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The Rays are back in action after Monday’s off day, hosting the Red Sox in Port Charlotte, first pitch 1:05 p.m. Centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier is set to make his spring debut, set back at the start of camp due to hip tightness. Manager Kevin Cash talked this morning about what “a special defender” Kiermaier is, and how good the Rays outfield defense could be with the combinations of using ...
PORT CHARLOTTE — Coming off Sunday’s dramatic 9-7 spring-opening win over the Braves, the Rays are home again today at Charlotte Sports Park to take on the Twins for the first of eight games this month. Tyler Glasnow, the Rays’ top returning starter, will be on the mound and likely to show off his new slider, which he plans to add to a repertoire that already features a fastball and a curve. ...
No player followed Tampa Bay's offseason as closely as Kevin Kiermaier, who’s thankful for one potential cost-cutting move the reigning AL champion Rays didn’t make. ... It's hard to go against what Erik Neander, the front office, management, and what those guys have done.
PORT CHARLOTTE — For the first time since March, local Rays fans will have a chance to see the team play in person. Tickets for the 14 spring training games at Charlotte Sports Park will go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. via raysbaseball.com and through the MLB ballpark app. And they are likely to go fast. Capacity will be limited to around 1,100 due to pandemic ...
Chris Archer is back in familiar surroundings, eager to re-establish himself with the Tampa Bay Rays. The 32-year-old right-hander is three seasons removed from a being a two-time All-Star and the ace of a rotation the AL champions are revamping after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series last fall. Archer, who was with Tampa Bay from 2012 to 2018, signed a one-year, $6.5 million contract to rejoin the Rays after missing all of the 2020 pandemic-shortened season with the Pittsburgh Pirates while recovering from surgery to relieve symptoms of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrom...