, in...
• 9/13 mlbreports.com : Aroldis Chapman: The Best Closer in Baseball?: Thursday September 13th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Aroldis Chapman has had an unbelievable season for a closer. He has gone 5-5...
• 9/12 mlbreports.com : Just How Bad Are The Houston Astros?: Wednesday September 12th, 2012 Sam Evans: The 2012 Houston Astros are breaking records every day. If you have followed baseball...
• 9/10 Baseball Analytics: 4+ out saves: There have been 82 saves this season of at least 1.1 innings. The most recent was Billy-Ball fave Ernesto Frieri of...
• 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: Was Carlos Pena The Worst Free Agent Signing In Rays History?: The Tampa Bay Rays front office gets a lot of credit, and deservedly so, for their moves in free agency. Andrew Friedman and the...
• 9/6 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Candidate: Chris Perez: Chris Perez is enjoying a nice comeback season in 2012 and made the All-Star team, but the Indians closer has mostly drawn...
• 9/5 Redlegs Review: Schoenfield: Chapman not a legitimate Cy Young candidate: I'm usually one to agree with what ESPN.com's David Schoenfield has to say. The longtime baseball writer is full of insightful...
• 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...
• 9/4 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 Yanks Go Yard: Where’s the Net? Yankees fall to Rays, lead down to one: The New York Yankees seem to be in a free fall as their lead in the American League East is down to one game after losing to the...
• 9/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: FLICKER OF HOPE NOT ENOUGH FOR SKIDDING YANKEES: (In Photo: Russell Martin gets excited after beating out a throw to first) The story coming into this game is the return...
• 9/3 My Pinstripes: And Then There Was One: Saturday seems so long ago. On Saturday, the Yankees got a gift from the Baltimore Orioles. A victory they never...
• 9/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Postgame injury updates: Some big injury news to go along with another depressing defeat on your holiday weekend. From the various beat writers: Robinson...
• 9/3 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Rays (9/3-9/5): The New York Yankees, who once saw their lead at ten games in late July, now stand just two games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles...
• 9/2 High Heat Stats: Saturday AL Summary: A quick rundown of games from today’s AL action involving the leading teams. Tigers 5, White Sox 1 – Detroit closed...

• 8/30 Call to the Pen: MLB Uniform Power Rankings: Part 2: Time for part 2 of my MLB Jersey Power Rankings on CTTP. Part 1 can be found here. Part 3 will be posted on Monday. 20. Milwaukee...
• 8/23 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Rays 5, Royals 3 / @White Sox 2, Yankees 1: I went to a coronation, and a pennant race broke out! Tampa’s surge has shaved...
• 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Opening up about closers:   This is the time of the season when it gets a little thin in terms of things to discuss because most teams are just banging...
• 8/21 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar Shocks Tampa Bay Rays in 1-0 Pitcher’s Duel: Looking at the schedule and seeing that David Price was tonight’s scheduled starter is not a  fun feeling. A night after...
• 8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 122: Rays 2-Hit by Hochevar, Royals in 10 Inning Loss: Luke Hochevar and David Price had a lot in common with David Price at the start. Both pitchers were number one overall picks in...
• 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...
• 8/18 Motor City Bengals: Handicapping the AL Cy Young Race: Last season the Cy Young for the American League was an open-and-shut case, there was no doubt that Justin Verlander was going...
• 8/18 Roto Think Tank: The Ones Who Were Closers: A Sobering Look Back: George asks:Think I can dump Casilla? I've got Jaime Garcia and Shaun Marcumcoming off the DL and have to get rid of someone...
• 8/15 Roto Think Tank: Ranking the Closers the Rest of the Way - Non-Keeper Edition: I get a lot of questions from people asking me to rank closers. I assume these people are in mixed leagues with a limited number...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: A.L. Cy Young watch, August: After a hot July, the MLB season has now gone into August.  With the...
• 8/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rehab Appearances, Jeff Keppinger Strikes Out: Both Jeff Niemann and Luke Scott were in action for the Charlotte Stone Crabs last night, with different results. Scott was 2-4...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney blows saveTampa Bay Rays CL Fernando Rodney blew just his second save of the season Tuesday, Aug. 14....[+] Tampa Bay Rays CL Fernando Rodney blew just his second save of the season Tuesday, Aug. 14.
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: August 13th to 19th: Yes, we took a week off. But, don’t you worry, we’re back in full...
• 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 Baseball News Source: Fernando Rodney Shooting for Record Books in Tampa Bay: To some people, Tampa Bay’s Fernando Rodney is considered an odd bird, partially because he entertains teammates with bird...
• 8/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 114: Ryan Roberts Leads Rays To Sweep: The Tampa Bay Rays rallied to tie the game in the fifth, and exploded in the top of the tenth to defeat the Minnesota Twins on...
• 8/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney sets franchise record: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney set a franchise record by notching his 20th consecutive save Saturday, Aug. 11, against the...[+] Minnesota Twins. Entering play Sunday, Aug. 12, Rodney had 35 saves on the season.
• 8/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price, Luke Scott Rehab: David Price won his 15th game of the season last night, defeating the Minnesota Twins 4-2. With that win, Price became the first...
• 8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 113: B.J. Upton Powers Rays To Victory: David Price was going for his 15th win of the season, and B.J. Upton provided plenty of support. The Rays followed the script...
• 8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Sign Jeremy Accardo?: For years, the Rays have constructed their bullpen by finding cheap, seemingly washed-up veteran relievers and turning their careers...
• 8/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Henry Wrigley Gets Award, J.P. Howell Scoreless: Henry Wrigley was named the Topps Minor League Player of the Month for July, as he batted .370 with three home runs and 18 RBIs....
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 110: Alex Cobb Leads Rays To Victory:   Alex Cobb pitched seven strong innings, helping lead the Rays to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays...
• 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...
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Evolution Of Wade Davis: Heading into the season, Wade Davis was a victim of a numbers game. The Rays had six starters with major league experience and...
• 8/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Captivating Closer ConundrumWell really, unlike TNT, you would rather have your "closer" not know drama. ...
• 8/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 109: James Shields Dominates in Longoria’s Return: James Shields and Fernando Rodney combined on a three hitter in Evan Longoria‘s first game back from the disabled list,...
• 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,...
• 8/6 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Paces: We're two-thirds of the way through the baseball season, so that means it's time for more fun with on-pace numbers.  I'll...
• 8/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Pitching Dominance, Hak-Ju Lee: How good has the bullpen been recently? Over the last 48 innings they pitched, the bullpen has given up only two runs and have...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 17: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: More On B.J. Upton’s 100th, Longoria Set To Return: B.J. Upton and his brother Justin Upton each hit their 100th home run last night. Justin became the 755th player in MLB history...
• 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...
• 8/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Peavy Strikes Out Eight Twins – White Sox Win: MINNEAPOLIS – Jake Peavy struck out eight over eight innings in the Chicago White Sox used another strong pitching performance...

