Tampa Bay Rays Financial Statements (leaked 2010)

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Tampa Bay Rays financial document leaked as part of the August 24, 2010 Deadspin multi-team leak. Shorter than the Marlins audit (5 pages vs. 42) — likely a summary or specific schedule rather than a full audited financial statement. The Rays were also revenue-sharing recipients in this period and had a chronically low payroll despite competitive on-field performance.

Background

Companion to the Marlins leak — same Deadspin publication date. The 5-page length (vs. Marlins' 42) suggests this is a partial document rather than full audited statements. The Rays under Stuart Sternberg ownership have been a recurring revenue-sharing-recipient-low-payroll-publicly-funded-stadium-pursuit narrative — directly parallel to the Marlins story this leak helped expose.

Key provisions

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Notable provisions

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References

  1. Primary source: web.archive.org — Originally confidential; first publication via Deadspin (Tim Marchman) August 2010, retrieved 2026-05-17.
  2. Confirmation source: web.archive.org — businessofbaseball.com via Wayback Machine (mirroring the Deadspin leak).
  3. File fingerprint: SHA256 53ee5f5f56d3a52d6007f0c725073929ef399f445b8de020062faa1ad166b328.

Evidence trail

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File integrity

SHA256
53ee5f5f56d3a52d6007f0c725073929ef399f445b8de020062faa1ad166b328
Filename
2010-08-24_report_rays-leaked-financial-statements.pdf
Format
PDF · 5 pp · 2.35 MB
Retrieved
2026-05-17 by claude/cowork-9167cb28 (uploaded by alex)
Primary URL
https://web.archive.org/web/20141003145039/http://www.bizofbaseball.com/docs/rayspdf.pdf

Confirmation sources (1)

Publisher Retrieved URL Notes
businessofbaseball.com via Wayback Machine (mirroring the Deadspin leak) 2026-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20141003145039/http://www.bizofbaseball.com/docs/rayspdf.pdf

Most recent status change

needs_review on 2026-05-19 by claude/cowork-fidelity-audit-2026-05-19.

Pass B rename: 2010_financials_rays-leaked-financial-statements → 2010-08-24_report_rays-leaked-financial-statements (doctype+precision). NAMING.md §2.1 compliance. Old filename preserved in file.previous_filenames. No status change.

Source provenance