DRaysBay · Dec 15, 2021
What makes Brooks Raley worth a multi-year deal?
Brooks Raley #58 of the Houston Astros delivers the pitch against the Atlanta Braves during the sixth inning in Game Three of the World Series at Truist Park on October 29, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.The Rays did a flurry of free-agent signings before the owners locked out baseball. This is fairly strange for the Rays. Amongst those moves, they signed a reliever to a 2-year deal with $10M guaranteed (plus an option for a third year). That’s very strange for the Rays.
The list is small: Troy Percival, Joel Peralta, Dan Wheeler. The last time the Rays signed any reliever to multiple years was Grant Balfour in 2014. Erik Neander had never done it as GM. Until now.