• 7/31 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Adam Dunn: We have a couple of unexpected names in this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Let’s dive right in, shall we? Hottest...
• 7/31 Phillies Nation: Keep Shane, Extend Him the Qualifying Offer: The new collective bargaining agreement drastically reduced the likelihood that teams get much in return for rental players. Since...
• 7/30 High Heat Stats: Selected Sunday Reviews: Selected musings on Sunday’s action. Game reviews follow the jump. Rays 2, Angels 0 - In the latest sign of 1968 revisited,...
• 7/30 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Greinke Outdueled in Angel Debut: Zack Greinke did all he could do in his Angel debut yesterday. Jeremy Hellickson just pitched a little bit better. Greinke gave...
• 7/30 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: July 30, 2012: Zack Greinke $42. Other bids $39, $38, $32, $21, $17, $8, $6.Amazingly, four teams didn't bid on Greinke. Of those four,...
• 7/29 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Jeremy Hellickson Outpitches Zack Greinke to Spoil Angels Debut: ANAHIEM - Zack Greinke pitched well in his debut for the Los Angeles Angels. Jeremy Hellickson and pitched better for the...
• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Fernando Rodney, in the zone: On Tuesday, Fernando Rodney converted his 13th straight Save chance and 28th in 30 tries, while running his scoreless streak...
• 7/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 97: Hellickson Sharp, Conrad Homers as Rays Take Opener from O’s: The end was nerve-racking, but the Rays came through with a much-needed win in the opener of their series with the Orioles. Jeremy...
• 7/19 The Beanball: Casey Janssen Should Close in 2013 Too: Almost a year ago today (well, technically eleven months), I declared that Casey Janssen should be the Toronto Blue Jays closer...
• 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Seeking Young Catcher, Pitching: The Rays are currently in a three-way tie for one of the two AL Wild Card spots and they could be both buyers and sellers at the...
• 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...
• 7/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 90: Cobb Flounders As Rays Drop Opener to Indians: The Rays’ season in a nutshell: Alex Cobb allows a flyball to Shin-Soo Choo originally ruled a home run. B.J. Upton notices...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: First Half Review: With the first half of the baseball season complete, the Rays find themselves in third place in the American League East, 7.5...
• 7/11 The Rays Today: 2012 All Star Game: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyWell the 2012 All Star game didnt go as the AL had planned, but you have to give it to the...
• 7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Pitchers at the Break: Continuing yesterday's theme of players who were in a groove before the Midsummer Classic interruped the season. Ryan Dempster The...
• 7/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Rodney Dominant in All-Star Game: Tough to watch the All-Star Game when Justin Verlander starts and allows 5 runs in the first inning to put the American League...
• 7/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates All-Star Week recap: Here’s an abbreviated rundown of Pirates action in Kansas City this week: All-Star Game Andrew McCutchen entered in the...
• 7/10 StanGraphs: Live Blog: 2012 All-Star Game: 10:27 PM: Here’s a TLR post-game interview, just like the doctor ordered. Tony is gushing about his NL squad, which is...
• 7/10 The Rays Today: Price Works Perfect Third: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyDavid Price came into the game down 5-0 after a disappointing start by Justin Verlander. Price...
• 7/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays All-Star Checklist: Some things for Rays fans to look out for during the All-Star Game tonight. A Mention of David Price‘s Twitter Account Some...
• 7/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays All-Star Game History: With the All-Star Game upcoming later on tonight, it’s time to take a look back at the history of the Tampa Bay Rays in the...
• 7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney the closer to All-StarsTampa Bay Rays CL Fernando Rodney will serve as the closer for the American League in the All-Star Game....[+] Tampa Bay Rays CL Fernando Rodney will serve as the closer for the American League in the All-Star Game.
• 7/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in the All-Star Game: Interesting news for the Rays from Kansas City yesterday. Rays fans hoped that David Price, who leads the AL in wins, would be...
• 7/8 Release Points: AL Midseason Awards: The Yankees and Red Sox were scheduled to play the final game of the first half – how apropos – before giving way to the All-Star...
• 7/8 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tampa Bay Tags Perez for Three in the Ninth; Rays 7, Indians 6: By Bob Toth A ninth inning rally by the Tampa Bay Rays off of Cleveland’s closer Chris Perez erases some of the earlier positive...
• 7/8 mlbreports.com : Top MLB Saves Leaders At the All-Star Break: Sunday July 8, 2012 Bryan Sheehan (MLB Writer): The All-Star Break is now upon us, so now is a good time to start looking at...
• 7/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney picks up 25th save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth inning against the Cleveland Indians Sunday, July 8, to pick up his...[+] 25th save of the season.
• 7/4 The Rays Today: Rodney Earns 24th Save In Win Over Yankees: Posted in Ben ZobristDesmond JenningsEvan LongoriaFernando RodneyJames ShieldsSean RodriguezWe are half way through the season...
• 7/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: I Hate Sean Rodriguez, Bizarro-Yankees Lose 7-4: Sean Rodriguez is one of the worst offensive players in baseball. You could describe his bat as atrocious, horrendous, appalling,...
• 7/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Next day, same story. Yanks lose, 7-4: Tonight's game recap could use the same template as last night with just a few names changed. Once again, the New York Yankees...
• 7/2 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Podcast Series Preview: Yankees at Rays (7/2/12 – 7/4/12): This week was special for the New York Yankees in a lot of ways. We had HOPE Week and it culminated with the always entertaining...
• 7/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price and Rodney Named All-Stars, Trade Rumors (We Think): It has been an awfully tough stretch for the Rays of late, but it’s nice to see David Price and Fernando Rodney recognized...
• 7/1 The Rays Today: Congrats To Price and Rodney: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyDavid Price and Fernando Rodney made it to the All Star Game. They will be the only two representing...
• 7/1 Tyler's Think Tank: AL All-Star Final Vote: The Final Vote for the 2012 Midsummer Classic in Kansas City is now underway.  I find it interesting that all five AL candidates...

