Rays 6/30/16 Starting Lineup
Forsythe 2B
Miller SS
Longoria 3B
Morrison 1B
Guyer RF
Dickerson LF
Jennings CF
Arica DH
Conger C
RHP Odorizzi
Noteworthiness
— Evan Longoria was at St. Petersburg Main Library earlier Thursday, for Reading with the Rays. We were there too, working the information table on behalf of Baseball Forever, the city’s initiative to keep the team in St. Petersburg (pictured below).
Did you miss the chance to learn about the city’s campaign? Fret not, you’ll have a couple opportunities to talk to representatives from Baseball Forever next week, including at our next watch party on Friday, July 8 at Green Bench Brewing Company.
— RHPs Alex Cobb and Chase Whitley threw live batting practice to Steven Souza Jr. and Nick Franklin this afternoon. Of note, Souza hit a homer off Cobb and milked it for all it was worth:
#Rays Cobb throwing live batting practice to Souza at the Trop pic.twitter.com/CmbqIb1t6t
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) June 30, 2016
#Rays Souza with a homer off Cobb, a bat flip and a full trot around the bases. He’s getting his money’s worth from this live BP
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) June 30, 2016
— In Rays trade rumor news, with the acquisition of Bud Norris by the Los Angeles Dodgers, I’d imagine they might be out on RHP Erasmo Ramirez.
— You can read about tonight’s pitching matchup, and so much more, in our series preview.