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—MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 vs. ORIOLES RH (10-9, 3.33 in 2014) vs. RH (13-6, 3.34 in 2014) First Pitch: 3:10 .. | Location: , St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 (Spanish) Game No.: 1 (0-0) | Home Game No.: 1 (0-0) | All-Time Game No.: 2,753 (1,272-1,480) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,376 (702-673)

OPENING DAY ROSTER—Yesterday afternoon the Rays announced their YOUNGEST SKIPPER IN THE MAJORS— Opening Day roster as follows…for a complete breakdown of the roster and Rays first-year was starting lineup see page 3. named the fifth manager in Rays history on ÊÊ (12)—RH , RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Bal- Dec 5, 2014…today he is 37 years, 120 days four, LH , RH , RH , RH old, making him the youngest manager in Steve Geltz, RH , RH Nathan Karns, RH , Rays history and the youngest major league RH Erasmo Ramirez, RH Kirby Yates. manager since 2009, when A.. Hinch pi- ÊÊ (2)—Rene Rivera, Bobby Wilson. loted the Diamondbacks at the age of 34…he is the youngest to manage ÊÊ (5)—, Asdrubal Cabrera, , in the AL since 35-year-old with Cleveland in 2003…he is also , . the youngest current manager/head among the four major pro sports ÊÊ (6)—David DeJesus, , , Des- (MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA)…runner-up is Celtics coach Brad Ste- mond Jennings, , Steven Souza Jr. vens (38)…this will be the fifth time Cash has been in a major league uni- ÊÊ Disabled List (6)— RH (right forearm tendinitis, 15-day), form on Opening Day: as a player with Toronto in 2004 and Boston in 2008, RH Alex Colome (pneumonia, 15-day retroactive to March 27), INF and as coach with Cleveland in 2013 and 2014. Nick Franklin (left oblique strain, 15-day), LH Jake McGee (offseason elbow surgery, 15-day), LH ( surgery, 60- RAYS MANAGING DEBUTS—Cash is one of six new managers in the day), LH (left shoulder tendinitis, 15-day). majors this season, and one of four who will be making their managing de- buts, joining MIN , TEX Jeff Bannister and ARI … OPENING DAY SCHEDULE—A detailed schedule of the day’ events: they join CHC and HOU A.J. Hinch among those who are in ÊÊ Media Gate (Gate 4) Opens 10:00 a.m. their first seasons with their new clubs…Rays managers have gone 1-3 in ÊÊ Parking Lots Open to Fans 11:00 a.m. their debuts…Lou Pinella won his first game in 2003, a 6-4 walk-off win ÊÊ Clubhouse Opens to Media 11:00 a.m. over the Red Sox, while , Hal McRae and Joe Maddon ÊÊ Kevin Cash Available to Media 11:45 a.m. all suffered defeat. ÊÊ Gates Open to Fans Noon ÊÊ Rays Batting Practice Noon SOLD OUT—Today’s officially sold out on Saturday, marking the ÊÊ Orioles Batting Practice 1:00 p.m. 10th consecutive sellout of the Rays home opener…the Rays are 52-18 in ÊÊ Team Introductions 2:40 p.m. regular season games since 2008 when playing in front of home crowds of ÊÊ National Anthem 2:53 p.m. 30,000 or more…tickets remain for Tuesday and Wednesday. ÊÊ Uniform No. 66 Ceremony 2:55 p.m. ÊÊ 3:03 p.m. GATES OPEN…WITH PLAYER GREETERS—Stadium gates open at ÊÊ Rays Take the Field 3:08 p.m. noon with players at the gates greeting fans for the first few minutes, con- ÊÊ First Pitch 3:10 p.m. tinuing a Tropicana Field tradition…during the remainder of the season, gates open 2 hours before game time on Friday, Saturday and Sunday OPENING DAY—The Rays open their 18th season today…Tampa Bay is home games and 1½ hours prior Monday through Thursday. 9-8 in season openers as well as 9-8 in home openers…the Rays are at- tempting to win back-to-back season openers for the first time since 2003- NATIONAL ANTHEM—Young American actress and singer Cozi Zuehls- 04…it is the sixth straight year the Rays have opened the schedule at home dorff (cozy zools-dorf) will perform the national anthem…the 16-year-old is and the 11th time overall…they are 6-4 when they open the season at best known for her role as Hazel in “Dolphin Tale” and “Dolphin Tale 2,” both home…it is the seventh time the Rays have opened vs. the ’s, four more filmed in Clearwater…she began her career in musical theater at the age of than any other opponent…it’s also the fifth time in the last eight years they eight and has played Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” JoJo in “Seussical the have opened against the Birds…Rays are 2-4 in season openers vs. the O’s. Musical,” Sally Brown in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and Brigitta in “The Sound of Music”…Cozi has also appeared in the TNT medical drama RAYS SEASON OPENERS—Home games in gray: “Monday Mornings” as Trisha Miller. YEAR GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER ATT. ÊÊ Pregame ceremonies include a 50-yard Continental U.S.-shaped flag. 1998 Tues., March 31 vs. DET , 6-11 J. Thompson . Alvarez 45,369 1999 Mon., April 5 at BAL L, 7-10 M. Mussina W. Alvarez 46,671 CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH—In marking the 20th anniversary of the year 2000 Mon., April 3 at MIN W, 7-0 S. Trachsel . Radke 43,830 Tampa Bay was awarded a major league franchise, Vincent J. Naimoli, 2001 Tues., April 3 vs. TOR W, 8-1 A. Lopez S. Parris 41,546 managing general partner of the Devil Rays from 1995 through 2005, will 2002 Tues., April 2 vs. DET W, 9-5 . Zambrano J. Acevedo 38,142 throw out the ceremonial first pitch to first base coach … 2003 Mon., March 31 vs. BOS W, 6-4 S. McClung . Fox 34,391 Naimoli was the man who secured Tampa Bay’s long-awaited MLB fran- 2004 Tues., March 30 vs. NYY (JPN) W, 8-3 V. Zambrano M. Mussina 55,000 chise…taking the torch from a long line of community leaders, Naimoli ac- 2005 Mon., April 4 vs. TOR L, 2-5 R. Halladay . Brazelton 26,018 cepted the challenge of bringing the national pastime to the region begin- 2006 Mon., April 3 at BAL L, 6-9 R. Lopez S. Kazmir 46,986 ning in 1991…on May 9, 1995, that goal was realized when MLB owners 2007 Mon., April 2 at NYY L, 5-9 L. Vizcaino 55,031 B. Stokes voted unanimously to award Tampa Bay a franchise…Naimoli, 77, was born 2008 Mon., March 31 at BAL W, 6-2 J. Shields J. Guthrie 46,807 in Paterson, .J., and resides in Tampa. 2009 Tues., April 7 at BOS L, 3-5 J. Beckett J. Shields 37,057 2010 Tues., April 6 vs. BAL W, 4-3 R. Soriano M. Gonzalez 36,973 Previous First Pitches at Rays Home Openers 2011 Fri., April 1 vs. BAL L, 1-4 J. Guthrie D. Price 34,078 ÊÊ 1998 HOFers Ted Williams, , Monte Irvin, Al Lopez 2012 Fri., April 6 vs. NYY W, 7-6 . Rodney M. Rivera 34,078 ÊÊ 1999 2013 Tues., April 2 vs. BAL L, 4-7 J. Hammel J. McGee 34,078 ÊÊ 2000 2014 Mon., March 31 vs. TOR W, 9-2 D. Price R. Dickey 31,042 ÊÊ 2001 St. Petersburg Mayor David J. Fischer ÊÊ 2002 United States Army General Tommy Franks RETIRING NO. 66—Today the Rays will retire uniform No. 66 in a pregame ÊÊ 2003 Jon Gruden and Rich McKay, ceremony, in honor of the team’s beloved senior advisor Don Zimmer, who ÊÊ 2004 Winky Wright, World Junior Middleweight Champion passed away June 4, 2014…the number will be posted high above the left- ÊÊ 2005 Racing legend Michael Andretti center field wall, where it will join the Rays two other retired numbers:Wade ÊÊ 2006 Al Lopez Jr., Al Lopez III and Al Lopez IV Boggs’ No. 12 (retired in 2000) and ’s No. 42 (retired by ÊÊ 2007 Governor Charlie Crist all teams in 1997)…it is the first No. 66 retired in major league history and ÊÊ 2008 Governor Charlie Crist and Buccaneers great Mike Alstott is believed to be the second highest number ever retired…the White Sox ÊÊ 2009 Governor Charlie Crist retired ’s No. 72 in 1997…Zimmer was Robinson’s teammate ÊÊ 2010 Admiral Eric Thor Olson, Commander, US Special Ops for the Dodgers in 1954-56 (Zim’s first three seasons in the ma- ÊÊ 2011 Governor Rick Scott jors) and was a bench coach for the Yankees when Boggs played there in ÊÊ 2012 Jim Dundee, son of late boxing legend Angelo Dundee 1996-97…Don spent 11 years with the Rays, his most time with one organi- ÊÊ 2013 Rays Senior Advisor Don Zimmer and his son Tom zation…he was in uniform for 55 major league Opening Days…this will be ÊÊ 2014 Col. Scott V. DeThomas, Commander, 6th Air Mobility Wing the first Opening Day without Zim since 1970.

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Opp. Tues., April 7 BAL 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.50 in 2014) LH Wei-Yin Chen (16-6, 3.54 in 2014) Wed., April 8 BAL 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (11-13, 4.13 in 2014) RH Miguel Gonzalez (10-9, 3.23 in 2014) **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).** WOOF!—Ajax, the St. Petersburg police dog who was bitten by a rattle- eight warm-up pitches that they are unable to complete prior to the snake while pursuing a suspect earlier this month, will be a guest of the 30-second deadline…exceptions to these rules will be made in a va- Rays for Opening Day…he will be accompanied by his handler, Officer Jo- riety of circumstances. seph Lehmann and the officer’s family. ÊÊ Batters will be encouraged to get into the batter’s box with 20 sec- onds remaining on the timer…this is the same time that the broad- NEW EATS—Centerplate Concessionaire has several new additions at casters return from commercial…the pitcher is expected to begin his Tropicana Field for 2015, including the addition of local favorite Ricky P’s motion to deliver the pitch as soon as the batter gets into the batter’s Orleans Bistro stand in Center Field Street featuring Cajun Creole food… box and becomes alert to the pitcher…batters who do not enter the new food items at Tropicana Field include: box prior to five seconds remaining on the timer and pitchers who ÊÊ Mac Bat–Mac and cheese in a breaded cone do not begin the motion to deliver the pitch prior to zero seconds ÊÊ Assorted Flatbreads–Chicken pesto, margherita, Thai chicken with remaining on the timer will be deemed to have violated the break spicy peanut sauce timing rules. ÊÊ Everglades’ Roadhouse Mac Dog–Half pound all-beef grilled frank ÊÊ These rules will be enforced through a warning and fine system, with topped with creamy mac n’ cheese, red jalapenos and crispy onion discipline resulting for flagrant violators. straws ÊÊ Managers may now invoke instant replay from the and will ÊÊ House Smoked Chicken Wings–Tossed in a mango chipotle glaze no longer be required to approach the calling to challenge a ÊÊ Ybor City Chicken–Chicken drummettes stewed in a piquant tomato call…a decision can be communicated verbally or with a hand signal. sauce with chorizo, golden raisins and Spanish olives over yellow rice ÊÊ Whether a runner left the base early or properly touched a base on a ÊÊ Miso Roasted Shiitake Steamed Buns–Pickled red cabbage, grilled tag-up play will be reviewable. scallions, fresh cilantro and Sticky Soy Glaze ÊÊ A manager will retain his challenge after every call that is over- turned…last year, a manager retained his challenge only after the OPENING DAY: WHAT’S IT ALL MEAN?—Of the 16 teams who won on first overturned call. Opening Day last season, 10 went on to finish with a winning record and ÊÊ A manager must use a challenge in order to review whether a play seven went to the postseason…of the 14 teams who lost their opener, only at home plate included a violation of the rule governing home plate five had a winning record and only three went to the postseason.…in the collisions…however, in the event that a manager is out of challenges 17 years since the Rays have been in existence, champions after the start of the 7th , the Crew Chief may still choose to began their season 0-1 ten times. review whether there was a violation of the rule.

