According to a source familiar with the Rays front office, team VP of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is "eager to do something," with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez "players of interest" to Tampa Bay.One way the Rays could clear payroll would be to move lefty Scott Kazmir, whom the source said is of "some interest" to the Angels. Tampa Bay has been scouting the Los Angeles system recently, as reported earlier.
Kazmir makes $6 million this year and has two years and $22.5 million left on his contract after this season, not counting an $800,000 bonus to be paid if he is traded away from the Rays.
One obstacle is what Toronto or Cleveland want back, which the source said would be to "mortgage the minor-league system." But the Rays are four games out of a playoff spot after being on the wrong end of Thursday's perfect game.
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Angels are NOT a Los Angeles team.
Just refer to them as "Angels"
Anaheim is NOT in Los Angeles, which Arte Moreno tried so hard to make people believe.
I'm assuming whoever wrote this report has no true knowledge in baseball/MLB as most average fans know the Angels are L.A. wanna-be posers.
Hollywood Park is not in Hollywood. Both the New York Jets and New York Giants play in New Jersey. And the Los Angeles Angels played in LA when the Dodgers were getting their a's kicked in Brooklynn. But don't worry Ashley The modern day Angels will be leaving Anaheim in about 8 years and then you can rest easy.
New York Jets and Giants are New York teams, they've always been.
They want to be in New York. They just couldn't find room to build a stadium in NY which is understanable.
That's why L.A. is having trouble building a stadium.
BTW, L.A. Angels of PCL has nothing to do with Angels of Anaheim of MLB.
Angels KNOW they aren't a L.A. team. The only reason for the name change is attention. They don't even refer to themselves by "L.A. Angels" They don't sell anything that says "L.A. Angels."
It's truly embarassing. Even though no one cares.
No one really knows the Angels outside of Cali or on the East Coast. Angels are like the Brewers. Only avid baseball fans know them.
Angels owner Moreno and Anaheim have bad relationships so I wouldn't be surprised if they move out. But who really cares where they are. They can be in L.A. N.Y. or CHI, they'll always be the Angels that no one cares about.
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Ashley must not be a "true" mlb fan to be so hung up on name & location. Gee, Someone must care about the Angels (not to mention the Brewers), since they are #4 in attendance so far this year, and #1 in ESPN's ultimate standings this year in mbl, followed by the Brewers. She might want to check merch sales, also, to see that those 2 fan bases aren't simply localized.
Rays should have traded Kazmir a while ago