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Toby Hall made his Major League debut in Tampa in 2000, where the Catcher appeared in four games. Hall would progressively play more in the next two seasons for the Rays, and he would play at least 119 Games each year from 2003 to 2005. Hall was not the best hitter, as he struggled to get his On Base Percentage to .300, but he was solid defensively. He was in the top five Runners Caught Stealing, and in 2005, he was first in Defensive bWAR. Hall left Tampa when he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the summer of 2006.
Before his arrival to Tampa, Greg Vaughn had three 40 plus seasons of Home Runs. While this was late in his career, and the Outfielder would still have pop in his bat and would go to his fourth and final All-Star Game in 2001 as a Ray.
From Japan, Akinori Iwamura played for years with the Yakult Swallows before he joined the Tampa Bay Rays in the Majors. Iwamura played at Second Base and Third Base and had 140 Hits as a Major League rookie in 2007. Iwamura had a better second season in the NL, with 172 Hits, and he would do well until the next year, where his age and injuries caught up to him.
If you just look at the back of a baseball card, the Major League career of Rolando Arrojo looks like a one-year wonder. That is true, but there is a lot more to digest with the Cuban defector.