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2011 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE | 173 RAYS ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN ROSTER NON-ROSTER INVITES RECORDS & HISTORY YEAR-BY-YEAR SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC. 2011 SPRING TRAINING ROSTER MANAGER 70 Maddon, Joe COACHES 46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching) 6 Foley, Tom (3B) 25 Hendrick, George (1B) 48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen) 17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting) 63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor) PITCHERS (30) 35 Archer, Chris (R) 71 Baker, Brian (R)* 75 Bayliss, Jonah (R)* 44 Bush, Matt (R) 59 Cabral, Cesar (L) 53 Cobb, Alex (R) 37 Cruz, Juan (R)* 40 Davis, Wade (R) 69 Delaney, Rob (R) 49 De La Rosa, Dane (R) 72 De Los Santos, Richard (R)* 54 Ekstrom, Mike (R) 43 Farnsworth, Kyle (R) 47 Gomes, Brandon (R) 73 Hayhurst, Dirk (R)* 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (R) 39 Howell, J.P. (L) 57 McGee, Jake (L) 34 Niemann, Jeff (R) 76 Orta, Ricky (R)* 62 Peralta, Joel (R) 14 Price, David (L) 55 Ramos, Cesar (L) 36 Russell, Adam (R) 33 Shields, James (R) 21 Sonnanstine, Andy (R) 50 Suarez, Albert (R) 68 Swindle, R.J. (L)* 56 Torres, Alex (L) 74 Wade, Cory (R)* CATCHERS (7) 65 Albernaz, Craig* 41 Ashley, Nevin 38 Chirinos, Robinson 28 Jaso, John 31 Lobaton, Jose 10 Shoppach, Kelly 60 Vogt, Stephen* INFIELDERS (12) 64 Beckham, Tim* 15 Brignac, Reid 61 Canzler, Russell* 26 Furmaniak, J.J.* 29 Johnson, Dan 9 Johnson, Elliot 23 Kotchman, Casey* 3 Longoria, Evan 45 Lopez, Felipe* 67 Mayora, Daniel* 16 Olmedo, Ray* 1 Rodriguez, Sean OUTFIELDERS (9) 66 Carter, Chris* 22 Damon, Johnny 27 Fuld, Sam 30 Guyer, Brandon 8 Jennings, Desmond 20 Joyce, Matt 24 Ramirez, Manny 2 Upton, B.J. 18 Zobrist, Ben * Non-Roster Invites NUMERICAL (58) 1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 2 Upton, B.J. (OF) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen Coach) 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 9 Johnson, Elliot (UTL) 10 Shoppach, Kelly (C) 14 Price, David (LHP) 15 Brignac, Reid (SS) 16 Olmedo, Ray (INF)* 17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach) 18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL) 20 Joyce, Matt (OF) 21 Sonnanstine, Andy (RHP) 22 Damon, Johnny (OF) 23 Kotchman, Casey (1B)* 24 Ramirez, Manny (OF) 25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach) 26 Furmaniak, J.J. (INF)* 27 Fuld, Sam (OF) 28 Jaso, John (C) 29 Johnson, Dan (INF) 30 Guyer, Brandon (OF) 31 Lobaton, Jose (C) 33 Shields, James (RHP) 34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 35 Archer, Chris (RHP) 36 Russell, Adam (RHP) 37 Cruz, Juan (RHP)* 38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 39 Howell, J.P. (LHP) 40 Davis, Wade (RHP) 41 Ashley, Nevin (C) 43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 44 Bush, Matt (RHP) 45 Lopez, Felipe (UTL)* 46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching Coach) 47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach) 49 De La Rosa, Dane (RHP) 50 Suarez, Albert (RHP) 53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 54 Ekstrom, Mike (RHP) 55 Ramos, Cesar (LHP) 56 Torres, Alex (LHP) 57 McGee, Jake (LHP) 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP) 59 Cabral, Cesar (LHP) 60 Vogt, Stephen (C)* 61 Canzler, Russell (INF)* 62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor) 64 Beckham, Tim (INF)* 65 Albernaz, Craig (C)* 66 Carter, Chris (OF)* 67 Mayora, Daniel (INF)* 68 Swindle, R.J. (LHP)* 69 Delaney, Rob (RHP) 70 Maddon, Joe (Manager) 71 Baker, Brian (RHP)* 72 De Los Santos, Richard (RHP)* 73 Hayhurst, Dirk (RHP)* 74 Wade, Cory (RHP)* 75 Bayliss, Jonah (RHP)* 76 Orta, Ricky (RHP)* BULLPEN CATCHER 77 Cursi, Scott TRAINING STAFF Porterfield, Ron (Head Athletic Trainer) Harker, Paul (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Vinson, Mark (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Barr, Kevin (Strength & Cond. Coord.) EQUIPMENT MANAGER Westmoreland, Chris VIDEO COORDINATOR Fernandez, Chico ALPHABETICAL (58) 65 Albernaz, Craig (C)* 35 Archer, Chris (RHP) 41 Ashley, Nevin (C) 71 Baker, Brian (RHP)* 75 Bayliss, Jonah (RHP)* 64 Beckham, Tim (INF)* 46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching Coach) 15 Brignac, Reid (SS) 44 Bush, Matt (RHP) 59 Cabral, Cesar (LHP) 61 Canzler, Russell (INF)* 66 Carter, Chris (OF)* 38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 53 Cobb, Alex (RHP) 37 Cruz, Juan (RHP)* 22 Damon, Johnny (OF) 40 Davis, Wade (RHP) 69 Delaney, Rob (RHP) 49 De La Rosa, Dane (RHP) 72 De Los Santos, Richard (RHP)* 54 Ekstrom, Mike (RHP) 43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 27 Fuld, Sam (OF) 26 Furmaniak, J.J. (INF)* 47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP) 30 Guyer, Brandon (OF) 73 Hayhurst, Dirk (RHP)* 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP) 25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach) 48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach) 39 Howell, J.P. (LHP) 28 Jaso, John (C) 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 29 Johnson, Dan (INF) 9 Johnson, Elliot (UTL) 20 Joyce, Matt (OF) 23 Kotchman, Casey (1B)* 31 Lobaton, Jose (C) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 45 Lopez, Felipe (UTL)* 70 Maddon, Joe (Manager) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 67 Mayora, Daniel (INF)* 57 McGee, Jake (LHP) 34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP) 16 Olmedo, Ray (INF)* 76 Orta, Ricky (RHP)* 62 Peralta, Joel (RHP) 14 Price, David (LHP) 24 Ramirez, Manny (OF) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen Coach) 55 Ramos, Cesar (LHP) 1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 36 Russell, Adam (RHP) 17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach) 33 Shields, James (RHP) 10 Shoppach, Kelly (C) 21 Sonnanstine, Andy (RHP) 50 Suarez, Albert (RHP) 68 Swindle, R.J. (LHP)* 56 Torres, Alex (LHP) 2 Upton, B.J. (OF) 60 Vogt, Stephen (C)* 74 Wade, Cory (RHP)* 63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor) 18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL) SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS 84 Allen, Neil 81 Barnes, Skeeter 80 Bosman, Dick 52 Eiland, Dave 78 Hoff, Jim 79 Livesey, Steve 82 Montoyo, Charlie 83 Myers, Dave 85 Nelson, Jamie 89 Quatraro, Matt 88 Robinson, Dewey 2011 SPRING TRAINING ROSTER

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Page 1: 2011 SPRING TRAINING ROSTER ORGANIZATION RAYS … · 17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting) 63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor) pITCHERS (30) 35 Archer, Chris (R) 71 Baker, Brian (R)* 75 Bayliss, Jonah

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MANAGER 70 Maddon, Joe

COACHES 46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching) 6 Foley, Tom (3B)25 Hendrick, George (1B)48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen)17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting)63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)

pITCHERS (30) 35 Archer, Chris (R) 71 Baker, Brian (R)*75 Bayliss, Jonah (R)*44 Bush, Matt (R) 59 Cabral, Cesar (L)53 Cobb, Alex (R) 37 Cruz, Juan (R)*40 Davis, Wade (R) 69 Delaney, Rob (R) 49 De La Rosa, Dane (R) 72 De Los Santos, Richard (R)*54 Ekstrom, Mike (R) 43 Farnsworth, Kyle (R) 47 Gomes, Brandon (R) 73 Hayhurst, Dirk (R)* 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (R)39 Howell, J.P. (L)57 McGee, Jake (L)34 Niemann, Jeff (R) 76 Orta, Ricky (R)*62 Peralta, Joel (R) 14 Price, David (L)55 Ramos, Cesar (L)36 Russell, Adam (R) 33 Shields, James (R)21 Sonnanstine, Andy (R)50 Suarez, Albert (R) 68 Swindle, R.J. (L)*56 Torres, Alex (L)74 Wade, Cory (R)*

CATCHERS (7) 65 Albernaz, Craig*41 Ashley, Nevin38 Chirinos, Robinson28 Jaso, John31 Lobaton, Jose10 Shoppach, Kelly60 Vogt, Stephen*

INFIELdERS (12) 64 Beckham, Tim*15 Brignac, Reid61 Canzler, Russell*26 Furmaniak, J.J.*29 Johnson, Dan 9 Johnson, Elliot23 Kotchman, Casey* 3 Longoria, Evan45 Lopez, Felipe*67 Mayora, Daniel*16 Olmedo, Ray* 1 Rodriguez, Sean

OuTFIELdERS (9) 66 Carter, Chris*22 Damon, Johnny27 Fuld, Sam30 Guyer, Brandon 8 Jennings, Desmond20 Joyce, Matt24 Ramirez, Manny 2 Upton, B.J.18 Zobrist, Ben

* Non-Roster Invites

NuMERICAL (58) 1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF) 2 Upton, B.J. (OF) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach) 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen Coach) 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF) 9 Johnson, Elliot (UTL)10 Shoppach, Kelly (C) 14 Price, David (LHP)15 Brignac, Reid (SS)16 Olmedo, Ray (INF)*17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach)18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL)20 Joyce, Matt (OF)21 Sonnanstine, Andy (RHP)22 Damon, Johnny (OF)23 Kotchman, Casey (1B)*24 Ramirez, Manny (OF)25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach)26 Furmaniak, J.J. (INF)*27 Fuld, Sam (OF)28 Jaso, John (C)29 Johnson, Dan (INF)30 Guyer, Brandon (OF)31 Lobaton, Jose (C) 33 Shields, James (RHP)34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP)35 Archer, Chris (RHP)36 Russell, Adam (RHP)37 Cruz, Juan (RHP)*38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 39 Howell, J.P. (LHP)40 Davis, Wade (RHP)41 Ashley, Nevin (C) 43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP)44 Bush, Matt (RHP)45 Lopez, Felipe (UTL)*46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching Coach)47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP)48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach)49 De La Rosa, Dane (RHP)50 Suarez, Albert (RHP)53 Cobb, Alex (RHP)54 Ekstrom, Mike (RHP)55 Ramos, Cesar (LHP)56 Torres, Alex (LHP)57 McGee, Jake (LHP)58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP)59 Cabral, Cesar (LHP)60 Vogt, Stephen (C)*61 Canzler, Russell (INF)*62 Peralta, Joel (RHP)63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)64 Beckham, Tim (INF)*65 Albernaz, Craig (C)*66 Carter, Chris (OF)*67 Mayora, Daniel (INF)*68 Swindle, R.J. (LHP)*69 Delaney, Rob (RHP)70 Maddon, Joe (Manager)71 Baker, Brian (RHP)*72 De Los Santos, Richard (RHP)*73 Hayhurst, Dirk (RHP)* 74 Wade, Cory (RHP)*75 Bayliss, Jonah (RHP)*76 Orta, Ricky (RHP)*

BuLLpEN CATCHER 77 Cursi, Scott

TRAINING STAFF Porterfield, Ron (Head Athletic Trainer) Harker, Paul (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Vinson, Mark (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Barr, Kevin (Strength & Cond. Coord.)

