I just caught this tonight, and maybe I missed something but man am I lost. I've been a little out of touch lately due to work and the fact that I'm currently in Baltimore for the Yankee series. Has anyone else seen this Defenders of the Game thing on the Rays homepage? Its strange as hell but I gotta admit, its kinda cool.

Here is the link to it:

http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/tb/dotg/index.jsp

This was originally a diary

It appears that Jackson has won the battle for slot 5 in the rotation. Howell was optioned to AAA, along with Corcoran and Dohmann was outrighted.

Hopefully this will work out for the Rays. I'm not really sure about it. I thought Howell was the better choice in the long run.

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/jackson-gets-the-nod/

[editor's note, by R.J. Anderson] Just wanted to update folks on the other transactions, Tim Corcoran was sent to AAA, and Scott Dohmann was outrighted, he is off of the 40 man roster.