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Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of voting for the BBA's rookie of the year awards; if you'll remember I voted for Tampa's own Jeff Niemann, but in the end he finished 4th (behind Bailey, Porcello, and Andrus respectively), despite my poignant...
Evan Longoria received his first Gold Glove Award earlier this week, and now has been honored with a Silver Slugger Award.
What is a Silver Slugger Award? Its an award given to the best offensive player at each position from both leagues. What makes...
According to AP reports Evan Longoria has officially won his first Gold Glove Award. I'll go way out on a limb and assume that it will not be his last.
The interesting aspect of Longoria winning the award is that I feel that he was far from his best...
Not a huge surprise, but the Rays have exercised their option on CC and his $10M salary for the 2010 season.
CC has been the heart of the young organization; owning the franchise marks in hits, AB's, SB's, runs, RBI, and triples, and of course games...
It's official. The Rays have traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed, relief pitcher, Jesse Chavez.
Chavez, 26, finished the 2009 season with an ERA of 4.01 while recording 47 K's and 22 BB's.
Chavez...
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Daily "Cheese & Whine" section is awesome, and a must read.
I am the chief writer of this fine blog, so I am certainly not too proud to acknowledge how unbelievably awesome it truly is.
In all seriousness, we don't take ourselves too serious at Rays the Stakes, and that makes us the coolest, party blog in town!
