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The ultra-competitive American League Central could hinge on two pitchers cast aside by the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Joe Borowski qualifies for Cy Young--Gerry Fraley, USA Today
XM MLB Chat — (USA Today): "If degree of difficulty were factored into Cy Young voting, Borowski and Jones would have won it by now. It is one thing to close with electric stuff. It is altogether different to do the job in their grind-it-out style." ...

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