EquIpMENT MANAGER Westmoreland, Chris

vIdEO COORdINATOR Fernandez, Chico

ALpHABETICAL (58) 65 Albernaz, Craig (C)*35 Archer, Chris (RHP)41 Ashley, Nevin (C) 71 Baker, Brian (RHP)*75 Bayliss, Jonah (RHP)*64 Beckham, Tim (INF)*46 Boroski, Stan (Asst. Pitching Coach)15 Brignac, Reid (SS)44 Bush, Matt (RHP)59 Cabral, Cesar (LHP)61 Canzler, Russell (INF)*66 Carter, Chris (OF)*38 Chirinos, Robinson (C) 53 Cobb, Alex (RHP)37 Cruz, Juan (RHP)*22 Damon, Johnny (OF)40 Davis, Wade (RHP)69 Delaney, Rob (RHP)49 De La Rosa, Dane (RHP)72 De Los Santos, Richard (RHP)*54 Ekstrom, Mike (RHP)43 Farnsworth, Kyle (RHP) 6 Foley, Tom (3B Coach)27 Fuld, Sam (OF)26 Furmaniak, J.J. (INF)*47 Gomes, Brandon (RHP)30 Guyer, Brandon (OF)73 Hayhurst, Dirk (RHP)* 58 Hellickson, Jeremy (RHP)25 Hendrick, George (1B Coach)48 Hickey, Jim (Pitching Coach)39 Howell, J.P. (LHP)28 Jaso, John (C) 8 Jennings, Desmond (OF)29 Johnson, Dan (INF) 9 Johnson, Elliot (UTL)20 Joyce, Matt (OF)23 Kotchman, Casey (1B)*31 Lobaton, Jose (C) 3 Longoria, Evan (3B)45 Lopez, Felipe (UTL)*70 Maddon, Joe (Manager) 4 Martinez, Dave (Bench Coach)67 Mayora, Daniel (INF)*57 McGee, Jake (LHP)34 Niemann, Jeff (RHP)16 Olmedo, Ray (INF)*76 Orta, Ricky (RHP)*62 Peralta, Joel (RHP)14 Price, David (LHP)24 Ramirez, Manny (OF) 7 Ramos, Bobby (Bullpen Coach)55 Ramos, Cesar (LHP) 1 Rodriguez, Sean (INF)36 Russell, Adam (RHP)17 Shelton, Derek (Hitting Coach)33 Shields, James (RHP)10 Shoppach, Kelly (C) 21 Sonnanstine, Andy (RHP)50 Suarez, Albert (RHP)68 Swindle, R.J. (LHP)*56 Torres, Alex (LHP) 2 Upton, B.J. (OF)60 Vogt, Stephen (C)*74 Wade, Cory (RHP)*63 Zimmer, Don (Sr. Advisor)18 Zobrist, Ben (UTL)

SpECIAL INSTRuCTORS 84 Allen, Neil81 Barnes, Skeeter80 Bosman, Dick52 Eiland, Dave78 Hoff, Jim79 Livesey, Steve82 Montoyo, Charlie83 Myers, Dave85 Nelson, Jamie89 Quatraro, Matt88 Robinson, Dewey

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HOW THE RAYS WERE BUILTACQUIRED IN TRADE (13)

CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS (3)

JUNE DRAFT (14)

RULE 5 DRAFT (1)

SIGNED AS A FREE AGENT (5)

SIGNED TO A MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT (4)

dATE NAME HOW ACquIREdJune 20, 2006 J.P. Howell From the Kansas City Royals for OF Joey Gathright and INF Fernando CortezJuly 12, 2006 Ben Zobrist From the Houston Astros along with RHP Mitch Talbot for INF Aubrey Huff

and cashDec 10, 2008 Matt Joyce From the Detroit Tigers for RHP Edwin JacksonAug 28, 2009 Sean Rodriguez

Alex TorresFrom the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim along with 3B Matt Sweeney for LHP Scott Kazmir

Dec 1, 2009 Kelly Shoppach From the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named (RHP Mitch Talbot)Dec 17, 2010 Brandon Gomes

Cesar RamosAdam Russell

From the San Diego Padres along with INF Cole Figueroa for SS Jason Bartlett and a player to be named

Jan 8, 2011 Chris ArcherRobinson ChirinosSam FuldBrandon Guyer

From the Chicago Cubs along with INF Hak-Ju Lee for RHP Matt Garza, OF Fernando Perez and LHP Zach Rosscup

dATE NAME pRIOR CLuBJuly 30, 2009 Jose Lobaton San Diego PadresFeb 3, 2010 Mike Ekstrom San Diego PadresJan 28, 2011 Rob Delaney Minnesota Twins

dATE NAME ROuNd2000 James Shields 16th 2002 B.J. Upton 1st 2003 John Jaso 12th 2004 Jeff Niemann 1st

Reid Brignac 2nd Wade Davis 3rd Jake McGee 5th Andy Sonnanstine 13th

2005 Jeremy Hellickson 4th 2006 Evan Longoria 1st

Alex Cobb 4th Nevin Ashley 6th Desmond Jennings 10th

2007 David Price 1st

dATE NAME pRIOR CLuBDec 9, 2010 Cesar Cabral Boston Red Sox

dATE NAME pRIOR CLuBJan 11, 2010 Dan Johnson Yokohama (Japan)Dec 17, 2010 Joel Peralta Washington NationalsJan 16, 2011 Kyle Farnsworth Atlanta BravesFeb 1, 2011 Johnny Damon Detroit TigersFeb 1, 2011 Manny Ramirez Chicago White Sox

dATE NAMEJune 29, 2002 Elliot JohnsonJuly 2, 2006 Albert SuarezNov 11, 2009 Dane De La RosaJan 25, 2010 Matt Bush

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  CRAIG ALBERNAZ

FuLL NAME: Craig Francis AlbernazBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-8/195M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 28BORN: 10/30/82 in Fall River, MA RESIdES: Somerset, MAACquIREd: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 27, 2006SIGNING SCOuT: Kevin Elfering (Rays)

CRAIG ALBERNAZ | C65

In his career, has caught 44.3 percent (86-for-194) of attempted base stealers. 2010 Spent the season at Double-A Montgomery after playing one game with Triple-A Durham to start the season…hit .250 (39-for-156) in 53 games while splitting time with Nevin Ashley…hit .297 (22-for-74) after the All-Star break…caught 43.9 percent of attempted base stealers…made his second career pitching appearance on Aug 22 vs. Charlotte in a 9-2 win and gave up a two-out solo HR before closing the game out. 2009 Spent most of the season with Durham after an April 20 promotion from Montgom-ery…combined to catch 15 of 38 (39.5 percent) runners attempting to steal – 38.2 percent (13 of 34) at Durham and 50 percent (2 of 4) at Montgomery. 2008 Was promoted from Class-A Vero Beach to Montgomery on July 15, and joined Durham briefly in September during their postseason run…caught 64 percent (7 of 11) of runners attempting to steal at Vero and 50 percent (8 of 16) at Montgomery, com-bining for 55.6 percent…hit his first professional HR June 24 at Clearwater (Phillies), a solo shot, while with Vero. 2007 Spent the entire season with Class-A Columbus, where he gunned down 48.6 per-cent (17 of 35) of base runners attempting to steal. 2006 Made his professional debut with Princeton …was promoted to Montgomery at season’s end. PERSONAL Is a 2005 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, where he played for coach Bill Mathews (also an official scorer for the Rays) and was a three-year letterman for the Tritons baseball team…graduated from Somerset (Mass.) High School, the alma mater of former big league infielders Greg Gagne and Jerry Remy.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2006 Princeton .186 31 86 11 16 3 0 0 3 2 0 2 7-0 18 2 0 3 .221 .263 7

Montgomery .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 02007 Columbus .170 39 100 11 17 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 10-1 22 0 1 4 .200 .263 32008 Vero Beach .128 18 47 3 6 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 4-0 7 0 0 2 .191 .212 1

Montgomery .340 14 47 10 16 2 1 1 9 2 0 0 4-0 9 0 0 0 .489 .392 02009 Montgomery .077 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 2 0 0 0 .077 .250 0

Durham .183 48 120 15 22 4 2 0 10 3 0 0 12-0 29 1 0 6 .250 .258 32010 Durham .250 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 0

Montgomery .250 54 156 20 39 5 0 2 15 5 0 2 18-0 35 2 1 6 .321 .335 5Minor league totals .205 212 576 72 118 17 3 4 47 14 1 9 57-1 124 5 2 21 .266 .286 19

RAYS DID YOU KNOW?

RAYS ALL-TIME EJECTION LEADERS

Joe Maddon leads the list with 16 ejections and Carl Craw-ford leads Rays players with five. Thirty of the Rays 111 ejections all-time have come against Boston (27 percent). New York is next at 11. The Rays had eight players/coach-es ejected and the Red Sox none on Aug 29, 2000.

Joe Maddon ................16Larry Rothschild .........15Lou Piniella ....................9Hal McRae .....................7Carl Crawford ................5Greg Vaughn ..................4John McLaren ...............3Mike DiFelice .................3

Julio Lugo ......................2Aubrey Huff....................2Jose Cardenal ...............2Dave Martinez. ..............2Mike Butcher .................2Jonny Gomes ................2B.J. Upton ......................2

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  BRIAN BAKER

FuLL NAME: Brian BakerBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/190M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 28BORN: 1/10/83 in Brooklyn, NY RESIdES: Columbus, GAACquIREd: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on June 15, 2005SIGNING SCOuT: Milt Hill (Rays)

BRIAN BAKER | RHP71

2010 Went 9-5 with a 3.86 ERA (105-IP, 45-ER) in 37 appearances (12 starts) with Triple-A Durham…held right-handed hitters to a .217 average on the season…went 7-0 with a 2.48 ERA (54.1-IP, 15-ER) before the All-Star break as a reliever…converted to a starter for the last two months of the season and went 4-4 with a 4.37 ERA (59.2-IP, 29-ER) in that role. 2009 Made 18 starts for Double-A Mont-gomery, his first experience as a starter…finished 2nd on the Biscuits and 7th in the Southern League in strikeouts (102)…did not allow a run in 5 apps (1 start) in May (16-IP). 2008 Led Class-A Vero Beach with 46 relief apps…held right-handed hitters to a .193 (32-for-166) batting average. 2007 Threw 21.2 consecutive scoreless innings from July 13–Aug 16, striking out 18 while giving up 11 hits…pitched multiple innings in 31 of his 39 apps…helped Class-A Columbus to a South Atlantic League championship in his hometown. 2006 Did not allow a run at home for Short-A Hudson Valley (10 apps, 13.2-IP)…held right-handed hitters to a .118 batting average (8-for-68) on the season. 2005 Held right-handed hitters to a .154 (10-for-65) batting average compared to a .364 (12-for-33) average for lefties. PERSONAL Graduated from Columbus State University (Ga.) in 2005…named MVP of the 2002 Division II College World Series as helped the Cougars win their first National Champion-ship…two-time All-American.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2005 Princeton 6 2 2.60 17 0 0 0 0 27.2 22 12 8 4 1 6-0 33 0 12006 Hudson Valley 0 1 2.93 21 0 0 0 6 30.2 17 11 10 2 1 11-0 31 1 02007 Columbus 4 3 2.40 39 0 0 0 7 78.2 60 29 21 3 7 29-0 68 2 02008 Vero Beach 5 5 3.49 46 0 0 0 1 69.2 60 28 27 5 7 17-3 55 2 02009 Montgomery 5 6 4.54 31 18 0 0 0 121.0 127 65 61 10 8 40-3 102 5 12010 Durham 9 5 3.86 37 12 0 0 0 105.0 100 50 45 10 3 43-1 72 1 0Minor league totals 29 22 3.58 191 30 0 0 14 432.2 386 195 172 34 27 146-7 361 11 2

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NON-ROSTER INVITES ON OPENING DAY ROSTER

