The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is still in doubt after a letter from Rays President Matt Silverman to Pinellas County Commissioners.

The Tampa Bay Rays have declined the Pinellas County Commission’s request to clarify whether the team will follow through or back out of a deal to build a new $1.3 billion stadium in downtown St. Petersburg.

The Tampa Bay Rays and Pinellas County clash over a new stadium, with disputes about commitments and agreement interpretations ongoing.

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

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Commission last week, Tampa Bay Rays ownership said in a letter Monday that its deal to build a new $1.3 billion ballpark is still "in effect."

The Tampa Bay Rays sent a letter to Pinellas County commissioners on Saturday in response to Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters's letter to the team last week, giving them a December 1 deadline to decide whether they still want to move forward with plans for a new ballpark.

Rays President Matt Silverman took issue with some of the statements made by elected officials in the weeks after the stadium deal was thrown into limbo.

The Tampa Bay Rays sent a response letter to the Pinellas County Commission on Friday, giving a little more information on the future of the new stadium deal.