In a somewhat surprising move, the Rays released their Opening Day lineup a day early. It was also announced that the game is sold out, with the Rays having sold out eight openers in a row
Rays Opening Day Lineup:
Jennings CF
Fuld RF
Zobrist 2B
Longoria 3B
Joyce LF
Escobar SS
Loney 1B
Molina C
Johnson DH
Price LHP
Noteworthiness:
Kelley Johnson will fill the DH hole, hitting ninth. I’m a bit surprised that Ben Zobrist is starting at second instead of right-field, while Shelley Duncan isn’t in the lineup at all. We’ll post a series preview in a bit