Yesterday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays and Tommy Pham went into their arbitration hearing. The results have yet to be announced to the public, perhaps as a way to not influence the remaining arbitration cases to be decided. The Rays went in seeking to pay Pham $3.5M this upcoming season, while Pham wants to be paid $4.1M.

Rays News and Links

• Players with the most WAR for their current club (Kevin Kiermaier with 24.0 WAR) - Will Leitch, MLB.com
• MLB Network ranks the top ten starting pitchers in baseball, ranking Blake Snell 10th - MLB.com
• Keith Law’s 2019 ranking of all 30 MLB farm systems (ranks the Rays 2nd) - Keith Law, ESPN.com
• Tampa Bay Rays: It’s baseball season Rays fans - Austin Reimann, Rays Colored Glasses
• The Top prospect to watch in camp for the Rays (Nate Lowe) - MLB.com
• Tampa Bay Rays: Top 10 Short-Stop Prospects for 2019 - Mat Germain, Wander Rays
• Around the Horn: Duffy has edge at the Hot Corner - Juan Toribio, MLB.com
• Are you (finally) ready for some baseball? - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times
• The Athletic will be adding Josh Tolentino as their new beat writer for the Rays

Around the League

• REPORT: Francisco Liriano Returns to the Pittsburgh Pirates - Jason Rollinson, Bucs Dugout
• Indians acquire reliever Nick Wittgren from the Marlins - Blake Ruane, Let’s Go Tribe
• Giants considering Jacoby Ellsbury? - Kenny Kelly, McCovey Chronicles
• Trade Retrospective: Orioles trade Jake Arrieta to the Cubs for Scott Feldman - Luis Torres, Camden Chat
• Coroner: Fan struck in head by foul ball during Dodgers game died of blunt force injury -William Weinbaum, ESPN.com