Rumors for Tampa Bay Rays
Indians sign Casey Kotchman
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The Cleveland Indians have signed Casey Kotchman to a one-year deal worth $3mm, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports.
Kotchman hit a .306 avg in 563 plate appearances for the Rays last season on a minor league deal that paid him $750k.
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Rays sign Jeff Keppinger
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The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Jeff Keppinger to a one-year deal, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports. Keppinger posted a .277 avg in 399 plate appearances for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants in 2011.
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Tampa Bay Rays interested in INF Jeff Keppinger
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According to a Tweet by Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, he reports that the Tampa Bay Rays have interest in free agent infielder Jeff Keppinger. Keppinger became a free agent in December when the San Francisco Giants non-tendered him.
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Tampa Bay Rays sign Carlos Pena
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The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Carlos Pena to a one-year $7.25mm, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports.
Last season, Pena posted a .225 avg for the Cubs but hit 28 home runs in 606 plate appearances while earning $10mm on a one-year deal.
Pena’s return to Tampa is a sort of a home coming, as he spent 2007-10 in Tampa where he averaged 36 home runs and a .238 avg.
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Fernando Rodney signs one-year deal with Rays
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The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Fernando Rodney to a one-year deal worth $1.75mm Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes reports. The deal also includes a $2.5mm option for 2013 with a $250k buyout.
Rodney who had a year to forget, posted a 4.50 ERA with 28 BB and 26 strikeouts. Yes you saw that right, he gave up more walks than strikeouts. Rodney who made $5.5mm last season hasn’t seen a sub 4 ERA since 2006 when he posted a 3.52 ERA.
Angel fans will be happy that Rodney is not returning as the Angels gave Rodney $11mm over two-years and in return he posted a mediocre 4.37 ERA.
In comparison, the Angels gave Scott Downs less money, $5mm, last season and he went on to post a 1.34 ERA.
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Teams in on Theriot and Millwood
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Here are a few Holiday rumors from Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com:
– The Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays and New York Mets are looking at Ryan Theriot. (Twitter)
– The Seattle Mariners have interest in Kevin Millwood. (Twitter)
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Happy Holidays from the PRO Rumors team
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From all of us at PRO Rumors, we’d like to wish you all a Happy Holidays! We hope that all of your holiday wishes (and your baseball wishes) have come true!
Rangers looking at trading for a starter- not interested in Prince Fielder
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Even though there has been reports that the Rangers might be interested in acquiring first baseman Prince Fielder, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says that they are not interested in signing him or right handed pitcher Yu Darvish.
Rosenthal says that the team’s financial flexibility isn’t as “significant” as everybody expected, and that’s why they are exploring “more cost-effective moves” like trading for pitchers such as Matt Garza, Gio Gonzalez and Wade Davis.
With Fielder on his way to commanding at least a $150 million contract, and Darvish about $100 million including the posting fee and his contract, the Rangers have cheaper options by trading for any of the above named pitchers.
Garza was 10-10 with a 3.32 ERA in 198 innings with the Cubs in 2011.
Gonzalez went 16-12 with a 3.12 ERA in 202.0 innings with the A’s in 2011 and Davis went 11-10 with a 4.45 ERA in 184 innings with the Rays in 2011.
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Tampa Bay Rays acquire RHP Burke Badenhop
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The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired right-handed relief pitcher Burke Badenhop from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Minor League catcher Jake Jefferies, Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg Times reports.
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