1998 RHP Rolando Arrojo1999 None2000 RHP Dave Eiland, INF Herbert Perry2001 RHP Ken Hill2002 None2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LHP Jim Parque, RHP Steve Parris2004 None2005 OF Chris Singleton, RHP Hideo Nomo2006 RHP Jason Childers, RHP Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz2007 RHP Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RHP Al Reyes2008 INF/OF Eric Hinske2009 None2010 None

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  JONAH BAYLISS

FuLL NAME: Jonah James BaylissBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/200M.L. SERvICE: 1 year, 3 days OpENING dAY AGE: 30BORN: 8/13/80 in North Adams, MA RESIdES: Hendersonville, TNACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, December 10, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Steve Connelly (Royals)

JONAH BAYLISS | RHP75

2010 Released by Toronto after spring training and signed with Houston…assigned to Triple-A Round Rock where he posted a 2.93 ERA (40-IP, 12-ER) in 26 apps before the All-Star break…went 0-1 with a 4.62 ERA (25.1-IP, 13-ER) in 17 apps after the break. 2009 Did not make the Blue Jays roster out of spring training and was sent to Triple-A Las Vegas…on July 28, asked for and was granted his release from Toronto so that he could sign with the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League…made 19 relief apps for the Lions and re-signed with Toronto the following spring. 2008 Designated for assignment by the Pirates during spring training and outrighted to Indianapolis…trad-ed to Toronto on June 19. 2007 Began the season with Pittsburgh, his first time making an Opening Day roster…optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on June 24 and played one more stint with the Pirates in late July before spending the remainder of the year in the International League. 2006 Finished 4th in the IL in saves…recalled by Pittsburgh twice during the season. 2005 Spent the majority of the sea-son with Double-A Wichita (Royals) and was used exclusively in relief for the first time in his career…had contract purchased by Kansas City on June 21 and made major league debut that night at U.S. Cellular Field…made four scoreless appearances (3.1 IP) before being optioned back to Wichita on July 6…returned to the Royals on Aug 6…held major league opponents to a .167 (7-for-42) average in his 11 outings. 2004 Led Royals minor league system and ranked 3rd in the Midwest League in SO…named to the MWL midseason All-Star Team…acquired by Pittsburgh along with Chad Blackwell in exchange for Mark Redman from Kansas City on Dec 7. PERSONAL Drafted by Kansas City in the seventh round of the 2002 June Draft…attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., where he earned Pitcher of the Year honors in the New England Small College Athletic Conference in 2002.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2002 Spokane 4 8 5.35 15 15 0 0 0 70.2 70 46 42 9 7 29-0 38 7 22003 Burlington 7 12 3.86 26 26 2 1 0 140.0 129 78 60 11 10 69-0 133 9 02004 Wilmington 6 6 4.93 24 24 0 0 0 111.1 119 70 61 11 9 44-0 79 6 22005 Wichita 1 2 2.84 30 0 0 0 8 57.0 43 19 18 5 2 26-0 63 5 0

KANSAS CITY 0 0 4.63 11 0 0 0 0 11.2 7 6 6 2 2 4-0 10 0 02006 Indianapolis 3 3 2.17 46 0 0 0 23 58.0 37 15 14 4 3 28-6 67 4 0

PITTSBURGH 1 1 4.30 11 0 0 0 0 14.2 13 7 7 1 1 11-2 15 2 02007 PITTSBURGH 4 3 8.36 39 0 0 0 0 37.2 51 36 35 8 2 18-2 29 1 0

Indianapolis 3 2 7.06 16 0 0 0 0 21.2 23 19 17 5 0 10-1 17 0 02008 Indianapolis 0 3 6.00 28 0 0 0 3 33.0 45 24 22 3 0 13-1 25 3 0

Syracuse 3 2 3.40 26 0 0 0 2 39.2 36 18 15 5 3 12-0 29 5 02009 Las Vegas 7 2 3.96 38 0 0 0 5 50.0 39 24 22 5 0 24-2 48 4 0

Seibu (JPN) 0 0 3.21 19 0 0 0 1 14.0 18 5 5 1 0 8-0 6 1 02010 Round Rock 1 4 3.58 43 0 0 0 0 65.1 65 27 26 7 2 21-3 61 3 0Minor league totals 35 34 4.13 292 65 2 1 41 646.2 606 340 297 65 36 276-0 560 46 4Major league totals 5 4 6.75 61 0 0 0 0 64.0 71 49 48 11 5 33-4 54 3 0

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CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2008 Princeton .243 46 177 30 43 12 0 2 14 2 3 2 13-0 43 5 1 3 .345 .297 13

Hudson Valley .333 2 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 1 1 0 0 .500 .556 02009 Bowling Green .275 125 491 58 135 33 4 5 63 0 5 7 34-0 116 13 10 10 .389 .328 432010 Charlotte .256 123 465 68 119 23 5 5 57 7 4 4 62-2 119 22 14 14 .359 .346 25Minor league totals .263 296 1139 161 299 69 9 12 134 9 12 14 111-2 279 41 25 27 .371 .332 81

FuLL NAME: Timothy Lamar BeckhamBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/190M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 21BORN: 1/27/90 in Griffin, GA RESIdES: Atlanta, GAACquIREd: Selected in the first round (first overall) of the 2008 June DraftSIGNING SCOuT: Milt Hill (Rays)

TIM BECKHAM | SS64

2010 Spent the season with Class-A Charlotte and started 121 games at SS…hit .256 (119-for-465) with 5 HR and 22 SB…led the team with 57 RBI, 68 runs, 62 BB and 119 SO…hit all 5 of his HR before the All-Star break but batted 73 points higher after…drove in a club-record 5 RBI April 28 vs. St. Luc-ie…reduced his errors at SS from 43 in 2009 to 25 in 2010…was selected to attend the Rays Winter De-velopment Program held at Tropicana Field in January…ranked by Baseball America as the Best Infield Arm in the organization. 2009 Played for Class-A Bowling Green in his first full minor league sea-son…hit .291 (114-for-392) with all 5 HR against RHP, but only .212 (21-for-99) against LHP…in 117 G at SS committed 43 errors, most among South Atlantic League shortstops…was ranked by BA as the No. 6 prospect and Best Infield Arm in the Rays system, and No. 5 prospect in the SAL. 2008 Made his pro debut at Rookie-level Princeton after being selected No. 1 overall in the June Draft…on June 19 signed for $6.15 million, the largest bonus ever awarded to a player drafted by the Rays…was called up to Short-A Hudson Valley on Aug 27 for 2 games…following the season, BA ranked him the No. 1 prospect in the Appalachian League and the No. 2 prospect (behind David Price) and Best Hitter for Average in the Rays system. AMATEUR CAREER Became the first No. 1 overall selection to be drafted out of Georgia since Mike Ivie (Padres) in 1970…was rated the No. 1 high school prospect entering the draft by BA and No. 1 overall prospect by ESPN.com and Baseball Prospectus…hit .482 his senior year as he led Griffin (Ga.) High School to the Region 4A Championship…as a junior was named BA Youth Player of the Year, MVP of the Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic (San Diego) and Best Batting Prospect at the 2007 Area Code Games (Long Beach, Calif.)…also played football and basketball at Griffin. PERSONAL His oldest brother, Jeremy Beckham, was selected by the Rays in the 17th round of the same draft out of Georgia Southern and played alongside him at Bowling Green, Hudson Valley and Princeton.

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INTERLEAGUE PLAY

Baseball begins its 15th season of interleague play in 2011. The American League leads the all-time series 1,808-1,652 (.538) after taking the last five seasons 712-548 (.565). The Rays are 106-126 (.456) all-time vs. the National League, but are 10 games over .500 under Joe Maddon (50-40), tied for the 9th-best record in the majors since 2006. The Rays went 7-11 in 2010 after a 13-5 record in 2009; their second-most wins ever in Interleague play (15-3 in 2004). In 2010 the Rays pitching staff led all teams in interleague strikeouts, tallying 151 strikeouts in the 18 games played.

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  RUSSELL CANZLER

FuLL NAME: Russell Michael CanzlerBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/220M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 24BORN: 4/11/86 in Berwick, PA RESIdES: Hazleton, PAACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, November 19, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Billy Blitzer (Cubs)

RUSSELL CANZLER | INF61

2010 Ranked 2nd in the Southern League with 21 HR for Double-A Tennessee (Cubs) while batting .287 (102-for-355) with 66 RBI in 112 games played at 3B, 1B, RF and LF…in June hit .414 (24-for-58) with 5 HR and 13 RBI in 22 games…recorded 31 multi-hit games. 2009 Started the season with a 15-game hitting streak at Class-A Daytona and was promoted to Tennessee on May 11…at Tennessee hit .299 (49-for-164) against righthanders and .159 (11-for-69) against lefties…batted .333 (25-for-75) with RISP. 2008 Hit 9 of his 12 HR after the All-Star break…batted .342 (38-for-111) against lefties and .237 (51-for-215) against righties…went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 7 RBI on Aug 2 vs. Vero Beach. 2007 Played a career-high 125 games with appearances at 1B and LF. 2006 Named to the North-west League postseason All-Star Team…given the MiLB.com Short-Season Round Tripper award…led the league in HR, RBI and 2B. PERSONAL Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round of the 2004 June Draft…resides in Joe Maddon’s hometown of Hazleton, Pa., where he attended Hazle-ton Area High School…first met Joe five years ago…enjoys fly-fishing…helps with youth baseball camps in the winter.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2004 Cubs .248 32 105 12 26 2 3 1 13 3 1 1 9-0 35 0 1 2 .352 .310 112005 Cubs .299 49 157 22 47 11 3 1 20 2 4 1 24-1 41 1 5 4 .427 .387 02006 Boise .264 73 280 49 74 22 4 16 61 1 5 3 22-0 70 7 4 10 .543 .319 102007 Peoria .270 125 460 60 124 24 2 7 54 1 5 2 35-2 88 12 8 11 .376 .321 92008 Daytona .273 98 326 47 89 22 2 12 59 3 4 1 27-1 70 7 4 12 .463 .327 42009 Daytona .270 28 100 14 27 8 1 2 14 0 1 0 7-0 24 2 0 1 .430 .315 2

Tennessee .258 90 233 27 60 15 0 6 35 1 1 1 31-1 41 2 5 6 .399 .346 72010 Tennessee .287 112 355 68 102 28 4 21 66 0 5 5 46-1 95 5 4 5 .566 .372 20Minor league totals .272 607 2016 299 549 132 19 66 322 11 26 14 201-6 464 36 31 51 .455 .339 63

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PLAYERS INVITED TO SPRING TRAINING

1998 ....................................................................73 players

1999 ....................................................................76 players

2000 ................................................................... 69 players

2001 ................................................................... 69 players

2002 ................................................................... 69 players

2003 ....................................................................73 players

2004 ................................................................... 63 players

2005 ................................................................... 64 players

2006 ................................................................... 63 players

2007 ................................................................... 58 players

2008 ................................................................... 56 players

2009 ....................................................................62 players

2010 ....................................................................57 players

2011 ................................................................... 58 players

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CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2004 Yakima .336 70 256 47 86 15 1 15 63 0 1 1 46-1 34 2 3 7 .578 .438 0

South Bend .385 6 26 3 10 3 0 2 7 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1 .731 .385 152005 Lancaster .296 103 412 71 122 26 2 21 85 0 6 6 46-4 66 0 0 12 .522 .370 12

Tennessee .297 36 128 21 38 4 0 10 30 0 1 3 19-4 11 0 3 1 .563 .397 42006 Tuscon .301 136 509 87 153 30 3 19 97 0 0 1 78-4 69 10 4 1 .483 .395 152007 Tuscon .324 126 503 74 163 39 3 18 84 0 6 2 50-4 68 2 0 19 .521 .383 16

Pawtucket .234 12 47 6 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 4-0 7 0 0 1 .319 .308 02008 Pawtucket .300 121 470 65 141 25 2 24 81 0 7 4 41-6 84 0 0 10 .515 .356 4

