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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Gabe Kapler</title>
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		<title>Someone help me understand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Kapler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple years the Rays have made tremendous strides. They have gone from the perrenial loser to a contender. They have gone from a laughing stock to a respected organization. They are looked upon to contend against the big boys in the AL East. They have been praised for smart trades and drafting. I get all of this. Some of us disagree with some of the decisions (Kapler,Burell), but these are things that could be proven wrong still. I have now been completely lost by one decision and need an explanation. What was the thought process behind the Adam Kennedy/Joe Dillon deal? What the hell happened here? It&#8217;s easy to question a move like this after Iwamura got hurt, I know, but how does this happen? What about this deal was so appealing to the Rays? Follow what I see and tell me what I see wrong. Adam Kennedy is in the minor leagues under team control with no pressure to move him. He is a 32 year old proven 10 year major league second baseman that could provide quality depth and experience at both the minor and major league level. He is traded. A player of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays look ready for &#8217;09.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rays have had a fairly busy offseason and now look pretty well set for the upcoming 2009 season. They have signed a few minor league free agents over the last few weeks to fill things out, including Morgan Ensberg. Ensberg wil most likely end up playing 3B in Durham but is a very nice low risk acquisition. He looked like an up and coming power hitter 6 years ago and hit 94 homeruns from &#8217;03 to &#8217;06. He fell off after that and has hit 13 homeruns since with Houston, San Diego and the Yankees. He could win a bench job and could  be needed if injuries hit either Evan Longoria or Carlos Pena. I like the move with Ensberg. All in all, it was a pretty good offseason for the Rays. I love the Matt Joyce/Edwin Jackson swap and I really think the Rays stole one there. Joyce will most likely start the season in the minors also as the Gabe platoon (Kapler/Gross) will hold down RF until the Rays feel he&#8217;s ready. When you look at how the Rays handle their organization they have seemingly set themselves up pretty nice. Joyce can stay in Durham and develop until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays sign Kapler, really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Perez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Kapler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rays have inked Gabe Kapler to a one year $1 million deal to be the fourth/fifth outfielder for 2009. They have been fairly active with minor leaguers too but I&#8217;ll leave that stuff to Rays Index. I&#8217;m as conflicted as a person be about this signing considering he&#8217;s a reserve outfielder. I like it in a sense because Kapler&#8217;s a decent outfielder and could platoon well with Gabe Gross if needed, but why do we need a platoon backup situation? I&#8217;ve never been in favor of platoons in general because I&#8217;ve always felt that if a guy can play, he can play, screw the other crap. Stats say otherwise and that&#8217;s the world we now live in so I&#8217;ll go with it. I don&#8217;t know much about Kapler other than he was once a highly touted prospect who turned into a journeyman type that was coaching before he decided to jump back into the player ranks. The problem I have with this signing is that Kapler got a mil and Rocco got less, granted there&#8217;s incentives, from the Red Sox. Marc Topkin tried to justify by saying that the Baldelli deal &#8220;could be&#8221; worth more because of playing incentives, but [...]]]></description>
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