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Rebuild? Despite trades, Rays eye being surprise contender instead

This story originally appeared on FoxSports.com.

News flash: The Rays are trying. Still trying, in fact.

The trade of second baseman Logan Forsythe to the Dodgers irritated franchise third baseman Evan Longoria, but the Rays actually have done more adding than subtracting this off-season, and they aren’t finished yet.

The Rays, not the Dodgers, had the high bid for free agent Sergio Romo, according to major league sources; the former Giants reliever, who grew up in a family of Dodgers fans in Brawley, Calif., took less to stay on the West Coast, according to major league sources.