The Rays

[Sports Guy]

Rays about to kick off the offseason?:

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1591981205599277056?s=46&t=LS4yLSDl_I6Gi2RmpKfKOA

[Sports Guy]

Rays are reportedly shopping some of their arms.  Teams asking about Glasnow.  Not sure who else.

[Aglets]

1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

Rays are reportedly shopping some of their arms.  Teams asking about Glasnow.  Not sure who else.

I'm guessing anyone who is about to command a decent sized paycheck.

[Just Regular]

JT Chargois up to 3.101 years of service and was being forecast by Cot's to earn about 2X the MLB minimum.

Adios, Arm Barn member with 2.42 ERA and weak peripherals.

[Just Regular]

Their 6th starter Taj Bradley one of Grayson's challengers as top RH SP prospect.    

Disney - apparently not always The Happiest Place on Earth.    Fangraphs Szymborski's guess is it costs them 7 points of playoff odds.

At least in the “eyes” of ZiPS, the Rays are close enough to the Yankees and Blue Jays in the AL East that losing Glasnow — I’m assuming two months to be conservative — would have an impact on the divisional race. With a mean projection of 86 wins and the Blue Jays and Yankees both at 88, the loss of a projected half-win is enough to take a chunk out of Tampa’s playoff probabilities; the divisional odds drop from 22.3% to 18.1%, and the estimated playoff chances go from 62.3% to 55.1%. There’s a large enough cluster of teams around the Rays’ win total, both in the division and in the wild card race, that a single win is extremely valuable.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Just Regular