Today we check in with the Rays' minor league affiliates and see what they’ve done to this point in the season. After only 10 games, we've seen one player called up from Durham (catcher John Jaso) and there already seems to be at least one other player that could play his way onto the big league team. We'll take a look at each affiliate and focus on the highlights and lowlights of the early-going.
Durham Bulls (AAA)
Who’s Hot: Joaquin Benoit . The veteran reliever was none too pleased about not making the team out of spring training, saying “What am I supposed to do, prove I can pitch in the minors?” He proceeded to strike out all six hitters in a two-inning scoreless stint. Overall he’s thrown 5 1/3 innings, given up one run and struck out 12. With the Rays b ...
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