With Akinori Iwamura being traded in the fall, this is one position where the Rays will have a new starter this year. That player seems to be Ben “Zorilla” Zobrist who had his breakout season in 2009 at RF and at 2B when Akinori was out with an injury. It earned him a trip to …Read More
Returning Running Backs: Cadillac Williams – RFA Derrick Ward – 3 years left ($3.25 million; $3.75 million; $4 million) Earnest Graham – will earn $6 million if he’s on the team the next two years Clifton Smith – ERFA Kareem Huggins – minimum Fullbacks: BJ Askew – under contract for 3 more years ($875,000; $1.5 …Read More
Fairly short and sweet this time. On one hand New Orleans has the league’s most dynamic offense, and the Colts are without their best pass rusher. On the other hand how can you go against the best QB of this era? This is the biggest game of Peyton Manning’s career, and his team didn’t lose …Read More
Returning cornerbacks: Brandon Anderson – minimum Ronde Barber – 1 year, $3 million EJ Biggers – minimum Torrie Cox – 1 year, $1 million Elbert Mack – exclusive rights free agent Derrick Roberson – minimum Aqib Talib – signed for 3 more years Stoney Woodson – minimum The Buccaneer cornerback situation isn’t pretty. We have …Read More
Leading up to February 19th where the Rays pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training I will be posting articles about the Rays projected starters and primary backups, position by position. To kick off the series this first article is focusing on first base.
As I continue to jinx our guest spot hit ratio, we have word that one Stylez G. White may be in attendance this evening. If so, I am sure we will have a good time learning more about how our defensive line is going to be more effective next year amongst other things. As for …Read More
Tonight on our broadcast we were fortunate enough (through the work of Captain Bones) to be joined by former Buccaneer, Shelton Quarles. WE also covered news and did our normal things (including an excellent call by Chainlink) but the last half hour was really about what Shelton has been up to since leaving the game …Read More
This off season the Rays had four players who were eligible for arbitration hearings. In the end they managed to sign with three of the players before it got that far. Jason Bartlett signed on for $4 mio., Garza gets $3.35 mio. and J.P. Howell signed for $1.8 mio. All are one year contracts and …Read More
Last week’s scores: Saints 45-14 (my prediction Cardinals 34-27) Colts 20-3 (my prediction Colts 23-17) Vikings 34-3 (my prediction Vikings 20-17) Jets 17-14 (my prediction Chargers 30-20) Alright, another 2-2 week. The Saints crushed the Cardinals, a team who learned it’s pretty damn tough to slow down Drew Brees and company when you’re without Dominique …Read More
NFL playoffs are well underway and spring is just around the corner. Almost exactly a month from now, on February 19, the pitchers and catchers of the Tampa Bay Rays will report to spring training. It is never going to be easy playing in the AL East and the Yankees and Red Sox both seem …Read More