FAN SAFETY COMES FIRST—’s stadium opera- 58 OPENERS AND COUNTING—MLB.com columnist Hal Bodley is in the tions practices for the 2015 regular season require each club to develop Tropicana Field press box today for his 58th consecutive opener…his first and implement mandatory metal detection screening of all fans prior to en- was April 18, 1958, a night game at Philadelphia’s Connie Mack Stadium, try to each major league ballpark…the screening program will be in effect which the Braves won, 4-2 on a 6th-inning by at 29 ballparks on Opening Day and full fan screening will be phased in Johnny Logan…RH Bob Buhl was the winning pitcher…24-year-old CF over the course of the first month of the 2015 season…the Commissioner’s Aaron went 1-for-4. Office has postponed the commencement of the program at in light of the extensive renovations that are underway…fan screening at NEW EMCEE—Today Bobby Millikin works his first regular season game Tropicana Field will be conducted by means of hand-held metal detection as in-game emcee at Tropicana Field…he will perform a variety of duties or walk-through magnetometers…random screenings were performed at including live reads both pre-game and in-game and hosting contests and Tropicana Field last season in preparation for 2015. live promotions displayed on the scoreboard…see separate press release for bio info…Rusty Kath, who spent the past eight seasons in that role, ROAD OPENER—The Rays will play their first road game on Friday at MIA, left the Rays to spend more time with his wife and daughter in Minnesota. their fourth game of the season…it is the earliest the Rays have ever played an interleague game…in 2014, they played on April 11 at CIN, in their 11th CAN’ MAKE IT? BE SURE TO TUNE IN—Today is the first of 150 Rays game of the season…the Rays are 3-14 all-time in their road openers. games televsied by Sun Sports in 2015 with Dewayne Staats and in the booth…Staats and pre-, post- and in-game host Todd SPEAKING OF OPENERS—The Rays will also play in a second opener Kalas have been on the Rays TV broadcast crew since the inaugural 1998 of sorts in 2015 as the opposition for the in their home season…this is Anderson’s fifth Rays opener. opener on Monday, April 13 at …it will be the 13th time in club history the Rays have been the visiting team for an opponent’s home NINE HOURS OF TV COVERAGE—Sun Sports has nine continuous hours opener…the Rays are 2-10 in those games…the last time it occured was in of coverage planned on Opening Day, starting at 1:00 p.m. …a special 2012, when the Rays lost 12-2 in the home opener…the 90-minute pregame show will be televised live statewide from Tropicana Rays opened the Blue Jays home schedule in 1999 and lost 7-1. Field, starting at 1:30 p.m. …Staats, Anderson, Kalas, Rich Hollenberg, Orestes Destrade and new on-air additions Emily Austen and Doug GRAB AN INSIDE PITCH…YOU’ NEED IT—The Rays free game pro- Waechter will all play a role…the full schedule: gram, Inside Pitch, will be a popular item this season, if nothing else for its ÊÊ 1:00 p.m.– Preseason Special roster…10 players who were with the Rays for the season finale in 2014 are ÊÊ 1:30 p.m.–Rays LIVE! Pregame Show no longer in the organization: C Jose Molina, SS , C Ryan ÊÊ 3:00 p.m.–Opening Day: at Tampa Bay Rays Hanigan, RH , OF , OF , RH Joel ÊÊ 6:00 p.m.–Rays LIVE! Postgame Show Peralta, LH , UTL and UTL . ÊÊ 6:30 p.m.–Inside the Rays: Unlikely Journey (2014) ÊÊ 7:00 p.m.–Inside the Rays: Cooking with Longoria (2014) RULE CHANGES—In February, MLB announced additions to the sport’s pace ÊÊ 7:30 p.m.–Don Zimmer: A Life in Baseball of game program and a series of modifications to the instant replay system. ÊÊ 8:00 p.m.–Orioles at Rays replay (2-hour cut down) ÊÊ The pace of game program will enforce the batter’s box rule, requir- ing that all batters must keep at least one foot in the batter’s box DAVE & ANDY ONE OF FOUR— and Dave Wills return to unless one of a group of exceptions occurs. the Rays radio booth for an 11th season together, and pre- and postgame ÊÊ A second new component to the pace of game program is the ad- host Neil Solondz is back for a fourth season…among all 30 major league dition of timers that will measure non-game action and break time broadcast teams, only three have a longer tenured radio broadcast duo between and pitching changes during each major league than Dave and Andy: game…one timer will be installed on or near the scoreboard, ÊÊ Tigers—Dan Dickerson & entering 13th season and a smaller timer will be installed on the façade behind home plate ÊÊ Orioles— & Fred Manfra entering 12th season near the press box…immediately following the third out of each half- ÊÊ Giants— & entering 12th season inning, the timer will count down from 2:25 for locally televised games and from 2:45 for nationally televised games. EN ESPAÑOL—On the Spanish-language side, Enrique Oliu is entering ÊÊ Pitchers will be permitted to throw as many warm-up pitches as they his 17th season of broadcasting Rays games on the radio and Ricardo wish prior to the point when 30 seconds remain on the clock; how- Taveras begins his 13th campaign…they can be heard on Genesis 680 ever, pitchers will be deemed to have forfeited any of their traditional AM every day except Sundays when they are carried on WAMA 1550 AM. BASEBALL NOTES OPENING DAY 25-MAN ROSTER BREAKDOWN— in Japan)…he is one of only three pitchers in the last 50 years who have ÊÊ Rookies (5)—RH Matt Andriese, INF Tim Beckham, RH Steve Geltz, Opening Day wins as a starter and reliever, joining DET RH Nathan Karns, OF Steven Souza Jr. (1965-66-70-71-72 as a starter and 1978 in relief) and CWS LaMarr Hoyt ÊÊ Youngest—RH Erasmo Ramirez (24 years, 339 days) (1981 in relief and 1984 as a starter)…in their history, the Rays have batted ÊÊ Oldest—RH (37 years, 97 days) .293 (172-for-588) on Opening Day and averaged 5.8 runs per game (98 ÊÊ Most ML Service Time—OF David DeJesus (10 years, 146 days) runs in 17 games) and have never been shut out…only six teams have lon- ÊÊ Most Service Time, Rays—3B Evan Longoria (6 years, 170 days) ger current streaks without being shut out on Opening Day…the Mets have ÊÊ Most Opening Days—OF David DeJesus (11th) the longest current streak (52 years). ÊÊ First Opening Day (8)—RH Matt Andriese, INF Tim Beckham, LH Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, RH Steve Geltz, RH Nathan FAMILIAR FOES—Of the Rays first 28 games, 25 are against the four Karns, OF Kevin Kiermaier, RH Kirby Yates. teams from the East…half of the Rays 30 games this ÊÊ First Opening Day with Rays (15)—RH Matt Andriese, INF Tim spring came against the four AL East teams, meaning of their first 58 spring Beckham, LH Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, INF Asdrubal Ca- training and regular season games combined, 40 are vs. the AL East. brera, RH Ernesto Frieri, RH Steve Geltz, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Nathan Karns, OF Kevin Kiermaier, RH Erasmo Ramirez, C Rene WHAT’S IN A NAME?—Tampa Bay officially shed the devil from its name Rivera, OF Steven Souza Jr., C Bobby Wilson, RH Kirby Yates. and became the Rays on Nov 8, 2007…in seven years since, they have ÊÊ Making Rays Debut (8)—RH Matt Andriese, INF Asdrubal Cabrera, averaged 90 wins per season, advanced to the postseason four times, won RH Ernesto Frieri, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Erasmo Ramirez, C Rene two titles and the 2008 AL pennant…in the 10 previ- Rivera, OF Steven Souza Jr., C Bobby Wilson. ous seasons as the Devil Rays, Tampa Bay averaged 97 losses per sea- ÊÊ New to Org. Since End of 2014 (8)—INF Asdrubal Cabrera, RH - son…since the first season in 2008, the Rays have: nesto Frieri, OF John Jaso, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Erasmo Ramirez, ÊÊ Won 90-plus games five times, most in the majors during that span… C Rene Rivera, OF Steven Souza Jr., C Bobby Wilson. the Red Sox, Yankees, Phillies, Cardinals and Rangers all have four. ÊÊ Acquired by Trade (15)—RH Matt Andriese, RH Chris Archer, LH ÊÊ Advanced to the postseason four times; only the Cardinals (five) Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, OF David DeJesus, INF Logan have been to the postseason more often…the Phillies, Tigers, Yan- Forsythe, RH Steve Geltz, OF Brandon Guyer, OF John Jaso, RH kees and Dodgers have all been four times. Kevin Jepsen, RH Nathan Karns, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Erasmo ÊÊ Allowed only 4,536 runs, fewest by an AL team over a span of seven Ramirez, C Rene Rivera, OF Steven Souza Jr. full seasons since 1974-80, when the Orioles allowed only 4,271 and ÊÊ Signed as Free Agent (5)—RH Grant Balfour, INF Asdrubal Cabre- the Yankees 4,353. , RH Ernesto Frieri, 1B James Loney, C Bobby Wilson. ÊÊ Won six BBWAA awards, more than any other team over that span: ÊÊ Drafted by Rays (5)—INF Tim Beckham, OF , Joe Maddon (AL Manager of the Year in 2008 and 2011), David OF Kevin Kiermaier, 3B Evan Longoria, RH Kirby Yates. Price (AL in 2012), Evan Longoria (AL Rookie of the Year in 2008), Jeremy Hellickson (AL Rookie of the Year in 2011) and Wil WALKING WOUNDED—The Rays are opening the season with six play- Myers (AL Rookie of the Year in 2013). ers on the disabled list, tying 2000 for their largest contingent on Opening ÊÊ Thrown 96 shutouts, most by an AL team over a seven-year span Day…in 2000, LH Wilson Alvarez, 3B Vinny Castilla, OF Jose Guillen, since the 1975-81 Yankees, who also had 96. RH Bryan Rekar, INF Damian Rolls and LH all opened ÊÊ Started a pitcher under the age of 30 in 93.5 pct. of their games the year on the DL. (1,062 of 1,135). ÊÊ With starting pitchers Alex Cobb, Drew Smyly, Matt Moore and ÊÊ Had six rookie pitchers win 10-plus games, more than any other Alex Colome all shelved for Opening Day, the Rays are missing four major league team…the list includes Jake Odorizzi, , starters with a combined major league record of 86-54 (.614). Matt Moore, , and Jeremy Hellickson.

