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Neil Solondz hosted his weekly ‘This Week in Rays Baseball’ podcast and spoke on a wide range of topics from the team’s offseason with the Vice President of Baseball Operations James Click.
Click addresses the Rays offseason plan with Neil and says they entered the winter wanting to score more runs without sacrificing defense, and (despite sending out Tommy Pham) thinks they currently have a roster they can feel good about from top to bottom.
With that being said, Click also mentions that the Rays are still in discussions with several available free agents — on both sides of the ball — with whom they’ve been in contact all offseason.
The additions of Chris Herrmann and Kevan Smith were also spoken about, with Click mentioning the pair as a couple of veteran catchers who could quickly adapt to the big league staff if needed, while also noting that the Rays prefer to have competition at each position on their roster.
You can hear that and more from Click here:
Rays News
- Journey To Major League Mound. a story on Jalen Beeks - Mark Humphrey, ENTERPRISE-LEADER
- Former PawSox Outfielder Ryan LaMarre Lands in Tampa - Tanner Rebelo, Trifecta Sports
- The Rays lineup could be a daily exercise in creativity this season - John Romano, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
- Talk about your literal bang-bang plays when Rays met cheating Astros in 2017 - John Romano, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
- If the Astros cheated against the Rays, the results say it didn’t matter much - John Romano, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
- How Tampa Bay Rays added to the WAR Machine - Seth Carter, Rays Colored Glasses
- Former Carmel baseball standout, Conrad Gregor, signs minor league deal with Tampa Bay Rays - Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star
- How Arrojo fulfilled ‘impossible’ dream with Rays - Juan Toribio, Rays Baseball
- Book focused on the history, legacy of Tropicana Field site launches Wednesday - Megan Holmes, St Pete Catalyst
- The Red Sox have parted ways with Alex Cora, but don’t expect the next manager to come from the Rays, despite the Bloom connection
#Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro unlikely to be a candidate for #RedSox’s managerial opening. Rays staffers who have left organization to become GMs and managers in past typically have not taken other employees with them. Some teams have rules in place to that effect.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 15, 2020
Other Links
- Twins ink Josh Donaldson to four-year, $92 million deal - Bill Baer, NBC Sports
- Devil in the Details: A closer look at the Astros’ violations that were described in MLB’s report - Rob Arthur, Baseball Prospectus ($)
- Foreign Players in the KBO: What the Future Holds - Seung Chan Lee, The Hardball Times