Rays Stadium Plans in Place? - RaysUp with Mat Gemain
Mat Germain joins BaseballBiz On Deck and takes a look at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plans Tampa Bay Rays new stadium planDowntown development plan omits a Rays Stadium in Ybor CitySt. Pete Mayor, Ken Welch, announces acceptance of Hines & Tampa Bay Rays proposalBenefits for St. Pete, Rays, and fansBrian Auld's excitement about the new stadium plan but uncertainty about who will pay for whatDecisions to be made before the first shovel of dirt is tossedMLB catching up with Mat Germain's pr...
Mat Germain joins BaseballBiz On Deck and takes a look at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plans
- Tampa Bay Rays new stadium plan
- Downtown development plan omits a Rays Stadium in Ybor City
- St. Pete Mayor, Ken Welch, announces acceptance of Hines & Tampa Bay Rays proposal
- Benefits for St. Pete, Rays, and fans
- Brian Auld's excitement about the new stadium plan but uncertainty about who will pay for what
- Decisions to be made before the first shovel of dirt is tossed
- MLB catching up with Mat Germain's proposal for a balanced schedule
- World Baseball Classic and the possibility of it becoming like the Soccer World Cup
- Possibility of Mike Trout facing Ohtani in the WBC
- Impact of star players participating in the WBC on young players making it to spring training
- Jason Adam's current status
- Extensions signed for Yandy Diaz, Pete Fairbanks, and Jeffrey Springs
- Yandy Diaz delivering nightmares to opposing pitchers with his strike zone awareness
- Potential starting lineup for the Rays (Yandy Diaz, Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Isaac Paredes, Josh Lowe)
- Mat's breakdown of starting pitchers and their expected playing time
- Who will be the Rays' "clubhouse guy" bringing positivity to the team
- Rays Fan Fest on Saturday, February 18
- Spring Training games in air conditioning at the Tropicana
- New faces that may be seen at Fan Fest (Kevin Kelly, Coby White, Zach Eflin, Curtis Mead, Kyle Manzardo).
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Sources & Links:
- Rays Fan Fest - https://www.mlb.com/rays/fans/fan-fest
- St Pete Mayor announces moving forward with Hines & Tampa Bay Rays proposal, Channel 10 Tampa Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG8VDa2Dmm8
- Brian Auld - Tampa Bay Rays what needs to go right and who will pay for what, Channel 10 Tampa Bay: https://www.youtube.com/live/VFjOWs7cxxM?feature=share