• 6/30 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rebirth Of Fernando Rodney: Even with the impending return of Kyle Farnsworth, Joe Maddon announced that Fernando Rodney would retain his spot as the Rays...
• 6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 77: Desmond Jennings Does It All In Rays Victory: Desmond Jennings had been showing recent signs of breaking out of his recent slump. Tonight, he broke out in a major way. Jennings...
• 6/27 The Rays Today: Start Looking For Some Familiar Faces You Haven’t Seen In Awhile: Posted in UncategorizedLuke Scott is still working on his rehab assignment in Triple-A Durham but he could be rejoining the team...
• 6/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays Sign Brad Lidge?: The Rays have a penchant for signing old and potentially washed relievers and somehow getting the most out of them. It started...
• 6/25 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays Closer Carousel: If it seems as though the closer position has been a carousel during the Joe Maddon era of the Rays, it would be because it has....
• 6/25 Baseball Musings: Changing Closers: Jerry Crasnick looks at the revolving door at closer on the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay’s approach to the closer role is driven...
• 6/24 High Heat Stats: Weekend game notes: [I'll keep updating during the Dickey-Sabathia game.] Sunday Rays 7, @Phillies 3: In the nightcap, Tampa scored 3 in the 2nd off Cliff...
• 6/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Analysis: Why closers are overrated and unnecessary: One of the silliest traditions in baseball is managers saving their best reliever strictly for save situations, i.e. a one, two...
• 6/22 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Rays at Phillies, June 22-24: After failing to capitalize on a chance to complete a sweep of the lowly Rockies on Thursday night, the Phillies (33-38) will...
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney sets franchise record: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney secured his 20th save Wednesday, June 20, to set a franchise record. He is the quickest to reach...[+] the mark, hitting the mark in his team's 67th game. The old record was held by former RP Roberto Hernandez, who had 20 saves in the team's 69th game back in 1999.
• 6/15 High Heat Stats: Thursday early games / Late Wednesday notes: @Reds 12, Indians 7: Joey Votto reversed a 2-0 deficit with a 3-run bomb, Brandon Phillips had a second straight big game, and...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Pitchers combine for 185 pitches, one run allowed: The Tampa Bay Rays used five pitchers combining for 185 total pitches Friday, June 8, against the Miami Marlins in a win. SP Jeremy...[+] Hellickson allowed one earned run, five hits and a career-high seven walks while striking out three in just 4 1/3 innings. However, the Marlins were 0-for-5 against Hellickson with runners in scoring position. RP Burke Badenhop picked up the win in relief against his former team, allowing just one hit in 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. RPs Jake McGee, Joel Peralta and Fernando Rodney also chipped in with one scoreless inning apiece. 'The bullpen was fantastic,' Maddon said. 'The star of the game: Badenhop.'
• 6/8 FanSided: Rays Notes: Longo and DLers Progressing, Allen to DurhamThere has been great news for the Rays on the injury front in recent days. As you can see on ...
• 6/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Fun With On Pace Numbers: With teams hitting the one-third point of the season, I thought it would be fun to look at some early season on pace numbers. ...
• 6/4 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: June 2012: Monday June.4, 2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-We are going to bring you...
• 6/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Off Season Winners In Retrospect: Let’s look at the teams whose off-season moves are paying off so far in 2012. Tampa Bay Rays: Acquired:  Jose Molina, Hideki...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney gets another save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless two-thirds of an inning against the Baltimore Orioles Friday, June 1, to...[+] pick up his 17th save of the season.

• 5/30 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace: We did this a few times last year, and it seems to have fairly decent predictive qualities for future success.We are looking at...
• 5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 5/27: Hindsight is 20/20 but the moves Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine made during the game last night almost cost his team...
• 5/27 The Rays Today: The Rays Tie The Orioles For First: Posted in UncategorizedA day after their first walk off loss in over a year and their first pinch hit walk off home run, they...
• 5/27 The Rays Today: Rodney Gets His First Blown Save: Posted in UncategorizedTonight’s game was pretty quiet especially after the events of last nights game. I was glad to see...
• 5/27 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 5/27: Hindsight is 20/20 but the moves Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine made during the game last night almost cost his team...
• 5/27 Baseball Musings: Late Saturday Roundup: Jarrod Saltalamacchia ended the Rays/Red Sox game with a pinch-hit, two-run homer. It’s the first walk-off home run of his...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney earns save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox Friday, May 25, to pick up his 15th...[+] save of the season.
• 5/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series: Eligible For Free Agency (6) Carlos Pena - Pena isn't hitting...
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: Valuations to Date: A.L. Pitchers: With the season past the quarter pole, it seems like a good time to look at how players are doing so far. Tonight I'll start with...
• 5/24 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Boston Red Sox in top half: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for another addition of our weekly rankings....
• 5/22 The Rays Today: Tonights Lineup: Posted in Uncategorized  Joe Maddon changed it up a little bit tonight placing Carlos Pena in the lead off spot and Ben Zobrist...
• 5/22 Halo Hangout: Angels Bullpen Looking Up: One of the weaknesses the Angels were hoping to address coming into the 2012 season was their bullpen. In 2011, the Halos started...
• 5/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Focus: Aroldis Chapman and the top waiver wire grabs: In my long-time keeper league which has seen 3 divorces, 3 engagements, 2 weddings, one childbirth, 3 step-kids, and multiple...
• 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...
• 5/21 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: 25% of the MLB season is in the books.  Disgraceful umpiring and serious problems for one of MLB’s perennial playoff teams...
• 5/20 The Rays Today: Closers: Posted in UncategorizedFernando Rodney has done an amazing job at closing this year so far, he is 13 for 13 with a .46 ERA, but...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney earns save Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney pitched a perfect ninth inning against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, May 19, to earn his 13th...[+] save of the season.
• 5/19 FanSided: Reviewing the DL:   Every team has to deal with injuries over the course of the season – it is simply an inescapable truth when playing 162...
• 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...
• 5/17 Baseball Analytics: Fernando Rodney, Elite Closer(!)?: Few analysts applauded when Tampa Bay Rays inked Fernando Rodney over the winter to close games. While Rodney had nearly...
• 5/17 Crashburn Alley: On Umpires and “The Human Element”: The big news from from the commissioner’s office came yesterday evening when Brett Lawrie was handed a four-game suspension...
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney nails down 12th save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney worked around a hit allowed in a scoreless ninth inning, striking out two batters, to pick up...[+] his 12th save of the season Wednesday, May 16, against the Boston Red Sox. He lowered his ERA to 0.48, and he now has 19 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings over 19 appearances.
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney rejuvenated: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney is 11-for-11 in save opportunities this season. He has a 0.51 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 17 2/3...[+] innings.
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Montero, Rivera, Rodney, Hamilton: Though offseason additions such as Albert Pujols and Heath Bell have disappointed so far this year, other free agent signings...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney unlikely to be availableTampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney is not expected to be available Wednesday, May 2, after pitching in three straight games....[+] Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney is not expected to be available Wednesday, May 2, after pitching in three straight games.

