Having lived the equivalent of countless baseball lives, Josh Hamilton finally is playing like the rising star the Rays believed they had selected with the No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft. ...more

May 26, 2008

Tampa Bay LF Carl Crawford and Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton are forever linked in Rays history as the franchise's top two picks in the 1999 draft. ...more

May 26, 2008

The Cincinnati Reds traded Josh Hamilton to the Texas Rangers on Friday for pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera, using their surplus of outfielders to shore up a weakness. ...more

December 22, 2007

By virtue of their place at the bottom of the 2007 major-league standings, the Rays once again will have the first pick in today's Rule 5 draft. ...more

December 6, 2007

The Rays' 40-man roster figures to get at least a slight makeover by the end of today as the deadline to protect minor-league players from the Rule 5 draft passes. ...more

November 20, 2007

The overriding lesson in 2007 for Rocco Baldelli seemed to be that whatever he was doing wasn't working. ...more

November 10, 2007