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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Rays seem to enter "rebuilding year"

The Tampa Bay Rays apparently decided to make 2011 a "rebuilding" year. Tampa decided to send Matt Garza, one of their aces, the other being David Price, to the Chicago Cubs. In return, the Rays were given five prospects, including the 2010 Minor League Pitcher of the year and another player who earned the minor league MVP. Tampa Bay is attempting to rebuild their club after losing the first round of the playoffs to the AL champs the Rangers. With Garza, Chicago is probably attempting to counter Milwaukee's pickups of Shaun Marcum and Zack Greinke. I must say, the Rays are putting a lot of faith into this trade. I mean, Garza has been consistently good, right? So by trading him, you expose yourself to a lot of risk. Honestly, just look what happened to Stephen Strasburg, the top pitching prospect. Hmm. Another player the Rays get is a mostly unknown minor league player named Sam Fuld. Fuld was raised in my state, New Hampshire, so I am kind of annoyed that he will be playing for the Sox's new rivals.

Trivia
Garza has a 3.48 ERA in the postseason and a 3.97 overall ERA
Garza, despite his prominence, has actually lost more games than he has won, at 42-44.

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