Midseason Review: Tampa Bay Rays

D.A. by Columnist Written on June 27, 2009
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ST PETERSBURG, FL - OCTOBER 19:  The Tampa Bay Rays celebrate after defeating the Boston Red Sox in game seven of the American League Championship Series during the 2008 MLB playoffs on October 19, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida.  The R
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Sports Illustrated has dubbed the Tampa Bay Rays as the most disappointing team of the season. Why, they were the AL Champions last year and started off the season sluggish

BJ Upton started off the season slow. Akinori Iwamura went on the disabled list. Kazmir struggled his way on the DL. The bullpen had all sorts of problems.

However, the Rays have turned things around. They're five games above .500 and within six games of the division lead.

The grade the Rays get for the midseason: B

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