11.   But they remain expansion clubs.

12.   But those who understand the need for veteran leadership with an expansion club know they want him for that and much more.

13.   Expect to hear some sniping from other organizations about Arizona and Tampa Bay being given a big advantage over previous expansion clubs.

14.   Fabregas learned he lost his arbitration hearing with the expansion club just one day earlier.

15.   Expansion clubs often will agree not to draft specific unprotected players in exchange for compensation from the respective clubs.

16.   Free agency to the expansion clubs is like getting on the express elevator headed for the top floor.

17.   He had hoped to be claimed by an expansion club.

18.   He, too, may come at too high a price for the expansion clubs.

19.   It gave the expansion club its first semblance of a roster.

20.   It is nothing like previous expansion clubs.