ESPN.com contributor Jonah Keri announced plans to write a book on the Rays' "Wall Street approach" to the game. The team is neither cooperating with the project nor particularly enthused.
Also hitter odds are given.
• Anderson: Somewhat of a sleeper candidate, but long relationship with manager Joe Maddon and steady production make him appealing. 8-1.
Please no. Even worse:
"I love GA. GA is wonderful," Rays Manager Joe Maddon, who won a World Series with Anderson as the Angels bench coach in 2002, said Monday at baseball’s annual winter meetings. “Actually I thought over the last two seasons … GA’s game got even stronger. When we played against him, I thought he was very crisp the last time, running well, the whole nine yards.
Los Angeles Times
Maddon's not lying, Anderson really has been better the past two seasons, observe:
| Season | wRAA |
| 2004 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | -5.6 |
| 2006 | -6.4 |
| 2007 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | -1.4 |
Yeah, no.
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Former Ray Joel Guzman signed with the Nationals, as did Ryan Langerhans.