http://www.devilrayslocker.com Daily New about Tampa Bay Devil Rays Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rays might have kind of a weird platoon set up in RF with Matt Joyce starting against righties and Ben Zobrist against lefties with Sean Rodriguez starting at 2B when Zobrist is in RF. That would mean that 25-year old lefty swinging Matt Joyce would get the most ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/03/12/right-field-will-likely-be-a-timeshare-for-the-tampa-bay-rays-in-2010/ The Rays really need 25-year old righty swinging B.J. Upton to step up in 2010. He played in 144 games for the Rays last season in which he was 135 of 560 (.241 avg, .686 OPS) with 79 runs scored, 11 homers, 55 RBIs and 42 stolen bases. ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/03/12/the-tampa-bay-rays-need-bj-upton-to-rebound-in-2010/ 28-year old lefty swinging Carl Crawford is going to have a monster year in 2010 if he stays healthy as this is his free agent walk year. Crawford played in 156 games for the Rays last season and he was 185 of 606 (.305 avg, .816 OPS) with 96 ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/03/12/carl-crawford-will-likely-have-a-monster-year-in-2010-for-the-tampa-bay-rays/ 23-year old righty swinging outfielder Desmond Jennings is likely done for the rest of spring training due to a sprained left wrist. This ends all of the talk of him possibly winning a job with the Rays this spring. Jennings is the Rays' #1 prospect according to the ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/03/11/desmond-jennings-is-likely-done-for-spring-training-for-the-tampa-bay-rays/ The Rays have signed 29-year old lefty swinging 1B/DH Hank Blalock to a minor league deal that will pay him $925,000 dollars if he makes the Rays with a possible additional $350,000 bucks in incentives. Blalock played in 123 games for the Rangers last season and he was 108 ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/03/08/the-tampa-bay-rays-sign-hank-blalock/ 33-year old righty swinging DH Pat Burrell had the worst year of his career in 2009 for the Rays. He played in 122 games for the Rays last season and he was 91 for 412 (.221 avg, .682 OPS) with 45 runs scored, 14 homers and 64 RBIs. ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/02/22/the-tampa-bay-rays-are-hoping-that-pat-burrell-rebounds-in-2010/ The Rays have signed 32-year old righty reliever Joaquin Benoit to a minor league deal. Benoit missed all of last season due to rotator cuff surgery. He has now pitched in 273 games (55 starts) in his major league career and he is 30-26 with 8 saves, a ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/02/15/the-tampa-bay-rays-sign-joaquin-benoit/ 24-year old righty swinging Evan Longoria is one of the best all around 3B in all of baseball right now and he is only getting better. Longoria played in 157 games for the Rays last season and he was 164 for 584 (.281 avg, .890 OPS) with 100 runs ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/02/15/evan-longoria-is-already-one-of-the-best-3b-in-all-of-baseball-for-the-tampa-bay-rays/ 30-year old righty swinging Jason Bartlett is coming off an outstanding season with the bat in his hands. He played in 137 games for the Rays last season and he was 160 for 500 (.320 avg, .879 OPS) with 90 runs scored, 14 homers, 66 RBIs and 30 stolen ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/02/15/jason-bartlett-brings-a-solid-bat-to-the-middle-infield-of-the-tampa-bay-rays/ The Rays have signed 28-year old righty swinging infielder Angel Chavez to a minor league deal. Chavez played in 127 games in AAA-ball last season and he was 112 for 442 (.253 avg, .615 OPS) with 41 runs scored, 4 homers, 39 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. He ... http://www.devilrayslocker.com/2010/02/13/the-tampa-bay-rays-sign-angel-chavez/