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Rising prospect Bauers to get a shot at 1B job

ST. PETERSBURG -- One of the pleasures of the Hot Stove season is thinking about the young talent that will be in camp once the doors to Spring Training open.

Rays fans need look no further than Jake Bauers to find a player to get excited about. Expectations have never been higher for the talented 22-year-old first baseman, who ranks as the Rays' No. 6 prospect by MLB Pipeline.

Bauers opened eyes last spring, his first with the Major League club. By the time he was reassigned to Minor League camp, he had a .