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Originally Posted by fundmark19
Everybody knew he wasn't going to be an every day player. If anything having him retire would make one of your young guys get the chance to step up and excel into the role or fail miserably and you can trade for someone else. Having manny leave doesn't throw a team under the bus since everyone prepared going into it that he could be a liability and if it worked out great if it didn't not that big of a deal and move on.
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I'm not sure I agree with you on this. They were expecting Manny to produce from the DH spot and in the middle of their lineup - and judging by week 1 results, they really needed that bat in their order. Now what do they have for DH option? Johnny Damon? Blah, if I were a Rays fan I would be seriously concerned that my team may not win 80 games this year - that lineup without Longoria in it is bad enough - and with him on the shelf, it is even worse. Their only hope of stay above .500 is on the strength of their starting staff, because their bullpen is riddled with question marks.