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Cantu: 'I have no business here'
Jorge Cantu said his goodbyes before he walked out of the Rays clubhouse
for what he believed was the final time.
By EDUARDO A. ENCINA
Published July 20, 2007
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Jorge Cantu, the team's MVP two seasons ago, demonstrated frustration after
he didn't make the team out of spring training. He went to Durham to play 1B,
but the emergence of Carlos Pena made Cantu expendable. He started only 14
games since being recalled April 24, hitting .207 in 58 at-bats.
[Times photo: Willie J. Allen, Jr.]
ST. PETERSBURG - Jorge Cantu said his goodbyes, shaking hands and hugging
teammates before he walked out of the Rays clubhouse for what he believed was
the final time.
Cantu left Tropicana Field after Thursday's game with a sour taste in his
mouth but a realization that there no longer was a place for him in the
organization.
The Rays - hoping to bolster their pitching for four games in three days in
New York - recalled RHP Jae Kuk Ryu and RHP Scott Dohmann from Triple-A
Durham and optioned Cantu to Durham and designated veteran OF Dustan Mohr for
assignment.
"It's obvious I have no business here, plain and simple," the 25-year-old
infielder said. "I think I have at least earned the right to be let go and
help somebody else. It's clear enough that I have no business here, so it's
time to go.
"Obviously the team is going in a different direction and sometimes you don't
fit in their plans and that's the way it goes. I'm sure there's somebody out
there who will really appreciate what I've done here."
Asked if he believed he had played his last game with the Rays, Cantu said,
"I think so."
His agent, Steve Canter, said Cantu would report to Durham.
"Jorge knows how to play this game," Canter said. "He just doesn't fit here.
He will report because he is a true professional. The bigger issue here is
how the club chooses how to deal with it when he clearly doesn't fit here.
Like what the Mets did with Julio Franco, and the A's did with Milton
Bradley, and the Angels with Shea Hillenbrand, when a player didn't fit in
the organization's plans, they were given the chance to move on. He's a
proven player, but he hasn't had the opportunity to play this year in Tampa."
Cantu, the team's MVP two seasons ago, demonstrated similar frustration after
he didn't make the team out of spring training. He went to Durham to play 1B,
but the emergence of Carlos Pena made Cantu expendable. He started only 14
games since being recalled April 24, hitting .207 in 58 at-bats.
"Jorge is not happy and that's very understandable," manager Joe Maddon said.
"He's a young man and he has a bright future, it's just that right now the
situation here does not allow him to play right now based on all the other
components we have going on right now."
SATURDAY UNVEILED: Either Ryu, 2-3 with a 5.97 ERA at Durham, or Rays long
reliever Jason Hammel will start the first game of Saturday's day-night
doubleheader in New York, but Maddon said that decision would be based on how
the bullpen is used in tonight's series opener against the Yankees.
Dohmann, who had a 2.03 ERA in 482/3 innings at Durham, will work out of the
bullpen.
Following the afternoon game Saturday, the Rays likely will send down a
pitcher and activate Durham LHP J.P. Howell to start the night game.
"When you have these split doubleheaders and you're trying to fill it up
somehow, it can really put a tax on your bullpen," Maddon said.
MISCELLANY: LF Carl Crawford was caught stealing for the first time since May
28, snapping a stretch of 18 consecutive stolen bases, one shy of his club
record set in 2003. ... RF Delmon Young extended his hitting streak to 11
games with his sixth-inning single, two shy of his season and career high.
Young is batting .488 (20-for-41) over that stretch. ... It was the sixth
time in club history the Rays had nine or more hits and were shut out.
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