BOSTON .333 9 18 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2-0 5 0 0 0 .333 .400 02009 BOSTON .000 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

Pawtucket .294 116 428 50 126 25 0 16 61 0 5 3 42-8 63 0 0 16 .465 .358 32010 Buffalo .336 29 113 17 38 9 2 6 22 0 0 2 8-0 8 0 0 0 .611 .390 0

NEW YORK-NL .263 100 167 15 44 9 0 4 24 0 1 1 12-0 17 1 2 2 .389 .317 0Minor league totals .307 755 2892 441 888 177 13 132 534 0 26 23 334-31 412 14 10 81 .514 .380 65Major league totals .263 113 190 20 50 9 0 4 28 0 1 1 14-0 26 1 2 2 .374 .316 0

FuLL NAME: William Christopher CarterBATS/THROWS: L/L HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/230M.L. SERvICE: 1 year, 5 days OpENING dAY AGE: 28BORN: 9/16/82 in Fremont, CA RESIdES: South Dennis, MAACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, January 4, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Fred Costello (Arizona)

CHRIS CARTER | OF66

2010 Played in 100 games for the Mets, batting .263 (44-for-167) with 4 home runs and 24 RBI…as a pinch-hitter, batted .328 (19-for-58) with 1 HR and 10 RBI…started the season at Triple-A Buffalo where he hit .336 with 6 HR and 22 RBI in 29 games before his promotion on May 11. 2009 Spent the majority of the year with Triple-A Pawtucket (Red Sox)…appeared in 4 games with Boston from April 13-20…had 37 multi-hit games (25 two-hit games), led Pawtucket in batting avg., homers, RBI, runs, hits and doubles…hit .333 (67-for-201) the final three months of the season to raise his average to .296…acquired by the Mets from Boston in August as the player to be named in the trade for LHP Billy Wagner…with Boston, hit a 4th-inning double to bring home J.D. Drew with the first run in the Mets first-ever exhibition game at Citi Field on April 3. 2008 Played two stints with the Red Sox includ-ing a September call-up…made his major league debut on June 5 vs. TB as a pinch-runner the Rays at Fenway Park and collected his first big league hit against Grant Balfour later in the game…named to the International League midseason and postseason All-Star teams. 2007 Finished 5th in the Pacific Coast League in doubles and 6th in batting avg. and hits. 2005 Led all Diamondbacks minor leaguers with 31 HR (tied for 7th in the minors) and 115 RBI (tied for 4th in minors). 2004 Named to the Northwest League midseason All-Star Team and Baseball America’s Short-A All-Star Team. PERSONAL Selected by Arizona in the 17th round of the 2004 June Draft…played at Stanford Uni-versity from 2002-04 alongside new teammate Sam Fuld…nicknamed “The Animal” by former Mets manager Jerry Manuel for his strong work ethic.

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GOLDEN SEATS

Fans at Tropicana Field will notice two gold seats in the right field stands. The seat located in the third row of Section 148 is the location where the first Rays home run landed, a 2-run shot hit by Wade Boggs off Detroit’s Justin Thompson in the 6th inning of the Rays inaugural game, March 31, 1998. The other gold seats, in Section 144, marks the seat where Boggs’ 3,000th hit landed, a 2-run home run off Cleve-land’s Chris Haney on Aug 7, 1999.

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FuLL NAME: Juan Carlos CruzBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/165M.L. SERvICE: 7 years, 44 days OpENING dAY AGE: 32BORN: 10/15/78 in Bonao, D.R. RESIdES: Bonao, D.R.ACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, February 3, 2011SIGNING SCOuT: Jose Serra (Cubs)

JUAN CRUZ | RHP37

2010 Made the Royals Opening Day roster but was released after just 5 apps on April 23…un-derwent season-ending shoulder surgery on May 12…pitched for Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League. 2009 Spent his first season with Kansas City, posting a 5.72 ERA (50.1-IP, 32-ER) in 46 relief appearances…held batters to a .133 (10-for-75) average in 20 road appearances, the lowest average in the majors among pitchers with at least 50 IP. 2008 Spent the majority of the season with Arizona and posted a 2.61 ERA (52.1-IP, 15-ER) in 57 relief apps…struck out 71 batters in 51.2 IP (12.37 SO/9 IP). 2007 Started the season in the Arizona bullpen for the second straight season…ranked 2nd in the majors among relievers with 12.84 SO/9 IP (87-SO, 61-IP)…pitched in the NLDS and NLCS. 2006 Traded to Arizona in spring training and went 5-6 with a 4.44 ERA (73-IP, 36-ER) as a starter in a career-high 15 starts…also made 16 relief apps, compiling a 3.32 ERA (21.2-IP, 8-ER)…held opposing batters to a .230 average, including a .153 mark as a reliever. 2005 Started the season in Oakland’s bullpen…optioned to Triple-A Sacramento on June 16…returned to the A’s as a September call-up. 2004 Posted a 2.75 ERA (72-IP, 22-ER) in 50 relief apps for Atlanta…made 3 postseason apps for the Braves in the NLDS and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 3.2 innings pitched…traded from At-lanta to Oakland in December in a deal involving RHP Tim Hudson. 2003 Became just the second Cubs reliever to strike out six consecutive batters in a game on Opening Day, March 31 at NYM, joining Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter…split the season between the Chicago (NL) and Triple-A Iowa. 2002  Recorded his first major league save with Chicago on Sep 21 at PIT. 2001 Made his first major league appearance with Chicago on Aug 21 vs. MIL, taking the loss after allowing 2 runs over 6 innings pitched…earned his first career victory in his second start Aug 26 vs. STL…represented the Cubs at the All-Star Futures Game, pitching for the World Team. 2000 Selected by Baseball America as the 2nd-best prospect in the Midwest League and Florida State League. PERSONAL Signed by the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2007…attended Jallaco Bonao High School in Bonao, D.R. …married to Leonarda.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK1998 AZL Cubs 2 4 6.10 12 5 0 0 0 41.1 61 48 28 2 3 14-0 36 8 31999 Eugene 5 6 5.94 15 15 0 0 0 80.1 97 59 53 11 9 33-0 65 4 02000 Lansing 5 5 3.28 17 17 2 1 0 96.0 75 50 35 6 13 60-0 106 8 1

Daytona 3 0 3.25 8 7 1 0 0 44.1 30 22 16 5 3 18-0 54 4 02001 West Tenn 9 6 4.01 23 23 0 0 0 121.1 107 56 54 6 16 60-0 137 4 0

CHICAGO-NL 3 1 3.22 8 8 0 0 0 44.2 40 16 16 4 2 17-1 39 0 02002 CHICAGO-NL 3 11 3.98 45 9 0 0 1 97.1 84 56 43 11 8 59-4 81 1 02003 Iowa 4 0 1.95 9 9 0 0 0 50.2 37 12 11 1 4 11-0 47 1 1

CHICAGO-NL 2 7 6.05 25 6 0 0 0 61.0 66 44 41 7 7 28-0 65 4 02004 ATLANTA 6 2 2.75 50 0 0 0 0 72.0 59 24 22 7 2 30-1 70 1 02005 Sacramento 5 1 2.40 13 13 0 0 0 75.0 51 23 20 4 5 28-0 90 4 0

OAKLAND 0 3 7.44 28 0 0 0 0 32.2 38 33 27 5 4 22-4 34 3 02006 Tucson 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 1- 4 0 0

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ARIZONA 6 1 3.10 53 0 0 0 0 61.0 45 28 21 7 5 32-3 87 1 22008 Tucson 0 0 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0-0 4 0 0

ARIZONA 4 0 2.61 57 0 0 0 0 51.2 34 17 15 5 3 31-0 71 1 02009 KANSAS CITY 3 4 5.72 46 0 0 0 2 50.1 46 34 32 6 1 29-1 38 6 02010 KANSAS CITY 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 2 2 0 0 4-0 7 0 0Minor league totals 33 22 3.81 101 92 3 1 0 517.1 465 272 219 35 54 225-0 548 33 5Major league totals 32 35 4.15 348 38 0 0 0 570.2 501 299 263 59 43 299-16 580 19 2

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FuLL NAME: Richard De Los SantosBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/170M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 26BORN: 6/1/84 in Comendador, D.R. RESIdES: Elias Pina, D.R.ACquIREd: From the Cleveland Indians in December 13, 2004SIGNING SCOuT: Rene Gayo (Indians)

RICHARD DE LOS SANTOS | RHP72

2010 Was fully healthy for the first time since 2007 and went 14-5 with a 3.52 ERA (148.1-IP, 58-ER) in 28 games (23 starts) for Triple-A Durham…his 14 wins led the International League…his ERA ranked 2nd for Bulls starters behind Jeremy Hellickson (2.45)…made 4 apps as a reliever before moving into the rotation…recorded a 3.36 ERA (131.1-IP, 49-ER) as a starter…won 8 consecutive decisions from July 20 to Aug 24 while posting a 1.42 ERA (44.1-IP, 7-ER). 2009 Returned on July 18 after missing more than a year while recovering from a shoulder injury…was assigned to Class-A Charlotte where he became the Stone Crabs closer…converted 10 of 11 save opportunities and compiled a 0.79 ERA over 13 relief apps…held opposing hitters to a .145 (11-for-76) avg., including a .128 (5-for-39) mark against right-handed hitters…following the season, pitched for Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League. 2008 Missed the final two months due to a right shoulder injury that required surgery…Dr. Koco Eaton performed arthroscopic surgery on Aug 15…his last appearance came on July 4 at West Tenn (Cubs). 2004 Joined the Rays organization in the 2004 Rule 5 Draft, after spending the first four years of his career (2001-04) in the Indians system…held opponents to a .186 average and recorded a 10.18 SO/9 IP ratio with Short-A Mahoning Valley. 2002 Missed the entire season due to Tommy John surgery, performed on May 1 by Dr. Mark Schickendantz, head team physician for the Indians. 2000 Signed as a free agent with Cleveland on Dec 27.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2001 DSL Indians 6 2 1.58 13 13 0 0 0 80.0 67 17 14 1 1 13-0 41 3 12002 Injured—Did Not Play2003 Burlington 3 4 6.41 12 0 0 0 1 39.1 45 32 28 3 3 10-0 40 4 02004 Mahoning Valley 1 5 5.26 13 9 0 0 0 51.1 53 34 30 2 6 19-0 45 2 12005 Hudson Valley 1 0 0.93 6 0 0 0 2 9.2 6 2 1 0 0 2-0 8 2 0

SW Michigan 3 0 0.66 15 0 0 0 4 41.0 15 4 3 1 1 18-0 49 0 12006 Visalia 5 3 3.44 41 0 0 0 13 68.0 72 26 26 1 3 19-0 49 4 12007 Durham 1 1 7.20 6 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 12 12 3 4 3-0 5 0 0

Montgomery 5 4 2.75 40 3 0 0 0 72.0 67 29 22 3 3 15-4 38 2 12008 Montgomery 5 5 3.42 14 12 0 0 1 79.0 75 32 30 4 3 24-1 39 1 02009 Hudson Valley 2 0 2.81 8 0 0 0 4 16.0 12 5 5 0 0 6-0 13 0 0

Charlotte 2 0 0.79 13 0 0 0 10 22.2 11 4 2 0 0 4-0 21 0 02010 Durham 14 5 3.52 28 23 0 0 0 148.1 154 63 58 6 8 48-2 90 3 3Minor league totals 42 27 3.48 197 47 0 0 35 564.1 533 244 218 24 31 168-3 398 19 7

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LONGEST GAMES IN RAYS HISTORY

16 innings .........................................April 1, 2003 vs. BOS15 innings .........................................Aug 4, 2000 vs. BAL14 innings .........................................Sep 10, 2008 at BOS14 innings .........................................June 14, 2002 at FLA14 innings .........................................April 19, 2002 vs. BAL14 innings .........................................May 12, 1998 vs. CLE14 innings .........................................April 13, 1998 vs. MIN13 innings .........................................July 20, 2010 at BAL13 innings .........................................Aug 4, 2010 vs. MIN

