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With every hapless and hopeless swing against Johan Santana on Tuesday, the Devil Rays merely reinforced what has become a foregone conclusion: The Twins' ace is well on his way to a second American League Cy Young Award.

There was some solace, though, even as the Rays lost, 8-0.

Perhaps at this very moment, Tampa Bay scout Andres Reiner - who discovered Santana in Venezuela and signed him for the Astros in 1995 - is on the lookout for another perennial Cy Young candidate who one day could lift the Rays on his shoulders and into the thick of a pennant race.

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