An Elliot Johnson #9 Autographed Baseball!

Elliot Tyler Johnson (born March 9, 1984) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays. Born in Safford, Arizona, Johnson took up baseball at an early age. Johnson began his professional career in 2005 playing for the Visalia Rawhides of Visalia, California (A class A minor-league affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the time). In the same season, Johnson got promoted to class AA, then in 2006 moved to Durham, NC to play with the class AAA minor league affiliate of the Rays. He played in the minors for three years before being moved up to Tampa in 2008 to play for seven games and 19 at bats.

The Tampa Bay Rays and 2011 AL Manager of Year Joe Maddon will head into the 2012 season with Evan Longoria, James Shields and 2011 Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson. Can the 2012 Rays best the Yankees and Red Sox in the highly competitive AL East?