Archive for Devil Rays

Buster on changes in attitudes and latitudes: Talent evaluators within the game will make judgments about fastballs, about defensive skills, about a hitter’s swing. But increasingly, it seems, makeup is regarded as a pivotal factor on whether a player is acquired or dumped — and this might be part of a broader evolution in Major […]

Why the answer to this question is an easy one.

FanHouse’s Andrew Johnson proclaims the Rangers to be the next Rays: Trying to find the next Tampa Bay Rays a year after their meteoric rise to the top of the American League is a bit of an insult to what the Rays accomplished in 2008. Going from worst to first in one season just doesn’t […]

When your team comes out with a new jersey, you can (a) say “Here’s the new jersey. We like it and hope people buy a lot of them”; or (b) reach for a lot of symbolic hooey. Tampa Bay has chosen (b): On May 1st, the Rays will don a new alternate jersey when they […]

Several big names found new homes while others flew under the radar. Either way, it was quite the busy week for baseball transactions.

Lost in Transactions is pleased with the work general managers did this week…

Lost in Transactions recaps a defense and pitching-heavy week.

Lost in Transactions covers a very busy week in Las Vegas.

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Bill and John discuss the Phillies 80-08 … well, you know.