• 4/27 Halo Hangout: Jordan Walden No Longer Angels’ Closer: When the bullpen began to come apart at the seams last season, and Fernando Rodney wasn’t able to close out games for the...
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney earns save Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney struck out two of the three batters he faced Saturday, April 21, against the Minnesota Twins,...[+] to record his fifth save of the season.
• 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Red Sox, Angels, Garcia: A few odds and ends as a rather eventful Saturday in MLB winds down ... Red Sox GM Ben Cherington offered embattled manager...
• 4/18 Call to the Pen: Did Cody Ross Have A Beef?: On Monday, frustration in the Red Sox clubhouse boiled over, after Bobby Valentine’s questioned Kevin Youkilis’ focus and...
• 4/16 High Heat Stats: Monday morning action & random stuff: In the annual Patriots Day game in Fenway, Daniel Bard issued 7 walks (a new game high for this year) in 6.2 innings. His last...
• 4/16 FanSided: Game 10: Rays Walk out of Boston with a Win: I'd like to introduce myself as the new Staff Writer for Rays Colored Glasses. My name is Joel Trunfio, I hail from Boston, and...
• 4/16 Fragile Freddy's: Game Ten Recap: TBR – 000 000 100 – 1 – 7 – 0 BOS – 000 000 000 – 0 – 4 – 0 The Sox dropped a tough one on Patriot’s Day to...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney earns save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney pitched two-thirds of an inning against the Boston Red Sox Monday, April 16, to pick up his...[+] fourth save of the season.
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: Rays Pitch a Shutout: The Rays complete a 1-0 shutout of the Red Sox on Patriots Day. James Shields lasted 8 1/3 innings, with Fernando Rodney closing...
• 4/15 The Beanball: Is Fernando Rodney For Real?: If you listen closely, you can probably still hear the boos echoing within the walls at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Fernando Rodney...
• 4/15 FanSided: Luck Check: Do the Rays Have a Serious Bullpen Problem?: Thus far this season, the Rays a 4-4. What would there record be if it weren't for the ineffectiveness and almost ineptitude of...
• 4/13 The Baseball Page: Closer TalkCloser Talk...
• 4/13 High Heat Stats: Double roundup: Games notes from Wednesday/Thursday: Couldn’t get around on the High Heat yesterday, so let’s play a little catch-up. WEDNESDAY: Rockies 17, Giants 8: Colorado...
• 4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Pedroia, Rodney, Expos, Morneau: The Braves played their first ever game in Atlanta on this date in 1966. The contest featured two home runs from Joe Torre, but...
• 4/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Waiver Wire: Small Sample Size: Most teams have played about five games so far in this young season and most fantasy owners are already chomping at the bit to...
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney picks up save: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney picked up his third save against the Detroit Tigers Wednesday, April 11, with a perfect ninth...[+] inning.
• 4/9 Fragile Freddy's: Perspective: I'd prefer not to come home 0-6 thisthis year boys.With the Sox 0-3 panic can easily settle in.  There are many reasons to...
• 4/9 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: April 9, 2012: Welcome back to the FAAB logs. For new readers, this is a review of the FAAB results in a 12-team, A.L.-only home league with...
• 4/8 My Pinstripes: Yankees in Cellar's Market: 1966 was a horrible year for New York Yankees baseball. Their stars either retired early or had stayed too long. The Yankees finished...
• 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney records save Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney retired the only batter he faced Saturday, April 7, against the New York Yankees, to record...[+] his first save of the season.
• 4/8 Baseball Musings: Give ‘em Hellickson: Jeremy Hellickson comes out of the game against the Yankees one out short of a shutout, but Fernando Rodney gets the final batter...
• 4/6 High Heat Stats: Rays-Yanks opener, and a couple other game notes: As it was in the end, so it shall be in the beginning: The Rays walked off winners against the Yankees today, putting themselves...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney picks up the win: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney threw a perfect ninth inning against the New York Yankees on opening day Friday, April 6, to...[+] earn his first win of the season in his debut with the team. Rodney struck out one in the inning of work.
• 4/6 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues: Will Joel Peralta get the first crack at saves for the Rays? (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some...
• 4/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney feeling fine: Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney (forearm) said Monday, April 2, that he felt fine a day after tossing a bullpen session. He...[+] will throw in a Grapefruit League game Tuesday, April 3, and does not anticipate any problems getting ready for the regular season opener Friday, April 6.

• 3/22 FanSided: Scouting Notes From Spring Training: The Newcomers: The Rays had a very interesting offseason, signing a few players and making a couple trades. Who are these guys? Just about as...
• 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...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels stole Winter Meetings headlines by signing the offseason's best free agent hitter and pitcher in the course of a few...
• 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...
• 3/12 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...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Joe Maddon impressed with Fernando Rodney: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon continues to be impressed with RP Fernando Rodney this spring. 'He's going to be huge in our...[+] bullpen,' Maddon said.
• 3/6 North and South of Royal Brougham: Seattle Mariners Should Keep Brandon League: It may be indicative of the times when closers are a pretty fungible asset–even though the elusive “established closer”...