RAYS vs. ORIOLES—These two teams play 19 times this season, includ- RAYS OPENING DAY RECORDS ing 10 at Tropicana Field…they also play five times in …the Team Batting Rays face the Orioles on Opening Day for the seventh time…they’re 2-4 so ÊÊ Most Runs 9 vs. Toronto, 2014 far…all-time, the two teams are 148-148…the Rays were 7-12 in 2014 and vs. , 2002 were held to 3 runs or less 12 times…their 3.26 runs per game offense vs. ÊÊ Most Hits 15 vs. -AL, 2004 the Orioles was their lowest mark since 1998 (3.25)…between 2008-10, the vs. Toronto, 2001 Rays were 36-18 vs. the Orioles…in four seasons since, the two teams are ÊÊ Most Doubles 4 4x, last vs. Baltimore, 2010 37-37…Rays were 3-6 at home last season, only the second time in the last ÊÊ Most Triples 1 vs. New York-AL, 2012 seven seasons they have had a losing home record vs. the O’s…Rays are vs. Toronto, 2001 79-70 all-time at home vs. the Birds. ÊÊ Most HR 2 7x, last vs. New York-AL, 2012 ÊÊ Most Walks 8 vs. Toronto, 2014 FOLEY THE RAYS ALL-TIME LEADER—Rays bench coach is ÊÊ Most 14 at Boston, 2009 wearing a Rays uniform for his 14th Opening Day, most in club history…as ÊÊ Most SB 3 at Boston, 2009 the Rays new bench coach, it will be his first out of the third base coaching at New York-AL, 2007 box…it will be his 25th Opening Day overall, including 11 as a player with the (1983-85) and (1987-92) and Pitts- Team Pitching burgh Pirates (1993-94). ÊÊ Most Strikeouts 9 vs. Toronto, 2014 ÊÊ Most Walks 7 vs. New York-AL, 2012 EVAN TRAILS ONLY McGRIFF, FLAHERTY ON OPENING DAY—3B Evan ÊÊ Most Hits 18 vs. Detroit, 1998 Longoria, who will play in his seventh Opening Day, has batted .348 (8-for- ÊÊ Most Runs 11 vs. Detroit, 1998 23) on Opening Day, 3rd best in club history (min. 4 ) behind Fred McGriff ÊÊ Most Pitches 185 vs. New York-AL, 2012 (.474) and (.353)…he has been the hottest Opening Day ÊÊ Most HR 4 at Baltimore, 2006 hitter in the majors over the past three seasons with a .545 avg. (6-for-11)… holds the club reocrd for most Opening Day starts (eight). Individual Batting ÊÊ Most At-Bats 6 , 1999 at BAL DEJESUS, HUNTER AND HOLLIDAY—Today ends a streak of 10 Open- ÊÊ Most Runs 3 , 2004 vs. NYY (Japan) ing Day starts for OF David DeJesus…he entered today as one of three , 2002 vs. DET outfielders to make that claim, along with and . ÊÊ Most Hits 3 11x-last, Wil Myers, 2014 vs. TOR ÊÊ Most Doubles 2 Vinny Castilla, 2001 vs. TOR NON-ROSTER INVITES TO MAKE RAYS OPENING DAY ROSTER— ÊÊ Most Triples 1 Ben Zobrist, 2012 vs. NYY 1998 RH Rolando Arrojo , 2001 vs. TOR 2000 RH , INF Herbert Perry ÊÊ Most HR 1 20x-last, Ben Zobrist, 2013 vs. BAL 2001 RH ÊÊ Most RBI 5 Carlos Peña, 2012 vs. NYY 2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LH Jim Parque, RH ÊÊ Most Walks 3 Ben Zobrist, 2014 vs. TOR 2005 OF Chris Singleton, RH ÊÊ Most Strikeouts 4 Matt Joyce, 2012 vs. NYY 2006 RH Jason Childers, RH , INF Luis Ordaz ÊÊ Most SB 1 13x-last, James Loney, 2014 vs. TOR 2007 RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH 2008 INF/OF Individual Pitching 2011 RH Juan Cruz ÊÊ Most Innings 8.0 , 2001 vs. TOR 2013 1B/OF Shelley Duncan, RH Jamey Wright ÊÊ Most Strikeouts 7 David Price, 2011 vs. BAL 2015 C Bobby Wilson , 2000 at MIN ÊÊ Most Hits 9 5x-last, , 2012 vs. NYY OPENING DAY ODDITIES—The Rays will be using their 16th different DH ÊÊ Most Runs 6 4x-last, James Shields, 2012 vs. NYY in 18 Opening Days…the Rays have outscored their opponents 17-2 in ÊÊ Most Walks 5 Wilson Alvarez, 1998 vs. DET the 9th inning of Opening Day games including 15-0 when they open at ÊÊ Most HR 3 James Shields, 2010 vs. BAL home…Rays have never played an extra-inning game on Opening Day but , 2006 at BAL have won 3 games in the bottom of the 9th inning…the Rays have two ÊÊ Most Pitches 113 Albie Lopez, 2001 vs. TOR triples on Opening Day and both were hit by players named by Ben: Grieve in 2001 and Zobrist in 2012…Victor Zambrano is the only Ray with two Opening Day wins…he got one in relief (2002) and one as a starter (2004 2015 SPRING TRAINING RUNDOWN

15 WINS IN SEVEN OF EIGHT SPRINGS— BEST RECORDS, MLB, 28-SS, 12-DH), Gantt (4-RF, 1-LF), Goed- RAYS IN The Rays went 15-13-2 in the Grapefruit SPRING TRAINING, 2008-15 del (10-LF), Gotta (4-LF, 3-RF), Guevara SPRING TRAINING League season, the seventh time in eight Kansas City 141-100 .585 (3-SS, 1-DH), Guyer (8-LF, 20-CF, 28-RF), 2015 15-13-2 80,406 years they’ve done won at least 15 games LA Angels 139-103 .574 Harris Jr. (1-RF), Hawkins (1-C), Jaso 2014 16-7-4 78,264 since becoming the “Rays” in 2008…they Tampa Bay 124-99 .556 (40-LF, 66-DH), Jennings (55-LF, 26-CF, 2013 15-17-2 90,935 never did so in 10 springs as the Devil St. Louis 121-100 .548 14-DH), Kiermaier (91-CF, 12-DH), Lee 2012 10-16-6 87,916 Rays…the Rays began the spring 1-5-1— Detroit 134-111 .547 (22-SS, 4-DH), Leonard (13-1B), Loney 2011 15-14-2 95,859 2010 20-8-2 97,971 worst mark in the majors through March 10— (96-1B, 6-DH), Longoria (103-3B), Law (3- 2009 15-16-1 103,255 but went 14-8-1 after that. LF), Mahtook (3-LF, 41-CF, 7-RF), Maile 2008 18-8-2 54,960 ÊÊ Since becoming the Rays in 2008, the club owns the 3rd-best record (18-C, 13-DH), Milone (2-CF, 14-RF), Mot- 2007 10-19-2 79,044 in the majors in spring training (see chart)…they’ve won three Grape- ter (2-1B, 11-3B, 14-LF, 25-RF), O’Conner 2006 13-16-1 70,756 fruit League titles in this time (2008, 2010, 2014). (10-C, 7-DH), Paez (2-RF), Powell (8-LF, 2005 13-16 61,261 ÊÊ The Rays went 9-5-1 on the road…the pitching staff led the majors 21-CF), Querecuto (9-2B, 5-SS, 1-DH), 2004 11-8 43,916 with a 2.17 ERA (132.2-IP, 32-ER) on the road—81 points better than Reginatto (4-2B, 10-3B, 4-SS), Rickard 2003 8-19-3 51,324 any other team (Yankees, 2.98)—and a .215 avg. (3-LF, 6-CF, 5-RF, 1-DH), Rivera (75-C), 2002 10-16-1 49,043 Robertson (1-3B, 18-SS), Seitzer (8-1B), 2001 12-15-1 57,081 2000 14-17 67,089 PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays pitching staff recorded a 3.12 ERA Shaffer (18-3B), Simon (6-1B, 5-LF), Sole 1999 14-14-1 59,230 (268.2-IP, 93-ER), 2nd best in the majors to St. Louis (3.06)…they yielded (3-SS), Souza Jr. (6-1B, 18-CF, 69-RF, 13- 1998 12-18 66,781 only 19 HR in 30 games, 3rd fewest in the majors after St. Louis (12) and DH), Velez (11-2B, 10-3B, 6-SS, 17-LF, Total 241-257-30 1,295,451 Boston (17)…their .242 opp avg. was 3rd lowest in the majors. 3-DH), Wilson (66-C, 9-DH).

ABOUT THE OFFENSE—The Rays hit .238 on the spring, 2nd lowest in SPRING TRANSACTIONS— the majors ahead of the Phillies (.234)…they hit 29 HR, 27 of which came Mar 5 Signed RH to a minor league contract with an invita- over the last 23 games—they hit just 2 HR in their first 7 games…LF Des- tion to major league spring training. mond Jennings hit .435 (20-for-46), which would’ve ranked 4th in the ma- Mar 10 Signed LH to a minor league contract. jors if he had enough PA to qualify. Mar 12 Reassigned INF Daniel Robertson and OF to mi- nor league camp. OWNING THE RUNNING GAME—Rays pitchers and catchers threw out Mar 15 Optioned RH Jose Dominguez and INF Hak-Ju Lee to the mi- 12 of 26 attempted base stealers (46.2 pct.)—best rate in the Grapefruit nor leagues…reassigned RH , C Luke Maile and LH League, and 3rd best in the majors…C threw out 5 of 7, tied for Robert Zarate to minor league camp. the GL lead in …meanwhile, Rays baserunners were suc- Mar 16 Optioned INF Ryan Brett, LH and C Justin cessful in 24 of 28 (85.7 pct.) attempts—2nd-best rate in the majors after O’Conner to the minor leagues. Miami (86.7 pct.)…CF Kevin Kiermaier’s 5 SB tied for 7th in the majors. Mar 19 Optioned OF and LH to the minor leagues…reassigned INF Vince Belnome to minor league camp. BATTING LEADERS PITCHING LEADERS Mar 20 Optioned RH Burch Smith to the minor leagues. G: 22, several G: 11, Geltz/Riefenhauser Mar 23 Reassigned 1B and UTL Taylor Motter to minor Avg. (min. 40 AB): .435, Jennings GS: 5, several league camp. AB: 55, Loney W: 2, several Mar 26 Reassigned RH Ronald Belisario, RH , RH R: 10, Forsythe L: 2, Archer/Karns Bryce Stowell and INF/OF Eugenio Velez to minor league camp. : 20, Jennings SV: 1, several Mar 27 Placed RH Alex Colome (pneumonia) on the 15-day DL. 2B: 5, Kiermaier ERA (min. 15 IP): 1.69, Archer Mar 30 Reassigned C Mayo Acosta, OF , OF Joey But- 3B: 2, Kiermaier IP: 23.1, Karns ler, RH , RH Jhan Marinez, RH Jim Miller, LH HR: 3, Longoria/Forsythe BB: 8, several Jordan Norberto, LH to minor league camp. RBI: 10, Longoria SO: 20, Gomes Mar 31 Acquired RH Erasmo Ramirez from the in ex- SB: 5, Kiermaier * club record ** tied club record change for LH Mike Montgomery…released INF . Apr 3 Reassigned INF Jake Elmore to the minor leagues. 2015 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (26-C, 6-DH), Apr 5 Placed RH Alex Cobb (right forearm tendinitis), INF Nick Frank- Araiza (3-C), Beckham (58-2B, 62-SS), Belnome (37-1B), Blair (4-3B, 3-SS), lin (left oblique strain), LH Drew Smyly (left shoulder tendini- Blanchard (3-2B, 4-3B, 2-DH), Brett (22-2B), Brown (33-LF, 36-CF, 9-RF, 11- tis) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27…placed LH Jake DH), Butler (33-LF, 48-RF, 16-DH), Cabrera (11-2B, 81-SS, 5-DH), Carter McGee (offseason elbow surgery) on the 15-day DL…placed LH (2-RF), Casali (73-C), Casilla (51-2B, 17-3B, 4-SS), Coyle (10-2B), DeJesus Matt Moore (Tommy John surgery) on the 60-day DL…optioned (29-LF, 27-RF, 20-DH), DePew (1-DH), Dykstra (30-1B, 9-DH), Elmore (3- C Curt Casali and LH C.J. Riefenhauser to -A Durham… 1B, 23-2B, 33-3B, 28-SS, 12-LF, 15-RF), Field (2-LF, 4-CF), Forsythe (26- selected the contract of C Bobby Wilson…released INF Juan 1B, 43-2B, 14-3B, 12-DH), Francisco (45-1B, 39-3B, 9-DH), Franklin (23-2B, Francisco.