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  J.J. FURMANIAK

FuLL NAME: Jason Joseph FurmaniakBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/190M.L. SERvICE: 88 days OpENING dAY AGE: 31BORN: 7/31/79 in Bolingbrook, IL RESIdES: Plainfield, ILACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, February 4, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Bob Cummings (Padres)

J.J. FURMANIAK | INF26

Pronounced fer-MAIN-ee-ack…utilityman has played mostly SS over his 10-year professional career, but has also seen extensive action at 2B and 3B and some at LF, RF and CF. 2010 Suffered a heel injury in spring training that sidelined him until mid-May…played 11 games at Double-A Montgomery before being promoted to Triple-A Durham on May 29…hit a combined .270 (88-for-326) with 19 2B and 10 SB in 88 games (49-2B, 24-SS, 15-3B, 2-RF)…hit .299 (75-for-251) against righties compared to .173 (13-for-75) against southpaws. 2009 Spent the entire season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley in the Phillies organization, appearing at 2B, SS and 3B. 2008 Played for the Yokohama BayStars of Japan’s Central League. 2007 Had four separate tours with Oakland, appearing in 16 games at 2B, SS, 3B, CF and LF…stole a professional-best 21 bases at Triple-A Sacramento. 2006 Re-turned to Triple-A Indianapolis in the Pirates organization where he spent the entire season. 2005 Played the season’s first four months at Triple-A Portland (Padres) before being dealt to the Pirates for C David Ross on July 28…assigned to Indianapolis…promoted to Pittsburgh on Sep 13 following the minor league postseason and played in 13 games for the Pirates over the remainder of the season…made his major league debut at St. Louis the night he was summoned, starting at 2B…doubled off Chris Carpenter for his first big league hit…started 6 games at 2B, 1 at SS…hit a combined .272 with 16 HR and 68 RBI between Portland and Indianapolis…selected to the Pacific Coast League midsea-son All-Star Team and went 2-for-2 in the Triple-A All-Star Game…had a 17-game hitting streak from Aug 11-29. 2004 Opened the season at Double-A Mobile, but spent most of the season at Portland, his first action at the Triple-A level. 2003 Combined to hit .301 with 12 HR and 65 RBI at Class-A Lake Elsinore and Mobile…named to the California League midseason All-Star Team as a shortstop…had a 3-HR game May 12 at High Desert. 2002 Played the entire year at Lake Elsinore, playing mostly 3B. 2000 Made his professional debut with Rookie-level Idaho Falls and was named to the Pioneer League’s postseason All-Star Team. PERSONAL Attended Bolingbrook (Ill.) High School and Lewis University, located just outside of Chicago.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2000 Idaho Falls .343 62 245 72 84 18 2 5 38 0 4 5 44-1 48 10 3 8 .494 .446 162001 Fort Wayne .220 123 436 57 96 24 3 5 35 3 7 4 55-0 117 11 6 10 .323 .309 282002 Lake Elsinore .257 106 381 50 98 16 6 7 43 5 5 6 26-1 100 11 9 8 .386 .311 222003 Lake Elsinore .314 78 309 65 97 22 8 9 54 3 2 8 36-1 55 10 4 5 .524 .397 2

Mobile .262 31 103 10 27 4 1 3 11 1 1 4 8-0 27 0 0 0 .408 .336 92004 Mobile .196 14 51 10 10 4 0 1 8 0 0 1 7-0 15 1 0 0 .333 .305 2

Portland .294 120 425 71 125 24 4 17 73 2 7 6 33-2 86 8 5 10 .489 .348 52005 Portland .266 99 387 54 103 16 4 14 47 5 2 6 28-0 86 9 5 8 .437 .324 15

Indianapolis .288 36 139 12 40 5 3 2 21 1 1 2 4-0 32 5 3 1 .410 .315 5PITTSBURGH .192 13 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4-0 4 0 0 0 .308 .300 1

2006 Indianapolis .213 114 371 43 79 12 3 6 27 4 1 2 25-2 85 15 5 11 .310 .266 172007 Sacramento .292 106 424 70 124 18 2 15 51 5 4 8 49-1 105 21 8 10 .450 .373 15

OAKLAND .176 16 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3-0 8 0 0 0 .235 .364 12008 Yokohama (JPN) .157 25 51 3 8 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 2-0 16 0 0 1 .275 .185 12009 Lehigh Valley .230 118 378 36 87 20 2 5 48 4 6 3 23-1 72 4 3 12 .333 .276 122010 Montgomery .310 11 42 4 13 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 2-0 8 1 0 0 .341 .381 0

Durham .264 77 284 51 75 16 3 1 22 3 1 5 41-1 53 9 4 9 .366 .352 4Minor league totals .265 1120 4026 608 1066 202 41 92 488 37 42 60 383-10 905 115 55 93 .335 .404 191Major league totals .186 29 43 8 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 7-0 12 0 0 0 .279 .327 1

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FuLL NAME: Dirk Von HayhurstBATS/THROWS: L/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/200M.L. SERvICE: 1 year, 46 days OpENING dAY AGE: 30BORN: 3/24/81 in Canton, OH RESIdES: Hudson, OHACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, January 21, 2011SIGNING SCOuT: Billy Merkel (Padres)

DIRK HAYHURST | RHP73

2010 Spent the entire season on Toronto’s major league disabled list recovering from shoulder surgery. 2009 Split the season between Toronto and Triple-A Las Vegas…promoted to the majors on June 4 and posted a 1.72 ERA (15.2-IP, 3-ER) over 12 apps before he was optioned on July 27…received a September call-up but only appeared in 3 games for the rest of the season…held right-handed hitters to a .220 (9-for-41) avg. compared to a .326 (14-for-43) avg. for lefties. 2008 Started the season at Triple-A Portland (Padres) and struck out 98 batters in 84 IP over 46 games…had his contract purchased from Portland on Aug 23 and made his major league debut the same day at San Francisco, allowing 3 ER over 4 IP and did not factor in the decision…made 10 apps for the Padres including 3 starts…in his 3 starts was 0-2 with an 8.74 ERA (11.1-IP, 11-ER)…in 7 relief apps was 0-1 with a 11.81 ERA (5.1-IP, 7-ER)…claimed off waivers by Toronto on Oct 6. 2007 Made 47 apps (1 start) across three levels but spent the majority of the season at Double-A San Antonio where he went 4-1 with 2 saves and a 3.19 ERA (59.1-IP, 21-ER) in 32 games. 2004 Among Padres minor leaguers, ranked 3rd in ERA (3.13), 5th in SO (124) and tied for 5th in wins (10)…was a member of the Midwest League midseason All-Star Team…finished 3rd in the Midwest League in ERA (2.66). PERSONAL Drafted by San Diego in the eighth round of the 2003 June Draft…graduated from Kent State University…is the author of The Bullpen Gospels, a New York Times best-selling book that chronicles his life in the minor leagues…has contributed numerous articles to Baseball America and his hometown newspaper, The Canton Repository…serves as a contributing editor for Athletes Quarterly…named Portland Beavers (Padres) 2008 Community Player of the Year…signs autographs with a picture of a “Garfoose,” a giraffe-moose hybrid animal that he invented…is active on Twitter (@TheGarfoose) and donated to the Haiti relief effort via his Twitter community…resides in Hudson, Ohio, with his wife, Bonnie.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2003 Eugene 4 3 3.82 25 1 0 0 0 37.2 38 23 16 3 4 12-0 0 49 02004 Fort Wayne 9 4 2.66 26 17 0 0 0 118.1 114 41 35 6 4 19-0 106 4 1

Lake Elsinore 1 2 5.56 5 5 0 0 0 22.2 25 18 14 2 1 16-0 18 1 12005 Lake Elsinore 5 5 5.38 38 7 0 0 1 93.2 106 66 56 9 4 27-1 69 3 1

Mobile 1 0 2.57 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 5 2 2 1 0 4-0 4 1 02006 Lake Elsinore 2 7 3.97 12 11 0 0 0 59.0 61 34 26 3 5 20-0 51 4 0

Portland 1 2 6.75 4 4 0 0 0 20.0 29 15 15 4 0 9-3 12 0 0Mobile 3 5 4.82 12 10 0 0 0 52.1 58 35 28 6 3 18-0 49 1 0

2007 Lake Elsinore 0 1 1.80 13 0 0 0 0 20.0 23 11 4 0 1 6-2 16 1 0San Antonio 4 1 3.19 32 1 0 0 2 59.1 54 24 21 6 2 9-1 55 4 0Portland 0 0 23.62 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 9 7 7 2 1 0-0 1 1 0

2008 Portland 2 3 3.75 46 2 0 0 2 84.0 84 36 35 7 3 28-4 98 3 1SAN DIEGO 0 2 9.72 10 3 0 0 0 16.2 27 18 18 2 0 10-1 14 4 0

2009 Las Vegas 4 6 3.75 25 6 0 0 0 57.2 69 33 24 6 1 12-3 48 1 1TORONTO 0 0 2.78 15 0 0 0 0 22.2 23 7 7 2 2 9-2 13 1 0

2010 TORONTO Injured—Did Not PitchMinor league totals 36 39 4.02 241 65 1 0 5 634.1 675 345 283 55 29 180-14 576 24 5Major league totals 0 2 5.72 25 3 0 0 0 39.1 50 25 25 4 2 19-3 27 5 0

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  CASEY KOTCHMAN

FuLL NAME: Casey John KotchmanBATS/THROWS: L/L HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/220M.L. SERvICE: 5 years, 52 days OpENING dAY AGE: 28BORN: 2/22/83 in St. Petersburg, FL RESIdES: St. Petersburg, FLACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent on January 28, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Tom Kotchman (Angels)

CASEY KOTCHMAN | 1B23

With only 9 errors in 4,875 total chances, Kotchman owns a career .998 fielding percentage at first base, highest in major league history among players with at least 500 games played…has led major league first basemen in fielding percentage in each of the last three seasons (2008-10)…has played in the postseason in four different seasons – 2004, 2005 and 2007 with the Angels and 2009 with Boston – batting .125 (2-for-16) in 11 games. 2010 Acquired by Seattle from Boston exchange for INF Bill Hall on Jan 7 and spent the entire season with the Mariners, appearing in 125 games…set a pair of ma-jor league fielding records as a first baseman for consecutive errorless games (274) and total chances (2,379)…both streaks were snapped on Aug 21 at NYY…hit .318 (21-for-66) in July with 4 HR and 10 RBI…batted .198 (69-for-348) the rest of the season…hit 20 doubles, his fourth consecutive season of 20-plus doubles. 2009 Combined to bat .268 (103-for-385) with 7 HR and 48 RBI in a season split between the Braves and Red Sox…traded to Boston on July 31 for 1B Adam LaRoche and cash considerations…with no errors in 939 total chances, became just the 3rd qualifying player in major league history to record a 1.000 fielding percentage in a season, joining BOS Kevin Youkilis in 2007 (1,080-TC) and SD Steve Garvey in 1984 (1,319-TC)…recorded a career-high 14-game hitting streak July 2-22 (17-for-47, 2-HR, 7-RBI). 2008 Split the season between the Angels and Braves…set ca-reer highs in games (143), at-bats (525), runs (65), hits (143), home runs (14) and RBI (68)…acquired by Atlanta on July 29 in a trade involving Mark Teixeira…at the time of the trade, led the Angels with 107 hits and tied for the team lead with 54 RBI…fanned just 39 times in 569 total plate appearances, the 3rd-best rate in the majors at 14.69 PA/SO. 2007 Established then-career highs in several of-fensive categories including average, home runs and RBI. 2006 Made the Angels Opening Day roster, the first of his career…diagnosed with a viral syndrome and placed on 15-day DL on May 9 and missed the rest of the season…began rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake on July 15 but pulled from assignment after 3 games with light-headedness and dizzy spells…resumed baseball activities in September and played in the Puerto Rican Winter League. 2005 Split the season between Salt Lake and the Angels…hit .302 (35-for-116) with 7 HR and 22 RBI in 40 games with the Angels (28 starts) after being recalled on Aug 4…connected for 2 homers Aug 7 vs. TB, including his first career grand slam. 2004 Named Angels Minor League Defensive Player of the Year…had contract selected May 9 from Double-A Arkansas…made major league debut May 9 vs. TB…opened his major league career with streak of 48 consecutive plate appearances without a strikeout, longest in the majors since Bob Bailor from 1975-77 with Baltimore and Toronto (51 PA)…collected first major league hit May 11 at NYY. 2002 Limited to 81 games at Class-A Cedar Rapids due to a back injury. 2001 Played under his father at Class-A Provo after signing with the Angels on July 21. PERSONAL Selected by the Angels in the first round (13th overall) of the 2001 June Draft out of Seminole High School in St. Petersburg, where he was born and raised…was part of Seminole’s 5A state championship team as a senior…in 2001 was named Baseball America’s top high school prospect as well as Gatorade National High School Player of the Year…is the son of longtime Angels scout and minor league manager Tom Kotch-man…rated as the Angels top prospect by Baseball America in 2002, 2004 and 2005…played for the USA Junior National Team in 1998 that won World Championships.

