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The Rise and Fall of Hak-Ju Lee

Oh the tumultuous world that is top prospects. Some stories end like Disney movies, where the hero succeeds, animals can talk and are happy do menial tasks, and everyone live happily ever after. Others end like the fairy tales those Disney movies are based on, with dark, brutal lessons that the world is a cruel, difficult place.

To make room on the 40 man roster, 24 year old Hak-Ju Lee was Designated for Assignment on September 1st, 2015. Lee passed through waivers, and was out-righted to AAA Durham, but this decision seems like a clear sign that the Rays' "shortstop of the future" will be someplace else.