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Article: Devil Rays see promise but also problems.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2007
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Byline: Bob Foltman
CHICAGO _ For the first time since coming into existence in 1998, there is reason to be optimistic about the prospects of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. But for reasons that are both in and out of their control, that optimism still must be tempered.
Few teams in baseball have as many good, young prospects in their every-day lineup as the Devil Rays _ from B.J. Upton to Delmon Young to Elijah Dukes. Add in promising pitchers James Shields and Scott Kazmir and for the first time the Devil Rays appear to have a solid base on which to build.
"I'd like to believe we're doing it the right way and when the time is right we'll go out and ...