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Rays News
- Which clubs will rise to superteam status in 2020? - Craig Edwards, ESPN ($): The Rays getting some mega praise from ESPN.
- Rays prepared for run at AL East crown in ‘20 - Juan Toribio, MLB.com: Rays may or not be at “superteam status”, but they are a damn good team in position to make a deep run in 2020.
The PECOTA raw projections are out, and in terms of outlook for the Rays perspective is a couple of key pieces on the biggest to disappoint lists:
- PECOTA 2020: 14 Hitters Who Will Disappoint - Patrick Dubuque, Baseball Prospectus: The algorithm is extremely bullish on Austin Meadows chances of being as good as he was in 2019.
- PECOTA 2020: 11 Pitchers Who Will Disappoint - Jeff Wiser, Baseball Prospectus: Tyler Glasnow may have some of the best stuff in the game, but the algorithim cares not for such flights of human fancy.
- The Biggest Holes on Contending Teams, Part Three: The Outfield - Ben Clemens, Fan Graphs: The Rays make the list with less of a large hole, but a lot of questions in the OF.
- MLB: Montreal sharing plan ’100 percent’ best way to keep Rays in Tampa Bay - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times: The other owners are on board with a plan that allows them to pay less in revenue sharing while not costing them a dime or having to do anything themselves? Shocking.
- A peek into Trop negotiations as Rays, St. Petersburg play hardball - Josh Soloman, Tampa Bay Times
- Good people, those Lowe’s:
During #RaysFanFest on Saturday, @Sweet_n_Lowe5 & @madz_lowe will be hosting a Lowe's Legends youth clinic! Players will go through various stations, meet Brandon and Madison and learn more about their experiences through baseball and softball.https://t.co/brH7lcm8Jq | #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/t2ywEXM1Gv
— Rays Community (@RaysCommunity) February 6, 2020
Around the League
- Introducing: PECOTA 2020 - Jonathan Judge, BaseballProspectus: The new PECOTA projections are arriving. Everybody, preemptively grab your pitchforks!
- Max Muncy and the Dodgers agreed on a new 3 year deal.
- Hank Aaron says perpetrators in Astros sign-stealing scheme ‘should be out of baseball’ - Chris Bumbaca, USA Today: They don’t call him Hammerin’ Hank for nothing!
- The awkward break-up of the winter continues to stay awkward and promises to maybe get even worse!
Red Sox are said to be trying to reconfigure the part of the Betts 3-team deal with the Twins (meaning more than Graterol). While there’s still hope the mega deal gets done in some form, some involved are now suggesting it’s not a certainty.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 7, 2020
- Welcome to the “team branding making the team blogs name out of date” club, Lookout Landing!
The former Lookout Landing is now known as the Trident Deck, as the Seattle Mariners rebrand the renovated left-field gathering space at T-Mobile Park. https://t.co/GDPxAGgnNF #sportsbiz
— Ballpark Digest (@ballparkdigest) February 6, 2020