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		<title>Rays sign Kapler, really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rays have inked Gabe Kapler to a one year $1 million deal to be the fourth/fifth outfielder for 2009. They have been fairly active with minor leaguers too but I&#8217;ll leave that stuff to Rays Index. I&#8217;m as conflicted as a person be about this signing considering he&#8217;s a reserve outfielder. I like it in a sense because Kapler&#8217;s a decent outfielder and could platoon well with Gabe Gross if needed, but why do we need a platoon backup situation? I&#8217;ve never been in favor of platoons in general because I&#8217;ve always felt that if a guy can play, he can play, screw the other crap. Stats say otherwise and that&#8217;s the world we now live in so I&#8217;ll go with it. I don&#8217;t know much about Kapler other than he was once a highly touted prospect who turned into a journeyman type that was coaching before he decided to jump back into the player ranks. The problem I have with this signing is that Kapler got a mil and Rocco got less, granted there&#8217;s incentives, from the Red Sox. Marc Topkin tried to justify by saying that the Baldelli deal &#8220;could be&#8221; worth more because of playing incentives, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baldelli officially gone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Heater has put out a post that Rocco Baldelli is all but gone. Rocco has basically become an afterthought now with the signing of Pat Burrell and the limited funds left that we assume will go toward the bullpen. That&#8217;s fine. The Rays owe nothing to Rocco and Rocco owes nothing to the Rays. I do find myself lost at the destinations that are being mentioned though. Here&#8217;s the list being reported. Pirates/Orioles:The Rays just got themselves out of the perennial losers club and Roc got to be a part of it, why go back to one? Either of these teams would be a horrible decision for Roc unless it was a one year deal just to prove he can play again, but he has even stated that he&#8217;s unsure if he can play the field everyday. Bad Choices here. Yankees: Why why why?! It&#8217;s bad enough that Roc has drawn comparisons to Joe DiMaggio, why go and put that type of pressure on yourself? Injuries, the Joe D comparison and the pressure to win would make Baldelli target practice for the firing range of reporters and fans in New York. Bad! Reds: Can&#8217;t DH there and they&#8217;re another non contender. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays close to signing Pat Burrell.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Ken Rosenthal, via MLB Trade Rumors, the Rays are close to signing former Phillie outfielder Pat Burrell to a two year $16 million deal. This move makes way too much sense for all parties involved to not happen. Burrell is the right handed bat that the Rays are looking for to slot at DH on a regular basis and he comes fairly cheap. The contract that&#8217;s speculated on above is a perfect fit for the Rays and their budget. I really like this move for a few reasons. Burrell can still hit and we won&#8217;t have to watch him stumble around in the outfield too often. He comes with no baggage and seems like he would fit right in to the clubhouse the Rays currently have.This move also allows the Rays to hopefully leave Fernando Perez in AAA Durham for at least another year of seasoning. It also would allow the Rays to put the Abreu/Giambi fiasco to bed and focus on upgrading the bullpen. I was no fan of Abreu or Giambi so it makes me pretty happy there. With Burrell coming fairly cheap as well this may put Brandon Lyon and/or Joe Beimel into the picture as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five moves the Rays should make.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    In the spirit of trying to keep up with the goings on of the hot stove league I&#8217;ve decided to look at the possibilities and suggest five moves the Rays should make to improve their team. I will try to be as realistic as I can be while trying to view things from both sides. Let&#8217;s roll with it and see how it goes. Sign Joe Beimel: Starting slow and sounding as simple as possible, I know, but the addition of Beimel as Trever Millers replacement would be a huge upgrade to an already good bullpen. Beimel has done very well in the last few years with the Dodgers and, as a type B free agent, there would be no draft picks lost. Beimel could legitimately be used in more situations than just the lefty on lefty matchups if needed, but would be the ideal guy to slot in with Howell, Balfour and Wheeler in shutting teams down from the seventh inning on. There is a lot of competition out there for Beimel but I think it could be done. Re-sign Rocco Baldelli: One of those sentimental moves I think both sides would go for. The only problem that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays can&#8217;t finish at the worst moment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I realize what an awful time this is for my first post back but I had to write something. I want to say a couple quick things about the Rays in the series and the playoffs in general. They showed tremendous heart and fortitude throughout and played way above their heads. I have been in awe of this team all year and I&#8217;m more proud of them than I ever thought I would be at this moment. Whether they get back to the series or not, they have made me proud of their accomplishments this year and that&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll always remember this as a dream season. Now, to preface my second point I&#8217;m gonna sound like a homer whiner but, this looked like an impossible series for the Rays to win. They had to beat the Phillies and the UMPIRES! The shoebox strike zone that Kaz and Garza had to pitch to wasn&#8217;t questionable, it was disgustingly biased. Screw the missed calls on the bases and the other crap, no one could&#8217;ve pitched well enough to win with that strike zone and they still kept the games close. That was amazing to me! Now I would like to congratulate [...]]]></description>
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