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• NL Week 11 Strategy-May 30, 2026
In The Field OF Jung Hoo Lee was activated off the 10-day IL on Friday. Lee was hitting .283 with 3 HR, 22 R, 17 RBI, and 0 SB in 198 PA. 3B Nick Gonzales was removed from Thursday's game early due to left knee discomfort. He fouled a ball off his left knee on Wednesday. He was back in the lineup on Friday. SS Konnor Griffin was not in the Pirates lineup on Thursday due to forearm soreness. It is...2026
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• Curtis Mead is living up to his prospect hype with the Washington Nationals

We have talked about him quite a bit this season, but Curtis Mead’s production at the plate continues to amaze me. The Aussie has gone from a short side of a first base platoon to the everyday third baseman on the strength of his bat. As a prospect, Mead was supposed to be an elite […]...2026
• Is It Legit? 5/29/2026: Max Meyer, Ryan Waldschmidt, Curtis Mead
Are Max Meyer, Ryan Waldschmidt, and Curtis Mead for real? The post Is It Legit? 5/29/2026: Max Meyer, Ryan Waldschmidt, Curtis Mead appeared first on Pitcher List....2026
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• Here is how Jacob Young has turned into a power hitter for the Washington Nationals

There have been a lot of fun player development wins this season for the Nats. From Curtis Mead, to Keibert Ruiz and even stars like James Wood and CJ Abrams, plenty of Nats hitters are getting better. However, the most surprising development in my opinion is that Jacob Young has turned into a power hitter. […]...2026
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• Have the Washington Nationals found something in Curtis Mead?

Not much was made of the March 28 trade between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago White Sox, when the Nats sent minor league catcher Boston Smith for first baseman Curtis Mead, who was designated for assignment three days earlier. A 25-year-old now on his fourth franchise, he had posted just a .231 batting average, […]...2026
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• Dodgers To Acquire Jake Eder
The Dodgers are set to acquire left-hander Jake Eder from the Nationals, according to Spencer Nusbaum and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Eder was designated for assignment this past weekend when Washington acquired infielder Curtis Mead from the White Sox. More to come....2026
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• The WBC is About to End for Some Players- Preseason Prep- March 9, 2026
The WBC has been taking most of the attention of the baseball world recently. The round robin stage has had some great performances and exciting games. Pool play ends Wednesday, though, and a dozen teams will be done. Quite a few players who have been away from Spring Training will return to their MLB teams. Jazz Chisholm Jr- 2B- NYY- Chisholm has been playing for the Great Britain team in the WB...2026
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2026
Yordan Alvarez, OF (HOU) Alvarez may need to work off some rust. Making his first appearance of spring training, the veteran slugger was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. The fact he's out there is really what matters, however, after a mostly lost season in 2025. Alvarez could turn out to be one of the steals of draft season with fantasy owners scared away enough to let him slip late into the third rou...2026
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• Player of the Series: Jonathan Aranda

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Aranda stood out as the Rays dropped another series The Tampa Bay Rays engaged the New York Yankees in several high contested games but unfortunately dropped three of the four and had their playoff hopes dwindle even further. The Rays pitching and offense had their bright spots but no one performed better over the four games than Jonathan Aranda, our Draysbay Playe...2025
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• 2025 Trade Deadline: Rays execute seven deals but keep their stars

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Rays have cleaned up the catching battery and infield depth, while elevating the pitching staff. Approximately four games back in the Wild Card standings despite a strong run differential this season, the Rays did not blow up the team like they did last trade deadline, holding on to several names rumored to be shopped like 1B Yandy Diaz, 2B Brandon L...2025
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• Rays 3, Blue Jays 1: Fortune Favors the Bald

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Brandon Lowe and Curtis Mead provide the offense in the opener against Toronto The Tampa Bay Rays have won they’re second straight game against a left-handed starting pitcher. Coming into tonight’s contest, the Rays were last in the American League and 29th out of 30 teams in team OPS against southpaws. To get the scoring going, Brandon Lowe stroked a t...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Rays announce Opening Day roster for 2025

