Junior Caminero, one of baseball’s best prospects, is getting promoted to help the Rays finish their push for the playoffs, and in doing so becomes the 10th player in franchise history to don the No. 1 jersey.
Here’s a brief history of the players who have worn the No. 1 before Caminero:
Miguel Cairo (2000)
The first ever second baseman in team history and the last original Devil Rays to play in the big leagues, Cairo was an excellent inaugural #1 for the franchise. Over his big league career, which spanned from 1996 through 2012, Cairo spent three years with Tampa Bay from 1998 through 2000, and was the second best player on the team in 1998 in terms of fWAR (2.