Rays 4/25/14 Starting Lineup
Zobrist 2B
Jennings CF
Joyce LF
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Myers RF
DeJesus DH
Escobar SS
Hanigan C
Archer RHP
Noteworthiness
- Little victories… As it relates to enforcement of the Transfer Rule, Major League Baseball made changes Joe Maddon (and assuredly other mangers around the big leagues) sought. Beginning with the games tonight, the umpires will enforce the Transfer Rule according to the standards pictured below:
- Tampa Bay 7-2 in games started by Chris Archer and David Price, and 3-10 in the other games. What’s more, over last 10 games, the starters have thrown 48.2 innings, while the relievers have thrown 44.1 innings. Meanwhile, the Rays are 10-12 after 22 games for the second straight season.
- The All-Star ballots have been released, and there are nine Rays listed: James Loney, Ben Zobrist, Yunel Escobar, Evan Longoria, David DeJesus, Desmond Jennings, Wil Myers, Matt Joyce (DH), and RyanHanigan.
- “The reality for the Rays, right now anyway,” writes Marc Topkin, “is they don’t have any better options to fill out their starting five — after David Price and Chris Archer — than Bedard, Cesar Ramos and Jake Odorizzi.” That is, don’t expect any moves to bolster the starting rotation any time soon.
- Don’t forget to read our Rays/White Sox series preview, if you haven’t already. If you have, well…read it again!