After finishing the first road trip of 2019 by getting swept by the Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to start the home schedule of the 2021 regular season with a victory over the New York Yankees. Rich Hill (0-0, 9.00 ERA) will get the start, taking on Corey Kluber (0-0, 2.25 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 3:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Tsutsugo DH
Meadows LF
Arozarena RF
Lowe 2B
Diaz 1B
Wendle 3B
Adames SS
Phillips CF
Zunino C
Yankees Starting Lineup
LeMahieu 3B
Stanton DH
Hicks CF
Torres SS
Sanchez C
Bruce 1B
Frazier RF
Tauchman LF
Wade 2B
Phillips Returns From IL, Fairbanks Has Rotator Cuff Injury
The Rays made a pair of roster moves Friday before their opener against New York. Reliever Pete Fairbanks was placed on the 15-day injured list with what the team is calling a rotator cuff strain in his right shoulder.
“I woke up after throwing in Boston and I tried to throw the next day and my shoulder said ‘How about we don’t do that,'” Fairbanks said Friday. “It’s nothing too serious, should be back in action quickly, I hope.”
The 27-year-old hopes to miss no more than a month.
To take his spot on the roster, the Rays activated outfielder Brett Phillips from the 10-day injured list, and selected the contract of reliever Hunter Strickland. To make room for Strickland on the major league roster, catcher Joseph Odom was designated for assignment.