• Home
  • Headlines
    • Rumors
    • Injuries
  • Features
    • Opinions & Predictions
    • Baseball History
    • Interviews
    • Fantasy
    • Podcasts & Radio Shows
  • American League
    • A.L. East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • A.L. Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • A.L. West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
  • National League
    • N.L. East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • N.L. Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • N.L. West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
Search
Baseball Essential logo
  • Home
  • Headlines
    • Rumors
    • Injuries
  • Features
    • Opinions & Predictions
    • Baseball History
    • Interviews
    • Fantasy
    • Podcasts & Radio Shows
  • American League
    • A.L. East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • A.L. Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • A.L. West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
  • National League
    • N.L. East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • N.L. Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • N.L. West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
Latest News
  • It's Not Your Imagination: There Have Been Way Too Many Hall of Fame Deaths This Year
  • Zimmerman, Ross, Leake First Players to Opt Out of 2020 MLB Season Due to COVID-19
  • An Open Letter to My Fellow Astros Fans
  • Takeaways from this year’s Hall of Fame voting
  • With Josh Donaldson in the Fold, the Minnesota Twins are Locked and Loaded for 2020
 logo

Author Marvin Oliva

Marvin Oliva

Tampa Bay Rays: Five Burning Offseason Questions

Marvin Oliva
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
1
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
1
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
6
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...
  • 1
  • 2
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
Copyright 2013-2018 Baseball Essential.