After last season, the Tampa Bay Rays lost top closer, Soriano, top reliever, Benoit, slugger, Martinez, base stealing deluxe, Carl Crawford and their starting shortstop. All of these players left to go to teams with big checkbooks. The Rays replaced these players with names like: Fuld, Peralta, Gomes, Jennings and Kotchman.

Heck, who are these guys? Well, the Rays took these players and contended for the Division Championship and came back from nine games to make the American League playoffs.

The Rays ran out of steam and loss close games to the powerful Texas Rangers (3-1).

Congratulations go out to the Rays for an outstanding patchwork season.