"Rays SP Scott Kazmir pitched six strong innings in his second rehab start for Triple-A Durham on Monday. Kazmir, on an 85-pitch limit, threw 78 pitches, 55 for strikes. He allowed a run on five hits, striking out five and walking one. Kazmir, out for more than a month with a strained quadriceps, will be reevaluated Tuesday. He'll either make another rehab start or return to the Rays this weekend, according to the St. Petersburg Times (Sportsline)."
The Rays have started off slow this year, but with the Yankees having a hard time getting it going the window is still open for them to make some noise. Even with some injuries to their starting rotation their real concern is their bullpen. At some point they are going to need to go out and trade for a top notch reliever (most likely a closer). I haven't read many rumors of late, but my thinking would be that they would go after guys like Soria, Sherrill, Bell, ect. The Rays are currently 6 games behind the Red Sox for first place in the AL East, but are only 2 games back from a Wild Card spot. I said before the season that I expect them to beat out the Yankees for the Wild Card spot, and I am sticking with that. This team just has too much good young talent not to be in the playoffs.
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