Tampa Bay sets their opening day roster (now including the opening day starting lineup)

4/5/12 Update:

The Rays have posted their opening day starting lineup (below) which is convenient, because it now gives us less to do prior to the 3:05 first pitch, beyond tailgaiting. But I digress…

Rays opening day starting lineup:

Jennings CF

Zobrist RF

Longoria 3B

Keppinger DH

Rodriguez  SS

Johnson 2B

Pena 1B

Molina C

Joyce LF

Shields P

After the Rays win against the Rays today, Joe Maddon and Co. set their 25 man opening day roster. Mind you, things will change a bit in the forthcoming weeks and months, as players come off of the DL.

Pitchers (12):
RH Burke Badenhop
RH Wade Davis
RH Kyle Farnsworth
RH Jeremy Hellickson
LH J.P. Howell
LH Jake McGee
LH Matt Moore
RH Jeff Niemann
RH Joel Peralta
LH David Price
RH Fernando Rodney
RH James Shields

Catchers (2):
Jose Lobaton
Jose Molina

Infielders (7):
Reid Brignac
Elliot Johnson
Jeff Keppinger
Evan Longoria
Carlos Peña
Sean Rodriguez
Luke Scott

Outfielders (4):
Desmond Jennings
Matt Joyce
Stephen Vogt
Ben Zobrist

DL (4):
OF Sam Fuld (4-5 months)
OF BJ Upton (1-2 weeks)
RHP Kyle Farnsworth (2-3 weeks)
C Robinson Chirinos (undetermined)