Okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Tampa Bay Rays have been all but quiet this offseason. Just a few days after working out a pretty huge six-player trade with the Minnesota Twins, the club signed Troy Percival to a two-year, $8 million contract.
Since their bullpen is the absolute worst in the big leagues, they can only get better from here.
The 38-year-old righty reliever, who came out of retirement to go 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 34 appearances for the St. Louis Cardinals last season, will have a shot at earning another $4 million based on performance. Al Reyes, that means your job is far from safe at the closer's spot.
Percival, a four-time All Star who enjoyed eight seasons with 30 or more saves for the Los Angeles Angels, is 12th on the all-time list with 324 and is a career 33-41 with a 3.02 ERA in 639 games with three major league teams.
[MLB]
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Playing in the wicked hard AL East, now the Rays may surpass the 70 win mark for the first time ever. Remember, I said "may".
Yay! Here come the Rays! Of sunshine! and Rainbows!
Pete just completely emasculated the Rays. Awesome.
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