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[THE HANGOVER] Jason Bartlett To Be Rays Second Leadoff Hitter
Published 3/27/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
Tampa Bay Rays (4 days until Opening Day) Yesterday: Twins 4, Tampa Bay Rays 2. The Good: The Rays used the league minimum three regulars yesterday. Two of those three, Jason Bartlett and Aki Iwamura the Rays new double-play combo combined for 5 of the Rays 6 hits, including two extra-base hits and both RBI. They also combined on yet another double-play...For the second straight game Rays pitchers did not walk a batter. The Bad: Elliot Johnson committed two errors on the same play in center field. First he misplayed a hard hit ground ball single up ...

SOTD: MVP Chances
Published 3/28/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... team, on the order of 20-25 wins in a 162-game season . Like we said earlier today, A-Rod, 75 homers please. It's very cool to see Robinson Cano mentioned among the top-five MVP candidates based on WARP. Cano is sometimes overshadowed by the Yankees' mega-stars, but he's arguably the best second baseman in the AL. And it's really interesting to see Longoria named, since the Rays have decided - in all their infinite wisdom - to have him start the season in the minors. (Actually, as Rob Neyer recently noted for ESPN , the Longoria decision is probably based more on financials ...