Eddie Gamboa was a great story for the Tampa Bay Rays last year. He was a nine year minor league veteran, a former prospect who struggled at the upper levels of the minors. Gamboa reinvented himself as a knuckleball pitcher before the 2013 season. His career found new life, as Gamboa reached AAA for the first time later that year.
However, he was unable to take that next step and crack the Majors. The Baltimore Orioles let Gamboa walk as a minor league free agent, and the Rays signed him in mid-January last year. As a swingman in Durham, Gamboa continued to pitch relatively well, posting a 6-4 record with a 2.