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Rays Return To Fort Myers Still Looking For First Win

Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers
(photo: Steve Carney/St. Pete Nine)

The Tampa Bay Rays are back in Fort Myers Thursday for another matchup with the Minnesota Twins.  Drew Rasmussen is scheduled to make his first spring start of 2022, taking on Bailey Ober.  First pitch is scheduled for 1:05.

Rays Starting Lineup

B. Lowe 2B

Franco SS

Diaz 3B

L. Raley LF

Margot RF

Healy DH

Kiermaier CF

Pinto C

Aranda 1B

 

Twins Starting Lineup

Button CF

Polanco 2B

Arraez 3B

Sano 1B

BSanchez C

Kepler DH

Kirilloff RF

Rooker LF

Lewis SS

Bard Signs Minor-League Deal

The Tampa Bay Rays announced Thursday that they had signed pitcher Luke Bard to a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league Spring Training.

Bard, the brother of former Red Sox and current Rockies reliever Daniel Bard, pitched for the Los Angeles Angels from 2018-2020.  The 31-year-old has appeared in 46 games at the big-league level, compiling a 3-3 record and a 5.05 earned run average.

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Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.

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