The most intriguing item of the morning was that McClung didn’t know he had an option remaining. Most guys can be sent back three times after the reach a certain level, but a quirk of service time meant McClung had a fourth option year, and this is it.

“I was very surprised,” he said. “I’m really disappointed that I was not made aware of not having an option. That’s not the team’s responsibility to make me aware of that, it’s my agent’s responsibility to make me aware of that. I’m really disappointed in that.

“I would have done spring a little different. I came into camp knowing, in my mind, that they couldn’t send me out without trying to pass me through waivers."

Who is their closer?

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays optioned relief pitchers Seth McClung and Chad Orvella to Triple-A Durham and reassigned first baseman Carlos Pena to minor league camp on Friday.
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Pena, who signed as a minor league free agent in January, was caught off guard, too. He plans to weight several options, including reporting to Durham in hopes of eventually rejoining the Devil Rays.

"I'm extremely disappointed," said Pena...

"I think Tampa is a great place for me," Pena said. "But I have to weigh my options so I can make an intelligent decision about what's going to be best for my future."

The departure of McClung and Orvella left the Devil Rays with a bullpen of Shawn Camp, Jae Kuk Ryu, Juan Salas, Al Reyes, Ruddy Lugo, Brian Stokes and Gary Glover.