DRaysBay (Free subscription) | yesterday
Annoying Media Trend: Ignoring Andrew Friedman by on Visual representation of my argument:Simple oversight or would TBS (and the rest of the media) rather not describe the lovable and fun Rays as a "sabermetric" team? Quantitative analysis seems like a four letter word to most people in the media.0 recs | 11 comments | Read Related CommentsDisplay: The only mention of the FO at all is...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
Man the Rays are a GOOD ballclub. They sure nuff put it all together this year. Ex-Stros GM Gerry Hunsicker and Houstonian Andrew Friedman made a few really sharp trades - goodbye Elijah Dukes, Joey Gathright and Delmon Young and hello acquisitions Matt Garza, (Houstonian) J.P Howell and defensive SS whiz Jason Bartlett (yeh I remember [...]
MLB (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Rays have the possibility of tinkering with their 25-man postseason roster, a "debate" that executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman expects to mirror that of the AL Division Series, which came down to the deadline before being officially set. Names in the conversation are Troy Percival and Shawn Riggans.
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
How do you build a champion with a fraction of the budget of the big spenders in your division? Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and his staff had a plan, and obviously it was a very good one.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
1 - Ex-Stros on the Rays: Dan Wheeler, Trever Miller, Mitch Talbot and Ben Zobrist. Plus Houstonians Carl Crawford, Scott Kazmir and Jeff Niemann (Rice) and GM Andrew Friedman. Plus Gerry Hunsicker. And Big Wheels closed it out this afternoon after giving up a just barely fair homer to his old nemesis Paul Konerko. Ex-Stros on the White [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
By Gerry Fraley Special to, USA TODAYST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Left fielder must pass another test this morning to earn a spot on the Tampa Bay Rays' division series roster.Andrew Friedman, the Rays' vice president of baseball operations, tempered the enthusiasm of manager Joe Maddon by saying the club wanted to see Crawford play in one more instructional league game before setting his status....
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Small-market team looks to pull big upset Posted: Sept. 30, 2008It is a measure of baseball's progress that neither New York team is in the playoffs this season, yet those from Milwaukee and Tampa Bay are.This was on Doug Melvin's mind earlier this week when he received an e-mail from Andrew Friedman, the Brewers general manager's counterpart with the Rays.To paraphrase, it read: Congratulations...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... those guys pretty much became the key pieces in their puzzle."And that was the sentiment of Andrew Friedman, the Rays' executive vice president of baseball operations, who pulled the trigger."In terms of what we wanted to do, everything just seemed to fit," Friedman said.Bartlett played brilliantly in the field, while batting .286. The Rays were 76-46 in games he started at...
