After a morning filled with karaoke and pickoff drills, the Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in Port Charlotte.
#Rays having players-only meeting this am. “A little something for the rookies,” Longoria said. There is a karaoke machine in there. Hmm.
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 10, 2016
From the sounds coming out of #Rays clubhouse, it IS karaoke. Just not necessarily good karaoke
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 10, 2016
#Rays Cash wouldn’t provide details but said rookie karaoke session was “good entertainment”
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 10, 2016
Drew Smyly will make his second start of the Spring, opposite of Francisco Liriano. Also slated to pitch are Danny Farquhar, Andrew Bellatti, Brad Boxberger, Kyle McPherson, and Adam Wilk.
Rays 3/10/16 Starting Lineup
Forsythe 2B
Jennings LF
Longoria 3B
Dickerson RF
Beckham SS
Loney 1B
Kiermaier CF
Rivera C
Franklin DH
Smyly LHP
Noteworthiness
― Steve Pearce, who was a late scratch from Wednesday’s contest with tightness in his right calf, will also sit out Thursday’s game.
― Former Rays Sean Rodriguez and Matt Joyce are in Pittsburgh’s lineup today against their old team.