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The Process Report Spring Preview: The Outfield

With camp opening this week, we’re going to begin previewing the roster in segments. Today we’ll focus on the players with the potential to appear in the opening day outfield. The format is as follows: Player name Position 2012 role … Continue reading

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Joe Maddon Talks About His Lineup Versus Lefties

In Tuesday’s spring-opening press conference Joe Maddon addressed the state of his lineups: It’s going to be easier to talk about a lineup versus a right-handed pitcher and a little bit more structured. It’s against the lefty that we’re a … Continue reading

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Rays Avoid Arbitration With Joyce, Niemann, Fuld, and Roberts

The Rays agreed to one-yesr I contracts with their four remaining arbitration-eligible players on Friday. In addition to David Price and Sean Rodriguez (both agreed to terms earlier this winter) Matt Joyce, Jeff Niemann, Sam Fuld, and Ryan Roberts each … Continue reading

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The Rays and the Non-Tender Deadline

Update The Rays have tendered contracts to all eligible players except Ben Francisco. The deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players is Friday night. Eight players on the Rays’ roster will have their futures decided by then. Let’s look at … Continue reading

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Giving Up the Godzilla

With Matt Joyce and Sam Fuld on the way back, the bottom of the roster is about to turn over. It appears the Rays will have to choose to keep one of Hideki Matsui, Brooks Conrad, and Will Rhymes, while … Continue reading

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