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» Choate, 5 others get minor league deals with Rays (AP)

Left-handed reliever Randy Choate was among six players who agreed to minor league contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Choate, right-hander Julio DePaula, catcher Michel Hernandez, infielder Ray Olmedo and outfielders Jon Weber and Ray Sadler also received invitations to major league spring training with the AL champions.

Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:24:15 PST

» Rays Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Most managers would be a little uncomfortable if their closer underwent back surgery in the offseason. Not Joe Maddon. But as we learned last season, Maddon isn't your father's manager.

Maddon used rookie David Price to close out Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox even though Price has never been used in that role during his brief big-league career.

Dan Wheeler saved 13 games in 2008 while filling in for closer Troy Percival during Percival's three trips to the disabled list. Maddon also used J.P. Howell, Grant Balfour and the departed Trever Miller to close games.

For Maddon, it is more about the matchup than the bulldog mentality closers are supposed to have, so that's why he went with Price to get the biggest outs in team...

Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:19:24 PST

» Cubs employ the Bradley method (Yahoo! Sports)

Chicago's pursuit began in secret at the GM meetings and concluded with a three-year, $30 million deal.

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:00 PST

» Insider information, around the horn (Yahoo! Sports)

Hot stove nuggets about free agents from Abreu to Wolf, including a certain Japanese pitcher.

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:42:00 PST

» Pat Burrell agrees to $16M, 2-year deal with Rays (AP)

Pat Burrell went from one World Series team to the other. The Tampa Bay Rays added a big bat to the middle of their lineup, agreeing Monday on a $16 million, two-year contract with Burrell. The 32-year-old slugger spent the past nine seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, who defeated the Rays in the World Series a little more than two months ago.

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:04:53 PST

» Rays sign OF Burrell to two-year contract (PA SportsTicker)

After winning a World Series in Philadelphia last season, left fielder Pat Burrell is joining the team the Phillies defeated to win the title.

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:31:02 PST

» Report: Rays sign ex-Phillie Pat Burrell to 2-year deal (Yahoo! Sports)

The Tampa Bay Rays have finalized a two-year deal with former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell...

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:10:05 PST

» Rays will keep up with the Yankees in their own way (SportingNews.com)

Yes, the Tampa Bay Rays are well aware of the New York Yankees' drunken-sailor spending spree during this...

Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:55:55 PST

» Manny maneuvering intensifies (Yahoo! Sports)

Cutting ties with Andruw Jones could help the Dodgers afford Manny Ramirez. The Giants loom as competition.

Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:20:00 PST

» Yanks, Tigers, Tribe most improved heading into 2009 (Yahoo! Sports)

Here's the consensus from a half-dozen scouts, general managers, and other officials concerning which teams...

Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:23:39 PST

» Former dump or dog track could be new Rays stadium (AP)

A greyhound racing track and a former landfill are among seven suggested sites for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark. Each possible location is on the St. Petersburg side of the Tampa Bay. The current Tropicana Field area made the list, as did Progress Energy Park, a downtown spring-training stadium the team had hoped to develop into a major league stadium.

Posted: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:51:07 PST

» Rays sign reliever Joe Nelson (AP)

Right-handed reliever Joe Nelson signed a $1.3 million, one-year contract with the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Nelson, who agreed to terms last week, was 3-1 with one save in 59 appearances for the Florida Marlins last season. His 2.00 ERA was third-best among NL relievers behind Hong-Chih Kuo's 1.69 and Brad Lidge's 1.95.

Posted: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:05:44 PST