Marvin Oliva, Author at Baseball Essential

Tampa Bay Rays: Five Burning Offseason Questions

Nov 11, 2015

American League, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Tampa Bay Rays

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The 2015 season was a year of transition for the Tampa Bay Rays. All-Stars David Price and Ben Zobrist were gone. Budding star Wil Myers was traded as well as minor fan favorites ...

The Tampa Bay Rays are a Potential Landing Spot for Alexei Ramirez

Marvin Oliva

Nov 4, 2015

American League, Chicago White Sox, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Transactions

After a disappointing season, the Chicago White Sox have declined to exercise a $10M option on Alexei Ramirez. It is unclear how much money the former All-Star and Silver Slugger would command on the open ma...

Tampa Bay Rays offseason wish list

Marvin Oliva

Nov 3, 2015

American League, Headlines, Offseason, Tampa Bay Rays

(Credit: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images North America) The Tampa Bay Rays have exemplified the “Moneyball” philosophy over the last few seasons. Despite low payrolls, they have been able to field teams that ex...

Rays Offseason Target: Yasiel Puig

Marvin Oliva

Oct 23, 2015

American League, Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, Offseason, Tampa Bay Rays

Due to a sort of a self-imposed salary cap, the Tampa Bay Rays have to come up with creative ways to fill the holes on their roster. They have to find cheap alternatives and hope they catch a hot streak. We saw...

Don’t look now, the Tampa Bay Rays are three games back!

Marvin Oliva

Sep 9, 2015

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

With the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies vying for the #1 pick in the 2016 MLB draft, a race to keep an eye on is the Rays moving into the top ten. The Rays are only three games behind the Detroit Tige...

The Tampa Bay Rays bullpen should be an off-season priority, but will it look the same in 2016?

Marvin Oliva

Sep 8, 2015

Features, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Ray’s bullpen has been an enigma for the whole season. There were a lot of positives for a group that was asked to do a lot given all the starting pitching injuries. The bullpen will likely have the most sa...

Could the Tampa Bay Rays be one player away from the World Series?

Marvin Oliva

Sep 3, 2015

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

Here's an idea -- could the Tampa Bay Rays really be one player away from being competitive in the American League East? While they have been competitive as a team all season, they are far from competing with t...

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