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First move on the hot stove. The rays informed James Shields that they are picking up his option at $10.25M

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Jeremy Hellickson is a co-winner of a Gold Glove (along with Jake Peavy). Marc Topkin indicated that the Rays will pick up the option on C Jose Molina.

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Rays also pick up the $2.5M option on Fernando Rodney. They decline the $6M option on Luke Scott

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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/

40 man roster moves.

C Robinson Chirinos, who missed the entire 2012 season after a spring training concussion, and OF Brandon Guyer, who missed the second half after shoulder surgery, were reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and put back on the Rays 40-man roster today.
Also, LHP Frank De Los Santos was added to the 40-man roster. De Los Santos, 24, was a combined 7-2, 2.11 in 51 games between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham in 2012.

Rays also make a qualifying offer of $13.3M to BJ Upton

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BJ Upton declines the qualifying offer from Tampa to go test the FA market

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Tampa re-signs RP Joel Peralta for 2 years/$6M with team options for 2015-17

Edited by drtooth, 20 November 2012 - 04:53 PM.

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Marc Topkin on some possible non-tenders and how it will effect the roster

http://www.tampabay....fseason/1263139

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Evan Longoria's deal extended through 2022

http://www.tampabay....-thru-2022-100m

In a surprising and significant move, the Rays have extended the contract of 3B Evan Longoria an additional six years through the 2022 season, for an additional $100-million.
According to the team release, Longoria’s new contract incorporates the salaries for 2013 through 2016 from his original contract and extends six more years through 2022 for an additional $100 million. The deal also includes a club option for 2023.
Longoria was signed through this coming season, at a salary of $6-million, and the Rays held options for 2014 at $7.5-million, 2015 at $11-million and 2016 at $11.5-million. The six-year extension is worth $100-million, for an annual average value $16.6-million, and there is an option for 2023.
Longoria will donate more than $1-million to the Rays Baseball Foundation.

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OF Ben Francisco has been non-tendered.

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Burke Badenhop has been traded to the Brewers for minor leaguer Raul Mondesi Jr.

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Rays sign former Sox 1B James Loney. 1 year, $2M with another $1M in incentives.

Edited by drtooth, 03 December 2012 - 03:18 PM.

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Rays sign former Sox 1B James Loney. 1 year, $2M with another $1M in incentives.

Typical Ray deal. Feels like usually these happen a bit later in the off-season for them, so somewhat interesting that Loney jumped so quickly at a seemingly team-friendly deal. No downside for Rays, at worst a competent first baseman on the cheap with no long-term commitment, at best he's still young enough to recapture some of his earlier Dodger form and be yet another Rays scrap-heap outperformer.

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Rays re-sign INF Sean Rodriguez for $1M, this avoiding arbitration.

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Tampa acquires SS Yunel Escobar from Florida for minor league INF Derek Dietrich

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According to Marc Topkin and Ken Rosenthal's Twitter, Rays trade James Shields and Wade Davis to KC for Will Myers and other prospects.

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Matt Bush is headed to prison.

http://espn.go.com/m...son-report-says

Edited by adam42381, 15 December 2012 - 10:07 AM.

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Rays sign Roberto Hernandez (better know as Fausto Carmona) to a 1 year $3.25M contract.

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David Price avoids arbitration by signing a 1 year, just over $10M deal.

http://www.tampabay....-year-deal-rays

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A couple days late, but another Rays minor leaguer suspended.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/

Rays minor league catcher David Wendt has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for Methylhexaneamine, the league announced Monday.
Wendt, who played for Double-A Montgomery last season, is the seventh Rays minor leaguer to be suspended this past year for violating the minor league Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
His suspension will be effective at the beginning of this year.

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The Rays lead the league in having minor leaguers suspended for banned substances that do not actually enhance baseball performance

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Rays sign several players to avoid arbitration.

Jeff Niemann 1 yr/$3M

Ryan Roberts 1 yr/$2.95M

Matt Joyce 1 yr/$2.45M

Sam Fuld 1 yr/$725K

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Some minor league signings

http://www.tampabay....doval-jc-oviedo

The Rays added four more experienced players to their spring roster, signing OF Shelley Duncan and RHPs Jamey Wright, Juan Sandoval and Juan Carlos Oviedo (the former Leo Nunez) to minor-league deals.

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The current market inefficiency is perpetrators of identity fraud.

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According to Marc Topkin's Twitter feed, the Rays have resigned Kyle Farnsworth.

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Good pickup. The bullpen should be solid this year. Looks like the only remaining hole they have to fill is a DH bat, or another outfielder to create a DH rotation. None of the obvious DH options on the market look too exciting, and the Rays recent history with over-the-hill all hit, no field types has been abysmal. It's the one spot where Friedman has never been able to work his reclamation project magic.

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Rays re-sign DH Luke Scott.

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Per Marc Topkin's Twitter, Rays sign INF Kelly Johnson.

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I think the Rays are going to use Johnson more in some sort of rotation in the outfield and this is a pretty clear sign that they won't be rushing Myers up from AAA.

[MakMan44]

I think the Rays are going to use Johnson more in some sort of rotation in the outfield and this is a pretty clear sign that they won't be rushing Myers up from AAA.

Yeah, I think they want to rotate him and Zobrist between 2nd and RF

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To make room for Farnsworth and Johnson on the 40 man roster, the Rays DFA Reid Brignac and Eliot Johnson.