Fact.

SKP—- Hamilton, why was he left exposed? He supposedly had righted his own ship and was on recovery road yet the Rays took a chance and left him exposed. After all those years—stupid.
Jackson, like Upton “loaded with potential, great arm, electric stuff” and you state that the Rays would have to belly up 2 mill, what do you think Upton and his agent will demand? Will the Rays trade him away now that pay-up time is due or sign him to a lucrative contract. If memory serves, Longo, Kaz, CC and some of the other boys signed long term contracts but Upton, when offered, wouldn’t do it. Now that he has shown he isn’t all that he and others think, what do the Rays do? If, as you state and ownership states, they can’t afford much more in the payroll dept, they cannot afford to sign him—look at the payout with Burrell (16mil over 2 years) and you can plainly see their due diligence is suspect. Burrell sucked in post season last year, striking out an alarming rate—for sure, he has great and conistent past numbers but that is PAST..Percival also HAD great numbers in the PAST but this is present and Maddon (or whoever) doesn’t show much with talent evaluation; sticking with Kazmir these last 2 years until he stunk up the place and now insisting that “Upton will come around and Sonnanstine just needs better placement, Kapler is an important part of this team and Price needs more seasoning”.. All Crap..

Yes!