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}} '''August 23''' in Tampa Bay baseball:

== 2001 ==
* Infielder [[Aubrey Huff]] was optioned to Triple-A [[Durham Bulls|Durham]].<ref name="RaysMG02">{{cite book |title=Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2002 Media Guide |editor1-last=Vaughn |editor1-first=Rick |editor2-last=Costello |editor2-first=Chris |editor3-last=Landy |editor3-first=Greg |editor4-last=Molina |editor4-first=Carmen |editor5-last=Lorenz |editor5-first=Matt |publisher=Tampa Bay Devil Rays Public Relations Office |location=St. Petersburg, FL |date=2002 |page=249 }}</ref>
* Infielder [[Steve Cox]] was activated from the 15-day disabled list.<ref name="RaysMG02" />

== 2004 ==
* Pitcher [[Franklin Nunez]] was optioned to Triple-A [[Durham Bulls|Durham]].<ref name="RaysMG05">{{cite book |title=Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2005 Media Guide |editor1-last=Vaughn |editor1-first=Rick |editor2-last=Costello |editor2-first=Chris |editor3-last=Molina |editor3-first=Carmen |editor4-last=Latimer |editor4-first=Jason |publisher=Devil Rays Public Relations Department |location=St. Petersburg, FL |date=2005 |page=266 }}</ref>
* Pitcher [[Scott Kazmir]] was recalled from Double-A [[Montgomery Biscuits|Montgomery]].<ref name="RaysMG05" />

== 2012 ==
* Minor league free agent pitcher [[Willy Ortiz]] was signed<ref name="trans2012">{{cite web |title=Transactions: August 2012 |url=http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=tb#month=8&year=2012&team_id=139 |publisher=MLB Advance Media |work=RaysBaseball.com |accessdate=October 10, 2012}}</ref> and assigned to Foreign-Rookie [[DSL Rays]].<ref name="trans-ds-2012">{{cite web |title=Dominican Summer League Transactions: August 2012 |url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_trn&lid=130&ymd=201208 |publisher=Minor League Baseball |work=MiLB.com |accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
* Infielder [[Benjamin Kline]] was assigned to Single-A [[Bowling Green Hot Rods|Bowling Green]] from Rookie-Class [[GCL Rays]].<ref name="trans-ca-2012">{{cite web |title=Midwest League Transactions: August 2012 |url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_trn&lid=118&sid=l118&ymd=201208 |publisher=Minor League Baseball |work=MiLB.com |accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
* Pitcher [[Sean Bierman]] was assigned to Single-A Bowling Green from Short-Season [[Hudson Valley Renegades|Hudson Valley]].<ref name="trans-ca-2012" />
* Pitchers [[Charlie Cononie]] and [[Justin Woodall]] and infielder [[Ryan Brett]] were placed on the restricted list at Single-A Bowling Green.<ref name="trans-ca-2012" />

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