The Tampa Bay Rays will look to make it two Grapefruit League wins in a row, as they head to Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers for a Spring Training matchup against the Minnesota Twins. Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 5.59 ERA) will get the start, taking on Lewis Thorpe (0-0, 2.35 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05.
Rays Starting Lineup
Kiermaier CF
B. Lowe 2B
Arozarena RF
Meadows LF
Adames SS
Wendle DH
Mejia C
Brosseau 3B
Kelly 1B
Twins Starting Lineup
Kepler RF
Donaldson 3B
Cruz DH
Polanco 2B
Buxton CF
Sanó 1B
Rooker LF
Simmons SS
Banuelos C
Kiermaier Returns From Paternity Leave
Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier rejoined the team Saturday after his wife Marisa gave birth to the couple’s second child on Tuesday. He told reporters before Saturday’s contest it’s been a wild week for him.
“Not a whole lot of sleep,” Kiermaier acknowledged. “But you know what? My wife’s in the same boat. I know she’ll probably listen to this at some point, so I can’t act sit here like it’s the hardest thing ever, because Marisa has it way worse than me.”
The outfielder says both wife and baby Krew Jax are home from the hospital and healthy.
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.
