With a deadline quickly approaching for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players’ Association and a chance of a lockout that would have put a stop to all baseball operations, came relief as a new agreement was reached and the Tampa Bay Rays can now go forward with MLB’s December 2 deadline to tender contracts.
All indications point to the Rays tendering contracts to all of their eligible players, which stand at 10. Kevin Kiermaier narrowly joined the list as a Super Two, sneaking in with 2.