http://www.tampabay.com/sports/article1138230.ece Rays: Help needed It's a bit unusual for a team that leads the American League in wins one year to be faced with so many holes and questions the next, but that's reality for the Rays as they reduce payroll and say goodbye to several core players. With LF Carl Crawford, closer Rafael Soriano and 1B Carlos Peñaamong their major-league-most 15 free agents, the Rays face a potential major makeover and a fall from the league's elite. The Rays' top priority is rebuilding the bullpen. Seven of their top eight relievers — who accounted for 78 percent of their bullpen innings — are free agents. To restock, executive VP Andrew Friedman said the Rays will be aggressive, creative and resourceful, looking at trades "for one or two" prospects, for minor-league invites and for big-league free agents, though more likely from the bargain aisle. Similarly, they are looking for a couple of hitters, in addition to re-signed Dan Johnson, to fill holes at first base, leftfield and DH. A slugger such as Jack Cust would seem like a good fit, though the Rays have to weigh any move for a bat against the possibility of Peña returning, and the impact it would have on their budget and lineup. "There are going to be good deals to be had in free agency," Friedman said, "and it's incumbent upon us to figure out what they are and be the recipient." Given that the Rays are cutting payroll and don't have a lot of money to spend in a fairly flooded free agent market, trades would seem to be a more likely route. But Friedman said that's not necessarily a valid premise, that in general he'd prefer not to give up talent the Rays value and worked hard to accrue. And he reiterated that he has no plans — though invoking "never say never" — to trade one of their six starting pitchers. "It's just not something that we're sitting here saying, 'We have this depth, it's burning a hole in our pocket, let's redistribute,' " he said. 现在球员名单 Starters: Wade Davis, Matt Garza, Jeremy Hellickson, Jeff Niemann, David Price, James Shields Relievers: Andy Sonnanstine (老沙 牛棚就交给你了!) Catchers: John Jaso, Kelly Shoppach Infielders: Jason Bartlett(trade candidate), Reid Brignac, Dan Johnson, Evan Longoria, Sean Rodriguez Outfielders: Matt Joyce, B.J. Upton, Ben Zobrist -- t a ╭◢ ◣╮ ╭◢◆◢◆◥███◣╮ ╭═theanswer3 ╮t a h n ║ █▌ █ ╰═╯ █ █ █▌◥█╰═════╯ ║h n e s ║ █▌ █ ◢█◣ █ █ ▄▄▄▄◤◢█◣ ◢ ◢ ╴ ║e s w ║ ████ █◢◤ █ █ ▄▄▄▄◣█▌█ █◢█ ◣σ ║ w e ║ █▌ █ ◥█◤theanswer3█▌◢█ ◥█◤ ◥◤█ ╱ \﹀ ║ e r 3╰◥ ◤═══◆◤◆◤◢███◤═════▆◤#58═════╯ r 3 --

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