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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.

In six starts last season, Tampa Bay's Wade Davis went 2-2 with a 3.72 ERA. AP The Rising Stars game a couple weeks ago in the Arizona Fall League featured plenty of young talent, but it wasn't the prospect showcase that it could have been.

Longoria: Dude, relax, Andy H just said you had the two best starts of the year.

RHP Jeff Niemann said the offseason has given him a chance to finally reflect and soak in what a roller-coaster rookie year he had.

Nobody can explain Andy Sonnanstine's 2009 season, including the Rays right-hander. "I've thought about it quite a bit and I can't really put my finger on it," Sonnanstine said.

View full size photo>> Nothing seems to come easily for Andy Sonnanstine . His fastball barely tops 87 and he's forced to get by on mixing pitches and superb control, which is not a way to earn the benefit of the doubt from fans or scouts.

Rays pitching prospect Matt Gorgen finally made an appearance in a ballpark with the pitch f/x set up.

This is part 5 of the 6 part series on the best 30 starts for the Rays in our most recent season.

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

Tampa Bay Rays The Rays had another banner year on the farm, even if the major league team suffered a bit of a letdown after their AL pennant year of 2008.

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez may not require a follow-up surgery to the procedure he had performed on his hip in spring training.

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.

Carlos Pea and Mark Teixeira finished as American League co-home run leaders, because all Teixeira could do during the final 24 games of the season was catch Pea.

Tack-on history! Talk about a flair for the dramatic. New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez started his 2009 season with a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw.

Alex Rodriguez has homered twice and driven in an AL-record seven runs in the same inning, reaching 30 homers and 100 RBIs for the 12th straight season despite missing the first month.

If any Rays are looking forward to this season being over, rookie LHP David Price is certainly not one of them.

Vernon Davis vowed to make a big impact for the 49ers in new offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye's system.

Yes, it's only the hapless Orioles, and the games mean nothing. But as Manager Joe Maddon pointed out, the Rays are winning in the final week of the season, and that beats the alternative.

Wade Davis had the best performance of his fledgling Major League career against the Orioles.

You won't get much out of Wade Davis. In fact, he took the lineup card out to the umpires before Sunday's game and didn't say one word.