Miscellaneous Rays News

Tonight on the local news station call Bay News 9 here in Tampa, Rock Riley had gotten to talk with Don Zimmer, who said from what he has heard that the search for a new manager is down to 2, with Joe Maddon and John McLaren being the 2 choices. Zimmer also said that he has not been asked to give his opinion on the managerial search.

In another bit of info, Rock Riley stated that he asked Stu Sternberg how much is the payroll going to be raised, and Rock said Stu said 10 to 20 percent over the next few years. Which means next season the payroll will most likely be between 41,772,573.70 and 45,570,080.40. I am using payroll numbers from ESPN's numbers at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=tam ,which states the Rays had a payroll of 37,975,067, in 2005.
Which means the 2007 payroll could be between 45,949,831.07 and 54,684,096.48.

Take it for what it is worth.