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CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2001 AZL Angels .600 4 15 5 9 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 3-1 2 0 0 0 .867 .632 1

Provo .500 7 22 6 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 .636 .542 02002 Cedar Rapids .281 81 288 42 81 30 1 5 50 1 4 6 48-2 37 2 1 7 .444 .390 52003 AZL Angels .333 7 27 5 9 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 2-1 3 0 0 1 .593 .379 0

R. Cucamonga .350 57 206 42 72 12 0 8 28 0 3 6 30-5 16 2 0 4 .524 .441 52004 Arkansas .368 28 114 19 42 11 0 3 18 0 1 5 10-0 7 0 0 6 .544 .438 0

ANAHEIM .224 38 116 7 26 6 0 0 15 0 1 4 7-3 11 3 0 3 .276 .289 3Salt Lake .372 49 199 32 74 22 0 5 38 0 2 5 14-0 25 0 0 9 .558 .423 3

2005 Salt Lake .289 94 363 62 105 23 1 10 58 0 4 7 43-2 40 0 2 15 .441 .372 4LOS ANGELES-AL .278 47 126 16 35 5 0 7 22 1 1 0 15-0 18 1 1 3 .484 .352 0

2006 LOS ANGELES-AL .152 29 79 6 12 2 0 1 6 2 0 0 7-0 13 0 1 2 .215 .221 0Salt Lake .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 1 .000 .125 1

2007 LOS ANGELES-AL .296 137 443 64 131 37 3 11 68 3 5 4 53-1 43 2 4 17 .467 .372 32008 LOS ANGELES-AL .287 100 373 47 107 24 0 12 54 0 2 5 18-3 23 2 1 14 .448 .327 2

ATLANTA .237 43 152 18 36 4 1 2 20 0 1 4 18-2 16 0 0 4 .316 .331 02009 ATLANTA .282 87 298 28 84 20 0 6 41 0 3 3 32-6 28 0 0 7 .409 .354 0

Gwinnett .000 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 0BOSTON .218 39 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 7-0 14 1 0 4 .287 .284 0

2010 SEATTLE .217 125 414 37 90 20 1 9 51 0 5 3 35-6 57 0 0 15 .336 .280 1Minor league totals .324 332 1244 215 403 103 2 34 214 1 16 29 154-11 132 4 3 43 .492 .406 19Major league totals .259 645 2088 232 540 121 5 49 284 6 18 24 192-21 223 9 7 69 .392 .326 9

RAYS DID YOU KNOW?

HOMEGROWN RAYS

The Rays have made 836 draft picks in the franchise’s history: 455 pitchers (309-RHP, 146-LHP), 168 infielders, 136 outfielders and 71 catchers.

There have been 52 “homegrown Rays” who were drafted by the Rays or signed their first professional contract with the club, and worked their way through the minor league system to make their major league debut with Tampa Bay. They are:

RHP Brandon BackeOF Rocco BaldelliRHP Dewon BrazeltonINF Jace BrewerINF Reid BrignacRHP Mickey CallawayINF Jorge CantuINF Fernando CortezOF Carl CrawfordOF Matt DiazRHP Wade DavisLHP Trevor EndersRHP Bartolome FortunatoRHP Lee GardnerOF Joey GathrightRHP Chad GaudinOF Jonny GomesC Toby Hall

RHP Jason HammelRHP Travis HarperRHP Jeremy HellicksonC Paul HooverINF Aubrey HuffRHP Delvin JamesC John JasoOF Desmond JenningsLHP Jason JimenezUTL Elliot JohnsonOF Kenny KellyLHP Joe Kennedy3B Evan LongoriaLHP Mark MalaskaRHP Seth McClungRHP Jeff NiemannRHP Chad OrvellaOF Fernando Perez

RHP Travis PhelpsLHP David PriceC Shawn RiggansRHP Ryan RupeRHP Juan Salas3B Jared SandbergLHP Bobby SeayRHP James ShieldsRHP Andy SonnanstineRHP Jason StandridgeRHP Brian StokesLHP Jon SwitzerOF B.J. UptonRHP Doug WaechterRHP Dan WheelerOF Delmon Young

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  FELIPE LOPEZ

FuLL NAME: Felipe LopezBATS/THROWS: S/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/205M.L. SERvICE: 8 years, 9 days OpENING dAY AGE: 30BORN: 5/12/80 in Bayamon, PR RESIdES: Orlando, FLACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, February 2, 2011SIGNING SCOuT: Jorge Rivera (Blue Jays)

FELIPE LOPEZ | INF45

2010 Started the season with St. Louis before being picked up by Boston on a waiver claim, Sep 25…batted a combined .233 (91-for-391) with 8 HR, 37 RBI and 8 SB…appeared in 113 games divided between third base, second base and shortstop. 2009 Played in 151 games between Ari-zona (85) and Milwaukee (66), batting a combined .310 (187-for-680) with 9 home runs and 57 RBI…was traded from Arizona to Milwaukee on July 19 in exchange for OF Cole Gillespie and RHP Roque Mercedes…ranked 9th in the NL in batting (.310), 5th in hits (187) and tied for 12th in doubles (38), all of which were career highs. 2008 Began the season with Washington, batting .234 (76-for-363) in his first 100 games of the season and was released on Aug 5…signed with St. Louis on Aug 6 and batted .385 (60-for-169) in 43 games with the Cardinals…his .385 batting average from Aug 1 through season’s end ranked 2nd in the NL behind LAD Manny Ramirez (.386)…hit safely in 37 of 43 games for St. Louis. 2007 Began the season as the starting second baseman for Washington but made most of his starts at shortstop (104-SS, 44-2B)…led the Nationals with 24 stolen bases. 2006 Split the season between Cincinnati and Washington…traded from the Reds to the Nationals as part of an eight-player trade on July 13…ranked 5th in the NL in stolen bases (44)…led all NL shortstops in walks (81). 2005 Earned his first All-Star selection and was named to the Sporting News All-Star Team…won the Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive shortstop in the NL…led all NL shortstops in home runs and RBI…led the Reds in hits, triples and multi-hit games. 2004 Started season at Triple-A Louisville (Reds) and was promoted to Cincinnati on June 1…recalled a second time on July 26…started 65 games for the Reds (41-SS, 24-3B). 2003 Opened the season with Cincinnati and was optioned to Louisville on June 16…had season-ending surgery on July 25 to repair a dislocated left ankle sustained in a home plate collision. 2002 Began the season with Toronto and hit .226 in 79 games before being optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on July 18…returned to Toronto as a Septem-ber call-up. 2001 Combined to hit .270 with 17 stolen bases in 108 games between Syracuse and Double-A Tennessee…made his major league debut on Aug 3 vs. BAL and collected his first career hit, an RBI double off Jose Mercedes. 2000 Ranked as the 2nd-best prospect in the Blue Jays organization by Baseball America. 1999 Ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Blue Jays organiza-tion by BA. 1998 Ranked as the 4th-best prospect in the New York-Penn League and 3rd-best in the Blue Jays organization by BA. PERSONAL Graduated in 1998 from Lake Brantley (Fla.) High School where he set school records by hitting .521 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI his senior season…was Florida’s Player of the Year and a USA Today All-USA selection…rated by BA as the nation’s top prep defensive shortstop…was selected eighth overall in the 1998 June Draft by Toronto…his uncle, Roberto Lopez, played in the Milwaukee Brewers organization…he and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters, Chaydin and Jaysha.

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CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E1998 St. Catharines .373 19 83 14 31 5 2 1 11 0 0 0 3-0 14 4 2 1 .518 .395 9

Dunedin .385 4 13 3 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1 .769 .385 41999 Hagerstown .277 134 537 87 149 27 4 14 80 0 6 3 61-0 157 21 14 7 .421 .351 322000 Tennessee .257 127 463 52 119 18 4 9 41 8 3 1 31-0 110 12 11 6 .371 .303 442001 Tennessee .222 19 72 12 16 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 9-0 23 4 4 1 .361 .309 8

Syracuse .279 89 358 65 100 19 7 16 44 2 4 3 30-4 94 13 5 5 .506 .337 19TORONTO .260 49 177 21 46 5 4 5 23 1 2 0 12-1 39 4 3 2 .418 .304 9

2002 Syracuse .318 43 173 35 55 11 2 3 16 1 0 1 29-1 37 13 0 3 .457 .419 16TORONTO .227 85 282 35 64 15 3 8 34 2 1 1 23-1 90 5 4 4 .387 .287 8

2003 Louisville .280 35 143 22 40 11 0 2 18 0 1 0 12-0 38 2 5 0 .399 .333 9CINCINNATI .213 59 197 28 42 7 2 2 13 2 1 1 28-1 59 8 5 2 .299 .313 16

2004 Louisville .273 75 293 50 80 11 3 9 44 1 5 2 25-0 71 2 3 2 .423 .329 13CINCINNATI .242 79 264 35 64 18 2 7 31 2 1 3 25-0 81 1 1 1 .405 .214 15

2005 CINCINNATI .291 148 580 97 169 34 5 23 85 3 7 1 57-2 111 15 7 8 .486 .352 172006 CINCINNATI .268 85 343 55 92 14 1 9 30 3 1 0 47-1 66 23 6 6 .394 .355 14

WASHINGTON .281 71 274 43 77 13 2 2 22 8 2 2 34-0 60 21 6 3 .365 .362 142007 WASHINGTON .245 154 603 70 148 25 6 9 50 5 6 4 53-1 109 24 9 11 .352 .308 212008 WASHINGTON .234 100 325 34 76 20 0 2 25 2 2 2 32-1 54 4 5 13 .314 .305 10

ST. LOUIS .385 43 156 30 60 8 2 4 21 0 1 1 11-1 28 4 3 0 .538 .426 42009 ARIZONA .301 85 345 44 104 18 1 6 25 1 2 1 34-3 59 6 3 2 .412 .364 9

MILWAUKEE .320 66 259 44 83 20 2 3 32 0 0 1 37-1 41 0 3 3 .448 .407 82010 ST. LOUIS .231 109 376 50 87 18 1 7 36 3 2 1 43-1 77 8 2 7 .340 .310 12

BOSTON .267 4 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 0 .467 .313 1Minor league totals .279 545 2135 340 595 104 24 57 259 12 19 10 200-5 547 71 44 26 .430 .341 154Major league totals .266 1137 4196 588 1116 215 31 88 428 32 28 18 437-14 878 123 57 62 .395 .336 158

RAYS DID YOU KNOW?TAMPA BAY RAYS EXPANSION DRAFT SELECTIONS – NOVEMBER 18, 1997

Round 1 1. Tony Saunders, LHP Florida 2. Quinton McCracken, OF Colorado 3. Bobby Abreu, OF Houston 4. Miguel Cairo, 2B Chicago (NL) 5. Rich Butler, OF Toronto 6. Bobby Smith, 3B Atlanta 7. Jason Johnson, RHP Pittsburgh 8. Dmitri Young, OF/1B Cincinnati 9. Esteban Yan, RHP Baltimore10. Mike DiFelice, C St. Louis11. Bubba Trammell, OF Detroit12. Andy Sheets, SS Seattle13. Dennis Springer, RHP Anaheim

