The LA Times' Bill Shaikin tweeted at 12:33pm:
Hearing #Rays GM already has decided against taking Astros job.
This is not good news for the Whooping Cranes, who now may find themselves without Friedman, and turned down by Thad Levine, Kim Ng, and Rick Hahn. Maybe it was inevitable, and we shouldn't be surprised, but it's still - for now - disappointing.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
