The problem with putting him in the rotation is that none of their major league starters have done anything to merit being removed from the rotation. So the next best thing is to ease him into the majors via the bullpen. Down the road, you could see Edwin Jackson closing for them. He’s got the fastball/slider to do it.

I see McGee closing.

Id put Sonnanstie at long-relief.

with a Rays blog that he expects to be called up this season and he expects to be used primarily as a reliever. He’ll also almost certainly be called up before September 1st so that he’s can be on the playoff roster.

My answer is that the Rays will likely keep Price right where he is on September 1st . . .the major league roster.

He’ll be promoted to pitch out of the pen, probably just before the end of the month. Could see him having a similar role to the one being played by Jeff Samardzija on the Cubs. A guy to provide a boost in key situations with the ability to go a couple of innings at a time. He might end up on the postseason roster but I think it’s a little early to suggest that it’s a lock. Need to see how his arm is feeling at the end of the year, and most of all need to see how effective he is. The numbers and the stuff say he should handle his own and then some out of a major league pen at this point, but as we should never forget, MLB is hard.

I say rest his arm the rest of the year. I don’t like moving young kids form the rotation to the bullpen or vise versa in the same season, especially if he’s called up before September 1st; way to many innings if he pitched into the playoffs. Tampa is obviously in a good situation to win, and with what they have now and what they have coming up, I wouldn’t put it all on the line this season.

I don’t see that they need him staffwise- strong rotation-strong pen

I’d be more worried about offense