Tampa Bay Devil Rays Closer and the Quick Spin Around Camps
• The Brewers third base situation is up in the air thanks to a still concussed Corey Koskie.
• Overpaid Matthews was welcomed by the Angels players.
• It's all Ryan Howard all the time in Philly where they're wondering if the not eligible for arbitration Howard will be rewarded financially for being a beast among mortals.
• Apparently Seth McClung is the answer to this question: "Who the hell is going to be closing games for Tampa?". Herr McClung even offers Rays fans a phalanx of confidence building quotes from a Tampa Tribune article such as:
* "Hopefully we get three outs before I give up a run."
* "My thing this year is just to get a consistent arm slot," he said. "Ever since the [elbow] injury in '03, I've had a tough time maintaining a consistent arm slot. Now, after a couple years, I've felt comfortable to lift some weights, upper-body, which is something I didn't do in the past. I'm coming to camp a little stronger this year than I have in the past and I think that's something that's going to help me maintain a consistent arm slot. If you go back and look at the tapes, the games I did well, I had one. The games I didn't, I didn't."
Devil Rays fever. Catch it!