Rays exercise Crawford's option, decline Baldelli's Carl Crawford's $8.25 million for 2009 was exercised Tuesday by the Tampa Bay Rays, who declined Rocco Baldelli's $6 million option and agreed to a $10.5 million, three-year deal with reliever Dan Wheeler. Author: Associated Press Publish Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:55:00 PDT Read more...