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Bucs Hot Reads: Rookie MLB not a lock to call plays

TAMPA — Rookie MLB Kwon Alexander continues to practice with the first team, but there’s no guarantee he’ll be calling out the defensive plays when Tampa Bay opens the season against Tennessee.

“I don’t know that you can completely say at this point that when we line up on Sept. 13 that he’s going to be the one relaying all the calls and making all the checks,’’ defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said Thursday.

“You still have Lavonte (David) out on the field, and he did that for us at times a season ago. So, I could easily see that still being the case, at least early on.