According to St. Petersburg Times Rays’ beat writer Marc Topkin, there’s belief that the Rays are toying some lineup ideas for the 2010 season.  In an article about Sean Rodriguez, the main player returned to the Rays for Scott Kazmir, the Rays are considering “playing S-Rod at second against left-handed pitchers with switch-hitting Ben Zobrist in rightfield and with Zobrist at second and Matt Joyce in right vs. right-handers.”

If this is true, this would be an indication that the Rays do not intend to bring back Akinori Iwamura for the 2010 season.  And, there’s a decent chance that at least one of the Gabe’s will be gone as well.

And, for what it’s worth, the same post names former-Ray and current ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez as a possible candidate for the open hitting coach job.  All other returning coaches received a two-year contract.