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Misner makes the team following Palacios’s broken finger. The Rays have announced the Opening Day roster, reacting to the injury for Richie Palacios to start the season due to a broken finger, and confirming that both catchers are good to go following Spring Training injury scares. Here’s how the Rays Roster will typically be constructed: * left-handed hi...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: 2025 Season Preview

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It’s finally here! Opening Day has finally arrived! On our first official episode of the 2025 season, we discuss the news that rounded out the roster, including the injury to Shane McClanahan, and the decision to send Eloy Jimenez to AAA and give Curtis Mead the opportunity he earned throughout the spring. We end the show with some predictions for the sea...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set

Mason Englert wins the bullpen competition. | Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pending no further injuries, the Rays roster is ready for Opening Day. After several roster moves, the Rays lineup appears to be set. Here’s the latest projection for Opening Day. * left-handed hitter** switch hitter Starting Lineup C — Danny Jansen 1B — Yandy Diaz 2B — Brandon Lowe* 3B ...2025
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images I wish I could give it to all three starters! With Adam on vacation this week, I’ve had the opportunity to write this week’s Player of the Series articles, and the power is thrilling. I can choose anyone! Maybe I could even choose the fans! Because, in addition to the great bucket hat catch on Memorial Day, we were treated to this bro who celebrated catchin...2025
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"Not much was made of the March 28 trade between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago White Sox, when the Nats sent minor league catcher Boston Smith for first baseman Curtis Mead, who was designated for assignment three days earlier."

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"But he managed to escape the jam when Maikel Garcia picked a hot shot off the bat of Curtis Mead to start an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play."

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"After a walk to Shane Sasaki, who then stole second base, Curtis Mead was able to knock in another run."

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"The Rays are planning to call up top infield prospect Curtis Mead for his Major League debut today, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times."

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"A Conversation With Tampa Bay Rays Prospect Curtis Mead"

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"85M Option Decisions Declined $8M club option over LHP Jason Vargas (paid $2M buyout) Declined $7M club option over RHP Pat Neshek (paid $750K buyout) Declined $3M club option over RHP Jared Hughes (paid $250K buyout) Trades and Claims Acquired OF Kyle Garlick from Dodgers in exchange for minor league LHP Tyler Gilbert Acquired minor league LHP Cristopher Sanchez from Rays in exchange for minor league INF Curtis Mead Claimed OF Nick Martini from the Reds (later cleared outright waivers) Claimed RHP Trevor Kelley from the Red Sox (later cleared outright waivers) Claimed RHP Deolis Guerra from the Brewers Claimed RHP Reggie McClain from the Mariners Notable Minor"

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• White Sox Trade Curtis Mead To Nationals For Boston Smith
The White Sox have acquired catcher Boston Smith from the Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, both teams have announced. Mead was designated for assignment earlier this week after falling short of an Opening Day roster spot. Smith was a sixth-round pick in the 2025 draft. To open up a 40-man roster spot for Mead, Washington […]...2026
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• 2025 Trade Deadline: Rays execute seven deals but keep their stars
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images I was over ruled in trying to give it to Evan Longoria When the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Christopher Morel at the 2024 trade deadline, the hope was for some immediate thump to be added to their lineup. After Morel homered in his first two games as a Ray, it seemed like they had made a good decision in trading Isaac Paredes to Chicago in order to obtain More...2025
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Littell did we know we knew so little In a series that featured the Tampa Bay Rays plating double digit runs twice and out scoring the Houston Astros, 30-9 there are several players worthy of receiving this accolade. There was Junior Caminero doing something that only a few other 21-year olds in baseball history have done. Taj Bradley was excellent over 7 IP in a...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It is only Spring Training, but the performance is astounding. Entering play on Friday, Curtis Mead has been the best offensive player in all of Spring Training. He is hitting .778/.810/1.000 with a MLB leading 382 wRC+; Mead has a 14.3 BB% and 4.8 K%, both are staggering differences from his career norms, as is his 5.1 WHIFF%, which is half of what his WHI...2025
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• Player of the Series: Jonathan Aranda
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• 2025 Trade Deadline: Rays execute seven deals but keep their stars
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Rays starting rotation as a whole was masterful Prior to the game on Thursday, I was fully set to name Taj Bradley as the Player of the Series for his Tuesday performance, but he was surpassed by Shane Baz who delivered an incredible outing. Shane Baz started out the 2025 season on a strong note and looked like he could be emerging as an ace, but then...2025
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Rays wrap it up with a series win. On the afternoon getaway day game, with the series tied 1-1, the Rays were hoping to come away with a series win before seeing the Blue Jays again for the second time this month. The Astros had been tough competition this series, and this game wouldn’t prove to be an easy one. Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Rays, while...2025
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• Curtis Mead has made the Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images A tremendous Spring Training has earned Curtis Mead a roster spot Spring Training stats don’t matter but being the hottest hitter of the Spring may have just won Curtis Mead a spot on the Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day roster. The 24-year old from Austrailia worked hard over the offseason to improve his physique, adding 20 pounds of muscle, as he tried to reg...2025
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• Player of the Series: Yandy Diaz

