So how good will Tampa be this year?
Crawford signed with Boston (more on that later),
Pena signed with the Cubs,
Matt Garza is being shopped,
Bartlet is a Padre, and
Choate is close to a deal with the Marlins. So where does this leave the Rays in 2011? Metaphorically speaking...
They're sunk. While they do have
one of the best farm systems in baseball (a few years ago their AAA team may have been able to beat the Pirates major league team), their rookies are just that, rookies. They're untested, and being tossed right into the fire that is the AL east will undoubtedly be too much for them to handle right away. The Yankees missed the playoffs in '08, the Rays in '09, and the Red Sox in '10, it's the Rays' turn again. I predict them to be in the position often held by the Blue Jays of "If they were only in a different division they would have made the playoffs...", and win 89 games, finishing behind the Yankees and the Red Sox.
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