• Nice pickup by new Devil Rays Blog Rays of Light. Apparently the Mets were interested in Seo before he was acquired by the Rays. The Mets may be interested in Julio Lugo (to play 2B), and could try to get Seo also. [Rays of Light]
• Raystalk does not hold back in their in depth analysis of B. J. Upton. In short, they would like Upton to be called up to play SS this season and have him fall flat on his face. This would give Upton incentive to move to a new position. We also agree very strongly with the following statement..."until there is an OF glut, there is no such thing as an OF glut." [Raystalk]
• One blogger has named Carl Crawford and Jonny Gomes to the All-Star under-25 team. Where is Kid K?. [Sox1Fan]
• "Hot Carl for Crawford"? [Apimpment255]
• C. C. Baseball's best basestealer? [Baseball's Best]
• My Blog agrees. There! Its unanimous. Interestingly, they also name former Ray Joey Gathright as the #5 speedster. [My Blog]
• What would C. C. command in a trade? Here is one possibility. [Strike Two]
• Lot of talk recently about all the troubles of the Devil Rays' top prospects. Quite frankly, we are tired of hearing about it. We all knew Elijah Dukes was trouble and we had an inkling about Delmon Young, but nobody could have predicted this. And what athlete hasn't been picked up for DUI? [The Prospect Pulse][Naughty Baseball]
• And here is an excellent write-up on Elijah Dukes from someone that watched him in his days at AA Montgomery [Talk Alabama]
  
• For those of you that are regular readers of RI, you know how much we love Juan Salas down at Durham. Is he one of the top 5 relief pitchers in the minors? The stats don't lie. [Inside The Dugout]
• Dmitri Young...Delmon's Role Model [The Wayne Fontes Experience]