Rays headed to Cuba, Sternberg expects improvement in 2016, and more

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that the Tampa Bay Rays will make a three-day trip to Cuba from March 20-22, and will play the Cuban National Team in an exhibition game on Tuesday, March 22nd at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana during the trip to the island nation. Before that, however, the team will kickoff the Grapefruit League season against the Washington Nationals in Port Charlotte.