Source: Tampa Tribune

James Shields expects to make his scheduled start this evening for the Tampa Bay Rays. B.J. Upton expects to be behind Shields in center field.

And Rays manager Joe Maddon expects the crew that was in his clubhouse Monday to be the same crew that flies back to Tampa Bay after Wednesday's game with the A's.

In other words, Maddon, Shields and Upton expect today's 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline to pass without the Rays making a move.

"It's looking like more and more I'm going to stay here," Shields said Monday. "I'm not really too worried about it."

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