Photo by Kelly Gavin/Getty Images Big Guava saves us from a series sweep. It was supposed to be Chris Brown’s night in Tampa — but hours before the R&B star could Take You Down at his sold-out concert, it was a Rays slugger who stole the spotlight and left the opposing pitchers gasping for No Air. With first pitch moved up to an early afternoon slot to accommodate the postgame concert, man...2025
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Caminero busted out of a brief slump to bombard the Mets For those who didn’t know, on their current road trip the Tampa Bay Rays allowed players to invite wives and children along with them. In 21-year old Junior Caminero’s case, he invited his father to travel with the team. For the first four games of the trip, Caminero struggled as he went hitless in 19 con...2025
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match
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• White Sox 9, Rays 4: The Martín Maldonado Game

Martín Maldonado’s huge home run. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Did Tommy Pham’s arrival fix him? I don’t mean to alarm you, but the White Sox have won their fourth game, this time at home and against the Rays. Chris Flexen looked great on the mound tonight and the offense finally decided to help its pitcher. Right off the bat, pun not intended, Nicky Lopez and Tommy Pham started the hit...2024
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• Rays 4, Yankees 5: Civale’s Collapse Too Much For Rays To Recover

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Luis Gil shines for the Yankees with nine strikeouts in a narrow 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay, handing the Rays their first road series loss of the season. The Tampa Bay Rays almost pulled off an improbable comeback against the New York Yankees, but as we all know, almost doesn’t count in the standings. The Yankees narrowly defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4, handin...2024
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• Rays loss to Angels highlights early team struggles

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Tampa Bay in desperate need of contribution from top of the lineup. Last night’s game in Tropicana field was... ugly The 7-3 loss certainly wasn’t all gloomy, with ace Zack Eflin going six and a third scoreless innings allowing just six hits, however a late game meltdown saw the angels run away with the game at the end leading to a final score that ...2024
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• The 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Junior Caminero | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images 36 players get pre-season write ups in this year’s list. Every year the DRaysBay community comes together to vote for the top prospects in the Tampa Bay system. Below are the results from this off-season’s polls. 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List 1. Junior Caminero, 3BMLB | .235/.278/.353 (.631 OPS, 77 wRC+) 36 P...2024
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 1

All right, welcome to my 2024 Heritage box break. This is the first hobby box I have purchased since 2011 when I bought a box of Allen & Ginter for the third year in a row. After that I went into box-breaking rehab and have done quite well, except for falling off the wagon ... right now.I don't buy hobby boxes these days for a lot of reasons, but one of the big ones occurring to me now is I ...2024
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• Commanding Cameron’s cutters carve, cartilaginous competitors conquered 3-0

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The debutant took a no-hitter into the seventh. Noah Cameron was outstanding in his big league debut for the Kansas City Royals, while the bullpen provided enough support to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-0 game. Kansas City quickly got started in the first against Drew Rasmussen. With one out, Bobby Witt Jr. singled the other way to run his hit stre...2025
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• Rays To Promote Curtis Mead

The Rays are planning to call up top infield prospect Curtis Mead for his Major League debut today, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. He’ll take the roster spot that was vacated when ace Shane McClanahan was placed on the injured list yesterday. Mead is already on Tampa Bay’s 40-man roster. Mead, 22,…...2023
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• Rays Have Discussed Extension With Top Prospect Curtis Mead
The Rays and top infield prospect Curtis Mead have had some discussions regarding a possible contract extension this spring, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link). There’s no indication a deal is likely or imminent, though the talks add an interesting storyline to Tampa Bay camp. Mead, 22, has still yet to make his major league…...2023
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays

