Rays Interested in Aybar?

UPDATE: It’s official. Braves trade Chase Fontaine and Willy Aybar to the Rays for Jeff Ridgway.
It appears the Tampa Bay Rays are interested in 3B/2B Willy Aybar. Aybar, who’s value at this moment is extremely low, didn’t really play in any games at all last year. He battled substance abuse and alcoholic problems. He fixed [...]

2008 Starting Rotation Candidates

Jair Jurrjens: Jurrjens was acquired this off-season is a really good trade that included Gorkys Hernandez and Edgar Renteria. That was the best trade that Frank Wren made in his short tenure as the Braves general manager. Jurrjens is a very good young pitching prospect. He had a 4.70 ERA in his brief time in [...]

BA Jair Jurrjens Q&A

Here is a Q&A I found of Jair Jurrjens. This interview is brought to you buy Baseball America.Baseball America: How would you describe yourself as a pitcher?
Jair Jurrjens: I hear that I’m not a power pitcher, probably because I don’t strike out 10 guys every game. But I can blow out hitters with my fastball, [...]