At some point last week, I mentioned that the Rays are well-stocked for next season, with good players at virtually every position. Every position, that is, except right field.
Well, I wasn't considering the Rays' farm system. As Aaron Gleeman writes, problem solved:

Last week Rays outfield prospect Desmond Jennings was named MVP of the Double-A Southern League despite earning a promotion to Triple-A a month ago.
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One area where he has a leg up on Crawford is plate discipline and strike-zone control, as Jennings has an excellent 66/66 K/BB ratio in 563 plate appearances. By comparison, prior to this year Crawford had never drawn even 40 walks in any season, minors or majors. Any prospect whose ceiling can even optimistically be described as "Carl Crawford with plate discipline" has a chance to be a very special player.

Let's dig a bit deeper. As Gleeman notes, Jennings was hurt last year and played only 24 games. But the season before that, when he was 20, Jennings posted a .315/.401/.465 line in the Class-A South Atlantic League. Because he's still played only 308 games as a professional, we just don't have a great deal to go on. And as well as he's played in the minors, it's not abundantly clear that he's better, at this exact moment, than the Rays' current right fielders, Gabes Gross and Kapler.
He will be, though. He'll probably be a lot better than them. And perhaps as soon as next spring, particularly when you consider that even aside from Jennings' considerable skills with the bat in his hands, he apparently is accomplished at many of baseball's other skills, too.

As usual, next year the Yankees will be favored to win the American League East, and the Red Sox the wild card. But also as usual (these days), the Rays will be lurking in the weeds, poised to take advantage should one of the big boys falter.