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Rays acquire OF Gross from Milwaukee
The Rays have acquired OF Gabe Gross from Milwaukee for minor league RHP Josh Butler.
The left-handed hitting Gross, 28, was hitting .209 with no homers and 2 RBI for the Brewers. The former Auburn starting quarterback was drafted by the Blue Jays in 2001, and can play all three outfield positions. In his fifth season in the majors, Gross has hit .241 with 20 homers and 87 RBI, but appeared the odd man out in Milwaukee when Mike Cameron returned from a 25-game suspension.
Butler, the Rays second round pick in 2006, was 0-2 with a 6.35 in three starts for Class-A Vero this season.
The Rays will have to make another accomodating roster move, most possibly optioning down OF Justin Ruggiano.
But with the addition of Gross, the Rays can nearly fill a lineup with left-handed (or switch-hitting) batters, though they are not likely to do so.
- JOE SMITH
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