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Record: 97-65   .599.... 1st in American League East
Stadium: Tropicana Field
Playoffs: Lost in Finals (Philadelphia)
Attendance: 1,780,791
Payroll: $43,820,597
Top Draft Pick: Tim Beckham (#1)   A
Manager - Joe Maddon

Tampa Bay Rays affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Tampa Bay Rays AAA Durham Bulls AA Montgomery Biscuits A+ Visalia Oaks A+ Vero Beach Devil Rays A Columbus Catfish A- Hudson Valley Renegades Rk Princeton Devil Rays

Team Leaders

HR: Pena [31]
RBI: Pena [102]
2B: Upton [37]
SB: Upton [44]
W: Shields, Jackson [14]
SV: Percival [28]
SO: Kazmir [166]

Oldest Player: Mike DiFelice [39]
Youngest Player: Reid Brignac [22]
Longest Tenure: Carl Crawford [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Reid Brignac (Jul 4) John Jaso (Sep 6) Elliot Johnson (Apr 5) Evan Longoria (Apr 12) Fernando Perez (Sep 5)
Pitchers: Jeff Niemann (Apr 13) David Price (Sep 14) Mitch Talbot (Sep 15)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Mayobanex Acosta	C	20	Princeton	Rk
Craig Albernaz	C	25	Montgomery	AA
	C		Vero Beach	A+
Erold Andrus	OF	24	Montgomery	AA
Jason Appel	OF	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Josh Asanovich	2B	25	Montgomery	AA
Nevin Ashley	C	24	Vero Beach	A+
Willy Aybar	IF	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	IF		Durham	AAA
	IF		Vero Beach	A+
Rocco Baldelli	CF	27	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	CF		Montgomery	AA
	CF		Vero Beach	A+
Grant Balfour	P	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Jeff Bannon	IF	30	Durham	AAA
Jason Bartlett	SS	28	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Jeremy Beckham	2B	22	Hudson Valley	A-
	2B		Princeton	Rk
Tim Beckham	SS	18	Hudson Valley	A-
	SS		Princeton	Rk
Dustin Biell	OF	19	Hudson Valley	A-
	OF		Princeton	Rk
Jackson Brennan	1B-OF	26	Vero Beach	A+
	1B-OF		Columbus	A
Reid Brignac	SS	22	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	SS		Durham	AAA
Brian Bryles	OF	18	Princeton	Rk
Joseph Callender	2B	24	Vero Beach	A+
	2B		Columbus	A
Andy Cannizaro	SS	29	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	SS		Durham	AAA
Jeff Carroll	3B	19	Hudson Valley	A-
Cody Cipriano	IF	23	Columbus	A
Jason Corder	OF	23	Hudson Valley	A-
Patrick Cottrell	SS	26	Montgomery	AA
Carl Crawford	LF	27	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Jairo De la Rosa	3B	23	Vero Beach	A+
Seth Dhaenens	2B	24	Columbus	A
Mike DiFelice	C	39	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	C		Durham	AAA
Rashad Eldridge	OF	26	Montgomery	AA
Robi Estrada	SS	19	Hudson Valley	A-
Matt Fields	1B	23	Vero Beach	A+
Cliff Floyd	LF-OF	35	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Chase Fontaine	SS	22	Vero Beach	A+
	SS		Columbus	A
Tomas Francisco	C	20	Princeton	Rk
Reid Fronk	3B	22	Columbus	A
Matt Garza	P	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
David Genao	C	21	Princeton	Rk
Hector Gimenez	C	26	Durham	AAA
	C		Vero Beach	A+
Jonny Gomes	OF	27	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	OF		Durham	AAA
Garrett Groce	IF-OF	25	Vero Beach	A+
Gabe Gross	LF	28	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Joel Guzman	SS	23	Durham	AAA
J.T. Hall	OF	24	Montgomery	AA
	OF		Vero Beach	A+
Matt Hall	2B	21	Vero Beach	A+
	2B		Hudson Valley	A-
Tyler Hauschild	C	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Nathan Haynes	OF	29	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	OF		Durham	AAA
Michel Hernandez	C	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Eric Hinske	3B	31	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
J.P. Howell	P	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Rhyne Hughes	1B	25	Montgomery	AA
Akinori Iwamura	IF	29	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Edwin Jackson	P	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Alex Jamieson	C	25	Durham	AAA
	C		Montgomery	AA
John Jaso	C	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	C		Durham	AAA
	C		Montgomery	AA
