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Cork Gaines — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:13:46 +0000

Nothing too fancy here. Just a look at the Rays 59-man Spring Training roster and how it breaks down by age. Players in blue are on the 40-man roster and players in white are non-roster spring training invites.

The average age of the spring roster is 27.7 which is down just a tad from the 2011 spring rosters (27.8). Considering the average big leaguer peaks around age 28, this seems to be optimal. Of the players in camp, 47 are in their 20s and 12 are in their 30s. The oldest is Jose Molina (36). And the youngest is Hak-Ju Lee (21), who is one of three players born in the 90s. Yes, the 90s.

Cork Gaines — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:33 +0000

We haven’t done this since Jeff Niemann lost his arbitration case, so let’s take a quick look at the projected 40-man roster.

Barring any major moves, the Rays opening day payroll will be approximately $64.3 million. That would be an increase of 56.4% over last year’s opening day payroll of $41.1 million. It would also be the second-highest payroll under Stuart Sternberg, behind only 2010 when the payroll was approximately $72.8 million.

Cork Gaines — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:24:20 +0000

Our old pal Sarah Tyson of Cowbell Clankers was nice enough to share a few pictures with us from her trip to FanFest yesterday.

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Oh my, what is that? Could it be fans? Yes, it's a whole lot of fans lining up for autographs from Rays players. Quick, tell the major sports news outlets.

Cork Gaines — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000

An estimate 25,000 fans showed up at FanFest yesterday, and some of them got to see Rusty Kath (Rays in-game host) take a Wiffle Ball off the chin. If you asked us, he did look a little too comfortable up there…

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Cork Gaines — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:26:58 +0000

OK, earlier this week some in the national media started to wonder aloud if Evan Longoria was dating Playmate Jaime Edmondson. Of course, if you follow Longo on Twitter, it was fairly obvious if not explicitly said.

Well, Longoria and Edmondson were spotted together again this evening at the Lightning game. And in case that screengrab below is not convincing enough, please note that Edmondson said on Twitter tonight that she was at the game…

Cork Gaines — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:29:18 +0000

David Price’s dog Astro signing autographs…

Cork Gaines — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:35 +0000

Want to read something fun today? Go back and read our preview of the 2008 Rays for Deadspin. If you can ignore the formatting problems, you will get an interesting look at how we perceived the Rays before their World Series run.

Baseball Season Preview: Tampa Bay Devil Rays [Deadspin]

Cork Gaines — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:02 +0000

One year ago on Rays Index we noticed that Evan Longoria had reported to camp with a hairdo straight out of “The Outsiders” movie.

The One Where We Discuss Dude’s Delivery, McGee’s Role And Evan’s Tony Curtis Hair[Rays Index]

Cork Gaines — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:19 +0000

Clearwater brain injury attorney Matt Dolman of Dolman Law Group

Clearwater brain injury attorney Matt Dolman shares some of his in-depth knowledge of brain imaging studies in an excellent blog entry on MyTraumaticBrainInjury.com. Click here to learn about PET scans, SPECT scans, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI).

Joe loves to learn about this fascinating aspect of medicine, whether it’s car accident brain injuries or ones on the football field.

Dolman Law Group is a Pinellas County and Manatee County personal injury law firm that routinely handles claims and litigates cases involving closed head injuries as a result of an automobile accident. Dolman Law Group actively litigates auto accident and motorcycle accident related cases in Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, Manatee County and Pasco County. From its Clearwater office, Dolman Law Group is easily accessible to injury victims in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, New Port Richey, Pinellas Park, Largo and Kenneth City. Their satellite office in Bradenton is easily accessible to all consumers located in both Manatee and Sarasota County.

(1) Once a player is added to the 40-man roster, the team can ‘option’ the player to the minors 3 times. A team cannot be charged with using more than one option in a given season even if a player is demoted to the minors several times that year. An option is not used if a player is added to the 40-man roster midseason unless he is sent back to the minors at some point. An option is only used if a player spends more than 20 days in the minors while on the 40-man roster. A player with more than 5 years experience can refuse a minor league assignment, so we list those players as having no options.

(2) Years remaining under control of franchise before free agency eligibility. A player can become a free agent after 6 years of Major League service time.

(3) First, second and third year players will have their salaries determined by the team, but will fall close to the major league minimum which is $480K in ’12. Minor leaguers on the 40-man make $78,250. We are not including signing bonuses or incentives.

* Players with at least 3 years since their big league debut. These players must clear optional waivers in order to be demoted to the minors even if they have options remaining.

Cork Gaines — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:42:53 +0000

Actually, we would be more surprised if Evan Longoria wasn’t dating a playmate. But if you are interested, Busted Coverage has a picture of Longoria with Jaime Edmondson (google at your own risk) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.[Busted Coverage via The Big Lead]

And then Longoria posted the picture below to his Twitter account that apparently shows Edmondson’s Dachshund having a sleepover at Longoria’s house. Some of course took that to mean that Edmondson was there also. Of course, David Price’s puppy Astro is also in that picture as well as an unidentified fourth dog. So if Jaime’s dog means she was sleeping over, do we assume the same for the other dogs? All of the sudden the segue starts getting kinda weird.