Quote of the Day

“The Rays have the right under the collective bargaining agreement to renew me at or near the league-minimum salary. They also have the ability to more adequately compensate me. as other organizations have done with players who have similar achievements to mine. The Rays chose the former.” — defending American League Cy Young winner Blake Snell on the measly (by MLB standards) raise he got from the Tampa Bay Rays, one of many teams seemingly more bent on pinching pennies than pitching wins. It would certainly explain the measly, indifferent crowd I saw when I attended a Friday-night Rays home game last year.