Jacob Jefferies	C	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Desmond Jennings	OF	21	Vero Beach	A+
Dan Johnson	1B	29	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	1B		Durham	AAA
Elliot Johnson	2B	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	2B		Durham	AAA
Josh Johnson	C	25	Durham	AAA
D.J. Jones	OF	20	Princeton	Rk
Kyeong Kang	OF	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Scott Kazmir	P	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Josh Labandeira	SS-2B	29	Durham	AAA
Evan Longoria	SS	22	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	SS		Durham	AAA
Christian Lopez	C	23	Vero Beach	A+
Maiko Loyola	OF	23	Columbus	A
Diogenes Luis	2B	21	Princeton	Rk
Omar Luna	SS	21	Columbus	A
Luis Marchena	SS	18	Princeton	Rk
Gabriel Martinez	1B	25	Montgomery	AA
John Matulia	OF	22	Vero Beach	A+
James Mayer	SS	24	Columbus	A
Michael Mccormick	3B	22	Columbus	A
Mike Mckenna	OF	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Ronnie Merrill	SS	29	Durham	AAA
	SS		Montgomery	AA
John Mollicone	C	23	Hudson Valley	A-
Ty Morrison	OF	18	Princeton	Rk
Dioner Navarro	C	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	C		Vero Beach	A+
Ramon Novas	OF	20	Princeton	Rk
Chris Nowak	3B	25	Durham	AAA
	3B		Montgomery	AA
Shawn O'Malley	SS	20	Columbus	A
Elias Otero	SS	20	Princeton	Rk
Jeremy Owens	OF	31	Durham	AAA
Ian Paxton	C	25	Vero Beach	A+
	C		Columbus	A
Sergio Pedroza	OF	24	Montgomery	AA
Carlos Pena	1B	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	1B		Vero Beach	A+
Fernando Perez	OF	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	OF		Durham	AAA
Pedro Powell	OF	24	Vero Beach	A+
John Raburn	SS	29	Montgomery	AA
Burt Reynolds	SS	20	Princeton	Rk
Justin Reynolds	OF	21	Hudson Valley	A-
	OF		Princeton	Rk
Chris Richard	1B-RF	34	Durham	AAA
Shawn Riggans	C	28	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
John Rodriguez	OF	30	Durham	AAA
Michael Ross	2B	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Ryan Royster	OF	22	Vero Beach	A+
Justin Ruggiano	OF	26	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	OF		Durham	AAA
Emeel Salem	OF	23	Columbus	A
Anthony Scelfo	2B	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Greg Sexton	IF	23	Columbus	A
Mike Sheridan	1B	21	Hudson Valley	A-
James Shields	P	26	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Andy Sonnanstine	P	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Eligio Sonoqui	1B	20	Princeton	Rk
Matt Spring	C	23	Montgomery	AA
Quinn Stewart	OF	25	Vero Beach	A+
	OF		Columbus	A
Cesar Suarez	2B	25	Vero Beach	A+
Mark Thomas	C	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Jason Tweedy	2B	22	Hudson Valley	A-
B.J. Upton	SS-3B	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Stephen Vogt	1B	23	Columbus	A
Neil Walton	SS	24	Montgomery	AA
	SS		Vero Beach	A+
Jon Weber	OF	30	Durham	AAA
Shawn Williams	C-1B	25	Columbus	A
Henry Wrigley	1B	22	Columbus	A
Ben Zobrist	SS	27	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	SS		Durham	AAA
	SS		Vero Beach	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jordi Amargos	22	Princeton	Rk
Steve Andrade	30	Durham	AAA
	30	Montgomery	AA
Chris Andujar	21	Hudson Valley	A-
Kyle Ayers	19	Princeton	Rk
Jamie Bagley	21	Hudson Valley	A-
	21	Princeton	Rk
John Baird	22	Columbus	A
	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Brian Baker	25	Vero Beach	A+
Grant Balfour	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	30	Durham	AAA
Jeff Bannon	30	Durham	AAA
Nick Barnese	19	Hudson Valley	A-
Travis Barnett	24	Columbus	A
Jon Barratt	23	Montgomery	AA
Colter Bean	31	Durham	AAA
	31	Montgomery	AA
Kurt Birkins	28	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	28	Durham	AAA
Kevin Boggan	23	Columbus	A
Chad Bradford	34	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Josh Butler	23	Vero Beach	A+
Joseph Callender	24	Vero Beach	A+
Angel Chapa	21	Princeton	Rk
Kevin Chavez	19	Princeton	Rk
Alexander Cobb	20	Columbus	A
Alexander Colome	19	Princeton	Rk
Jason Cromer	27	Montgomery	AA
Joseph Cruz	20	Princeton	Rk
Jeremy Cummings	31	Durham	AAA
Jesse Darcy	23	Columbus	A
Wade Davis	23	Durham	AAA
