Two AL East teams have announced to their fans that the first couple of months of their year don't matter very much, and that they are more than willing to jeopardize the integrity of their season in an attempt to save money at some future date. I speak, of course, of the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles.Let's start with the team that wasn't very far away at all from winning the World Series last year, your defending AL East and AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays. They've decided that the guy who had their season and championship in his hands during last year's ALDS, and the man that is ranked no lower than the #2 prospect in all of MLB, isn't worthy of their #5 starter role. No, seriously.David Price will instead take his career 1.93 ERA, 3 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio, 95 mile per hour lefthanded heat and 0.93 WHIP to Triple A Durham, so that he can work on, I don't know, his diction or something. The Rays claim that what they are really trying to do here i...
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David Price,
Jason Hammel,
Jeff Niemann,
James Shields,
Matt Garza,
Scott Kazmir,
Matt Wieters,
Gregg Zaun,
Chad Moeller,
Robby Hammock,
Brian Roberts,
Chris Ray,
Aubrey Huff
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays
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