• 2/29 Baseball Musings: Changes, Tampa Bay Rays: After a year with the Cubs, Carlos Pena returns to the Rays. Photo: Warren Wimmer/Icon SMI The Tampa Bay Rays finished the 2011...
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | J.P. Howell, Fernando Rodney impress: Tampa Bay Rays RPs J.P. Howell and Fernando Rodney impressed manager Joe Maddon during their bullpen sessions Wednesday, Feb....[+] 22. Howell looked sharper, stronger and more confident than last season.

• 1/30 Motor City Bengals: Jhonny Peralta And His Roller Coaster Career: One thing the Detroit Tigers fans really know about is being taken on some wild roller coaster rides. It’s not just because...
• 1/11 Brotherly Glove: Reds Sign Ryan Madson: Pitchers and catchers report in about five weeks — which is kind of crazy to think about in and of itself — and Ryan...
• 1/11 The Daily Catch: Reds Sign Ryan Madson: This article is courtesy of our friends at Brotherly Glove Written by: Eric Seidman Pitchers and catchers report in about five...
• 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/1/12 - 1/7/12: Lots of transactions this week... let's run down the major ones along with the week's top rumors here: The Angels and Howie...
• 1/5 Call to the Pen: Tampa Bay Rays sign Fernando Rodney: Fernando Rodney has agreed to a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Rays worth $1.75 million, and the deal includes an option for...
• 1/4 Rays Colored Glasses: What can the Rays expect from Fernando Rodney in 2012?: When I first heard this morning that the Rays were close to signing Fernando Rodney, my first thought was “Oh. That’s...
• 1/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Complete Bullpen, Sign Rodney: According to MLB Trade Rumors and Marc Topkin the Rays are close to a deal with reliever Fernando Rodney. Topkin tweeted that...
• 1/4 Motor City Bengals: Ex-Tiger Rodney To Sign With Tampa: Ex-Tigers pitcher Fernando Rodney, according to MLB Trade Rumors has signed a one year deal with the Tampa Rays. One of the more...
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | More on Fernando Rodney: Updating an earlier report, Tampa Bay Rays RP Fernando Rodney's deal pays him $1.75 million in 2012, and he has a $2.5 million...[+] option for 2013 with a $250,000 buyout.
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney agrees: Updating a previous report, the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with free-agent RP Fernando Rodney (Angels)....[+]
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Fernando Rodney signs: Free-agent RP Fernando Rodney (Angels) told The Associated Press that he signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Tampa...[+] Bay Rays. The team has not confirmed the signing.
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rays To Sign Fernando Rodney: Right-handed reliever Fernando Rodney told the Associated Press that he signed with the Rays and hopes to compete to be their...

• 12/31 Roto Think Tank: 2011 A.L. Relievers: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1336 7617 Roto Think Tank 63 15 9354 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18...
• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Strikeout Relievers: Everyone loves having relievers that can strike batters out in their bullpen, guys that can record outs all by themselves without...
• 12/2 Brotherly Glove: Brotherly Bullets: Bell, Madson, Reyes: Each week, Corey and I shelve a number of ideas that don’t seem worth a full-blown article. However, in the interest of not...

• 11/22 MetsToday.com: Rangers Sign Joe Nathan: In case you missed it, the Texas Rangers have signed former Twins closer Joe Nathan to a two-year, $14.5M contract that includes...
• 11/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ bullpen needs to step up in 2012: In 2011, one of the Angels’ biggest weaknesses was a bullpen that couldn’t quite shut the door on opponents. Halo fans groaned...
• 11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent And Trade Market For Right-Handed Relievers: The Red Sox, Blue Jays, Tigers, Twins, Rangers, Angels, Mariners, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Dodgers, Padres...
• 11/4 MetsToday.com: 2011 Analysis: Ryota Igarashi: Recently, the Mets declined their option to bring Ryota Igarashi back for the 2012 season, thus ending yet another Japanese import...

• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels, soon to be under new leadership, will look to add a minimum of one starting pitcher, improve their offense and tinker...
• 10/2 Up Along First: The offseason to-do list (pt. 1): These next few months will be the most critical for the Mets in a long time. Coming off a 77-85 season, the Mets have some big...

• 9/22 Motor City Bengals: How Great is Jose Valverde’s Streak?: Jose Valverde has now saved all 47 of his chances this year. Going back to last year, his save streak extends to 49. His last...
• 9/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Konerko, Cameron, Rockies: Congratulations to Tim Wakefield, who won his 200th career game tonight. Here are this evening's links, starting with updates...
• 9/13 MLBTradeRumors: What Lies Ahead For ACES: Last month, we took a look at the upcoming offseason for the Boras Corporation.  Today I'll take a look at ACES, an agency...

• 8/11 Yankees Daily: Robinson Cano is grand as Yankees slam Angels 6-5: NEW YORK (AP) — Robinson Cano hit a grand slam after Maicer Izturis‘ two-out error in the seventh inning and the New York...
• 8/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Cano, Granderson power Yanks to 6-5 victory and series win over Halos: The Yankees beat the Angels 6-5 Thursday afternoon in a fairly bizarre contest featuring a critical error, a grand slam and yet...
• 8/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Considering Isringhausen: Should the Mets think about Jason Isringhausen as closer for 2012? Almost a month ago when they traded Francisco Rodriguez, Isringhausen...
• 8/9 Yankees Daily: Abreu homers off Rivera in 9th as Angels beat Yankees 6-4: NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Abreu hit his second homer of the game, a two-out, two-run shot off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning,...
• 8/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees do everything possible to make fans’ heads explode, lose 6-4: It’s rare for Mariano Rivera to pitch badly in two consecutive appearances. It’s rarer still for him to give up a...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: M's Acquire Chance Ruffin To Complete Fister Trade: The Mariners will receive right-hander Chance Ruffin from the Tigers as the final piece of the Doug Fister trade, reports Jason...

