A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that injury-plagued pitcher Kelvim Escobar and the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement on a $1.25 million, one-year-contract. ...more

December 27, 2009

Scott Rolen agreed Saturday to a two-year contract extension with the Cincinnati Reds that guarantees him an additional $13 million while converting almost half of his 2010 salary to a deferred signing bonus. ...more

December 20, 2009

Dioner Navarro was one of three Rays to agree to one-year contracts Saturday and thus avoided arbitration. ...more

December 13, 2009

Last Friday, Rays owner Stuart Sternberg stood in the rain in Riverview while members of the organization built a playground for the YMCA and said his team was not in the market for a $7 million closer. ...more

December 11, 2009

Maybe the Yankees did spook them. Not that the Rays didn't know they needed a true door-slamming closer, which they think they have in Rafael Soriano, who will come over from the Braves. We shall see. ...more

December 11, 2009

The Rays will send recently acquired reliever Jesse Chavez to Atlanta for closer Rafael Soriano, who accepted the Braves' arbitration offer late Monday. ...more

December 10, 2009

No one seems quite sure how long it will last, but the Rays found a way to secure a nice bullpen insurance policy Wednesday. ...more

April 2, 2009

Matt Joyce has secured the final spot on the Rays' bench, and the Tampa native could be the Opening Day center fielder. ...more

April 1, 2009

Whether it comes via a trade, a difficult cut or some other creative solution, the Rays' Opening Day roster should be fairly well set by the time they break camp this afternoon. ...more

April 1, 2009

Durant's baseball team started the season with an 0-3 record, but those days seem long gone now. ...more

April 1, 2009