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• The Baltimore Orioles signed Mark Trumbo to a three year deal valued under $40 million
• Neil Solondz has plenty of tidbits on the Rays prospects who spent the past week training at the Trop
• The Reds and Marlins completed a three for one deal as Dan Straily was sent to Miami while three prospects were sent to Cincinnati
• Former Ray and getting hit by pitch extraordinaire, Brandon Guyer, signed a two year extension with the Indians
• Who might be enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2018
• Things got a little emotional when Ivan Rodriguez received the phone call telling him had been voted into the Hall of Fame
• The Hall of Fame voting is finally over and done with, so let’s look back at the best and worst moments of the past couple of months
• MLB announced the game start times for the 2017 season

January 20th in Rays History

Three Rays were born on this date: Ozzie Guillen (1964), Julio Santana (1973), and Freddy Guzman (1981)

2005 - The Rays signed future Hall of Famer, Roberto Alomar, only to hve him retire half way through spring training. However, Alomar’s retirement led to Jorge Cantu securing the starting 2B job, thus resulting in a breakout year and a record breaking season.