2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATT Thu March 5 Baltimore Charlotte County L, 2-3 0-1-0 Davies (1-0) Zarate (0-1) 4,884 Fri March 6 Minnesota Charlotte County W, 2-1 1-1-0 Norberto (1-0) Achter (0-1) 4,158 Sat March 7 @Pittsburgh Bradenton T, 1-1 (10) 1-1-1 — — 8,303 Sun March 8 Philadelphia Charlotte County L, 4-5 1-2-1 Slowey (2-0) Archer (0-1) 5,837 Mon March 9 @ Tampa L, 3-4 1-3-1 Pineda (1-0) Karns (0-1) 9,821 Tue March 10 Pittsburgh Charlotte County L, 3-4 1-4-1 Beckman (1-0) Romero (0-1) 3,989 @Boston Fort Myers L, 1-5 1-5-1 Masterson (1-0) Andriese (0-1) 10,156 Wed March 11 @Minnesota Lee County W, 5-2 2-5-1 Dominguez (1-0) Thielbar (0-1) 7,454 Thu March 12 Toronto Charlotte County W, 10-3 3-5-1 Gomes (1-0) Estrada (0-1) 5,776 Fri March 13 @Philadelphia Clearwater L, 1-2 3-6-1 Biddle (1-0) Archer (0-2) 9,338 Sat March 14 @Baltimore Sarasota W, 3-2 4-6-1 Karns (1-1) Berry (0-1) 8,219 Sun March 15 Charlotte County W, 8-4 5-6-1 Andriese (1-1) Colon (0-2) 6,363 Mon March 16 OPEN DATE Tue March 17 @Philadelphia Clearwater W, 5-3 6-6-1 Teaford (1-0) Araujo (0-1) 9,572 Wed March 18 @Toronto Dunedin W, 9-3 7-6-1 Archer (1-2) Buehrle (1-1) 5,539 Thu March 19 Minnesota Charlotte County W, 4-2 8-6-1 Karns (2-1) Nolasco (0-1) 4,418 Fri March 20 Toronto Charlotte County L, 5-11 8-7-1 Norris (1-0) Smith (0-1) 5,225 Sat March 21 Minnesota Charlotte County W, 4-2 9-7-1 Beliveau (1-0) Achter (0-2) 4,538 Sun March 22 @Toronto Dunedin L, 0-3 9-8-1 Osuna (1-0) Teaford (1-1) 5,550 Mon March 23 Pittsburgh Charlotte County L, 6-7 9-9-1 LaFromboise (1-0) Boxberger (0-1) 4,169 Tue March 24 OPEN DATE Wed March 25 @Minnesota Lee County W, 2-1 10-9-1 Riefenhauser (1-0) Thielbar (0-2) 6,164 Thu March 26 New York Yankees Charlotte County W, 6-5 11-9-1 Boxberger (1-1) Martin (0-1) 6,148 Fri March 27 @Baltimore Sarasota —CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN— Sat March 28 Boston Charlotte County L, 6-9 11-10-1 Wright (3-0) Karns (2-2) 7,030 Sun March 29 @Boston Fort Myers L, 2-3 (10) 11-11-1 Todd (1-0) Thompson (0-1) 9,916 Mon March 30 Baltimore T, 6-6 (10) 11-11-2 — — 3,946 Tue March 31 Boston Charlotte County L, 8-11 — Couch (1-0) Reavis (0-1) 4,991 @Baltimore Sarasota W, 4-3 12-12-2 Teaford (2-1) Gausman (1-2) 5,305 Wed April 1 @New York Yankees Tampa W, 3-0 13-12-2 Norberto (2-0) Whitley (0-1) 9,881 Thu April 2 @Philadelphia Clearwater W, 10-1 14-12-2 Archer (2-2) Williams (0-4) 6,376 Fri April 3 @Detroit Lakeland W, 11-5 15-12-2 Beliveau (2-0) Alburquerque (0-1) 7,751 Sat April 4 Detroit Tropicana Field L, 0-1 15-13-2 Simon (2-2) Ramirez (1-3) 8,934 OPENING DAY STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (10-9, 3.33 in 2014)

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg. 2013 Durham 5-3 3.96 10 10 0 0 50.0 50 26 22 23 52 6 .251 Tampa Bay 9-7 3.22 23 23 2 2 128.2 107 49 46 38 101 15 .226 2014 Tampa Bay 10-9 3.33 32 32 0 0 194.2 177 85 72 72 173 12 .243 Career Majors 20-19 3.39 61 59 2 2 352.2 307 151 133 123 310 30 .235

ÊÊ OPENING DAY ASSIGNMENT—The 26-year-old will be making his ÊÊ POWER OUTAGE—In 2014, he set a club record and ranked 5th in the first Opening Day start as he makes his second Opening Day roster… AL with a 0.55 HR/9 IP ratio, with only 12 HR in 194.2 IP…half of those this marks the 13th straight season the Rays Opening Day starter has 12 HR came in his final 6 starts, after yielding only 6 HR in his first 26 been age 30 or younger…the only Opening Day starter over age 30 in starts…his .336 opp SLG ranked 6th in the AL and 3rd in club history, Rays history was 31-year-old in 2002…since 2008, behind David Price (.318 in 2012) and Cobb (.325 in 2014). the Rays have started a pitcher under the age of 30 in 93.5 pct. of their ÊÊ THE MAGIC NUMBER—In 2014, the Rays went 15-8 when he lasted games (1,062 of 1,135)…it will also be the 13th straight opener by a 6 IP or more, and 2-7 when he failed to do so…since the start of 2013, pitcher who broke into the majors with the Rays, dating back to Sturtze. those marks are 27-9 and 4-15. ÊÊ The past seven Rays openers were started by either James Shields (2008-10, 2012) or David Price (2011, 2013-14); Archer ÊÊ -CH-CHANGES—Spent time this spring working on his , is the first apart from that pair since Scott Kazmir in 2007. which accounted for just 5.2 pct. of his total pitches in 2014…his fastball ÊÊ Was named by Manager Kevin Cash as the Opening Day starter and accounted for the rest…according to , he aver- on March 26, replacing the previously named Alex Cobb who aged 94.6 mph on his fastball in 2014, 3rd hardest among AL qualifiers developed right forearm tendinitis. behind KC (97.0) and LAA (96.3). ÊÊ Started Opening Day for Triple-A Durham in 2013, earning an 11-2 win at Norfolk (Orioles)…5 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1-BB, 5-SO. When his changeup is right, it’s right along the lines of a Felix ÊÊ SPRING THINGS—Went 2-2 with a 1.69 ERA (16-IP, 3-ER) in 5 of- Hernandez type of a changeup where this is a swing-and-miss pitch ficial starts this spring…his last outing was a tune-up Thursday at PHI, eight times out of 10. What he really needs to clean up, though, is the when he threw 2 scoreless frames on 27 pitches…stretched out to 105 “command of the fastball. Once he learns to command the fastball … pitches on March 28 against Red Sox minor leaguers at the Charlotte he can be the best of the bunch—even better than David Price was here. Sports Complex, throwing 6.2 scoreless innings…he also spent 15 min- And I know that’s saying a lot, but he certainly has those capabilities. utes conversing with Commissioner , who visited Rays — Pitching Coach , last August camp on March 26. ÊÊ OFF THE DIAMOND—Chris created the nonprofit Archway Foundation ÊÊ NO MARGIN FOR —In 2014, Chris was involved in four 1-0 (archwayfoundation.com­) in his hometown of Clayton, N.C., to invest in games, and went 0-2: April 8 at KC (won, no decision), May 23 vs. BOS the lives of youth in the area…more details are available in his Media (won, no decision), June 3 at MIA (lost) and Sep 26 at CLE (lost). Guide bio…on Friday, he attended the annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fun- ÊÊ WALK THIS WAY—Allowed 72 walks in 2014, 6th most in the AL… draiser at Pin Chasers Midtown in Tampa, an event previously handled yielded 21 BB in 32.1 IP in the month of May (6.7 BB/9 IP)…apart from by David Price, and the event raised $48,000…during spring training, that month, averaged only 2.8 BB/9 IP (162.1-IP, 51-BB). Chris joined the Rays front office and national nonprofit Good Sports in presenting over $4,800 worth of equipment and apparel to the Charlotte ÊÊ FACING RIGHTIES—Last season righthanders batted .262 (83-for- High School baseball team. 317) with 7 HR against him…prior to 2014, he’d held them to a .173 (45-for-260) clip. ÊÊ 2014 HIGHLIGHTS—In his first full major league season, led the Rays staff with 32 starts and 194.2 IP…made 16 starts allowing 1 ER or ÊÊ ONE YEAR DOWN, SEVEN TO GO—One year ago (April 2, 2014), Ar- fewer, tying James Shields’ club record (2011) and tying SEA Felix cher signed an eight-year contract extension, the first six years (2014- Hernandez and KC for the AL lead. 19) guaranteed plus club options for 2020 and 2021…the deal guaran- tees a total of $25.5 million with a maximum value of $43.75 million…it ÊÊ ROUGH START, STRONG FINISH—In 2014, Archer crafted a 2.77 ERA remains the largest guarantee in major league history for a player with (149.1-IP, 46-ER) over his last 24 starts, starting May 16…pitched to a less than one year of service time, surpassing the deal teammate Evan 5.16 ERA (45.1-IP, 26-ER) in 8 starts before that. Longoria signed in 2008 (6 years, $17.5 million).

2015 SPRING GAME LOG 2014 SPLITS vs. RH: .262 (83-317), 7-HR GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/ FINAL OPP. LEFT vs. LH: .228 (94-412), 5-HR 3/8 vs. PHI L-1 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 37/27 L, 4-5 Slowey down, 1-0 3/13 @ PHI L-2 5.06 3.1 4 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 50/35 L, 1-2 Rodriguez down, 2-1 Home: 5-5, 4.00 ERA (87.2-IP, 39-ER) 3/18 @ TOR W-1 2.89 4.0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 67/41 W, 9-3 Buehrle up, 3-0 Road: 5-4, 2.78 ERA (107.0-IP, 33-ER) 3/23 vs. PIT -- 1.93 4.2 3 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 78/47 L, 6-7 Burnett up, 2-1 3/28 vs. BOS -- -- 6.2 3 0 0 2 8 0 -- -- 105/65 ------ARCHER vs. BALTIMORE 4/2 @ PHI W-2 1.69 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27/20 W, 10-1 Williams up, 4-0 CAREER—Is 1-2 with a 5.76 ERA (25-IP, TOTAL 2-2 1.69 16.0 12 5 3 8 13 1 0 1 ------16-ER) in 5 apps (4 starts) against the italics = minor league game Orioles…has made 3 starts against the O’s at Tropicana Field, going 1-0 with a 4.41 ERA (16.1-IP, 8-ER). 2014—Faced the Orioles twice, lasting only 5 IP in each start…was 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA (10-IP, 10-ER)…allowed 19 hits and the Orioles hit .404 (19-for-47) against him. LAST START—On May 6 vs. BAL, exited trailing 3-2 but received no decision… his line: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR (), 100 pit, 62 str.

