http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/14/fake-trade-dan-uggla-to-rays-for-b-j-upton-jason-bartlett/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/14/fake-trade-dan-uggla-to-rays-for-b-j-upton-jason-bartlett/comment-page-1/#comment-91517 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:01:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=26141#comment-91517 [...] Triple-A team. -An interesting fake trade that sees the Rays getting Dan Uggla could be found here. Tampa Bay is looking for bullpen help. -Japanese team Softbank is interested in buying Kenshin [...]

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/14/fake-trade-dan-uggla-to-rays-for-b-j-upton-jason-bartlett/comment-page-1/#comment-91471 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:01:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=26141#comment-91471 [...] Hardball Talk asks if the Rays would trade BJ Upton and Jason Bartlett for Uggla. [...]

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/14/fake-trade-dan-uggla-to-rays-for-b-j-upton-jason-bartlett/comment-page-1/#comment-91463 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:30:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=26141#comment-91463 But it goes against the whole “saving money” thing the Rays mentioned they must go through… I mean ball clubs never do things like, say one thing, then do the complete opposite. Ever…..

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/14/fake-trade-dan-uggla-to-rays-for-b-j-upton-jason-bartlett/comment-page-1/#comment-91396 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:49:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=26141#comment-91396 Matthew, thanks. These are fun reads.
The Rays front office mentioned payroll constraints, which to your point makes the Uggla salary a burden, but if they think they can still compete in the AL East sans Crawford/Pena, it might be tempting to replace some offensive production.

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