The Tampa Bay Rays will look to end a four-game Grapefruit League losing skid today in Sarasota, taking on the Baltimore Orioles. Trevor Richards (0-1, 12.00 ERA) will get the start, taking on Cesar Valdez (0-0, 0.00 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05.
Rays Starting Lineup
Mejia C
Tsutsugo 1B
Brosseau 3B
Wendle SS
Boldt DH
Gray RF
Gomez CF
Sullivan LF
Quiroz 2B
Orioles Starting Lineup
Mullins CF
Mancini 1B
Santander RF
Franco 3B
Galvis SS
Hays LF
Rutschman C
Valaika DH
Urias 2B
Eight More Cuts Made
Before Tuesday’s contest, the Tampa Bay Rays reassigned eight more players to minor-league camp:
RHP Stetson Allie
OF Ryan Boldt
RHP Chris Ellis
LHP Dietrich Enns
RHP Adrian De Horta
INF Tristan Gray
RHP Joey Krehbiel
The Rays now have 38 players remaining in big league camp.
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.