We never wanted any of them to leave. Not Longo and not CC. Not Price, not Snell, not Kiermaier, not Zobrist. All of the greatest players in Rays history have eventually been traded or walked away because of money issues.

As he considers walking away from a stadium deal in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg is being pressured to sell his team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and some other owners, people briefed on the ownership-level conversations who were not authorized to speak publicly told The Athletic.