In the midst of a lockout, we still have some Rays news as a series of promotions within the front office led to Peter Bendix being named General Manager, and Chanda Lawdermilk becoming the first woman to hold a vice president title in baseball operations for the Rays. The Rays also held onto bench coach Matt Quatraro, who was a candidate for both the Oakland and New York Mets’ managerial openings. While it’s exciting to keep a member of this coaching staff around, Darby and I agree that we’d love to see the Kevin Cash coaching tree grow with another member of his staff landing a managerial gig.