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER ÊÊ Will be 37 years, 120 days on Opening Day, youngest manager since ÊÊ Is the fifth manager in Rays history…named to his post Dec 5, one day ARI A.J. Hinch (34) in 2009…is the youngest active manager or head before his 37th birthday…spent the past two seasons (2013-14) as the coach in the four major sports—the Celtics’ Brad Stevens is next at 38. Indians bullpen coach under . ÊÊ Is the sixth Tampa-born manager in major league history, and second to ÊÊ Played 12 professional seasons as a , including parts of eight sea- manage the Rays…joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and , sons in the majors (2002-10)…spent two years (2005-06) in the Rays , and . org., and appeared in 13 major league games in 2005 for Lou Piniella. TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH NATHAN KARNS (1-1, 4.50 in 2014)

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg. 2013 Harrisburg 10-6 3.26 23 23 3 0 132.2 109 54 48 48 155 14 .224 0-1 7.50 3 3 0 0 12.0 17 11 10 6 11 5 .321 2014 Durham 9-9 5.08 27 27 0 0 145.1 142 89 82 62 153 16 .257 Tampa Bay 1-1 4.50 2 2 0 0 12.0 7 6 6 4 13 3 .163 Career Majors 1-2 6.00 5 5 0 0 24.0 24 17 16 10 24 8 .250 Career Minors 33-21 3.45 87 81 5 0 449.1 350 191 172 190 515 33 .215

ÊÊ LAND OF OPPORTUNITY—Entered spring training as a contender for spent most of the season with Durham before making 2 starts for the the fifth spot in the starting rotation…following a number of injuries to Rays in September…also recalled for 2 days (May 3-4) after starters Alex Cobb, Drew Smyly and Alex Colome, this past week he was designated for assignment, but did not pitch. was assigned by Kevin Cash to start the second game of the season. ÊÊ RAYS DEBUT—Made his Rays debut Sep 12 at TOR and earned his ÊÊ RESPECT YOUR ELDERS—Made his first Opening Day roster and will first career victory, 1-0 over J.A. Happ…totaled 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 be making just his sixth major league start…the 27-year-old is already SO, becoming the first in franchise history to go 7-plus IP and allow 2 H the oldest member of the season-opening starting rotation…the only or fewer in his Rays debut…tied Steve Trachsel (April 3, 2000 at MIN) starting pitcher on the 40-man roster older than Karns is Alex Cobb, for the longest scoreless outing in a Rays debut…his 114 pitches were who is seven weeks his senior…Karns made his pro debut June 20, most ever in a Rays debut. 2011, more than two years after he was drafted, due to shoulder surgery. ÊÊ TRYING TO CONTAIN—Has allowed 8 HR in 24 career innings in the ÊÊ SPRING THINGS—Went 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA (23.1-IP, 10-ER) in 6 of- majors, including 3 HR in his second start last year (Sep 21 vs. CWS). ficial apps, 5 starts…his last outing came in relief, Thursday atPHI, ÊÊ UNCLE CHARLIE—In a limited sample of 2 starts last season, 28.8 pct. when he threw 6 strong innings in relief of Chris Archer, who made of his pitches were (59 of 205), according to FanGraphs… a final tune-up start…6 of his 9 ER allowed all spring came in his start among qualifiers, the only pitcher who threw his curve more frequently March 28 vs. BOS…also started March 24 against Orioles minor leagu- was PIT A.J. Burnett (33.1 pct.). ers, throwing 2 innings. ÊÊ WHERE HE RANKED—In 2014, led all Rays minor leaguers with 153 ÊÊ AT HIS BEST—Had his best outing of the spring March 14 in Sarasota, SO and tied Rochester’s (Twins) Alex Meyer for most among Triple-A when he exited after 4.0 perfect innings against the Orioles…he threw pitchers…ranked 2nd in the with 9.47 SO/9 IP, tied 53 pitches, 33 strikes…after the game, Manager Kevin Cash said “He for 2nd with 27 starts and 3rd with 62 BB. kept pumping strikes…a very, very strong outing.” ÊÊ ROLLER COASTER—Named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the ÊÊ HIGHLY REGARDED—Enters 2015 rated by as the Month for May and July 2014…his ERA by month for Durham: April No. 7 prospect in the Rays system and No. 2 pitching prospect behind 8.20…May 1.39…June 10.55…July 1.62…August 6.19. Alex Colome…the publication also recognized him as Best in the organization ÊÊ THREE-FOR-ONE—The Rays traded away three players for Karns on Feb 13, 2014: C Jose Lobaton and minor leaguers LH Felipe Rivero ÊÊ KARNS, WITH A K—Has struck out 515 batters in 449.1 IP lifetime in and OF Drew Vettleson. the minors (10.3 SO/9 IP) while holding opponents to a .215 avg. ÊÊ 2014 REVIEW—Made a career-high 30 starts between Triple-A Dur- ham (regular and postseason) and the Rays…in those 30 starts, he allowed 1 ER or fewer 13 times, and yielded 5 ER or more 10 times…

2015 SPRING GAME LOG 2014 SPLITS vs. RH: .200 (5-25), 3-HR GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT vs. LH: .111 (2-18), 0-HR 3/5 vs. BAL -- 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21/10 L, 2-3 Chen tied, 0-0 3/9 @ NYY L-1 1.80 3.0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 50/33 L, 3-4 Pineda down, 2-0 Home: 0-1, 10.80 ERA (5.0-IP, 6-ER) 3/14 @ BAL W-1 1.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 53/33 W, 3-2 Matusz up, 2-0 Road: 1-0, 0.00 ERA (7.0-IP, 0-ER) 3/19 vs. MIN W-2 2.03 4.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 65/39 W, 4-2 Nolasco up, 3-2 3/28 vs. BOS L-2 4.67 4.0 5 6 6 3 3 1 0 1 72/48 L, 6-9 Wright down, 6-5 KARNS vs. BALTIMORE *4/2 @ PHI -- 3.86 5.0 5 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 -- W, 10-1 -- -- CAREER—Made his major league debut TOTAL 2-2 3.86 23.1 19 11 10 8 19 2 1 1 ------against the Orioles on May 28, 2013 with * relief appearance the Nationals… opposing starter was , making his second career major league start…allowed 3 runs in 4.1 IP and the Nationals won 9-3…his line: ND, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR (, J.J. Hardy), 85 pit, 50 str. RAYS HITTER NOTES

#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Sat: 0-0, 2-BB (def. rep.) Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .245/.310/.321, 0-HR, 3-RBI, 2-SB Current (’14): 2G (.667, 2-3) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 25-year-old rookie makes his first Opening Day roster…has 145 days of service time, mostly coming last year when he started the season on the major league DL with a torn right ACL, suffered in Dec 2013…went 3-for-7 (.429) in his only career ML action over 5 games (1 start) in Sep 2013. ÊÊ Spring Training: Tied for the team lead with 22 games, between 2B and SS…hit .355 (11-for-31) in his final 13 games starting March 20. ÊÊ Singled in his first career PA on Sep 19, 2013 vs. TEX…only start was Sep 23 vs. BAL, going 1-for-2 (, sac fly). ÊÊ Returned to Triple-A Durham from the DL last Aug 12 and hit .258 (16-for-62) in 15 games…hit safely in his first 9 games back.

#13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .192/.236/.212, 0-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): -- RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 29-year-old makes his eighth straight Opening Day start, sixth straight at SS…started seven openers for Cleveland (2008-14), including 2B in 2008-09. ÊÊ Spring Training: Batted .192 (10-for-52) with only 1 XBH, a March 31 at BAL…named the starting by Kevin Cash on March 23. ÊÊ Batted a career-low .241 (133-for-553) with 14 HR and 61 RBI between the Indians and Nationals in 2014…reached at least 14 HR for the fourth consecutive season, one of two middle infielders to do so (Robinson Cano)…is one of three switch-hitters to do that (Carlos Santana, Carlos Beltran). ÊÊ Is 27 hits away from 1,000 for his career…is 5 runs scored shy of 500. ÊÊ Since 2011, ranks among ML switch-hitter leaders in HR (69, 6th), RBI (285, T-5th), 2B (133, 2nd) and hits (571, 6th).

#7 DAVID DEJESUS, OF Sat: 0-0, BB (PH in 8th) Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .243/.349/.514, 2-HR, 8-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 35-year-old begins his 13th ML season and makes his 11th Opening Day roster…this marks his first Opening Day roster in which he is not in the starting lineup…started 2005-10 with KC, 2011 with OAK, 2012-13 with CHC and 2014 with TB…was 1 of 3 active outfielders to start on Opening Day from 2005-14 (Torii Hunter, Matt Holliday)…that included 4 starts in CF (2005-08, 2013, 2 in LF (2009, 2014) and 3 in RF (2010-12). ÊÊ Spring Training: Five of his 9 hits went for extra bases…homered in consecutive games March 31 at BAL and April 2 at PHI…played LF, RF and DH. ÊÊ Appeared in only 83 games in 2014, his fewest since 2003, after spending 64 games on the DL (left hand fracture)…all 65 starts came vs. RHP. ÊÊ Made only 13 starts (10-LF, 3-CF) in the outfield last year, compared to 52 starts at DH…only had 5 career starts at DH before last season.

#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .229/.275/.521, 3-HR, 6-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): -- RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 28-year-old makes his second Opening Day roster (2014) and first career Opening Day start…began the 2013 and 2012 seasons on the Padres DL. ÊÊ Spring Training: Led the team with 10 runs scored…also tied for the team lead with 3 HR…hit 2 HR on March 17 at PHI, the first Ray with a multi- homer spring game since Desmond Jennings (3) on April 1, 2012 at BAL…played 1B, 2B, 3B and DH; has never played 1B in the regular season. ÊÊ In 2014, played in a career-high 110 games with 75 starts (58-2B, 2-LF, 1-SS, 1-3B)…made 44 starts vs. LHP and 5 of his 6 HR came vs. LHP…is a career .271/.337/.423 (98-for-362) hitter with 10 HR vs. LHP compared to .215/.283/.296 (134-for-624) with 8 HR vs. RHP. ÊÊ Started in all nine slots of the last season, one of two players in the majors to do that along with teammate Brandon Guyer.

#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Sat: 1-2 (PH in 6th) Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .400/.419/.567, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 29-year-old makes his second consecutive Opening Day roster…last year spent his first full season in the majors (5-game rehab stint with Durham). ÊÊ Spring Training: Appeared in 11 games between all three outfield positions…after the spring opener, did not play until March 18 at TOR due to an oblique injury…hit a grand slam April 3 at DET off Anibal Sanchez. ÊÊ In 2014, sustained a club-high 11 HBP and led the team with 7 singles…made 60 starts (51-LF, 5-CF, 4-DH), including 42 against left-handed pitchers…ranked 2nd on the club with a .297 (33-for-111) avg. against lefties, after Ben Zobrist (.340)…started in all nine slots of the batting order.

#28 JOHN JASO, C/OF/DH Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .196/.315/.261, 0-HR, 2-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): -- RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Makes his 5th straight Opening Day roster…this will be his 4th start (incl. Rays Opening Day catcher in 2011) but first at DH as well as his first batting leadoff…becomes the first DH to hit leadoff on Opening Day since TEX Frank Catalanotto in 2002…is the Rays 16th Opening Day DH in 18 seasons. ÊÊ Spring Training: Played 39 innings in LF and 66 at DH, his first time in the OF since high school…drew 7 BB, one shy of team leader Jake Elmore. ÊÊ His last two seasons have ended prematurely due to concussion-like symptoms…missed the final 34 games of 2014 and 61 games of 2013. ÊÊ In his career 31 of his 32 HR have come vs. right-handed pitching…last season all of his 79 starts came against RHP. ÊÊ Is the 7th major leaguer in club history to leave the Rays and return…hit .270 with a .372 OBP in 3 seasons with Seattle (2012) and Oakland (2013-14).

#8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Sat: 1-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .435/.471/.565, 1-HR, 3-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 6G (.321, 9-28) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Is making his 4th straight Opening Day start, 1st in LF (2012-14 in CF)…his career .500 avg. (6-for-12) on O.D. is T-1st in team history (min. 10 AB). ÊÊ Spring Training: His .435 avg. ranked 5th in the majors among players with as many AB…led the team with 20 hits and .471 OBP. ÊÊ Is 1 of 7 players in the majors with at least 10 HR and 10 SB in each of the last 4 seasons (H. Ramirez, McCutchen, Gordon, Kinsler, Stubbs, Zobrist). ÊÊ In 2014 handled 309 chances without an error, more than any other OF without one…has gone 340 chances since his last error, Sep 6, 2013 at SEA. ÊÊ Has 7 career leadoff homers, tied with Carl Crawford for 2nd in club history and one shy of B.J. Upton’s club record (8).

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .333/.396/.521, 0-HR, 4-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): -- RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 24-year-old makes his first career Opening Day roster…is starting in CF and batting 9th. ÊÊ Spring Training: Led club with 5 2B, 2 3B and 5 SB…his 5 SB ranked T-7th in the majors…played exclusively center field. ÊÊ In 2014 led the team with 8 3B, as well as a .450 SLG and .765 OPS (min. 100 games)…appeared in 108 games (89 starts, 47-RF, 32-CF). ÊÊ Despite not being recalled for good until May 28, was named one of three finalists for the Rawling AL for right field…selected to Baseball America’s postseason All-Rookie Team…was the Rays winner of the Heart and Hustle Award by the MLB Players Alumni Association. ÊÊ In Rays history, the only other rookie to achieve his combination of triples (8) and home runs (10) was current 1B coach Rocco Baldelli in 2003.

