Per Marc Topkin, given the potential of external options, Rays manager Kevin Cash said the team will hold off announcing the order and other pitchers on the rotation until weeks end. Cash also said Alex Colome won’t be ready when the Rays need their fifth starter on April 14. Likewise Drew Smyly and Alex Cobb are slated for later April returns.
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Cash, Rays Face Tough Roster Questions
As the 2015 Grapefruit League season winds down, manager Kevin Cash and the Tampa Bay Rays have a number of roster questions left to settle: Who will fill the final two starting rotation spots? Who will back up Rene Rivera behind the plate? Who will the team slot in behind Asdrubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe and eventually Nick Franklin? And finally, what will the team do with outfielder David DeJesus? Unfortunately these questions don’t come with the easiest of answers.
Rays Spring Training Update, Day 36: Cash Readies Relievers for Consecutive Appearances
South on 75 — the Tampa Bay Rays made their way to Ft, Myers to take on the Boston Red Sox for the second consecutive day. Brad Boxberger, Grant Balfour, Ernesto Frieri, Jordan Norberto, Kirby Yates and Jhan Marinez all took the mound in what was called a bullpen by committee game. Tampa Bay ultimately fell to the dreaded Red …
Rays Spring Training Update, Day 35: Rays Fall 9-6 to Boston, Injured Pitchers, Etc
I’ve frequented the idea that win or lose, this is only Spring Training and these games are meaningless in the scheme of things. However, maintaining that perspective takes a little more effort in certain instances. Case in point, Saturday’s 9-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Under no circumstances do I find a loss to the dreaded Red Sox acceptable. I know, I know — this was a meaningless Spring Training game. Yet the Red Sox are composed of some pretty unlikable players — I’m looking at you Mike Napoli and David Ortiz — and there is nothing I like more than watching them fail, regardless of when. Oh well, at least Tampa Bay will get another shot at the worst team in the AL East, circa 2014, on Sunday.
Rays Spring Training Update, Day 34: Front Three Starters Announced, Namoli Set to Throw, Stadium News, Etc
There really isn’t much to say about the Tampa Bay Rays/Baltimore Orioles contest Friday afternoon. It wasn’t televised or on the radio, and it was ultimately rained out. If it wasn’t for a handful of tweets suggesting otherwise, you’d never have known there was a game in the first place. In lieu of a formal summary, listed below are a few notes from the “game” as well as other noteworthy things.