[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

It doesn’t really matter what the Rays say. They are manipulating service time with Taj Bradley.

— Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) April 25, 2023

We'll see if they keep him down through mid-June.

Because they already had him in AAA long enough to retain the extra year of service time. So the only question would end up being if you could salvage a Super 2 season out of it and get a 4th year of arb.

And even THAT doesn't really matter for the Rays because they'll either extend him long-term prior to his arb years or they'll trade him with a couple years of service time left anyway.

It's always the gut reaction, but there's little practical reason to believe it's the case here.