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Hey, where’s Day at

that's a good question. i have no idea. Game says he wasn't hurt and is still on the O's. mightve just been a day off

October 1st, 2016

The Rays won the division title with a 107-55 record; the Yankees took the wild card spot with a 97-65 record.
Kazmir looks to take the mound for Game 1 of the ALDS against the Angels.

Crawford

October 8th, 2016

The Rays have advanced the the ALCS to face off against their division rivals, the New York Yankees. Kershaw had his best game of the season with 11 K through 7 IP only allowing 4 hits. Jaramillo came in to clean up the rest of the Angels. The Rays will restart their rotation to have Kazmir start Game 1 again.

October 20th, 2016

The Rays are now advancing to the World Series after beating the Yankees via a walk-off hit from Crawford. The Rays applied pressure in a lot of innings but were only able to manufacture 2 runs. Kazmir will start Game 1 of the WS against the Dodgers.

October 30th, 2016

The Rays have forced a game 7 in LA after winning game 6, 3-1. The Dodgers took the lead early but not for long as the Rays tied it up in the half inning after. It will be a game time decision for who starts Game 7 for 'days rest' logistics. We expect it to be either Scherzer or Kershaw.

October 31st, 2016

Kershaw pitched his heart out in route to a World Series win against the Dodgers. Most of the trouble the Rays faced was in the 8th and 9th innings, but both Kershaw and Miller were able to hold down the fort.

off-season posts will follow

Kershaw preventing the Dodgers from winning the Series, just like reality.

lmao, didnt want to say it

November 1st, 2016

No Ray player has retired so the same roster will carry over into contract negotiations...

For the league awards, the Rays had 14 (!) winners:

Stolen Base title - Carl Crawford (5th)
ERA title - Max Scherzer (2nd)
Wins title - Max Scherzer
Saves title - Andrew Miller

AL MVP - Carl Crawford
AL Cy Young award - Max Scherzer
Mariano Rivera award - Andrew Miller

Gold Glove (OF) - Carl Crawford (3rd)
Gold Glove (SS) - Tyler Gemoll (2nd)
Gold Glove (C) - Lance Sandberg
Silver Slugger (OF) - Carl Crawford (5th)
Silver Slugger (SS) - Tyler Gemoll
Silver Slugger (2B) - Robinson Cano (4th) .... 1st with the Yankees, 2nd with the Rangers, 3rd and 4th with the Rays
World Series MVP - Robert Conti
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The Rays have a few big name players that are soon to be FA:

Jose Terrero
Alex Gordon
Robinson Cano
Johnny Cueto
Edinson Volquez
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And there has also been a mystery donation to the Rays' payroll cap as it seems there is an interested suitor for the team...(??????) reason was not disclosed to the media

Rays' payroll cap increase: 96500 --> 102500 (+1500 from inflation, +2000 from team performance, +2500 from mystery benefactor)

January 1st, 2017

As year 10 starts, the Rays lost and gained a bunch of players over the winter meetings.
They managed to resign only 1 player:

Jose Terrero - 2y/3000
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They lost several players to FA:
Johnny Cueto - 4y/12000 to the Cardinals
Jason Giambi - 1y/10000 to the Royals
Alex Gordon - 5y/9250 to the Royals (back with the team he started with)
Robinson Cano - 5y/16500 to the Padres
Edinson Volquez - 5y/6000 to the Padres
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It seems that the Cardinals are looking to take advantage of their playoff window, hence dropping a lot of money on Cueto. The Padres also look to make a deep postseason run by offering Cano a large contract to accommodate with Melvin Upton Jr.'s final year of his 5y/24000 mega deal; it also seems that Volquez wanted to make the most of out his career before his decline.
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With that said the Rays signed 3 FA of their own:

Justin Verlander - 5y/5000
Jeff Day - 4y/4000 ,,,,, after year 2 it becomes a player option, combined for 2y/10000 (along with a full-no trade clause for all 4 years)
Connor Jackson - 1y/700 (forgot to take contract picture)
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Verlander's deal may seem a little high for the ERA that he's posted in the past 2 seasons, but he can eat innings while producing high K numbers. This contract will end with him at age 38 which most likely means the Rays might have to eat some money if he declines quickly.

And Jeff Day returns to the Rays after being traded for Danys Baez and Edinson Volquez back in 2010. The deals definitely shows that Day has control over his future.

April 1st, 2017

The Rays have conducted more transactions. They added 3 more players from the FA pool, young talent along with a former Ray for their bullpen:

Brandon League - 1y/1550
Martin Bourgeois - 1y/480
Tetsu Uchiyama - 1y/800
(the 2 graybars only have 1 year MLB exp, so their contracts will settle around 500/600 next offseason if no more exp is gained)
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They also completed 1 trade with the Padres:

Jesus Lizarraga
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Yamato Koga

A lot of reunions this off-season and 1 more was just added. Koga looks to build off a solid year with 22 HR and a .267 BA in a pitcher friendly park. Padres are building up a serious team but they had no solid option behind the plate. Lizarraga was unfortunately stuck behind Sandberg and now gets the chance to once again be a starter. Mathis should be a solid backup to Sandberg. And lastly, the Rays had to buyout the remainder of AJ Burnett's contract at 741 in order to remain under the salary cap.
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And the finalized opening day roster has been released. Kazmir looks to start his 12th consecutive opening day (2006-2017) which ties him for 4th on the all time list; 8th if the ties ahead of him counted as their own (Tom Seaver at 16 is the most all time).
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Rays' FA acquisitions used/allowed - 3/3 (maxed out for 2017)
Rays' off season trades used/allowed - 1/1 (maxed out for 2017)
Rays' payroll/cap - 102190/102500

Getting Koga and Day back, niccccceeeee

Hmm, but I only have one agent spot available. I’ll take Day, since he’s got that interesting contract option.

done, also if this log should continue past the 10 year mark. all contracts will carry over making Jeff Day a possible FA after the first year (bc of player option)