According to the Tampa Tribune the Rays, along with several other teams are still pursuing left-handed reliever Ron Mahay and the St. Petersburg Times has them looking to pick up utility infielder Rob Mackowiak. But both sources agree that the real talk of the town is the Rays’ top draft pick and College Player of the Year, lefty David Price. [...]

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ESPN.com’s Keith Law is reporting that the Tampa Bay Rays have sent Elijah Dukes to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named. I realize Dukes has been a huge distraction and apparently has some serious problems with controlling his temper but the Nats could be getting a HUGE bargain here. Dukes hit only [...]

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The Twins and Rays have pulled the trigger on a deal that had long been rumored to be in the works. The final deal ended up like this:
The Twins Get:

Delmon Young (OF)
Brendan Harris (SS)
Jason Pridie (minor league - OF)

The Rays Get:

Matt Garza (SP)
Jason Bartlett (SS)
Eduardo Morlan (minor league - P)

Analysis:
The deal gives the Twins the [...]

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Several sources are reporting that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are close to signing Troy Percival to a multi-year deal. Percival is of course the long time closer that resurrected his career with the St. Louis Cardinals last year after a brief retirement. The reliever had an impressive 1.80 ERA in 40 innings and as [...]

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They say the “devil is in the details” but that’s not the case in Tampa Bay anymore. The Devil Rays are now officially just the “Rays” and have introduced new team colors, as well as a new logo for the upcoming season. Personally I’m not much of a fan of the new logo but I [...]

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