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Much ado has already been made this spring about the future of Carlos Pena in Tampa Bay. He's due for free agency after the 2010 season ends and since he's established himself as a 35-plus homer guy over the past three seasons in Tampa, there's a good chance that the cost-conscious Rays won't be able to afford the raise that's likely coming to Pena's $10.125 million salary. Pena, though, is making it clear that he'd like to stay in Tampa. He even went so far as to tell the St. Petersburg Times that he thinks Tampa is "the best place on Earth to play baseball."
I'm sure his agent, the notorious Scott Boras, doesn't appreciate Pena making that kind of sentiment public.
There are probably more than a few people that would raise an eyebrow at Pena's comments given the state of the Trop, the Rays' typical place on the AL attendance list, etc., but Pena's sentiment for Tampa is probably closely tied to the resurrection his career has experienced there.
Between 2001 and 2006, Pena hit .243/.331/.459 with the Rangers, A's, Tigers, and Red Sox. He only averaged 14 homers a year and he went from one of the best regarded prospects in the league in 2001 to a complete afterthought.
The Rays picked him up on a minor league deal before the 2007 and in his three seasons with the Rays, he's hit .252/.382/.553 with an average of 39 homers a season. Of course the guy loves Tampa. The question is really whether or not the small-market Rays can afford to sign a player to a multi-year, eight-figure a season deal when that player's 33rd birthday comes early in the first year of a potential new deal (2011 in this case).
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