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Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir

By Buster Olney

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Had Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League Baseball, a group that includes Johan Santana and Alex Rodriguez and Roy Halladay and Manny Ramirez, a group that also Eric Byrnes and Jeff Suppan and Aaron Harang and Jake Westbrook. It's a group that does not include Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira, or any member of the Boston Red Sox. Jose Guillen and Travis Hafner are part of that club, but CC S ...

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