Watching Troy Percival come in for the Rays, barely touching 90 mph with fastball and hardly displaying any control at all, I wonder how long Joe Maddon will stick with him in the closer role. He promptly gives up two doubles and one of the two outs he recorded has a hard liner right at the third baseman.

Of course, with Percy, an injury is always a possible explanation for his early struggles and nobody would be surprised if he hits the DL sooner than later.

The Rays lack a real household name in the pen who can be trusted to get it done and the bullpen may turn out to be the team's Achilles heel in the end.

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