- Rays will take the AL Wild Card. They will win 96 games.
- Their starting rotation will be the best in baseball in 2009.
- James Shields will be in the running for a Cy Young with a 21-6 record and 217 strikeouts and a 2.82 ERA.
- Evan Longoria will hit 36 home runs and have a .382 OBP. He’ll generally be the man crush of the league.
- Pat Burrell will do less than expected. He’ll be a constant power threat and have 24 home runs but he’ll only bat .241.
- Dan Wheeler, Grant Balfour and Troy Percival will make up the best 3 pitcher bullpen tandem in baseball.
- The Rays will start the season with good attendance numbers but by late June people in Tampa Bay will already forget about them until the Playoffs.
- Jason Bartlett will continue to be Jason Bartlett.
- Dioner Navarro will try his best to emulate A.J. Pierszynski by pissing off opposing players.
- Matt Joyce and his million dollar smile will bat .284 this year and continue to grow.
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