Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Outlook for the 2022 Season

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00:05 We were talking about these Tampa Rays and Ahmed Rosario, but

00:08 I was talking about how the pitching will always drive this team.

00:11 Thoughts?

00:12 >> It does, and it will again.

00:15 Zac Eflin was a guy last year we talked about, always pay attention to who the

00:18 Rays target in the offseason, right, and bring in.

00:21 And Zach Eflin, a pitcher that everybody thought had a lot of potential, and

00:24 then we saw that potential realized.

00:26 And I think the same thing can be said when you're talking potentially this year

00:31 about Aaron Savalli, a pitcher that's been around for

00:34 a while in the Cleveland organization, had some moments.

00:37 But have we gotten the best out of him?

00:38 No, Taj Bradley's another guy too, live fastball, it sits around 96.

00:44 Taj Bradley was rushed last year to the big leagues, I think, and

00:49 people don't realize that I think that really hindered his development a little

00:52 bit, he was a little out of his element, and he struggled with confidence.

00:56 And I think this year he is more prepared, you're seeing it early in spring.

00:59 The question with him and Pepeo is going to be,

01:02 does somebody get bounced from this rotation eventually when Jeffrey Springs

01:05 comes back later on?

01:06 When you see some of the guys returning from injury,

01:08 they had so many injuries last season, and that raised rotation.

01:11 Does that change the calculus for these guys?

01:13 Maybe, perhaps, but the batting order again is going to be just fine.

01:18 A Rosa Reyna, still a top notch guy in the middle there.

01:21 Josh Lowe, a tremendous young player, and

01:24 when Junior Caminero plays, and he is going to play sooner than later.

01:27 Caminero's gonna be that guy that you're gonna wanna draft now, stash now.

01:32 And I think by Memorial Day, you're gonna be very glad that you did.

01:34 But the Rays, once again, are gonna be right in the thick of things.

01:37 Are they gonna be as good as they were last year?

01:39 That's a question we have to ask ourselves, but

01:41 I think they're gonna be very dangerous, especially in the second half,

01:44 when they get more pitchers back, and when also Caminero is a full-time player.

01:47 >> So here's the Caminero issue, and to which I ran recently,

01:51 I drafted early in just a basic Yahoo!

01:54 Whatever it was, and here's the thing, if you don't have an NA spot,

01:57 then you're gonna have to take up a roster spot if he's down and waiting, and

02:00 Caminero gets those reps.

02:02 So be prepared to do that if you truly want to be a part of this.

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