Rotation, Bullpen All But Set

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From Lancaster: Maddon also said this morning that he's not averse to carrying the rest of the Rays' roster decisions to the end of next week if necessary. That means the battle for the final spot in the bullpen, which appears to be between Balfour and Dohmann, could have a couple more rounds. As for Evan Longoria's status, Maddon said a couple days ago that he hoped to have it resolved by ... [link]

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Getting Ready For Week One Of The Rayvolution
Published 3/25/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... The organization may be being overly cautious with Longoria, but I do see how it may make sense to take the pressure off the boy wonder and wait until late May to bring him up. There’s been a lot of gloom and doom talk about starting the season with a Kaz-less rotation of TMOTMCC, Garza, Sonnanstine, Jackson and Hammel — from such leading literary luminaries as Professor Pessimism (”car wreck”), Devil Ray Guevara, Jacob Larsen and R.J. Anderson. As good as Longoria will be, I can’t see him being ...

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