Starting pitcher Scott Kazmir will be sidelined for a couple of weeks as he has some “stuffiness” in his left elbow.  He felt some discomfirt in the elbow before pitching in a intersquad game and had an MRI done on it that afternoon.

Kazmir says he thinks he will be ready to go in a few weeks, and glad that the injury isn’t too serious.  If there would have been a pop during one of his warmup pitches, he would have more then likely been on disabled list for the entire year.  Definately not what the Rays need.

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Scott Kazmir was schedule to pitch during an intersquad game today and he left the game before even throwing a pitch.  He said his elbow felt like it hyperextended, and the Rays want to take every precaution they can with him at this point.

Kazmir is schedule to have an MRI done this afternoon, and hopefully everything will turn out ok for Kazmir and the Rays.  If Kazmir goes on the shelf for any amount of time, it will greatly hurt the Rays chances.

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The Tampa Bay baseball team is no longer called the Devil Rays, they are now called the Rays and the means there is a new blog about the team!  Rayshomeplate will be blogging about the new team and hopefully be talking about much better succes as well!  The team is stock piling quite a bit of young talent, now it is just the matter of keeping it around, and signing a few veterans for leadership etc that can help get this team going in the right direction.

What are your opinions on the 2008 season for the Rays?  Will they be at the bottom of the league, or move up towards the middle of the pack?  I’d really like to see them move up to be honest.  It would be awesome to see more fans at the games, but they have got to start winning to make that happen.  Leave a comment and let us know what you think!