#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .236/.263/.345, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 8G (.300, 9-30) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Will be making his 8th straight Opening Day start at first base…coming off a career-high 174 hits in 2014…his .294 avg. in two seasons with the club ranks 2nd all-time (min. 1,200 PA) to Carl Crawford (.296)…that mark ranks 6th among major league left-handed hitters (2013-14). ÊÊ Spring Training: Led the team with 55 AB…had a 3-hit game on April 1 at NYY…only homer came March 18 at TOR. ÊÊ Finished last season riding an 8-game hitting streak, batting .300 (9-for-30) over that span. ÊÊ Led the 2014 Rays in hits and batting avg. and ranked 2nd to Evan Longoria in games (155) and RBI (69)…had a career-high 600 AB. ÊÊ Has averaged 156 games per season over the last 7 years…his 1,095 total games during that span ties for 5th in the majors.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .275/.310/.471, 3-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Will be making his 7th straight Opening Day start at 3B…only Carl Crawford has more Opening Day starts in club history (8)…marks his fourth Opening Day start at cleanup (2009, 2013-15)…his 2 Opening Day HR (2010, 2012) are tied for the club record (Gerald Williams, Ben Zobrist). ÊÊ Is a career .394/.444/.909 (13-for-33) hitter with 5 HR off Chris Tillman…his 5 HR off Tillman are his 2nd-most against any pitcher (Sabathia, 6). ÊÊ Spring Training: Led the team with 10 RBI and tied for the team lead with 3 HR (Logan Forsythe). ÊÊ Started all 162 games in 2014, T-1st in the majors (ATL , KC )…is active ML leader at 169 consecutive starts, accord- ing to Elias…today will play in his 243rd straight game, which will be the longest active streak as SF (383) begins the year on the DL. ÊÊ Led the Rays with 22 HR and 91 RBI last season…is the franchise’s all-time leader in HR (184), RBI (635) and SLG (.494)…is 3 doubles shy of Ben Zobrist’s club record (229) and 2 extra-base hits shy of Carl Crawford’s mark (424)…is 25 hits shy of 1,000 for his career. ÊÊ Played for the MLB All-Star Team during the last November…witnessed the birth of his son, Nash, via FaceTime. #44 RENE RIVERA, C Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .179/.179/.385, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): -- RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Makes his 2nd straight Opening Day start at catcher…caught in the Padres opener in 2014, when he made his first OD roster at age 30. ÊÊ Spring Training: Four of his 7 hits went for extra bases (2-2B, 2-HR)…only multi-hit game included a 2- homer on March 14 at BAL. ÊÊ In 2014, posted career highs for the Padres in virtually every category including games (103), hits (74), 2B (18), HR (11), RBI (44) and avg. (.252)… his .452 SLG as a catcher was 5th among major league backstops (min. 81 games)…threw out 29 attempted base stealers, tops among major league catchers and his 33.3 eraser rate ranked 4th…his catcher’s ERA of 3.10 tied for the best in the majors. ÊÊ The Rays are his 7th organization…was part of a three-team, 11-player trade with San Diego and Washington, largest in club history.

#20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Sat: 0-2 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .130/.203/.259, 2-HR, 8-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 25-year-old makes his first Opening Day roster after making his ML debut in 2014 (21 games with Nationals)…starting in RF and batting 2nd. ÊÊ Spring Training: Ranked T-2nd on the team with 8 RBI…had a 2-run HR as part of a 3 RBI game on March 19 vs. MIN…also ranked 2nd with 54 AB. ÊÊ Named the International League’s MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2014, leading the league in batting avg. (.350), OBP (.432), SLG (.590) and OPS (1.022)…tied for 6th in the IL in SB (career-high 26) and HR (18) despite playing in only 96 games there. ÊÊ Made a diving catch in LF to end ’s no-hitter Sep 28 vs. MIA…selected by MLB.com as the majors’ Defensive Play of the Year. ÊÊ Acquired from the Nationals on Dec 19, 2014 as part of a three-team, 11-player trade, the largest in club history.

#46 BOBBY WILSON, C Sat: 0-1 Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: .107/.219/.107, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’14): 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Non-roster invite to spring training was selected to the 40-man roster on Sunday…marks his 4th Opening Day roster (also 2010-12 with Angels)… is the first catcher to make the Rays Opening Day roster after coming to camp as a non-roster invite. ÊÊ Spring Training: Went 3-for-28, and all 3 hits were singles…threw out 2 of 7 attempted base stealers. ÊÊ Aside from a September stint last year, spent the season with Triple-A Reno (D-backs)…caught a Triple-A best 54.1 pct. of attempted base stealers. ÊÊ Will become the 12th Tampa Bay-area native to play for the Rays…attended Seminole High School and St. Petersburg College. RAYS BULLPEN NOTES

#35 MATT ANDRIESE, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 1-1-0, 2.21 ERA, 7 G, 5 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 25-year-old will be making his major league debut…spent the 2014 season with Durham, leading the team with 11 wins in a career-high 162.1 IP. ÊÊ Spring Training: Ranked 10th in the Grapefruit League in ERA…tied for the team lead with 5 starts (Archer, Karns). ÊÊ Pitched out of the bullpen March 6 vs. MIN and March 20 vs. TOR…over his minor league career, has made 84 starts 10 relief apps…pitched out of the Durham bullpen three times last season with a 4.50 ERA (12-IP, 6-ER)…five of those 6 ER came in his last relief app on Aug 12 at Rochester.

#50 GRANT BALFOUR, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 0-0-0, 5.40 ERA, 5 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ Makes his 7th consecutive Opening Day roster (2009-10, 2014-15 with the Rays and 2011-13 with the A’s). ÊÊ Spring Training: Spent 18 days in Australia with his father, David, who passed away after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer…to honor Mr. Balfour, longtime GM of the Sydney Blue Sox (Australian Baseball League), the Rays wore light blue socks March 15 vs. NYM…made his spring debut March 23. ÊÊ Finished the 2014 season with a 4.91 ERA, his highest since 2007, and issued a career-high 41 walks, 4th among major league relievers…removed from the role in July…made 65 apps, his 4th straight season of 60-plus apps…leads all AL pitchers with 448 apps since 2008. ÊÊ Is only 24 days younger than Manager Kevin Cash…both were born in 1977…is the only current Rays player to also play for the Devil Rays (2007).

#38 JEFF BELIVEAU, LH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 2-0-0, 2.70 ERA, 8 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 28-year-old makes his first Opening Day roster…has spent parts of the last three seasons (2012 with Cubs, 2013-14 with Rays) in the majors. ÊÊ Spring Training: Tied for the team lead with a pair of wins (March 21 vs. MIN, April 3 at DET)…allowed 6 runs but 4 were unearned. ÊÊ Combining the Rays and Triple-A Durham last year, held lefties to a .115 avg. (9-for-78)…they were 6-for-41 (.146) against him in the majors. ÊÊ 26 of his 30 apps last season were scoreless…his 2.63 ERA was the 2nd-best among Rays rookie relievers (min. 30 apps) in franchise history. ÊÊ Played for the MLB All-Star Team during the Japan Series last November…pitched in 2 games.

#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 1-1-0, 2.00 ERA, 9 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 26-year-old makes his first Opening Day roster after one of the best seasons in Rays history by a reliever in 2014. ÊÊ Spring Training: Had a 0.67 WHIP and opponents hit just .133 (4-for-30) off him in 9 IP. ÊÊ Set a club relief record with 104 SO in 2014…struck out 104 of his 247 batters faced (42.1 pct.), the highest rate in AL history by a right-handed reliever…held opponents to a .155 (34-for-219) avg., 4th-lowest among AL relievers…held opposing lefties to a .107 avg., best in the majors. ÊÊ Between the majors and minors, had 122 SO in 74 IP…began the season in Durham’s bullpen…wasn’t called up for good until May 5.

#43 ERNESTO FRIERI, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 0-0-0, 3.24 ERA, 8 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 29-year-old makes his fifth consecutive Opening Day roster…is the first Colombian-born player in Rays history. ÊÊ Spring Training: All 3 runs allowed came on March 20 vs. TOR…allowed a solo homer to and a 2-run HR to Ryan Goins. ÊÊ Has averaged 11.97 SO/9 IP over parts of six seasons, 5th among actives as a reliever (min. 1,000 BF)…owns a career .206 opp avg., including a .185 mark against left-handed hitters, 3rd among active right-handed relief pitchers (min. 500 BF). ÊÊ Had a career-high 7.34 ERA (41.2-IP, 34-ER) in 48 apps with LAA and PIT in 2014, highest among any reliever with at least 40 apps, after entering the season with a career 2.76 ERA…yielded 11 HR, T-3rd-most among ML relievers…since 2011, has allowed 34 HR, most among major league relievers.

#54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 0-0-1, 1.74 ERA, 11 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 27-year-old makes his first career Opening Day roster…made his Rays debut last year, making 11 apps as a September call-up. ÊÊ Spring Training: His 11 apps tied for the team lead with C.J. Riefenhauser…allowed only 7 H and 0 BB in 10.1 IP. ÊÊ In 2014 struck out 14 of 37 batters faced (37.8 pct.) and posted a .200 opp avg. (6-for-30), but allowed 6 of 8 inherited runners to score. ÊÊ Was signed by Greg Morhardty, the same Angels scout who signed …was undrafted out of the University of Buffalo.

#40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 0-0-0, 4.32 ERA, 8 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 30-year-old makes his seventh consecutive Opening Day roster (2009-14 with the Angels)…acquired by the Rays in December 2014 for Matt Joyce. ÊÊ Spring Training: Started the spring with 4 straight scoreless apps…allowed runs in 3 straight apps from March 23-30. ÊÊ Had career highs in apps (74), IP (65) and SO (75) in 2014…his 2.63 ERA and 1.05 WHIP were the lowest of his career…his 74 apps ranked 4th in the AL…entered the game in the 7th inning or later in 67 of his 74 apps…allowed 5 runs on Opening Day vs. SEA and had a 1.96 ERA after that. ÊÊ His last major league win was June 27, 2013 at DET, having made 98 apps since then…only three pitchers in AL history made more apps than he did last season (74) and not earned a win.

