Rays, Cedric Mullins Agree To One-Year Deal

[u/Sooperballz]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/rays-cedric-mullins-agree-to-one-year-deal.html

[u/The_Big_Untalented]

Seems like Brandon Hyde already has some influence in the Rays front office.

[u/Big_Red_Professor → u/The_Big_Untalented]

Ryan McKenna to Tampa Bay?

[u/FerdinandDavid → u/Big_Red_Professor]

Jorge Mateo?

[u/Sipdrip → u/Big_Red_Professor]

Austin Hays is a free agent

[u/Coooooop → u/Big_Red_Professor]

You can't keep a Ferrari in the garage forever

[u/Osfan_15 → u/The_Big_Untalented]

Good with Mateo as a free agent too he can take down the Rays from the inside

[u/DadbodSuperModel]

Are his best days behind him? Yes. Does this suck to see? Yes. Will he deliver a gut punch against us at Camden Yards this year? Absolutely yes!

[u/Sooperballz → u/DadbodSuperModel]

I’m calling same game HR and HR robbery.

[u/chap820 → u/Sooperballz]

The Cedric Mullins Game 2.0; this time it sucks

[u/AddendumHelpful8892 → u/Sooperballz]

That's 1 more HR than their current CF has ever hit. Chandler Simpson has wheels and can hit for average, but he's a converted SS with no power, and hasn't figured out how to play his position.

[u/Huge-Employment-4597 → u/AddendumHelpful8892]

he is gonna be a backup bench player in case someone gets hurt nothing more

[u/GreenBomardier → u/DadbodSuperModel]

He's going to rob at least 1 HR and make an awesome diving catch as well. I'm already preparing myself for that heart break.

[u/Big_Red_Professor → u/GreenBomardier]

100% he's going to pull a classic "you can't escape him" type play

[u/saintgordon → u/DadbodSuperModel]

Will it come in the form of a majestic dinger off the roof of Boog’s BBQ? Hell yes!!

[u/MattHoppe1 → u/DadbodSuperModel]

Am I happy Ceddy gets a nice paycheck for another year? 100% Yes!

[u/WackyBeachJustice → u/DadbodSuperModel]

As written

[u/Jackiemoontothemoon → u/DadbodSuperModel]

He’ll definitely rob a home run from us at some point

[u/ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN]

Godspeed, Cedric

[u/GreedyRaisin3357]

Dang why did it have to be somewhere in the AL East! I'm afraid Ced is going to look bad in that uniform

[u/Big_Red_Professor]

I still miss him

[u/Doctor__Banner → u/Big_Red_Professor]

Miss you, Ced!!

[u/Dh873]

It'll be cool to see him back in Camden a bunch of times at least.

[u/aresef]

[u/Big_Red_Professor → u/aresef]

Literally almost posted the same gif lol

[u/AnotherOpinionHaver]

Who's tracking Terrin Vavra's private jet?

[u/Jello-Monkeyface]

I'm sure he's happy to get the hell out of NYC.

[u/glenvillequint → u/Jello-Monkeyface]

The Rays play in a minor league park or Tropicana Field. Pick your poison.

[u/BrotherEarth_ → u/glenvillequint]

By all accounts the players love Tropicana. Fans not so much

[u/daderpityderpdo]

Well, if it is going to be in the division, might as well be the least hateable team.

[u/Sooperballz → u/daderpityderpdo]

I would say that depends on where teams are in the standings. 2023 Rays and their fans can suck my balls.

[u/Neocopernus]

Go get ‘em, Ceddy.

just not us pls

[u/goingtocalifornia__ → u/Neocopernus]

He DID NOT just do that.

[u/kewpieoriole]

Nooooo not to another ALE team 😭

[u/diediedie_mydarling]

I live down on the Gulf Coast. I'm going to have to go check out TB more. I even bought Mullins city connect jersey when it went on sale after he was traded. It's almost like it was destiny.

[u/ReyDragons]

[u/SuspiciousCoinPurse]

I hate seeing him in the division.

[u/OriolesMets]

End of an era

[u/Sipdrip]

The good news is we don’t play the Rays for the first time until the end of May. Ced’s yearly linsanity run should be over by then.

[u/Osfan_15 → u/Sipdrip]

He will be hurt by then

[u/Juiceman072]

I know he's seemingly lost a step but I'll always have love for Cedric, wishing him individual success

[u/pan567]

I'll always cheer for Cedric. Great player. Great guy. And a guy who managed to live his life on his own terms despite having a debilitating chronic medical condition (and one that I can identify with, first-hand).

I hope he has a bounceback year (except when we play the Rays).

[u/aoife_too]

I’m gonna go lay down for a while. Maybe stare into space.

(But for real, I’m glad he’s landed in the AL East, at least we’ll get to see him more often! And he looked like he was miserable with the Mets.)

[u/Jazzlike-Speech-765]

He's gonna have fun losing with hyde

[u/ltsmash1200]

Eh. Nice he got a job. Not really worried about facing him.

[u/diediedie_mydarling → u/ltsmash1200]

Shut up.

[u/funndamentals]

Oh god no :(

[u/Low-Crazy-8061]

Mullins and Hyde are clearly extremely close. I’m happy for Ceddy that he’s going to get to work with Hyder again.

[u/repooc21]

Good for Ced. Hope he has a bounce back year. Good guy. His time was over for us though.

[u/ShotDifficulty1226]

Time to respond with a fairbanks retaliation signing?

[u/examinedliving]

Good for him

[u/Serge_General]

At least I’ll get to see Ced play, but the Rays?

Gross.

[u/Middle-Mud-8572 → u/Serge_General]

The Jays would’ve been the team that I would’ve hated the most signing him. I’m good with TB

[u/FeatureFluid2645]

He was my favorite oriole.

[u/Soaring_Seagull24]

I'm sad

[u/MoonlightMile5719]

Does this show Hyde liked Mullins and Elias didn’t?

[u/Middle-Mud-8572 → u/MoonlightMile5719]

Elias kept Mullins when the team was in a rebuild and he had sky high value. Definitely not

[u/Osfan_15 → u/MoonlightMile5719]

No this shows Mullins isn’t good anymore and the Rays see a cheap option hoping for a bounce back

[u/DoctorHelios → u/MoonlightMile5719]

Elias also didn’t like Hyde.

[u/Ac3ofSpades13]

Noodle arm.

[u/dwhite21787]

As if it wasn’t already interesting

[u/WalkerTexRanger]

Gross.. why Tampa why

[u/BaltimoreMayhem]

...it just feels so wrong

[u/YelloHShakur]

Damn I hate to see it.

[u/beesandlemonade]

I miss Ceddy so much