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. | Rays Projected 25-Man Roster | | |
. | Pos. | Starters | Notes |
. | 2B | Akinori Iwamura | Might move down the order |
. | LF | Carl Crawford | Last year to prove his potential? |
. | CF | B.J. Upton | A 30-30 man |
. | 3B | Evan Longoria | Permanent Clean-Up Hitter |
. | 1B | Carlos Pena | 35 HR |
. | DH | Willy Aybar | Rays still not to busy on free agent market |
. | C | Dioner Navarro | Repeat of last year |
. | RF | Gabe Gross | RF will change several times |
. | SS | Jason Bartlett | May become leadoff man? |
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. | | Reserves | |
. | C | Shawn Riggans | Career Backup? |
. | Utl. | Ben Zobrist | Super Utility |
. | OF | Fernando Perez | Speed and defense |
. | OF | Matt Joyce | A better Gabe Gross |
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. | | Starting Rotation | |
. | LSP | Scott Kazmir | Return to form |