The Tampa Bay Rays will open the 2025 regular season Friday afternoon at Steinbrenner Field against the Colorado Rockies. Ryan Pepiot (8-8, 3.60 ERA in 2024) will get the start, taking on Kyle Freeland (5-8, 5.24 ERA in 2024). First pitch is scheduled for 4:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Mead 1B
Diaz DH
B. Lowe 2B
Caminero 3B
Morel LF
Jansen C
J. Lowe RF
DeLuca CF
Walls SS
Rockies Starting Lineup
Doyle CF
Tovar SS
McMahon 3B
Bryant DH
Toglia 1B
Goodman C
Martini RF
Farmer 2B
Beck LF
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.
