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		<title>Rays News and Notes: Matt Moore Ready for Competition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Bill Chastain of MLB.com has a great article out now on Matt Moore&#8216;s competition for a spot in the rotation. Moore, even with his great showing in the playoffs last season, is not guaranteed a spot in the rotation and will have to fight Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis, and Alex Cobb. Moore will have his [...]</p><p><a href="http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/21/rays-news-and-notes-matt-moore-ready-for-competition/">Rays News and Notes: Matt Moore Ready for Competition</a> - <a href="http://rayscoloredglasses.com">Rays Colored Glasses</a> - <a href="http://rayscoloredglasses.com">Rays Colored Glasses - A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bill Chastain of <em><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120221&amp;content_id=26777698&amp;vkey=news_mlb&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;partnerId=rss_mlb&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">MLB.com</a> </em>has a great article out now on <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moorema02.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">Matt  Moore</a></strong>&#8216;s competition for a spot in the rotation. Moore, even with his great showing in the playoffs last season, is not guaranteed a spot in the rotation and will have to fight <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemaje01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">Jeff  Niemann</a></strong>, <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daviswa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">Wade  Davis</a></strong>, and <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbal01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">Alex  Cobb</a></strong>. Moore will have his work cut out for him, as all three are great pitchers.</p>
<p>If I had to guess, Moore will get the fourth spot in the rotation and come behind <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shielja02.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">James  Shields</a></strong>, <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/priceda01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">David  Price</a></strong>, and <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hellije01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker">Jeremy  Hellickson</a></strong>. He will still have to have a great spring, but he certainly has the ability to do this with ease.</p>
<p><strong>Rays News and Notes</strong></p>
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<li>Speaking of Matt  Moore, he picked up another high prospect ranking. <em><a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2012/2612998.html" target="_blank">Baseball America</a> </em>published their top 100 list, ranking Moore at second, behind <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker&#038;id=harper002bry">Bryce  Harper</a></strong>. Three other Rays made the list, with <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker&#038;id=lee---001hak">Hak-Ju  Lee</a></strong> at 44, Chris Archer at 89, and Taylor Guerrieri at 90.</li>
<li>Jeff Briscoe of <em><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-10990938" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a> </em>has some of the highlights from Joe Maddon and Andrew Friedman&#8217;s joint press conference yesterday. It is always fun to see what they say, and Briscoe includes what Maddon says about some of the position battles.</li>
<li>Marc Topkin of the <em><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/live-port-charlotte-first-workout" target="_blank">Tampa Bay Times </a></em>has some minor notes from the first full workout of spring training.</li>
<li>The <em><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2012/photo_galleries/rays_spring_training/" target="_blank">Times</a> </em>also has some pictures from day one of spring workouts.</li>
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