• 6/18 Through The Fence Baseball: For Angels, a closer finally rises: Gone are the days of Brian Fuentes, whose throwing motion looked like he was throwing paper planes toward home plate. Gone are...
• 6/16 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Unable To Spent More Money In 2011: The Angels have lost seven of their last ten games and sit three games back of the Rangers in the AL West, but owner Arte Moreno...
• 6/9 Yanks Go Yard: Rays Finish Off Sweep of Angels: June 8, 2011 A: Los Angeles Angels Attendance: 33,157 Rays (33-29) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 7 0 Angels (30-34) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0...

• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney earns save: With Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Jordan Walden unavailable Monday, May 30, manager Mike Scioscia turned to former closer...[+] RP Fernando Rodney for the save. Rodney worked a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts for his third save.
• 5/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Who can figure out these Angels?: The name of the game in Anaheim is unpredictability. This team has become increasingly difficult to write about with confidence....
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney earns 10th hold: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney worked a perfect eighth inning for his 10th hold of the season Sunday, May 29,...[+] against the Minnesota Twins. Rodney has worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings over his past four outings, posting three holds since May 16.
• 5/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 50: 7:43PM PDT: Great attempt by Cliff Pennington but the throw draws Daric Barton off the bag so Bourjos is safe and Conger scores....
• 5/24 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde is Poor When the Game’s Not on the Line: Jim Leyland brought Jose Valverde into the game to pitch the ninth inning last night. The Tigers were ahead 6-1 at the time. Perhaps...
• 5/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Impressive rotation can’t do it alone for Angels: During the first few weeks of the 2011 season, the Los Angeles Angels looked to have one of the best starting rotations in the...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney working on mechanics: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney threw a bullpen session Tuesday, May 17, and worked on getting a more consistent...[+] delivery. 'If I throw my (left) elbow straight to the catcher, I'm fine,' Rodney said. 'But sometimes I open too soon and my elbow comes out and my command is not as good.' Manager Mike Scioscia said Rodney is getting closer to where he was but needs to find consistency.
• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Who’s to blame for the Angels’ recent struggles?: Every Angels loss leading up to Tuesday’s game featured glaring flaws in the team: a blown save here, a boneheaded baserunning...
• 5/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Angels @ A’s Game 41: 7:28PM PDT:  Love the dude wearing a Raiders jacket. Can’t have a groundskeeping squad uniform? I hope that cost savings...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney charged with third blown save: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney allowed a hit to the only batter he faced, allowing a game-tying hit. Rodney...[+] has allowed 11 base runners in his past 4 1/3 innings.
• 5/14 SocraticGadfly: Does Morales injury put Angels back in Pujols sweepstakes?: It's certainly possible. Angels first baseman Kendrys Morales will be out the rest of the season for surgery on the ankle he...
• 5/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels bullpen struggles resurface: The Los Angeles Angels’ shaky bullpen was a primary factor in the squad’s mediocre 2010 campaign, and it appears that some...
• 5/6 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Dustin Pedroia: Like we don’t know he’s ridiculously bald under there… Bottom 1: Dustin Pedroia struck out...
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...

• 4/30 Baseball Musings: Bobble Tie, Wild Ending: After two straight complete games, James Shields took a 1-0 lead into the ninth inning. He gave up a lead-off double that brought...
• 4/29 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: A.L. Week 5: May 2-8, 2011: Rising UpAlex White (4% owned last week, 13% this week)In non-carryover leagues, White might not be owned. But even in keeper...
• 4/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 23: 7:28PM PDT: All-Star balloting begins today at all 30 MLB ballparks. Can’t say I’d vote for any of the A’s at...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney reverts to old mechanics: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney went back to using the mechanics that he did in 2009, when he saved 37 games...[+] for the Detroit Tigers, according to the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Baxter. 'I'm pitching like I've pitched my whole career,' Rodney said in Spanish. 'Last year I tried to do something different and it didn't work. I decided to go back to the past and see if I could fix what was happening.' He has returned to a tight delivery that he went away from last season.
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney rights the ship: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney has put together six straight scoreless appearances since being removed from...[+] the closer role, the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Baxter reports.
• 4/11 The World's Worst Sports Blog: 15 Strikeouts Early In The Season: Apparently, Jered Weaver wants to make a stronger case for the Cy Young this year. Last night, the Los Angeles Angeles hosted...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Contracts Gone Sour: Tons of research goes into any free agent signing, given the amount of money at stake.  Still, one year later many have already...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney picks up second save: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth inning for his second save of the season Sunday, April...[+] 10, against the Toronto Blue Jays.
• 4/10 MLB Fantasy Recon: Adds and Drops with COSFBA: Goodbye John LackeyI dropped John Lackey for Edwin Jackson.  I'm probably not the only one.  Both Jackson and Lackey...
• 4/8 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Week 1 Mixed Leagues: J.P. Arencebia provides power from the catcher spot. (Getty)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under the radar"...
• 4/5 MLB Fantasy Recon: Closer Alert - Jordan Walden In Rodney Out!Jordan Walden is officially the closer in LA.  Must add.  Top 12 closer.  Fernando Rodney is out....
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney needs to fix delivery: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said RP Fernando Rodney, who has been demoted from the closer role, needs...[+] to fix some things with his delivery, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. 'We had good conversations with Fernando,' Scioscia said. 'There are some things he needs to reconnect with in his delivery, getting it more compact. He's been a little long with it.' RP Jordan Walden will serve as the closer for now, but he could stick in the role. 'If it lasts all season and Jordan takes off and runs with it, fine,' Scioscia said. 'If it's Fernando, that's fine, too. We don't have to answer that today.'
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jordan Walden replacing Fernando Rodney: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia has tabbed RP Jordan Walden as the team's new closer, replacing RP Fernando...[+] Rodney, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Mark Saxon. Rodney blew his first save against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, April 3. Walden will remain the closer until Rodney 'gets back in touch with some things' in his delivery.
• 4/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels bullpen gives Scioscia lots to “sort out”: After the Angels bullpen coughed up three leads over the weekend, manager Mike Scioscia told reporters that the team was “going...
• 4/4 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 5 The Dodgers took...