Round 214. Dan Carlson, RHP San Francisco15. Brian Boehringer, RHP New York (AL)16. Mike Duvall, LHP Florida 17. John LeRoy, RHP Atlanta18. Jim Mecir, RHP Boston19. Bryan Rekar, RHP Colorado20. Rick Gorecki, RHP Los Angeles21. Ramon Tatis, LHP Chicago (NL)22. Kerry Robinson, OF St. Louis23. Steve Cox, 1B Oakland24. Albie Lopez, RHP Cleveland25. Jose Paniagua, RHP Montreal26. Carlos Mendoza, OF New York (NL)

Round 327. Ryan Karp, LHP Philadelphia28. Santos Hernandez, RHP San Francisco29. Randy Winn, OF Florida30. Terrell Wade, LHP Atlanta31. Aaron Ledesma, SS Baltimore32. Brooks Kieschnick, 1B Chicago (NL)33. Luke Wilcox, OF New York (AL)34. Herbert Perry, 1B Cleveland35. Vaughn Eshelman, LHP Oakland

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  DANIEL MAYORA

FuLL NAME: Daniel Jose MayoraBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/175M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 25BORN: 7/25/85 in La Guaria, VEN RESIdES: Vargas, VENACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, November 19, 2010SIGNING SCOuTS: Francisco Cartaya, Rolando Fernandez, Orlando Medina (Rockies)

DANIEL MAYORA | INF67

2010 Spent the season at Double-A Tulsa (Rockies)…played 66 games and missed the final two months of the season after breaking his hand…underwent season-ending surgery…after hitting .167 (6-for-37) in April, batted .310 (61-for-197) the rest of the season…hit safely in 26 of 29 games before his injury…named to the Texas League midseason All-Star Team. 2009 Played the entire season with Tulsa as the club’s regular 2B…ranked 2nd on the club in hits and SB…named to the Texas League mid-season All-Star Team. 2008 Hit just .227 (20-for-88) in April but rebounded to bat .301 (120-for-398) for the rest of the season…led the club with 34 doubles…hit all 7 HR after the All-Star break. 2007 Tied for the league lead in hits (161) and ranked 2nd in doubles (42)…named to the South Atlantic League midseason and postseason All-Star teams…named to the Topps Class-A All-Star Team af-ter the season. 2006 Ranked 2nd in the Northwest League in hits, tied for 2nd in doubles and 6th in average…reached base safely in a league-high 27 straight games from July 2-29…named to the postseason All-Star Team. PERSONAL Signed by Colorado as a non-drafted free agent in 2003…attended Unidad Educativa in Venezuela.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2005 Casper .265 47 151 20 40 12 1 1 14 2 1 5 9-0 36 4 3 3 .377 .325 172006 Tri-City .304 74 276 40 84 19 2 5 30 3 1 9 23-2 70 8 4 8 .442 .375 202007 Asheville .310 127 516 88 160 42 1 14 78 5 3 6 41-3 124 26 9 7 .477 .366 162008 Modesto .288 127 486 65 140 34 5 7 55 11 3 12 44-3 100 8 8 8 .422 .360 302009 Tulsa .286 122 441 60 126 23 1 7 49 9 3 3 40-1 80 20 8 13 .390 .347 102010 Tulsa .286 66 234 27 67 21 3 3 30 2 2 4 21-2 35 4 6 5 .440 .352 37Minor league totals .293 563 2104 300 617 151 13 37 256 32 13 39 178-11 445 70 38 44 .430 .357 130

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EXPANSION CLUBS AND POSTSEASON

Team PSA DT P WS First Postseason App.Los Angeles Angels (1961) 7 6 1 1 1979 (19th Season)Washington/Texas (1961) 4 4 1 0 1996 (36th Season)Houston (1962) 8 7 0 0 1980 (19th Season)New York Mets (1962) 7 5 4 2 1969 (8th Season)Kansas City (1969) 7 6 2 1 1976 (8th Season)Seattle/Milwaukee (1969) 3 2 1 0 1981 (13th Season)Montreal/Washington (1969) 2 2 0 0 1981 (13th Season)San Diego (1969) 4 3 2 0 1984 (16th Season)Toronto (1977) 5 5 2 2 1985 (9th Season)Seattle (1977) 4 3 0 0 1995 (19th Season)Colorado (1993) 3 0 1 0 1995 (3rd Season)Florida (1993) 2 0 2 2 1997 (5th Season)Arizona (1998) 4 4 1 1 1999 (2nd Season)Tampa Bay (1998) 2 2 1 0 2008 (11th season)

PSA = postseason appearances; DT = division titles;P = pennants won; WS = World Series won

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CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E1999 GCL Reds .236 54 195 30 46 12 1 1 19 1 2 1 12-0 28 13 7 1 .323 .281 162000 Dayton .255 111 369 50 94 19 1 4 41 14 4 1 30-1 70 17 11 11 .344 .309 292001 Mudville .244 129 536 57 131 23 4 0 28 13 4 8 24-0 121 38 17 15 .302 .285 402002 Chattanooga .247 132 478 62 118 21 1 3 30 14 0 7 53-2 86 15 16 4 .314 .331 252003 Chattanooga .294 49 160 23 47 11 0 2 15 7 1 0 14-1 29 3 3 3 .400 .349 10

Louisville .240 9 25 4 6 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 2-0 6 0 0 0 .400 .296 1CINCINNATI .239 79 230 24 55 6 1 0 17 7 0 0 13-0 46 1 1 4 .274 .280 14

2004 CINCINNATI .000 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 0Louisville .286 82 294 33 84 13 7 2 26 8 0 2 23-1 40 2 3 8 .398 .342 13

2005 Louisville .276 14 58 8 16 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1-0 11 2 2 0 .379 .300 0CINCINNATI .221 54 77 10 17 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 6-0 22 4 0 1 .338 .282 2

2006 CINCINNATI .205 30 44 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 4-0 4 1 0 0 .318 .271 3Louisville .282 100 383 47 108 20 3 3 29 8 2 3 34-1 71 17 6 11 .373 .344 20

2007 Syracuse .290 97 328 32 95 12 1 1 26 14 2 1 28-0 53 7 5 9 .341 .345 16TORONTO .216 27 51 6 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2-0 9 0 0 1 .294 .245 1

2008 Columbus .252 108 353 38 89 15 2 4 32 8 3 2 19-4 39 10 11 7 .340 .292 132009 Durham .250 115 412 40 103 13 2 6 47 12 2 4 20-2 73 8 7 11 .335 .290 172010 Nashville .284 114 416 65 118 21 5 4 55 13 3 5 25-1 69 10 6 11 .387 .330 13Minor league totals .263 1114 4007 489 1055 184 27 32 357 116 23 35 285 -13 696 142 94 91 .347 .316 213Major league totals .228 198 403 45 92 16 2 2 26 11 1 1 26-0 81 6 1 6 .293 .276 16

FuLL NAME: Rainer Gustavo OlmedoBATS/THROWS: S/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/165M.L. SERvICE: 2 years, 25 days OpENING dAY AGE: 29BORN: 5/31/81 in Maracay, VEN RESIdES: Caracas, VENACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, January 7, 2011SIGNING SCOuT: Johnny Almaraz (Reds)

RAY OLMEDO | INF16

2010 Traded from Texas to Milwaukee on March 22 and outrighted to Triple-A Nashville…appeared in games 2B, SS, 3B, LF and RF…played for Estrellas de Oriente of the Caribbean Winter League after the season. 2009 Spent the entire campaign with Triple-A Durham…batted .318 (41-for-129) with RISP and .338 (23-for-68) with RISP and two out…made his first career pitching appearance Aug 29 vs. Gwinnett, earning the victory (2-IP, 2-H, 2-R, 1-ER) in a 13-inning, 10-9 win…was 2-for-3 with 2 BB and 1 RBI on Sep 22 vs. Memphis, as Durham captured the Triple-A Championship at Brick-town Ballpark in Oklahoma City. 2008 Went from Toronto to Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in February and March before signing with Washington as a free agent on April 2…was on the disabled list from July 10–Aug 1 with a wrist fracture. 2007 Appeared in 27 games with the Blue Jays, spending the season’s final two months in Toronto…opened the campaign with Triple-A Syracuse and was promoted to Toronto on Aug 3…made 13 starts with the Jays, all at SS. 2006 Spent majority of campaign with Triple-A Louisville (Reds)…appeared in 30 games across three stints with the Reds coming in May, June and September…hit first career pinch-hit HR on Sep 18 at HOU off Roy Oswalt. 2005 Opened the season on the 60-day disabled list recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow…made season debut on June 10 with Louisville on a rehab assignment…promoted to Cincinnati for the remainder of the season on June 28…made 13 starts with the Reds (12-2B, 1-SS)…hit his first career HR on Sep 23 at PHI off Aquilino Lopez. 2004 Opened the season on Cincin-nati’s Opening Day roster, but was optioned to Louisville on April 22…suffered an elbow injury in the Dominican Winter League, requiring Tommy John surgery. 2003 Made his major league debut with Cincinnati…combined to bat .286 (53-for-185) in 82 games at the minor league level between Double-A Chattanooga and Louisville…appeared in 79 games, including 52 starts with Cincinnati over three separate stints with the club (May 23-26, May 30–July 13, July 27 through season’s end)…debuted on May 25 vs. FLA…recorded first career hit June 1 at FLA, a double off Carl Pavano. 2002 En-tered the season rated as Cincinnati’s 10th-best prospect and Best Defensive Infielder by Baseball America. 2001 Selected to the Carolina/California League All-Star Game…led the organization with 38 steals and ranked 3rd in the Carolina League. 2000 Named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. PERSONAL Originally signed by Cincinnati as a free agent on Jan 21, 1999.

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  RICKY ORTA

FuLL NAME: Enrique D. OrtaBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/195M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 26BORN: 11/6/84 in Caracas, VEN RESIdES: Miami, FLACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, May 14, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Joe Bohringer (Mariners)

RICKY ORTA | RHP76

Former Miami Hurricane has struck out 262 batters in 259.2 career innings pitched (9.1 SO/9-IP). 2010 Spent the season recovering from shoulder surgery performed in April…released by the Mariners on May 7 and signed by the Rays as a free agent on May 14. 2009 Made 3 starts for Double-A West Tenn to begin the season before being placed on the disabled list on April 22 with a right elbow strain…reinstated from the DL on June 4 and moved to the bullpen…held opponents scoreless in 15 of 21 relief appearances…placed on the DL on Aug 9 for the remainder of the season with a right shoulder strain…pitched for Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League. 2008 Made three trips to the disabled list with blisters on his right hand. PERSONAL Drafted by Seattle in the fourth round of the 2006 June Draft…graduated from Florida Christian High School in Miami…played at the University of Miami.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2006 Everett 4 5 5.20 13 11 0 0 0 53.2 54 34 31 6 1 14-0 45 3 02007 Wisconsin 4 6 4.74 22 19 1 1 0 93.0 84 55 49 12 8 43-0 102 8 12008 High Desert 3 5 5.05 22 15 0 0 0 71.1 80 47 40 14 4 27-0 74 6 02009 West Tenn 3 2 1.94 24 3 0 0 3 41.2 29 14 9 1 2 18-1 41 6 02010 Injured —Did Not PlayMinor league totals 14 18 4.47 81 48 1 0 3 259.2 247 150 129 33 15 102-1 262 23 1

RAYS DID YOU KNOW?

