Whats in store for Carlos Pena going forward?
RC: Oh Carlos. Rays fans would be so happy if he could just hit for his career batting average, .244. Carlos is either red hot or ice cold this season. Carlos and Carl Crawford are both free agents at the end of the season. The Rays will not be able to keep either one. I think that if the Rays continue to slide and are 7-8 games back in the wildcard race by the end of the month, both players will be traded. If the Rays are in the hunt then both players will play out the season and then leave at the end of the season. Crawford is going to be the biggest loss. DRB: As much as it pains me to say it, Pena’s days in St. Pete are numbered. He’s still walking and still hitting for power, but the shift is destroying any remnants of his batting average. He’s been making some really weak contact at the plate, grounding into more groundballs than ever before this season, and his defense seems league-average instead of above-average. Unless he takes a significant pay decrease this off-season, his
