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• Here are Winter Meetings FAQs to know

  07-12-2018 23:29 via mlb.mlb.com
  With the 2018 Winter Meetings about to begin at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Monday, here's a primer on what this annual event is all about.
  
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• Rays enter Meetings with payroll flexibility

  07-12-2018 22:07 via mlb.mlb.com
  The Rays are in position to take on additional salary and have cast a wide net in discussing potential impact acquisitions, including big names like Madison Bumgarner, Noah Syndergaard, Trevor Bauer, Charlie Morton and Nelson Cruz. Team officials aren't focusing on a single area of the team, so the front office has the option of considering a variety of possibilities.
  
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• The Rays have inquired on Edwin Encarnacion

  07-12-2018 17:33 via draysbay.com
  As well as utility player Yandy Diaz The Tampa Bay Rays have reportedly contacted the Cleveland Indians about acquiring 1B/3B Edwin Encarnacion or 3B Yandy Diaz, per a report from Paul Hoynes, the Indians beat writer for Cleveland.com:
  One of those directions is a potential trade for Edwin Encarnacion or Yandy Diaz. Teams such as the Tampa Bay Rays have asked about them and the Indians are listening.
  The Rays are all too familiar with Encarnacion, as he became a household name during his days w
  
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• Rays Free Agent Target: RHP Charlie Morton

  07-12-2018 16:30 via draysbay.com
  A somewhat surprising name has surfaced as a potential Tampa Bay Rays free agent target in RHP Charlie Morton.
  Among several options #Rays have explored to add a starting pitcher, they've expressed interest and had initial conversations with free-agent RHP Charlie Morton, most recently with #Astros.— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) December 6, 2018The Rays are usually not connected with notable free agents. This is even more true at the beginning of the winter, and for the starting pitching m
  
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• View from the Catwalk: Less than 48 hours until Winter Meetings

  07-12-2018 16:27 via draysbay.com
  The countdown is upon us With the 2018 MLB Winter Meetings set to start bright and early Sunday morning, there should be some capital-B buzz swirling around the sport sooner than later. It’s been a bit of a slow week for the Rays, and one that saw a few of their potential target leave the market. As our editor-in-chief covered yesterday, finding the line to balance on—make moves, but not that sell out the future—will be the main goal of the Rays at the Winter Meetings this yea
  
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• Each team's best 1st-rounder of the past decade

  07-12-2018 03:04 via mlb.mlb.com
  The release of the 2019 Draft Top 50 list had the MLB Pipeline staff thinking about Drafts in years past. Teams always want to get that first pick right and there have been some real home runs hit in the first round.
  
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