The Tampa Bay Rays will look to finish off a series win over the Colorado Rockies with a victory in Sunday’s rubber match of the three-game series. Taj Bradley (8-11, 4.11 ERA in 2024) will get the start, taking on Ryan Feltner (3-10, 4.49 ERA in 2024). First pitch is scheduled for 1:40.
Rays Starting Lineup
Diaz DH
Mangum RF
B. Lowe 2B
Aranda 1B
Walls SS
Misner LF
Caballero 3B
Rortvedt C
DeLuca CF
Rockies Starting Lineup
Doyle CF
Tovar SS
McMahon 3B
Goodman DH
Toglia 1B
Martini RF
Beck LF
Stallings C
Freeman 2B
Mangum To Make MLB Debut
Outfielder Jake Mangum is slated to make his Major League debut Sunday, starting in right field and hitting second in the order.
The 29-year-old was added to the active roster Saturday when outfielder Josh Lowe was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. He was acquired by the Rays as part of the November 2023 trade that sent infielder Vidal Brujan and reliever Calvin Faucher to the Miami Marlins. After spending all of 2024 with Triple-A Durham and a slash line of .317/.358/.442, he had a breakout spring in 2025. He finished the Grapefruit League with a 1.217 OPS, a pair of home runs and nine RBI.
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.