RAYS MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER & PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Chosen by the Rays Player Development staff

1998 Pitcher: Dave Eiland Player: Alex Sanchez

1999 Pitcher: Jason Standridge Player: Steve Cox

2000 Pitcher: Jim Magrane Player: Aubrey Huff

2001 Pitcher: Joe Kennedy Player: Toby Hall

2002 Pitcher: Lance Carter Player: Rocco Baldelli

2003 Pitcher: Scott Autrey Player: Joey Gathright

2004 Pitcher: Chad Orvella Player: Delmon Young

2005 Pitcher: Jason Hammel Player: Delmon Youn

2006 Pitcher: Andy Sonnanstine Player: Reid Brignac

2007 Pitcher: Wade Davis Player: Ryan Royster2008 Pitcher: David Price Player: Fernando Perez

2009 Pitcher: Jeremy Hellickson Player: Desmond Jennings

2010 Pitcher: Jeremy Hellickson Player: Dan Johnson

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FuLL NAME: Robert Joseph SwindleBATS/THROWS: L/L HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/190M.L. SERvICE: 34 days OpENING dAY AGE: 27BORN: 7/7/83 in Vancouver, Canada RESIdES: Johnston, SCACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, November 16, 2009SIGNING SCOuT: Rob English (Red Sox)

R.J. SWINDLE | LHP68

2010 Spent the season with Triple-A Durham and went 2-4 with a 2.45 ERA (55-IP, 15-ER) and 2 saves in 40 relief apps…recorded 5.5 SO/BB and 9.0 SO/9 IP ratios…held opponents to a .223 batting average…allowed just 2 ER in 25.1 IP over his first 17 games (0.72 ERA). 2009 Pitched in 6 games for Milwaukee over three separate stints and had brief stints in the Rays and Indians organiza-tions…spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Nashville (Brewers)…Rays claimed him from Milwaukee on Aug 8, but designated him for assignment the next day and Cleveland claimed him…finished the season with Triple-A Columbus (Indians)…went a combined 4-1 with a 1.43 ERA (50.1-IP, 8-ER) in the minors. 2008 Made his major league debut with the Phillies and made 3 apps over two stints…began the year with Double-A Reading (Phillies) and was promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on May 6…debuted on July 7 vs. NYM (3-IP, 4-H, 2-ER) and allowed a home run to the first batter he faced (David Wright)…Phillies designated him for assignment on Sep 7…pitched for Team Canada in the Olympics in Beijing (4.1-IP, 1-R, 0-ER, 0-BB, 6-SO)…signed with Milwaukee as a free agent on Nov 25. 2007 Was released by the Yankees on March 24 and signed with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League…signed with the Phillies on May 29. 2006 Began the season with the Schaumburg Flyers of the independent Northern League…signed with the Yankees on June 20 and assigned to Class-A Charleston…was promoted to Triple-A Columbus on Sep 1. 2005 Was released by Boston on March 16 and signed with Schaumburg. 2004 Was selected by Boston in the 14th round of the June Draft…reported to Short-A Lowell…totaled 56 SO and 4 BB in 51 IP. PERSONAL Graduated from University High School in Orlando…attended Charleston Southern University, where he was named Big South Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2003.

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2004 Lowell 5 1 1.94 12 1 0 0 0 51.0 42 18 11 0 2 4-0 56 1 02005 Schaumburg (IND) 6 4 3.27 18 16 2 0 0 118.1 117 46 43 5 3 27-0 102 1 02006 Schaumburg (IND) 2 2 3.41 5 5 0 0 0 31.2 32 15 12 1 1 8-0 22 0 0

Charleston 4 2 0.61 21 0 0 0 2 44.1 35 5 3 0 1 5-0 46 1 0Columbus 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0

2007 Newark (IND) 1 0 1.93 9 0 0 0 0 9.1 8 3 2 0 1 3-0 9 0 0Lakewood 2 1 0.93 20 0 0 0 10 29.0 16 3 3 0 1 5-2 37 1 0Clearwater 0 1 4.80 12 0 0 0 3 15.0 15 8 8 3 0 3-0 20 0 0

2008 Reading 1 0 0.54 11 0 0 0 0 16.2 8 1 1 0 1 1-1 16 0 1PHILADELPHIA 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 2 0 2-0 4 0 0Lehigh Valley 2 1 1.98 27 0 0 0 1 36.1 33 9 8 1 1 7-1 51 0 0

2009 Nashville 3 1 1.03 31 0 0 0 2 43.2 30 6 5 1 2 13-1 41 1 0MILWAUKEE 0 0 16.20 6 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 12 12 3 1 4-1 8 1 0Columbus 1 0 4.05 6 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 4 3 2 1 3-0 5 0 0

2010 Durham 2 4 2.45 40 0 0 0 2 55.0 45 17 15 6 0 10-0 55 0 0Minor league totals 20 11 1.71 181 1 0 0 21 299.2 234 71 57 13 10 51-5 327 4 1Major league totals 0 0 12.71 9 0 0 0 0 11.1 21 16 16 5 1 6-1 12 1 0

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NON-ROSTER INVITES  STEPHEN VOGT

FuLL NAME: Stephen Guy VogtBATS/THROWS: L/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/215M.L. SERvICE: None OpENING dAY AGE: 26BORN: 11/1/84 in Visalia, CA RESIdES: Olympia, WAACquIREd: Selected in the 12th round of the 2007 June DraftSIGNING SCOuT: Jake Wilson (Rays)

STEPHEN VOGT | C60

2010 Led the Rays organization and won the Florida State League batting crown with a .345 (127-for-368) avg. for Class-A Charlotte…led the league with a .511 SLG…started the season as the backup catcher and worked his way into the everyday lineup by also playing LF and 1B…hit .404 (21-for-52) in May…recorded a club-record 17-game hitting streak from April 23–May 23…named to the FSL midsea-son and postseason All-Star teams. 2009 Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury after playing just 10 games with the Stone Crabs. 2008 Hit .208 (37-for-208) with 1 HR and 16 RBI before the All-Star break and .360 (77-for-214) with 5 HR and 38 RBI after for Class-A Columbus 2007 Drafted in June and reported to Short-A Hudson Valley…hit .385 (47-for-122) in his last 34 games…batted .452 (19-for-42) with RISP and two outs. PERSONAL Graduated from Asuza Pacific University in California…was a First Team NAIA All-American and GSAC Player of the Year his senior year…finished his college career with a .448 batting average…won the 2010 Erik Walker Community Champion Award for the Rays, which annually recognizes one Rays minor league player who exemplifies teamwork, sportsmanship and community involvement – attributes exhibited by Rays minor league pitcher Erik Walker, who died tragically in October 2006 in a canoeing accident…wife’s name is Alyssa…pronounced VOTE.

CAREER BATTINGYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E2007 Hudson Valley .300 70 240 40 72 8 0 4 48 1 7 0 31-1 31 6 1 3 .383 .371 12008 Columbus .291 113 392 57 114 22 3 6 54 2 4 3 47-0 48 6 1 4 .408 .368 32009 Charlotte .171 10 35 0 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 1 2 .229 .216 02010 Charlotte .345 106 368 56 127 31 3 8 47 3 6 6 31-4 46 3 1 5 .511 .399 7Minor league totals .308 299 1035 153 319 63 6 18 152 6 17 9 111-5 129 15 4 14 .433 .375 11

Stephen vogt received the 2010 Erik Walker Community Champion Award from Rays officials and the family of Erik Walker, a Rays minor league pitcher tragi-cally killed in an October 2006 canoeing accident.

Photo by Skip Milos

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FuLL NAME: Cory Nathaniel WadeBATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/190M.L. SERvICE: 2 years, 4 days OpENING dAY AGE: 27BORN: 5/28/83 in Indianapolis, IN RESIdES: Pleasant View, UTACquIREd: Signed as a minor league free agent, November 10, 2010SIGNING SCOuT: Marty Lamb (Dodgers)

CORY WADE | RHP74

2010 Was sidelined until late June with a shoulder injury and returned to make 21 relief apps for Triple-A Albuquerque (Dodgers)…posted a 7.90 ERA (13.2-IP, 12-ER) in his first 10 apps compared to a 2.30 ERA (15.2-IP, 4-ER) in his final 11 games…made rehab starts for the AZL Dodgers and Class-A Inland Empire. 2009 Battled shoulder injuries, limiting him to 27 appearances with the Dodgers and 18 at Albuquerque…made the Dodgers Opening Day roster and went 2-3 with a 5.53 ERA (27.2-IP, 17-ER) in 27 games over two major league stints…missed a combined 34 games with right shoul-der problems in two separate spells on the disabled list before being optioned to Albuquerque on July 27 for the remainder of the season…made 1 rehab app for Inland Empire. 2008 Went 2-1 with a 2.27 ERA in 55 games for the Dodgers as a rookie, assuming the role of 8th-inning set-up man in mid-July for Jonathan Broxton after Takashi Saito went on the disabled list…ranked 6th among ma-jor league rookie relievers and 2nd among NL rookie relievers in ERA…also ranked 3rd among all rookie relievers in IP…started the season with Double-A Jacksonville, was recalled to Los Angeles on April 24 and remained with the club for the rest of the year…led the Dodgers with 71.1 IP of relief…held opposing hitters to a .202 average…worked more than 1 inning in 25 of his 55 appearances…made his major league debut on April 24 vs. ARI, tossing a scoreless 9th inning in a 6-4 loss…made a combined 7 appearances in the NLDS against the Cubs and NLCS against the Phillies, going 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA (7.1-IP, 3-ER). 2007 Went 7-0 with 6 saves and a 2.45 ERA (66-IP, 18-ER) in 25 games (2 starts) for Inland Empire…promoted to Jacksonville on July 14. 2006 Played 23 games for Class-A Columbus prior to being promoted to Class-A Vero Beach on July 23…was nearly perfect on June 7 vs. Savan-nah, retiring 26 batters consecutively after giving up a one-out double in the 1st inning…named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star. PERSONAL Selected by the Dodgers in the 10th round of the 2004 June Draft…set the career strikeouts record at Broad Ripple (Ind.) High School…resides in Pleasant View, Utah, with his wife, Mikaela, and daughter, Amaya Isabelle (3).

CAREER PITCHINGYEAR CLUB W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK2004 GCL Dodgers 2 1 3.03 11 2 0 0 1 32.2 28 12 11 2 4 1-0 26 0 0

Ogden 1 2 5.14 8 0 0 0 0 14.0 24 9 8 0 0 4-1 19 1 02005 Columbus 0 2 4.05 12 0 0 0 2 20.0 29 19 9 2 1 10-1 14 1 0

Ogden 2 3 4.35 16 11 1 0 0 72.1 81 42 35 12 5 19-0 60 3 02006 Columbus 6 5 4.96 23 14 1 1 2 94.1 101 56 52 9 10 11- 94 5 0

Vero Beach 2 4 8.24 7 7 0 0 0 39.1 52 40 36 9 4 13- 32 0 02007 Inland Empire 7 0 2.45 25 2 0 0 6 66.0 50 19 18 6 6 17-1 67 4 0

Jacksonville 0 1 1.36 14 0 0 0 0 33.0 22 5 5 2 0 11- 33 0 02008 Jacksonville 0 0 4.30 6 0 0 0 1 14.2 14 7 7 3 2 1-0 13 1 0

LOS ANGELES-NL 2 1 2.27 55 0 0 0 0 71.1 51 22 18 7 4 15-3 51 2 0Great Lakes 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0

2009 LOS ANGELES-NL 2 3 5.53 27 0 0 0 0 27.2 28 17 17 3 1 10-3 18 4 0Inland Empire 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0Albuquerque 1 1 6.75 18 0 0 0 1 22.2 20 17 17 5 1 7-1 19 0 0

2010 AZL Dodgers 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0-0 2 0 0Inland Empire 0 0 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 0 1-0 2 0 0Albuquerque 3 0 4.91 21 0 0 0 2 29.1 35 16 16 4 3 3-0 20 0 0

Minor league totals 24 20 4.42 167 42 2 1 15 444.1 464 246 218 54 37 100-4 402 15 0Major league totals 4 4 3.18 82 0 0 0 0 99 79 39 35 10 5 25-6 69 6 0