"CF B.J. Upton stopped what he was doing Sunday afternoon, which was playing catch on the field with 3B Evan Longoria before the game, and watched the Safeco Field clock reach 1 p.m., which on the West Coast was the deadline for non-waiver trades.

Upton, still in uniform, still in the lineup, raised his hands over his head and yelled, "Word. I'm still here."

They all were, RHP James Shields, RHP Jeff Niemann, RHP Wade Davis, DH Johnny Damon and anyone else mentioned in the slew of trade rumors the past two weeks.

"I'm just glad it's over with," Upton said. "That's probably the most nerve-wracking two weeks I ever had. I've always said I want to be here. I grew up playing with these guys, a lot of good guys on this team, a good organization, so I'm just glad it's over with. We can move forward and continue to try to win ballgames."

The deadline came and went and Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, who spent the last hours in a hospital bed after having an emergency appendectomy Saturday afternoon at St. Anthony's Hospital, decided keeping his players was better than trading for what was being offered.

"We had numerous conversations with many different organizations leading up to the deadline, but none came to fruition. We will continue to be opportunistic in our approach after the deadline as before it," Friedman said in a statement released by the team.

That members of Friedman's baseball ops crew joined him in his hospital room during the final hours before the deadline didn't surprise manager Joe Maddon."