#49 KIRBY YATES, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Spring: 0-0-0, 2.45 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- ÊÊ 28-year-old made his first Opening Day roster…last June he became the first Hawaiian-born player in Rays history. ÊÊ Spring Training: Had 11 SO in 11 IP…seven of his 9 apps were scoreless. ÊÊ Has 461 SO in 352.1 IP during his pro career, a 11.77 SO/9 IP ratio…had 10.50 SO/9 IP in the majors last year, T-2nd among AL rookies (min. 25 apps) with teammate Jeff Beliveau…his 37 apps with the Rays ranked T-9th among AL rookies. ÊÊ Has led Rays minor leaguers in saves in two straight seasons…did so with 16 saves for Durham last year despite his June recall. OPENING DAY LINEUPS O.D. STARTS March 31, 1998 MARCH 30, 2004 APRIL 6, 2010 (through 2014) DET 11 | TB 6 NYY 3 | TB 8 BAL 3 | TB 4 Catcher (5) CF Quinton McCracken LF Carl Crawford SS Jason Bartlett 5 2B 3B Damian Rolls LF Carl Crawford John Flaherty 4 3B Wade Boggs CF Rocco Baldelli RF Ben Zobrist 1B Fred McGriff DH 3B Evan Longoria 4 LF Mike Kelly RF Jose Cruz Jr. 1B Carlos Peña Jose Molina 3 DH 1B Tino Martinez CF B.J. Upton John Jaso 1 C John Flaherty SS DH First Base (8) RF C Toby Hall 2B Sean Rodriguez SS Kevin Stocker 2B Rey Sanchez C Dioner Navarro Fred McGriff 4 P Wilson Alvarez P Victor Zambrano P James Shields Carlos Peña 4 Travis Lee 3 APRIL 5, 1999 APRIL 4, 2005 APRIL 1, 2011 James Loney 2 TB 7 | BAL 10 TOR 5 | TB 2 BAL 4 | TB 1 Steve Cox 1 CF Randy Winn LF Carl Crawford 2B Ben Zobrist 1 RF Dave Martinez SS Julio Lugo LF Tino Martinez 1 DH RF Aubrey Huff 3B Evan Longoria 1 1B Fred McGriff 1B Travis Lee DH C John Flaherty DH 1B Dan Johnson Second Base (10) 3B Wade Boggs 2B Jorge Cantu CF B.J. Upton Miguel Cairo 3 LF Paul Sorrento CF Chris Singleton RF Matt Joyce Ben Zobrist 3 2B Miguel Cairo C Toby Hall SS Brent Abernathy 2 SS Kevin Stocker 3B Alex Gonzalez C John Jaso Jorge Cantu 2 P Wilson Alvarez P P David Price 2 APRIL 3, 2000 APRIL 3, 2006 APRIL 6, 2012 Elliot Johnson 1 Sean Rodriguez 1 TB 7 | MIN 0 TB 6 | BAL 9 NYY 6 | TB 7 Rey Sanchez 1 CF Gerald Williams SS Julio Lugo CF Desmond Jennings RF Dave Martinez LF Carl Crawford RF Ben Zobrist Bobby Smith 1 DH Jose Canseco 2B Jorge Cantu 3B Evan Longoria B.J. Upton 1 1B Fred McGriff 3B Aubrey Huff DH Jeff Keppinger Third Base (10) LF DH SS Sean Rodriguez 6 3B Herbert Perry 1B Travis Lee 1B Carlos Peña Evan Longoria C John Flaherty C Toby Hall 2B Elliot Johnson Wade Boggs 2 SS Kevin Stocker RF C Jose Molina Aubrey Huff 2 2B Miguel Cairo CF LF Matt Joyce 1 P Steve Trachsel P Scott Kazmir P James Shields Vinny Castilla 1 Alex Gonzalez 1 APRIL 3, 2001 APRIL 2, 2007 APRIL 2, 2013 Akinori Iwamura 1 TOR 1 | TB 8 TB 5 | NYY 9 BAL 7 | TB 4 Herbert Perry 1 CF Gerald Williams LF Carl Crawford CF Desmond Jennings Damian Rolls 1 DH Steve Cox SS Ben Zobrist RF Bobby Smith 1 LF Greg Vaughn DH Rocco Baldelli 2B Ben Zobrist 1B Fred McGriff 1B Ty Wigginton 3B Evan Longoria Shortstop (10) RF Ben Grieve RF LF Matt Joyce Jason Bartlett 3 3B Vinny Castilla 3B Akinori Iwamura SS Yunel Escobar Julio Lugo 3 2B Bobby Smith C Dioner Navarro 1B James Loney Kevin Stocker 3 C John Flaherty CF Elijah Dukes C Jose Molina Yunel Escobar 2 SS Felix Martinez 2B B.J. Upton DH Reid Brignac 1 P Albie Lopez P Scott Kazmir P David Price Chris Gomez 1 APRIL 2, 2002 MARCH 31, 2008 MARCH 31, 2014 Felix Martinez 1 Rey Ordoñez 1 DET 5 | TB 9 TB 6 | BAL 2 TOR 2 | TB 9 LF Jason Tyner 2B Akinori Iwamura LF David DeJesus Sean Rodriguez 1 CF Randy Winn LF Carl Crawford RF Wil Myers Ben Zobrist 1 1B Steve Cox 1B Carlos Peña 2B Ben Zobrist Left Field (8) DH Greg Vaughn CF B.J. Upton 3B Evan Longoria Carl Crawford 8 C Toby Hall DH 1B James Loney RF Ben Grieve 3B Willy Aybar CF Desmond Jennings Matt Joyce 2 3B Bobby Smith RF Eric Hinske DH Matt Joyce Greg Vaughn 2 2B Brent Abernathy C Dioner Navarro C Jose Molina Johnny Damon 1 SS Chris Gomez SS Jason Bartlett SS Yunel Escobar David DeJesus 1 P Tanyon Sturtze P James Shields P David Price Mike Kelly 1 Paul Sorrento 1 MARCH 31, 2003 APRIL 7, 2009 Jason Tyner 1 BOS 4 | TB 6 TB 3 | BOS 5 LF Carl Crawford 2B Akinori Iwamura Center Field (10) CF Rocco Baldelli LF Carl Crawford Desmond Jennings 3 3B Aubrey Huff 3B Evan Longoria B.J. Upton 3 1B Travis Lee 1B Carlos Peña Rocco Baldelli 2 DH Al Martin DH Pat Burrell Gerald Williams 2 RF Ben Grieve CF Matt Joyce Randy Winn 2 C Toby Hall C Dioner Navarro Elijah Dukes 1 2B Brent Abernathy RF Joey Gathright 1 SS Rey Ordoñez SS Jason Bartlett Matt Joyce 1 P P James Shields Quinton McCracken 1 OPENING DAY RECAPS Chris Singleton 1 Right Field (12) March 31, 1998 (H): Detroit 11, Tampa Bay 6 March 31, 2003 (H): Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Ben Grieve 3 Wilson Alvarez threw the first pitch in Rays history (a ball to Carl Crawford’s two-out, two-strike, three-run walk-off Dave Martinez 3 DET Brian Hunter) and retired the side in order in the first in- off in the 9th inning gave the Rays a 6-4 win. It was Ben Zobrist 2 ning. However, 9 of the next 13 Tigers batters reached base just the 8th walk-off home run on Opening Day in AL history. Jose Cruz Jr. 1 safely and the Rays fell behind 11-0 by the fifth inning before Seth McClung got the win in his major league debut. The Rays Sam Fuld 1 Wade Boggs hit a 2-run homer off Justin Thompson in the 6th trailed 4-0 entering the 7th and 4-1 into the 9th. Terry Shumpert Gabe Gross 1 to account for the first two runs in Rays history. Tampa Bay ral- became the 3rd Ray to homer in his first at-bat, a two-run pinch- Eric Hinske 1 lied for four runs in the 9th inning but ended the game with the hit home run in the 9th that brought the Rays to within 4-3. Damon Hollins 1 bases loaded. Aubrey Huff 1 March 30, 2004: Tampa Bay 8, New York 3 Matt Joyce 1 April 5, 1999 (R): Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 7 (at the Tokyo Dome) Wil Myers 1 The Rays got home runs from Jose Canseco and John Fla- In a game that started at 5 a.m. in the U.S., the Rays opened Delmon Young 1 herty and three hits from Fred McGriff, but left 12 men on base the major league season in Tokyo, Japan, and defeated the and fell to the Orioles, 10-7, at Camden Yards. and Yankees 8-3. Tino Martinez singled, doubled and homered for (15) hit 3rd-inning home runs off Rays starter and the Rays and Jose Cruz homered. The Rays went ahead for Pat Burrell 2 loser Wilson Alvarez. Wade Boggs had two hits in his last Open- good in the 6th inning on back-to-back doubles by Martinez and Jose Canseco 2 ing Day game. Julio Lugo. Victor Zambrano allowed a two-run homer to Ja- Rocco Baldelli 1 son Giambi in the first, but Zambrano, Lance Carter and Danys Steve Cox 1 April 3, 2000 (R): Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 0 Baez held the Yankees to four hits and one run over the final Cliff Floyd 1 Gerald Williams hit the first pitch of the season for a home run eight innings before a crowd of 55,000. Jonny Gomes 1 off as the Rays recorded their first-ever Opening Aubrey Huff 1 Day win at the Metrodome. Steve Trachsel (7.0-IP, 5-H, 0-BB, April 4, 2005 (H): Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2 Kelly Johnson 1 7-SO) got his first AL win and Fred McGriff hit a grand slam, the The Rays Opening Day win streak was stopped at five as the Matt Joyce 1 Rays first on Opening Day. Rays fell to Toronto, 5-2. Rays starter Dewon Brazelton allowed Jeff Keppinger 1 only three hits in seven innings, but they came consecutively Al Martin 1 April 3, 2001 (H): Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 1 in the 4th inning including a double by Frank Catalanotto and Josh Phelps 1 Albie Lopez worked 8 strong innings (7-H, 1-ER, 3-BB, 6-SO) home runs by and . The Rays Manny Ramirez 1 in the longest outing ever by a Rays starter on Opening Day as out-hit the Jays 10-7, but Toronto had 5 extra base hits, the Paul Sorrento 1 Tampa Bay defeated Toronto, 8-1. Every Ray who came to bat Rays none. Greg Vaughn 1 got a hit including Randy Winn who hit a pinch-hit home run in Starting Pitcher (10) the 8th inning off Kelvim Escobar, the Rays first on Opening April 3, 2006 (R): Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 6 James Shields 4 Day. Steve Cox had 3 hits, Vinny Castilla a pair of doubles and 22-year-old Scott Kazmir became the youngest Opening Day David Price 3 Gerald Williams added a home run. starting pitcher since in 1986, but in four innings Wilson Alvarez 2 of work he allowed home runs to , , Scott Kazmir 2 April 2, 2002 (H): Tampa Bay 9, Detroit 5 and and took the loss. The Rays used three short- Dewon Brazelton 1 The Rays trailed 5-3 in the 6th before Steve Cox’s bases-load- stops in the game as Julio Lugo (abdominal muscle) and Luis Joe Kennedy 1 ed single tied it and Greg Vaughn’s RBI single in the 8th put the Ordaz (knee) were both injured. The Rays led 4-3 in the 5th Albie Lopez 1 Rays ahead to stay. Bobby Smith added a key bases-loaded before Matos and Mora hit back-to-back home runs to lead off Tanyon Sturtze 1 double later in the Rays 4-run inning. Chris Gomez had three the inning. Jonny Gomes hit a 439-foot home run off Rodrigo Steve Trachsel 1 hits for the Rays. Victor Zambrano earned the first of his two Lopez, the Rays longest HR of the season. Victor Zambrano 1 Opening Day wins, this one with only 0.2 innings of relief. April 2, 2007 (R): New York 9, Tampa Bay 5 With an average age of 24.79, the Rays started the young- OPENING DAY CAREER BATTING est Opening Day lineup since the 1983 Twins. Elijah Dukes PLAYER AVG G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG became the 99th player in major league history to homer in Cabrera .233 7 30 7 1 0 1 3 2 3 .281 .367 his first official ML at-bat when he connected off Notes: Has made 7 straight Opening Day starts (5-SS, 2-2B)…had 2-run HR in 2013 (R.A. Dickey). in the fifth inning. The Rays led 5-3 in the sixth inning, but the DeJesus .205 10 39 8 1 0 0 1 1 8 .244 .231 Yankees scored two runs in their half of the inning and added Notes: Has two multi-hit efforts: 2005 and 2010…only RBI was 2005 at Detroit (single off ). three more in the eighth. Guyer - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - Notes: Entered as a pinch-runner in the 8th inning in 2014…played the 9th inn. in LF. March 31, 2008 (R): Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 2 Jaso .222 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 .300 .444 James Shields allowed a 2-run double to in the first Notes: Reached in 2 of 4 PA as A’s Opening Day catcher in 2014 (double, walk). inning, then shut out the Orioles over the next six innings. B.J. Jennings .500 3 12 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 .571 .667 Upton’s two-run single in the third inning put the Rays ahead Notes: His .500 avg. is T-1st (min. 10 AB) among Rays all-time on Opening Day along with Julio Lugo. to stay. Dioner Navarro had three hits to lead the Rays 10-hit Loney .292 7 24 7 1 0 0 6 3 4 .357 .333 attack. Notes: Went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI in the Dodgers 4-1 win at San Diego in 2009…had a sac fly in 2014. Longoria .348 6 23 8 0 0 2 5 3 4 .423 .609 April 7, 2009 (R): Boston 5, Tampa Bay 3 Notes: His 2 Opening Day HR are tied for the club record…reached base in all 5 PA in 2012 vs. NYY. After getting rained out a day earlier, the Rays and Red Sox Rivera .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 finally opened the season, 169 days after the Rays beat the Sox Notes: Made first career Opening Day start in 2014…caught Andrew Cashner (6-IP, 1-ER). in Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS. and had solo home runs off James Shields, the latter knocking the OPENING DAY CAREER PITCHING Rays starter out in the 6th inning. The Rays had only one hit through 5 innings. Carl Crawford’s double put runners on 2nd PLAYER G W L ERA GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO and 3rd with no outs in the 6th inning, but the Rays couldn’t Balfour 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 score. fanned 10 Rays and allowed only 2 hits in Frieri 2 0 0 0.00 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 2 4 7 innings. Jepsen 4 0 0 18.00 0 0 3.0 6 6 2 4 5

