MagicRays wrote:They certainly don't need him in the outfield now with 6 headline names there (beltran, ichiro, granderson, gardner, wells, soriano).
Also forgot Ellsbury. Wow, what are they thinking?!
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MagicRays wrote:They certainly don't need him in the outfield now with 6 headline names there (beltran, ichiro, granderson, gardner, wells, soriano).
The Real Dalic wrote:Looks like Loney is going to stick around for 3 more years.
The Real Dalic wrote:Are the Rays done making moves? They haven't been linked to anyone anymore. The only moves I see us making now are through trades.
Jayson Nix will sign a Minor League deal with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Over the past two seasons with the New York Yankees, Nix has totaled 505 plate appearances, batting .239/.307/.340 with seven home runs and 19 stolen bases (in 23 attempts).
The Real Dalic wrote:Finally! Some Rays news!Jayson Nix will sign a Minor League deal with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Over the past two seasons with the New York Yankees, Nix has totaled 505 plate appearances, batting .239/.307/.340 with seven home runs and 19 stolen bases (in 23 attempts).
http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... ayson_nix/
I have to admit I don't know much about Nix, but I'm happy we were in the news once again!
MagicRays wrote:There is a rumor that Lobaton will be traded by the end of the week. We have 3 catchers on the 25-man roster, and I don't think the Rays want to go to arbitration with him and pay up. He's a decent young C who got better last year and could be even better this year. But unfortunately, we don't have room for him anymore.
The Real Dalic wrote:MagicRays wrote:There is a rumor that Lobaton will be traded by the end of the week. We have 3 catchers on the 25-man roster, and I don't think the Rays want to go to arbitration with him and pay up. He's a decent young C who got better last year and could be even better this year. But unfortunately, we don't have room for him anymore.
I wish we didn't re-sign Molina.
Optimus_Steel wrote:The Real Dalic wrote:MagicRays wrote:There is a rumor that Lobaton will be traded by the end of the week. We have 3 catchers on the 25-man roster, and I don't think the Rays want to go to arbitration with him and pay up. He's a decent young C who got better last year and could be even better this year. But unfortunately, we don't have room for him anymore.
I wish we didn't re-sign Molina.
I don't understand why we resigned Molina. The guy is like 40 years old and Lobaton is clutch and seems ready to step up.
We have not helped our offense much in my opinion. Looks like we are relying mainly on Myers's continuing development. Fair enough I agree on that. But we don't have a legit DH power hitter. Haven't since...ever? I guess they will try to use Joyce as DH? I don't think he is reliable. He had a terrible year last year, and ever since he had that good first half of the season and made the allstar game he has been terrible. That was a long time ago. I feel like we will still struggle to score runs and we don't have the speed game we used to have to make up for lack of power.
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The Real Dalic wrote:The Rays have traded Alex Torres, Jesse Hahn (who?) to the Padres for Logan Forsythe, Brad Boxberger, Matt Lollis, Matt Andriese, and Maxx Tissenbaum.
Optimus_Steel wrote:Well I really like this Balfour signing. We never should have let him go. I am hoping this means our bullpen is going be reliable and extremely successful because they sure weren't last year. Watching Rodney was an adventure I did not want to partake it.
We still need some bats. We need some power.
The Real Dalic wrote:Unless Joyce goes back to the way he was when he was an All-Star (or better), than I agree with Optimus that we need a little more offense. I think we can win the World Series with this current team for sure. But it would be nice if our pitchers and defense didn't have to carry our team in every game. I think we're one very good bat away from being a really special team.