2024 Rays: Junior Caminero, come on down!!

[VORP Speed]

3. Junior Caminero, 3B
18. Carson Williams, SS
42. Curtis Mead, 3B/2B
60. Xavier Isaac, 1B

Wander who? Keep the line moving.


When Wander gets banned from the country, maybe Junior can slide into that contract.

 

[simplicio]

If y'all have Caminero and you're done with Paredes, send him over this way won't you?

 

[VORP Speed]

If y'all have Caminero and you're done with Paredes, send him over this way won't you?

Great Idea!!

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1753783919588110396

 

[VORP Speed]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/rays-extend-erik-neander-kevin-cash.html

Keeping the band together. Great move. Front office stability is nice!

 

[VORP Speed]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/rays-close-to-signing-phil-maton.html

Rays sign Phil Maton for the pen. Guaranteed $6.5m with a club option for a 2nd year at 7.75m. Pretty rich in Raysland for a bullpen piece. This puts their 2024 payroll at $100m!!! Heady stuff.

Rays are now closer in payroll to the Sox than the Sox are to the Dodgers.

 

[simplicio]

TBF, the Dodgers payroll is also closer to the GDP of Micronesia than it is to the Sox's.

 

[VORP Speed]

https://x.com/jeffpassan/status/1760025217366405281?s=46&t=VOPklDq0ggmwM6zlZRv9_g

There are still a few spots left on the Rays bandwagon if you want to root for a team that goes out and signs free agents!

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

Rosario and Chang? You're not going to trick me into having to root for that again.

 

[VORP Speed]

View: https://twitter.com/ericcross04/status/1762519071046693154?s=46&t=VOPklDq0ggmwM6zlZRv9_g


Sweet, effortless power

 

[jon abbey]

Caminero sent down, that seems unexpectedly early especially with the new rule about teams getting a 1st round pick for a ROY who is on the MLB roster from Opening Day. What’s the story, @VORP Speed ?

 

[VORP Speed]

Caminero sent down, that seems unexpectedly early especially with the new rule about teams getting a 1st round pick for a ROY who is on the MLB roster from Opening Day. What’s the story, @VORP Speed ?

Gotta sign that long, super cheap extension if you want to get called up early!

 

[jon abbey]

Ah good point, thanks.

 

[VORP Speed]

And they’re pretty set at 3rd base between Paredes and Yandy so I don’t think there’s any obvious need to rush him and they rather him play every day in Durham and force his way up. At minimum, they get him past the Super Two deadline.

 

[Bread of Yaz]

Bradley heading for an MRI for a possible pectoral injury. Seems like this may be a real retrenching year for Rays, with Franco gone, and Springs, McClanhan and Rasmussen on the shelf.

 

[VORP Speed]

Here is the rundown on the expected returns of the TJ brigade:

Baz—May/June
Springs—July/August
Rasmussen—August/September
McClanahan—2025

 

[VORP Speed]

I’ll let MLB trade rumors do the work on the offseason rundown. Cash and Neander going into their 10th seasons after Friedman and Maddon left. Cash now the longest tenured manager in MLB.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/offseason-in-review-tampa-bay-rays-16.html