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• Rays finalize coaching staff with three hires

  04-12-2018 23:16 via mlb.mlb.com
  The Rays announced Tuesday the filling of the final three spots on their coaching staff, naming Paul Hoover as their Major League field coordinator, Jonathan Erlichman as their process and analytics coach and Justin Su'a as their Major League mental skills coach.
  
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• Rays finalize 2019 major league coaching staff

  04-12-2018 22:18 via draysbay.com
  Kevin Cash finds his field coordinator, while adding a “process and analytics” coach and “major league mental skills” coach.The Tampa Bay Rays and Manager Kevin Cash today finalized their major league coaching staff for 2019.Paul Hoover (that mean mug pictured above) has been promoted to major league field coordinator, and Jonathan Erlichman will serve as process and analytics coach. In addition, the Rays hired Justin Su’a as major league mental skills coach.
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• How tourism taxes will fund the new Rays Stadium

  04-12-2018 16:30 via draysbay.com
  Public financing for a new stadium, in either county, will come from tourism taxes.A new Rays stadium will most likely get built with a cocktail of public and private investment, with the exact ingredients and proportions still (we assume) under discussion.Professional stadium and arena projects such as that proposed for Ybor City often make use of tourism taxes, which in many states can be used to pay down bonds floated for construction costs.As the Rays December 31, 2018 deadline to confirm t
  
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• View from the Catwalk: Mariners in talks to deal kitchen sink

  04-12-2018 15:04 via draysbay.com
  Dipoto finalizes two massive trades, ball is in the Rays court for the stadium, and Trevor Bauer is Trevor Bauer Rays NewsAn official with Hillsborough says the ball is now in the Tampa Bay Rays court regarding the proposed stadium’s financing
  Rays Colored Glasses ponders whether the Robinson Cano trade could affect the Rays trade talks for Noah SyndergaardGarrett Whitley had a lost 2018 season thanks to an injury, but Wander Rays still has some hope for him, ranking him at the 20th best
  
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• He got his gift a little early this year. #RaysUp https://t.co/43Vq0NihvD

  04-12-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  
  He got his gift a little early this year.#RaysUp https://t.co/43Vq0NihvD
  
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• Which division is the most interesting right now?

  04-12-2018 05:00 via mlb.mlb.com
  The Hot Stove is on high in the NL East, which now has four teams that clearly aim to compete for a postseason berth in 2019 (sorry, Marlins fans). That puts it atop this list of the most interesting divisions, which takes into account offseason activity and likely competitiveness next season.
  
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