Update 2: Ken Rosenthall has said this one is dead barring a miracle. So that’s the end of that right? Bay is staying a Pirate right? Maybe not. I’ll have a post up shortly.

Update: MLB.com is NOW reporting that the deal isn’t finalized just yet. I realize all the MLB reporters want to be the [...]

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As the title states, the Pirates and Rays are in “deep” talks for Bay. And the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains. Rhyming aside, it does appear that a deal is possible between the perennial cellar dweller (ok, seriously, rhyming aside) and the Rays.
The Pirates are said to be looking for a significant [...]

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Joel Shirman of the New York Post wrote today that
“An executive familiar with Tampa’s thinking said if the offers for Santana grow to a substantial level, then the Rays would test to see what they could get for Scott Kazmir. The thinking is that because Kazmir is three years from free agency as opposed to [...]

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