PT TODAY: Choi poised to return to Rays' lineup

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Rays | Ji-Man Choi to play in rehab games
Tampa Bay Rays 1B Ji-Man Choi (knee) will need to spend at least a week with Class AAA Durham on a rehab assignment before he is activated from the 10-day injured list.   Source: The Associated Press
 
BHQ take: While Choi's return is still a little ways off, there has already been plenty of speculation among beat writers covering the Rays as to what this might mean for Yoshitomo Tsutsugo. Talk has centered on how he would handle a possible demotion to Triple-A, or whether it might be best for the Rays to write off the rest of Tsutsugo's $7 million salary for 2021 and...

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