• 3/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Kevin Jepsen the primary setup man: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Kevin Jepsen will serve as the team's primary setup man to RP Fernando Rodney with RP Scott Downs...[+] (toe) on the shelf, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. RP Jordan Walden is another option, with RP Hisanori Takahashi the lefty specialist.
• 3/30 Mastersball.com: Don't snooze on Brandon Belt:   Brandon Belt is ridiculous. I keep scrolling through players at the end of my drafts, looking for some upside guys who could...
• 3/30 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Updated Fantasy Baseball Closer Report - Rankings: Everyone seems to think a lot of Matt ThorntonSome closing situations cleared up this spring (Texas Rangers), some didn't (Atlanta,...
• 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney having mixed results: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney has had mixed results this spring, giving up 12 hits while walking five and striking...[+] out eight in 7 1/3 innings this spring for a 3.68 ERA, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. 'When my changeup feels good,' Rodney said, 'it makes my fastball better. When everything's right, fastball and changeup, I'm feeling good, getting guys out. When I don't have my good changeup, it makes it harder.' RPs Hisanori Takahashi, Michael Kohn and Jordan Walden have all been more effective, but Rodney is expected to enter the season as the team's closer.
• 3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jason Bulger, Rich Thompson fighting for spot: With bullpen spots locked up for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RPs Fernando Rodney, Hisanori Takahashi, Kevin Jepsen, Jordan Walden,...[+] Scott Downs (toe) and Michael Kohn, Ps Jason Bulger and Richard Thompson are fighting for a spot, according to the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna. With Downs likely to start on the disabled list, both Bulger and Thompson could both make the roster.
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney pushed back: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney (flu) had his scheduled outing Tuesday, March 15, pushed back because he was...[+] recently dealing with the flu, according to the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna.
• 3/8 My Pinstripes: BD Spring Training Report: Is There A Fireman In The House? | Baseball Digest: Brian Wilson is one of the handful of closers with a secure job.BD Spring Training Report: Is There A Fireman In The House? |...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Not concerned about Fernando Rodney: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said the team is not concerned with RP Fernando Rodney after he has gotten...[+] off to a rough start this spring, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. Rodney has allowed seven hits and two walks in three innings for an ERA of 6.00. 'Fernando had good stuff. He just had trouble putting guys away. Some of our guys had issues with command,' Scioscia said.
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney struggles Monday: Los Angeles Angels RP Fernando Rodney allowed two earned runs and five hits in his inning of work Monday, March 7. Rodney has...[+] allowed two runs, seven hits and two walks in just three innings in three spring appearances.
• 3/7 Marlin Maniac: 2011 Marlins Season Preview: Is Nunez the answer at closer?: The Marlins should feel lucky that they have two players whom the team trusts to close out games this season. With Leo Nunez and...
• 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: The Bubble Contenders: The importance of spring training won/lost records and performances aside—yes, I’m being sarcastic—certain teams...

• 2/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Closing situation not solved: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim clearly have not completely solved their closing situation for this season, according to The...[+] Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. 'We've got some power arms on the right side and some balance on the left and really any one of five guys do have the ability to come in and get the last out of the game,' manager Mike Scioscia said. However, Scioscia is currently calling RP Fernando Rodney his 'clear-cut closer.'
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Michael Young Rumors: Wednesday: The Rockies aren't in on Michael Young, but other clubs have at least some interest in the Rangers infielder. Young would consider...
• 2/7 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: The Big Halo: Has the Angels halo lost a bit of luster? Could be, but it's not a lack of "funding" that's creating that luster. It's also not...
• 2/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney expected to close: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney is expected to be the team's closer when the season starts, according to MLB.com's...[+] Lyle Spencer. However, RP Scott Downs also has closing experience, and manager Mike Scioscia is high on RPs Kevin Jepsen and Jordan Walden. 'With the power arms that we have in the back end of our 'pen,' Scioscia said, 'I really feel that we're going to have a closer that is going to emerge.'

• 1/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 1.23.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the Mets: As always, I feel like I’m getting an honest reaction to the Mets mess...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Rays, Jays & Angels Links: Manny, Damon, Wells: Unsurprisingly, there is still plenty of chatter going on about yesterday's Vernon Wells trade as well as the Rays' agreement...
• 1/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 1.19.2011: Ah, the mail. The Other Mike at (or is it “in”) The Bleacher Seats writes RE Rafael Soriano and the Yankees: This...
• 1/10 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Looking At All the Angels: Bourjos may provide the Angels with speed and power in 2011.  (Getty) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Discussion: The Angels' Offseason: Three months ago, who would've guessed that the Dodgers would have the most active winter of any Los Angeles ballclub?  Following...

• 12/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Hisanori Takahashi to stay in bullpen: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said he does not plan on moving RP Hisanori Takahashi to the starting rotation...[+] next year, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Mark Saxon. RPs Scott Downs, Fernando Rodney, Kevin Jepsen and Jordan Walden will all be in the mix to close out games. 'If we need one or two guys at times to get the last out, we're going to do it but I don't think the committee's going to be very large,' Scioscia said.
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Reach Agreement With Scott Downs: The Angels have agreed to terms on a three-year, $15MM contract with Scott Downs.  Peter Gammons was the first to report the...

• 11/17 MLBTradeRumors: ACES Agency Off To A Great Start: ACES, Inc., home of the Levinson brothers, is off to a great start this offseason.  The agency has already brokered $57.25MM...
• 11/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Want to keep Fernando Rodney in setup role: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim would prefer to keep RP Fernando Rodney in a setup role, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal and Jon...[+] Paul Morosi report.
• 11/10 Call to the Pen: What’s Next: Free Agent Predictions: The free agency period is officially underway but as usual, players have been slow to sign. A large portion of the reason why...
• 11/6 The UpperCard Network: Angels Free Agency Plans Notes: Kevin Baxter also discusses the plans for the Angels heading into free agency: The Angels are looking for a left fielder and a...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers & Angels Notes: Payroll, Crawford, Werth: Kevin Baxter and Dylan Hernandez of The Los Angeles Times bring us the latest from Tinseltown... Pitching is a priority for...
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Decline Options On Kevin Gregg: The Blue Jays have declined options on right-hander Kevin Gregg, making him a free agent, according to a team press release. ...

• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Last Year's Big Free Agent Deals: 20 players signed free agent deals worth at least $10MM last offseason.  How'd those work out? Matt Holliday, Cardinals:...

• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jordan Walden working way up depth chart: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Jordan Walden has quickly worked his way up the team's relief depth chart, posting a 1.74 ERA...[+] with one save, 18 strikeouts and four walks in 10 1/3 innings, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. 'He's moved up fairly quickly (on the depth chart),' manager Mike Scioscia said. 'That line of crossing from middle (relief) to setup guy is not as big as from setup guy to closer. That wall is pretty thick. You want to make sure a guy's prepared for it.' RP Fernando Rodney is the favorite for the closer job next season, but Walden is lurking in the background.
• 9/20 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Stock Watch: Rafael Soriano: According to David Ortiz, Rafael Soriano deserves to be signed to a five-year contract this winter. While Soriano is enjoying...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Skipper still believes in Fernando Rodney: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said he still has confidence in CL Fernando Rodney after he blew the save...[+] Saturday, Sept. 18, the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Baxter reports. He has three blown saves in his last six attempts.
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Yankees drove Texas starter C.J. Wilson out of the game after three innings, but ten Texas relievers held New York to one...
• 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: Kevin Gregg's 2011 Options: The Blue Jays have a lot of options when it comes to Kevin Gregg. They will soon decide whether to let him leave, keep him for...
• 9/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney blows another save chance: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim CL Fernando Rodney gave up the tying run in the ninth inning Wednesday, Sept. 8, on a one-out RBI...[+] single by Cleveland Indians IF Jayson Nix. According to The Associated Press, the blown save was Rodney's fourth in 12 opportunities this season, and just his fifth in 52 chances dating to 2008 with the Detroit Tigers.
• 9/4 Baseball Moves: TWTW (8/28/10 – 9/3/10): 8/28 – Newly acquired Brian Fuentes got a 1 out save for the Twins in a 1-0 victory over the Mariners a day after being...

• 8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney inherits closer role: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney has inherited the role of closer after the team traded RP Brian Fuentes to the...[+] Minnesota Twins, according to the Los Angeles Times' Ben Bolch. RP Kevin Jepsen will now assume the eighth-inning duties. RPs Francisco X. Rodriguez, Jordan Walden and Scot Shields are all candidates to pitch in the seventh inning.
• 8/29 Baseball Moves: Waiver Mavens – Week 22: These Guys Are Probably Owned Gaby Sanchez, Florida Marlins (1B, CI) owned in 40% of Yahoo! Leagues. Sanchy is making his case...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: The Closer Carousel: Last offseason, relievers Matt Capps, Octavio Dotel, Mike Gonzalez, Kevin Gregg, Fernando Rodney, Rafael Soriano, Jose Valverde,...
• 8/3 MLBTradeRumors: 25 Potentially Available Relievers: Contenders are almost always on the lookout for bullpen help after the All-Star break.  The Rays, Red Sox, Phillies, and Reds...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: Waiver Trade Candidates: AL West: The current AL West picture: the Rangers hold a wide lead, the Angels and Athletics are on the fringe of contention, and the Mariners...

• 6/25 PaulLebowitz.com: The Bobby V Package: What the Marlins can expect from Bobby Valentine: It's an open secret that the Marlins have been intrigued with Bobby...
• 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney ejected: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney was ejected for arguing balls and strikes Tuesday, June 22, The Associated Press...[+] reports.
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney picks up save Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney allowed one run on one hit in one inning Friday, June 18, but picked up his sixth...[+] save of the season, reports The Associated Press.
• 6/18 Baseball Musings: Cubs Comeback: Up 7-2 in the eighth, the new Francisco Rodriguez comes in for the Angels. After retiring the Cubs in order in the eighth, he...

• 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Could Jonathan Papelbon Be Trade Bait?: It still seems way too early to write off Boston's 2010 season, but as of today, the Red Sox stand eight games behind Tampa Bay...
• 5/16 B-R Blog: Consecutive Saves at Home: With Mariano Rivera blowing a save at home today for the first time in ages, there was some discussion in the comments from Andy's...
• 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney earns win Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney (3-0) was credited with the victory Saturday, May 8, against the Seattle Mariners,...[+] according to The Associated Press. He walked three and struck out none in one scoreless inning of work.
• 5/7 Baseball Daily Digest: Get Your Ballots Ready: Big Changes to the NL Squad: MLB.com opened voting for the All-Star Game some about two weeks ago, which I postulated was about a month too early. There have...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney in the zone: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Fernando Rodney is 2-0 with two holds, five saves and a 0.00 ERA in his last 11 outings, according...[+] to MLB.com's Doug Miller. Rodney has converted 45 of his last 46 save opportunities, including 21 straight.

• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Posey, Crisp, Angels: Sunday night linkage.. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times likes the Ben Zobrist contract extension for both parties. ...
• 4/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fernando Rodney earns win Friday: Los Angeles Angels RP Fernando Rodney (2-0) was credited with the victory Friday, April 23, against the New York Yankees, according...[+] to The Associated Press. In one scoreless inning of work, he recorded one walk and one strikeout.
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Brian Fuentes to keep his job: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Brian Fuentes is still the team's closer after blowing his first save since coming off of the...[+] disabled list Wednesday, April 21, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Mark Saxon. Manager Mike Scioscia said he will give Fuentes time to get his feet under him, while keeping RP Fernando Rodney in the setup role. Rodney and RP Kevin Jepsen were not available to pitch Wednesday due to recent heavy workloads, but Scioscia said Fuentes will remain the closer moving forward. 'That's not a dilemma, having somebody throwing the ball as well as Fernando is,' Scioscia said. 'Brian Fuentes pitched well in the one game he saved early and had a big year for us last year. Once we give this thing some time, get things settled and let guys get into some roles, we'll adjust from there. But Brian's going to be at the back end.'
• 4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | It's Fuentes' job: Updating previous reports, the Los Angeles Times' Bill Shaikin reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said...[+] RP Brian Fuentes (back) is his closer when he returns from the disabled list. RP Fernando Rodney will go back to setup duty.
• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Deals By Agency: MLB teams spent over $850MM on free agent contracts during the 2009-10 offseason.  45 different agencies were involved in...