Pena checks out okay
Rays 1B Carlos Pena passed his physical exam on Thursday, leaving only the paperwork to be finalized on the three-year, $24.125-million deal announced last week. Pena had agreed to a one-year, $6-million deal in the interim until he returned to the Tampa Bay area from the Dominican Republic, where he had been working out.
RHP James Shields said one of the reasons he agreed to the potential seven-year, $44-million deal was because he wanted to be with the Rays for a long time. And as part of that, he may move from Las Vegas to the Tampa Bay area. His daughter is due to start kindergarten in the fall, and Shields and his wife are contemplating relocating. ... As part of his contract, Shields will donate up to $650,000 to the team charitable foundation.
LHP Casey Fossum is the latest ex-Ray to find a new home, agreeing to a minor-league deal with the Pirates. Former Rays reliever Dan Miceli is also attempting a comeback, agreeing to a minor-league deal with the Red Sox.
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everyone knew he would check out, we all expect big things from pena, i think he will pull through...and come to think of it will all these great moves the rays have made this offseason, the best move has got to be getting rid of shawn camp, casey fossum and brian stokes...they single-handedly lost a combined 30-40 games...i feel bad for any team trying to pick them up
Posted by: sam | January 25, 2008 at 02:09 PM
Wow, dead-on comment about the 3 Stooges, Sam!
Posted by: D-Ray | January 25, 2008 at 02:53 PM
ahhh casey fossum, back where he belongs... elsewhere, and in the minors.
GOD he sucked.
Posted by: RAYS fan | January 25, 2008 at 06:03 PM