It's hardly as lively as color commentary on starting pitchers and stolen bases, but the Rays weren't talking baseball.
Investment bankers are dealmakers, raising money for corporations and municipalities.
They are best known for underwriting new issues of stocks and bonds, which are resold to investors through a network of participating brokerage firms. That apparently is the role they will be asked to take on for the Rays. Central to the bankers' work is valuing a company's worth. If stock is being sold to the public, bankers set the initial offering price. That could prove valuable in seeking new investors, or if some of the Rays' current owners hope to negotiate a price to buy out others.