You have to wonder if OF Kenny Lofton really wanted to play for the Rays. Or for anybody.
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Rays offered a major-league contract for more than $1-million and the soon-to-be 41-year-old deemed it not good enough - and somewhat insulting - even though he doesn't have any better options at this time, having already turned down a minor-league deal from the Reds.
"From what I've done in the past, it should warrant me getting a real offer, a real understanding about what I've done on the field," Lofton told Rosenthal. "I feel like I went out last year and did what I was supposed to do to show people that even though I'm at a certain age, I can still get the job done. Do people respect what I do on the field? It seems like maybe not."
Lofton signed a one-year $6-million deal last season with Texas and was traded to Cleveland.