I didn't even know this rumor was going on over the weekend. What I have been reading has been pretty weird, but it has my attention. SI.com reported that the Rays would be Griffey's first option if he were to be traded.
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Then mlbtraderumors.com stated that he was talking to his friends and told them that the Rays are his preference if he were to be traded. Not a legitimate source, I know.
But now ESPN's TV tracker is stating the same thing. That Griffey would accept a deal to the Rays. I never knew ESPN to go public with anything unless it were solid information.
Yet, Brian Goldberg (Griffey's agent) has denied the whole thing. Link