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There's an old saying that "pitching wins pennants." If indeed it's so, then Tampa Bay fans won't have to wait much longer for another flag to float over their stadium.

When could Desmond Jennings come to the Majors? There's all this talk about starting Matt Joyce, but what about Jennings? He seems very similar to Carl Crawford to me.

The Rays set their 40-man roster a day early on Thursday by adding outfielder Desmond Jennings, right-hander Jeremy Hellickson and left-hander Alexander Torres, thus ensuring none will be selected in next month's Rule 5 Draft.

Triple-A Durham manager Charlie Montoyo has been named the 2009 winner of the Mike Coolbaugh Award.

Ia m very excited. I was reading the sports wire, and I saw that the Rays are one of the teams who have expressed interest in signing free agent Billy Wagner.

David Price has seemingly gone incognito from the public expectations. View full size photo>> It sure seems strange to be writing this.

Phoenix a ' Greetings from the desert Southwest, where it's a cloudless day with the temperature headed to 90 and another slate of Arizona Fall League games starting at 12:30 p.m. before intimate gatherings that are typically made up of couple dozen scouts and about 75-100 others including autograph hounds, girlfriends, potential girlfriends and ...

What will it take to compete against the massive payroll we are constantly up against year after year? -- Rick W., Gulfport, Fla.

Speaking of that Delmon Young deal... With knowledge comes responsibility to review the past.

Alright gentlemen and lady , I wanted to continue the look at some of the best starts the Rays had this year.

Here's the post-mortem on the pithcers list from the 2009 book. With this finished, I'm now delving into writing player comments, beginning with the Twins.

Aside from getting to rock a World Series ring, the next best thing to take home at the end of the season is one of Major League Baseball's awards.

The Tampa Bay Rays may have fallen short of returning to the postseason in 2009, but they once again proved very adept at developing young pitching.

The Rays did not stop the Yankees from taking the American League East this season, but in Friday's 13-4 victory, they spoiled what would have been a special night for their ace, CC Sabathia .

Former pitcher James "Mudcat" Grant, the pride of Pasco County's Lacoochee community, once wrote a book entitled "The Black Aces," which chronicled the lives of the 13 black players who had 20-victory seasons in the major leagues.

CC Sabathia , in a start that had meaning only because the lefthander had a chance to record the first 20-win season of his nine-year career, was shelled in the Yankees' 13-4 loss to the Rays.

Neither Mark Teixeira nor Joe Girardi would say whether they thought David Price's first-inning fastball that hit Teixeira on his left hand was intentional, but it seemed like more than a coincidence that it was Teixeira taking the blow.

ST. PETERSBURG The first Rays player ever to hit for the cycle managed to do it in the first five innings Friday night.

Yankees starter CC Sabathia delivers a pitch during a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

Update 2:04 p.m. Manager Joe Maddon said he plans to sit down with his coaches in the week after the season is over, and as of right now, he doesn't anticipate any changes.