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What do the Rays have in Josh Fleming?

As things currently stand, the Tampa Bay Rays have four experienced starting pitchers with Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Ryan Yarbrough, and Michael Wacha. How the Rays fill out the last spot in the rotation remains in question.

Last year, when the Rays suffered a flurry of injuries to the pitching staff, the Rays turned to Josh Fleming as the next man up. Despite having many other high profile pitching prospects such as Shane McClanahan and Joe Ryan it was curious that Fleming was the one who got the opportunity.

In seven appearances Fleming showed why he was tasked with picking up important outs for the Rays.