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- These early off-season free agency pickups have shown that the Rays will have to rely on trades rather than signing players
- Statcast has the Rays longest homeruns of 2016
- Pitch framing is just being valued higher and higher as the years pass
- MLB.com has five trades for teams to make and one of them has Drew Smyly swapped for Jorge Soler in a one-for-one deal
- Barry Zito has a music video from one of the new songs on his upcoming album
- MLB and the players union continue to negotiate the new CBA as the December 1st deadline approaches
Sources: Owners in today’s CBA talks made new proposal on int’l draft and luxury-tax provisions. Progress said to remain slow.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 28, 2016
Talks will resume and should intensify at union meetings starting tomorrow in Dallas. MLB negotiators will be present; many players, too.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 28, 2016
November 28th in Rays History
2007 - The Rays and Twins complete a franchise altering deal as Tampa Bay dealt away their former number one pick, Delmon Young, as well as Brendan Harris and Jason Pridie to Minnesota for Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza, and Eduardo Morlan.
2011 - The Rays signed veteran catcher, Jose Molina
Rays Trivia
Name this Former Rays Player
- Played in 14 major league seasons from 1998 to 2011 for 10 different organizations
- Best year of his career came in 2009 where he slashed .251/.347/.520 with 31 HR, and he accrued 2.7 fWAR
- While with the Rays (somewhere between 2003 and 2008) he hit .201/.286/.473 with 12 HR over 64 games