Albies went yard vs the Rays | Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider looked sharp, and Ozzie Albies went yard. Other than that, we can be thankful this was just a spring training game. With only four more spring training games left before the regular season begins, Spencer Strider took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Tampa Bay Rays featuring a sparkling 0.00 ERA and b...2024
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• Rays call up Curtis Mead (No. 31 overall prospect)
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• Rays Reinstate Ha-Seong Kim
The Rays have reinstated infielder Ha-Seong Kim from the 60-day injured list, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Infielder Curtis Mead has been optioned as the corresponding move. The 40-man roster already had a vacancy. Kim, 29, spent the 2021 to 2024 seasons with the Padres. He didn’t hit much in his first…...2025
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• Rays Place Brandon Lowe On Injured List
The Rays announced today that infielder Brandon Lowe has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to left oblique tightness, retroactive to July 8th. Fellow infielder Curtis Mead was recalled as the corresponding move. More to come....2025
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 26-year-old right-hander looked to get his spring started on a good note as the Braves had their spring home opener today. The Atlanta Braves had their spring training home opener today at CoolToday Park and it was a very intriguing occasion, indeed — all eyes were on Ian Anderson as he made his spring training debut for the year as he looks to lock d...2025
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• AL Week 3 Strategy-April6, 2024
American League In The Field The Athletics have optioned OF Esteury Ruiz to Triple-A. This is huge news for those who drafted Ruiz to be a big part of their stolen base plan. He hit .254 with 5 HR and 67 SB last year in 132 GP but struggled in spring (.236 AVG with 31% K). The Athletics have said that they want him to lead off and play every day which is why he is at Triple-A. Something smells...2024
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• Curtis Mead, Davis Schneider, Trevor Story & MLB Trade Deadline Recap
Joe & Scott analyze the fantasy baseball impact of MLB's trade deadline The post Curtis Mead, Davis Schneider, Trevor Story & MLB Trade Deadline Recap appeared first on Pitcher List....2023
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• Preseason Prep, March 14th, 2023
Victor Robles is potentially going to rejoin the Nationals lineup on Tuesday after bruising his knee last Wednesday. Robles is expected to go through baseball activities on Monday which will determine his status for the rest of the week. Even if it takes a little longer to return, the Nats still believe that it's a minor issue for their likely everyday centerfielder. The rebuilding Nats don't have...2023
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• Player of the Series: Jonathan Aranda
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz
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• Player of the Series: Brandon Lowe

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Brandon Lowe is cooler than the other side of the pillow When Brandon Lowe is on one his runs, it is such a joy to watch. The Rays veteran secondbaseman is one such run right now and ptichers beware as the dog is loose. Lowe has 14 hits over his last 34 trips to the plate, hitting .452/.500/.710 with 2 HR over that span. This past series against t...2025
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The speedster stole home and also scored a winning run from second on an infield single Earlier this season, the Tampa Bay Rays were swept in a three game series in Texas against the Rangers. Over the past three days, the Rays returned the favor in Tampa as they took all three games against the Rangers. The starting pitching was solid for the Rays and th...2025
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Rays 2 Pirates 4: There is no shame in getting bested by Paul Skenes

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It was the top of the first inning and something very strange was happening. A Rays pitcher — in this case Ryan Pepiot — threw four balls to a player, who then took first base. This, I’ve been told, is called a “walk,” and we hadn’t seen one from a Rays pitcher since Opening Day, when Pepiot and Pete Fairbanks had give up a total of three. It was one sign ...2025
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Texas Rangers games 5-7

Rays fall under .500 at 3-4 after three games against Rangers “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the second series of the season, where the Tampa Bay...2024
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• Rays and Seattle Mariners are discussing Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images Seattle just cleared $30 million in payroll commitments. The Winter Meetings are always a source of constant speculation about that next big baseball blockbuster that sends the sport’s world into a frenzy. This year, the Rays are at the center of many of the hottest rumors. The Seattle Mariners made a shocking move late Sunday night as they traded former ...2023
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