You hear a lot about the guys like Willy Adames and Jake Bauers who are doing so well in Triple-A. Why haven't the Rays called some of those players up?
-- Donald H., Zephyrhills, Fla.
A part of that is the business of baseball. By not summoning a player to the big league club until later in the season, teams are delaying the start of the player's Major League clock, thereby pushing back the beginning of that player's arbitration eligibility. All teams do this. It's accepted practice. In addition, the Rays adhere to the thinking that once they bring up the prospects they truly covet, they don't want to have to send them back down.