	23	Montgomery	AA
Jose De La Cruz	21	Princeton	Rk
Frank De los Santos	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Richard De Los Santos	24	Montgomery	AA
Roger Deago	31	Montgomery	AA
Nick DeBarr	25	Durham	AAA
Robert Della Grotta	24	Hudson Valley	A-
Joey Dettrich	20	Princeton	Rk
Seth Dhaenens	24	Columbus	A
Mike DiFelice	39	Durham	AAA
Scott Dohmann	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	30	Durham	AAA
Darin Downs	23	Vero Beach	A+
Shane Dyer	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Diego Echeverria	23	Hudson Valley	A-
Chris Fessler	23	Columbus	A
Woods Fines	23	Columbus	A
Jeremy Flanagan	27	Montgomery	AA
Marquis Fleming	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Brian Flores	23	Columbus	A
Neal Frontz	24	Montgomery	AA
	24	Vero Beach	A+
Bradley Furdal	17	Princeton	Rk
Justin Garcia	21	Columbus	A
Matt Garza	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	24	Vero Beach	A+
Glenn Gibson	21	Columbus	A
	21	Hudson Valley	A-
Gary Glover	31	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Jino Gonzalez	26	Montgomery	AA
Matt Gorgen	21	Hudson Valley	A-
Jeremy Hall		Columbus	A
Jason Hammel	26	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Tyree Hayes	20	Hudson Valley	A-
Jeremy Hellickson	21	Montgomery	AA
	21	Vero Beach	A+
Brian Henderson	26	Durham	AAA
	26	Montgomery	AA
Ben Hendrickson	27	Durham	AAA
Carlos Hernandez	28	Vero Beach	A+
Austin Hinkle	22	Columbus	A
James Houser	23	Montgomery	AA
J.P. Howell	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Edwin Jackson	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Craig James	25	Vero Beach	A+
Michael Jarman	23	Princeton	Rk
Josh Johnson	25	Durham	AAA
	25	Columbus	A
Jeff Kamrath	26	Montgomery	AA
Scott Kazmir	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	24	Durham	AAA
	24	Vero Beach	A+
Chris Kelly	26	Vero Beach	A+
Josh Labandeira	29	Durham	AAA
Matt Long	23	Hudson Valley	A-
	23	Princeton	Rk
Chris Luck	19	Princeton	Rk
Kevin Lynn	29	Durham	AAA
	29	Montgomery	AA
	29	Vero Beach	A+
Brandon Mann	24	Vero Beach	A+
Chris Mason	24	Durham	AAA
Jason McEachern	17	Princeton	Rk
Jake McGee	22	Montgomery	AA
Calvin Medlock	25	Durham	AAA
Jose Angel Mejias	23	Columbus	A
Trever Miller	35	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Matt Moore	19	Princeton	Rk
Eduardo Morlan	22	Montgomery	AA
Ryan Morse	25	Vero Beach	A+
Scott Munter	28	Durham	AAA
Jeff Niemann	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	25	Durham	AAA
Wilton Noel	25	Vero Beach	A+
Ryan Owen	24	Vero Beach	A+
Troy Percival	39	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Heath Phillips	26	Durham	AAA
David Price	23	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	23	Durham	AAA
	23	Montgomery	AA
	23	Vero Beach	A+
Michael Prochaska	28	Durham	AAA
	28	Montgomery	AA
Julio Puentes	22	Princeton	Rk
Tom Rafferty	23	Hudson Valley	A-
Jason Ragan	25	Columbus	A
Ryan Reid		Montgomery	AA
		Vero Beach	A+
Al Reyes	38	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	38	Vero Beach	A+
Travis Risser		Columbus	A
		Hudson Valley	A-
Heath Rollins		Montgomery	AA
		Vero Beach	A+
Jae-Kuk Ryu	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	25	Durham	AAA
Juan Salas	29	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	29	Durham	AAA
Juan Santana	21	Princeton	Rk
Josh Satow	22	Hudson Valley	A-
Neil Schenk	22	Hudson Valley	A-
James Shields	26	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Trevor Shull	18	Princeton	Rk
Shawn Smith	18	Princeton	Rk
Andy Sonnanstine	25	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Mike Southern	21	Princeton	Rk
Albert Suarez	18	Princeton	Rk
Mitch Talbot	24	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
	24	Durham	AAA
Dale Thayer	27	Durham	AAA
Chuck Tiffany	23	Vero Beach	A+
Brock Till	28	Montgomery	AA
Wade Townsend	25	Montgomery	AA
	25	Vero Beach	A+
Matt Walker	22	Vero Beach	A+
Scott Welch	25	Hudson Valley	A-
Dan Wheeler	30	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB
Shawn Williams	25	Columbus	A
Mike Wlodarczyk	25	Montgomery	AA
	25	Vero Beach	A+