The Rays have placed Cliff Floyd on the disabled list and called up Justin Ruggiano to take his place on the roster.
Floyd will have surgery on Friday to repair a tear in the medial meniscus in his right knee.
Floyd was scratched from the lineup on Monday against the Yankees due to the injury but had […]
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Following their game last night, the Tampa Bay Rays placed Matt Garza on the 15-day disabled list with “radial nerve irritation.” To take his place on the roster, they recalled Jae Kuk Ryu from Triple-A.
Ryu will only be with the team until Garza’s spot in the rotation comes back around, when it will likely […]
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The Rays reassigned their top prospect, Evan Longoria, to minor-league camp after today’s game.
Longoria hit three homers and drove in ten runs during his time at major league camp, but the Rays opted to send him down to get him some more minor league at bats. Longoria has just 104 at bats above the […]
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The St. Petersburg Times is speculating that Evan Longoria will begin the season in the minors, despite batting .321 this spring, with Willy Aybar being the team’s starting third baseman early in the season.
The reason for this isn’t because he played himself out of a job, but thinking about future contractual obligations while making the […]
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Rays manager Joe Maddon said that Scott Kazmir will “more than likely” start the season on the disabled list, but he expects the stay to be a short one. Maddon expects Kazmir to be ready to go in the early part of April.
“We really consider it minor,” Maddon said before Sunday’s game. “But to […]
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Marc Lancaster of the Tampa Tribune says that the Rays would prefer to fill their need for another outfielder through trade rather than signing a free agent outfielder, such as Kenny Lofton.
He notes that the Rays would prefer to have an outfielder that could play regularly in right field, along with the ability to backup […]
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The Rays are going into another season with everything pointing to Rocco Baldelli spending a large portion of the season on the disabled list. Baldelli will be sidelined indefinitely for what he termed as “some type of metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities,” leaving him extremely tired after working out.
Baldelli said that his body has trouble […]
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Jayson Stark has a new blog up and it’s chalked full of rumors. Let’s see what he’s got…
Stark starts with the Giants, saying that the team is shopping a large portion of their roster. He mentions Rich Aurilia, Ray Durham, Steve Kline, Randy Winn and Tyler Walker as possible veterans on the move, […]
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UPDATE (2-27-08; 8:53 AM): Yesterday’s MRI , but he’s expected to be sidelined for two weeks, making it unlikely for him to start on Opening Day.
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Tampa Bay Rays ace left hander, Scott Kazmir, was an early scratch from the team’s intrasquad game today. Kazmir left to get an MRI on his left elbow […]
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The St. Petersburg Times is reporting that there have been at least some internal discussions about Barry Bonds running throughout the members of the Tampa Bay Rays’ front office.
The article also reports that the Rays have at least talked about Mike Piazza and Kenny Lofton, in addition to Bonds.
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