VERO BEACH, FLORIDA ¨C After two seasons of fruitless straying, Tampa Bay is once again returning to ¡°The Ray Way¡± this season.
You know, the modus operandi that enabled them to contend for a postseason spot yearly for the better part of a decade despite having MLB¡¯s lowest payroll, such as drafting and stealing some of the finest young pitching prospects in the game. And then developing them into standout big league hurlers.
Finished is Tampa Bay¡¯s brief flirtation with more offensive production that yielded only next-to-last and last-place finishes in the American League East the last two campaigns.
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