The Tampa Bay Rays can finish off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees Sunday with a win in the finale of the weekend set. Right-hander Brent Honeywell will make his Major League debut, followed by Michael Wacha (0-1, 7.20 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Diaz 1B
Arozarena RF
Meadows DH
Margot CF
Brosseau 2B
Lowe LF
Adames SS
Zunino C
Padlo 3B
Yankees Starting Lineup
LeMahieu 1B
Judge RF
Hicks CF
Stanton DH
Torres SS
Odor 2B
Sanchez C
Urshela 3B
Gardner LF
Honeywell May Work Multiple Innings
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday morning that Honeywell, who was slated to work multiple innings in a simulated game at the team’s alternate training site, may do the same this afternoon against the Yankees.
“We’ll manage the game accordingly,” Cash said. “We’ll be very aware of the pitch counts, but there isn’t a one inning limit on him.”
Honeywell hasn’t pitched in a regular season game since September 3, 2017, when he faced Gwinnett as a member of the Durham Bulls. His father, Brent Honeywell Sr., who pitched for three seasons in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, will be at Tropicana Field to watch his son make his big league debut.
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.
