Budget-Minded Club and Underdog Status

rays: Still, he's confident the budget-minded club is positioned to be more competitive in 2017, according to Brandon Sun. The more I think about it, I like where we are, the 31-year-old said, embracing the team's underdog status. The three-time All-Star third baseman who's coming off one of the most productive seasons of his career concedes he wasn't a big fan of every move the Rays made this off-season. In some of the years where we've been projected to be nothing, we've had some of our best years, Longoria added. The Rays made the playoffs four of six seasons from 2008 to 2013 before gradually descending to the bottom of one of baseball's deepest divisions. And the years you've got a target on your back, or you're expected to play well or win 10 or 15 more games than the previous year, it's been tough. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.