November/December
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29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Headlines
Closing the market
Keith Law | ESPN.com (2 days ago)
There's a deep closer market in free agency, but that might also reflect shifting philosophies across the MLB landscape. Every team values a great closer, but more and more, teams are convinced the solution isn't of the market variety. Keith Law explores.
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith Law | ESPN.com (4 days ago)
Keith Law's blog for November 18, 2009, focuses on the baseball writers who favored Felix Hernandez and Justin Verlander over eventual AL Cy Young winner Zack Greinke -- looking at their defenses of their reasoning. Plus: John Lackey ... to the Nats?
The market for those coming off injuries
Keith Law | ESPN.com (5 days ago)
Keith Law looks at the market for free agents coming off injury, including Ben Sheets and Rich Harden. Also: re-affirming the greatness of Matt Wieters, questioning Walt Jocketty and looking at hope for the Diamondbacks in 2010.
- My 2009 awards picks (9 days ago)
- Cuba's Chapman: Defection strategic yet simple (9 days ago)
- Analyzing the early hot-stove deals (11 days ago)
- Jeter, Teixeira among AL Gold Glove winners (11 days ago)
- Rays exercise $10 million option on Crawford (12 days ago)
- Agent: Victor Zambrano's mother kidnapped (13 days ago)
- Crown 'Em: New York Yankees
(16 days ago)
Sunday 10/4 - Final
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Fan Favorites
2009 Salaries
| RK | PLAYER | SALARY (US$) |
| 1 | Carl Crawford | 8,250,000 |
| 2 | Carlos Pena | 8,000,000 |
| 3 | Pat Burrell | 7,000,000 |
| 4 | Troy Percival | 4,445,000 |
| Team Total | 68,230,934 | |
| Team Rank | 22nd | |
| Rays Salaries | ||
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2009 AL East Standings
| TEAM | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| 103 | 59 | - | 915 | 753 | |
| 95 | 67 | 8 | 872 | 736 | |
| 84 | 78 | 19 | 803 | 754 | |
| 75 | 87 | 28 | 798 | 771 | |
| 64 | 98 | 39 | 741 | 876 | |
| Complete Standings | |||||
2009 Team Leaders
| WINS LEADER » J. NIEMANN | ||
 | WINS | 13 |
| ERA | 3.94 | |
| SO | 125 | |
| IP | 180 | |
| OTHER LEADERS » | ||
| BA | J. Bartlett | .320 |
| HR | C. Pena | 39 |
| RBI | E. Longoria | 113 |
| R | E. Longoria | 100 |
| OPS | B. Zobrist | .948 |
| ERA | J. Niemann | 3.94 |
| SO | M. Garza | 189 |
| Complete Team Stats | ||
2009 American League Ranks
| AVG | R | OBP | SLG | OPS | SB |
| .263 | 803 | .343 | .439 | .782 | 194 |
| 8th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 1st |
| ERA | BAA | OPS | SV | WHIP | QS |
| 4.33 | .257 | .741 | 41 | 1.36 | 76 |
| 6th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 4th | 8th |
Team History
| YEAR | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2009 | 84 | 78 | 803 | 754 |
| 2008 | 97 | 65 | 774 | 671 |
| 2007 | 66 | 96 | 782 | 944 |
| 2006 | 61 | 101 | 689 | 856 |
| 2005 | 67 | 95 | 750 | 936 |
| 2004 | 70 | 91 | 714 | 842 |
| 2003 | 63 | 99 | 714 | 852 |
| 2002 | 55 | 106 | 673 | 918 |
| Expanded Team History | ||||