The Rays Tank: Silverman chats, Davenport picks Rays

Rays news and notes:

- Matt Silverman spoke with 10 News about bringing Grant Balfour back, fan feedback on James Loney and Balfour returning, and his confidence about the upcoming season.

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- Clay Davenport released his projections for the 2014 season, and has the Rays topping the AL East

- Dock of the Rays continued their player reviews, this time breaking down the left-handed bats of James Loney and Matt Joyce.

- The Rays announced their minor league staffs for 2014 on Monday, with shuffling of positions throughout the system.

- ICYMI: MLB.com released their Top 100 Prospects list, with Jake Odorizzi, Hak-Ju Lee and Taylor Guerrieri making the list at 56, 84 and 94. You can read our recap here.

Links:

- Hardball Times got a makeover. Go give it a look!

- Carlos Zambrano, still angry.