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- Updated: December 8, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Rays have not been a team to make headlines at the Winter Meetings. However, they did grab the spotlight when news broke Tuesday night that they had agreed to terms with catcher Wilson Ramos on a two-year deal.
Though the club has not confirmed the deal, sources confirmed the deal to MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi on Tuesday.
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According to multiple reports, Ramos’ deal is for $12.5 million and includes playing time incentives to make up to $18.25 million over the two years — provided he passes a physical.
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Meanwhile, the Rays continued to field offers from teams hoping to deep into their deep pool of starting pitchers.
Chris Archer dominated those rumors, but others involved starters Drew Smyly, Alex Cobb and Jake Odorizzi.
“I would say from the volume of conversations, it was definitely active,” said senior vice president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom. “There are a lot of possibilities. It’s hard to handicap timing and know where all of this is going to end up. Obviously, we have a number of talented starting pitchers in our rotation. I think we had a lot of conversation pretty much on all of them.”
Despite all the trade talk, the Rays did not push the button on any trades while at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. That doesn’t mean they won’t get active once their contingent returns to St. Petersburg.
“Oftentimes, we find that being patient helps us,” Bloom said. “And we’re able to pick up players later in the offseason that we might not have been able to access earlier. But sometimes there could be an opportunity that’s only there for a certain period of time. So I think that’s a lot of what we’re trying to weigh. And when we talk about weighing …
