Breaking Down the Tampa Bay Rays' 2010 Pitching Staff

You've heard it plenty of times already this spring. The 2010 season is the most important season that the Tampa Bay Rays have faced in the entirety of their short history.

While that may sound like daunting news, it is slightly relieving to observe the fact that this will likely be the most talented team to ever take the green carpet at Tropicana Field.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the pitching staff that the Rays have assembled for 2010. This year, the Rays can stake claim to one of the deepest young rotations in Major League Baseball, and a bullpen that has sorted out the organizational problems that haunted it last season.

Let's take a closer look.

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