April 6, 2010 (H): Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 O.D. HOMERS (20) O.D. AVG. LEADERS Carl Crawford’s one-out, 2-run double in the 9th inning off gave the Rays their second walk-off win on Open- Evan Longoria 2 2010, 2012 G AVG (H-AB) ing Day. Sean Rodriguez singled with one out in the 9th and Gerald Williams 2 2000, 2001 Desmond Jennings 3 .500 (6-12) doubled in his first as a Ray. Ben Zobrist 2 2011, 2013 Julio Lugo 3 .500 (5-10) Bartlett then received his only intentional walk of the season Wade Boggs 1 1998 Fred McGriff 4 .474 (9-19) setting up Crawford’s heroics. Evan Longoria blasted a 473- Jose Canseco 1 1999 Kevin Stocker 3 .400 (4-10) foot home run to left off in the 6th to bring the John Flaherty 1 1999 John Flaherty 4 .353 (6-17) Rays to within 3-2. Fred McGriff 1 2000* Evan Longoria 6 .348 (8-23) Randy Winn 1 2001 Dioner Navarro 4 .333 (5-15) April 1, 2011 (H): Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 1 Carl Crawford 1 2003 B.J. Upton 4 .333 (5-15) The two teams combined for only nine hits. Orioles righthander Terry Shumpert 1 2003 Travis Lee 3 .333 (4-12) allowed only 3 hits and one walk through 8 in- Jose Cruz Jr. 1 2004 Ben Zobrist 6 .318 (7-22) nings. Ben Zobrist led off the ninth inning with a home run off Tino Martinez 1 2004 (min. 10 AB) Jim Johnson for the Rays only run of the game. Zobrist had two Travis Lee 1 2006 of the Rays four hits. Jonny Gomes 1 2006 Elijah Dukes 1 2007 April 6, 2012 (H): Tampa Bay 7, New York 6 Eric Hinske 1 2008 Rays scored two runs in the 9th off to overcome Carlos Peña 1 2012* a 6-5 deficit. Rivera had been 60 of 61 in opportunities vs. * grand slam the Rays. Carlos Peña’s one-out single in the 9th scored Ben Zobrist, who had tripled in the tying run, giving the Rays their 3rd walk-off win on Opening Day. Peña also hit a grand slam off CC Sabathia in the first inning, the Rays 2nd on Opening Day.

April 2, 2013 (H): Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 4 Rays dropped to 2-4 in season openers against the Orioles, their most frequent Opening Day opponent. David Price al- lowed a 2-run home run in the 1st inning to . The Rays carried a 3-2 lead into the late innings following a solo homer by Ben Zobrist in the 4th and an RBI double by Des- mond Jennings and by Zobrist in the 6th. Jake Mc- Gee allowed a then-career high five runs in the 7th, a lead the Orioles never relinquished. All seven runs the Rays allowed came with two outs.

March 31, 2014 (H): Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 2 Rays matched their largest margin of victory (2011, 2000) and highest run total (2002) on Opening Day in franchise history. The Rays scored in the first three innings to build a 4-0 lead. David Price’s 7.1 IP matched the 2nd-longest Opening Day start in franchise history. Wil Myers tied his career high with 3 hits and Matt Joyce recorded 3 RBI.

RAYS HITTERS vs. ORIOLES 2014 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Beckham ------3 5 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .167 Cabrera 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 43 166 51 6 33 13 26 .307 .360 DeJesus 11 24 8 2 2 3 3 .333 .407 58 208 49 4 16 21 32 .236 .307 Forsythe 16 35 8 2 4 8 6 .229 .386 17 39 9 2 4 8 7 .231 .375 Guyer 13 30 8 0 2 1 5 .267 .313 18 46 12 2 5 1 8 .261 .292 Jaso 6 19 6 0 7 1 1 .316 .350 40 113 27 2 13 17 17 .239 .338 Jennings 15 59 14 2 2 5 14 .237 .297 49 190 42 8 18 14 44 .221 .277 Kiermaier 12 41 11 3 4 0 8 .268 .268 12 41 11 3 4 0 8 .268 .268 Loney 19 71 16 2 7 8 11 .225 .313 42 141 37 4 17 13 19 .262 .327 Longoria 19 73 19 3 10 6 17 .260 .309 106 414 112 24 72 41 100 .271 .338 Rivera ------4 14 2 1 1 0 1 .143 .143 Souza Jr. ------Wilson ------12 20 7 0 2 6 1 .350 .481

RAYS PITCHERS vs. ORIOLES 2014 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Andriese ------Archer 0 1 0 10.0 19 10 12 9.00 .404 1 2 0 25.0 29 16 24 5.76 .287 Balfour 0 1 0 4.0 9 4 1 9.00 .429 2 2 6 38.0 29 16 35 3.79 .210 Beliveau 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 7 0.00 .154 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 7 0.00 .154 Boxberger 2 0 0 12.0 4 3 19 2.25 .098 2 0 0 12.0 4 3 19 2.25 .098 Frieri ------0 0 1 4.0 1 0 7 0.00 .077 Geltz 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - Jepsen 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 0 0 0 11.2 5 1 9 0.77 .128 Karns ------0 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 6.23 .278 Odorizzi 0 2 0 19.1 25 14 18 6.52 .305 0 2 0 23.0 26 14 20 5.48 .277 Ramirez ------1 0 0 14.0 8 6 12 3.86 .160 Yates 0 1 0 6.2 9 3 9 4.05 .310 0 1 0 6.2 9 3 9 4.05 .310 RAYS 2015 DAY-BY-DAY

POS. HOME POS. HOME # GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM. # GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM. 1 4/6 vs. BAL 3:10 2015 Schedule Magnet (All fans) 85 7/6 at KC 8:10 2 4/7 vs. BAL 7:10 86 7/7 at KC 8:10 3 4/8 vs. BAL 7:10 87 7/8 at KC 8:10 4/9 - OFF (1) 88 7/9 at KC 2:10 4 4/10 at MIA 7:10 89 7/10 vs. HOU 7:10 5 4/11 at MIA 4:10 90 7/11 vs. HOU 4:10 6 4/12 at MIA 1:10 91 7/12 vs. HOU 1:10 Rays Inflatable Chair (Kids 14 & under) 7 4/13 at TOR 7:07 7/13 - All-Star Break 8 4/14 at TOR 7:07 7/14 - All-Star Game (Cincinnati Reds) 9 4/15 at TOR 7:07 7/15 - All-Star Break 10 4/16 at TOR 7:07 7/16 - All-Star Break 11 4/17 vs. NYY 7:10 Cross-Body Bag (All women) 92 7/17 at TOR 7:07 12 4/18 vs. NYY 7:10 Alex Cobb Gumby (All fans) 93 7/18 at TOR 1:07 13 4/19 vs. NYY 1:10 Evan Longoria Rubber Duck (Kids 14 & under) 94 7/19 at TOR 1:07 4/20 - OFF (2) 95 7/20 at PHI 7:05 14 4/21 vs. BOS 7:10 96 7/21 at PHI 7:05 15 4/22 vs. BOS 7:10 97 7/22 at PHI 1:05 16 4/23 vs. BOS 7:10 7/23 - OFF (8) 17 4/24 vs. TOR 7:10 98 7/24 vs. BAL 7:10 18 4/25 vs. TOR 6:10 Chris Archer Bobblehead (All fans) 99 7/25 vs. BAL 6:10 19 4/26 vs. TOR 1:10 Desmond Jennings Batting Gloves (Kids 14 & under) 100 7/26 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Surprise Christmas Present (Kids 14 & under) 20 4/27 at NYY 7:05 101 7/27 vs. DET 7:10 21 4/28 at NYY 7:05 102 7/28 vs. DET 7:10 22 4/29 at NYY 1:05 103 7/29 vs. DET 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under) 4/30 - OFF (3) 7/30 - OFF (9) 23 5/1 at BAL 7:05 104 7/31 at BOS 7:10 24 5/2 at BAL 7:05 105 8/1 at BOS 1:35 25 5/3 at BAL 1:35 106 8/2 at BOS 1:35 26 5/4 at BOS 7:10 107 8/3 at CWS 8:10 27 5/5 at BOS 7:10 108 8/4 at CWS 8:10 28 5/6 at BOS 7:10 109 8/5 at CWS 2:10 29 5/7 vs. TEX 7:10 8/6 - OFF (10) 30 5/8 vs. TEX 7:10 110 8/7 vs. NYM 7:10 DJ Kitty Cat Face Bag (All women) 31 5/9 vs. TEX 6:10 Evan Longoria Walk-Up Music Bobblehead (All fans) 111 8/8 vs. NYM 6:10 Rays Fedora (All fans) 32 5/10 vs. TEX 1:10 Shared Moments Picture Frame (All women) 112 8/9 vs. NYM 1:10 Raymond Soap Dispenser (Kids 14 & under) 33 5/11 vs. NYY 7:10 8/10 - OFF (11) 34 5/12 vs. NYY 7:10 113 8/11 vs. ATL 7:10 35 5/13 vs. NYY 7:10 114 8/12 vs. ATL 7:10 36 5/14 vs. NYY 7:10 8/13 - OFF (12) 37 5/15 at MIN 8:10 115 8/14 at TEX 8:05 38 5/16 at MIN 2:10 116 8/15 at TEX 8:05 39 5/17 at MIN 2:10 117 8/16 at TEX 3:05 5/18 - OFF (4) 118 8/17 at HOU 8:10 40 5/19 at ATL 7:10 119 8/18 at HOU 8:10 41 5/20 at ATL 7:10 120 8/19 at HOU 8:10 42 5/21 vs. OAK 7:10 121 8/20 at HOU 8:10 43 5/22 vs. OAK 7:10 122 8/21 at OAK 10:07 44 5/23 vs. OAK 4:10 123 8/22 at OAK 9:07 45 5/24 vs. OAK 1:10 Camo Tank Top (Kids 14 & under) 124 8/23 at OAK 4:07 46 5/25 vs. SEA 7:10 8/24 - OFF (13) 47 5/26 vs. SEA 7:10 125 8/25 vs. MIN 7:10 48 5/27 vs. SEA 1:10 126 8/26 vs. MIN 7:10 5/28 - OFF (5) 127 8/27 vs. MIN 7:10 49 5/29 at BAL 7:05 128 8/28 vs. KC 7:10 50 5/30 at BAL 4:05 129 8/29 vs. KC 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Outlaw Action Figure (All fans) 51 5/31 at BAL 1:35 130 8/30 vs. KC 1:10 DJ Kitty Drawstring Bag (Kids 14 & under) 52 6/1 at LAA 10:05 131 8/31 at BAL 7:05 53 6/2 at LAA 10:05 132 9/1 at BAL 7:05 54 6/3 at LAA 10:05 133 9/2 at BAL 7:05 55 6/4 at SEA 10:10 9/3 - OFF (14) 56 6/5 at SEA 10:10 134 9/4 at NYY 7:05 57 6/6 at SEA 10:10 135 9/5 at NYY 1:05 58 6/7 at SEA 4:10 136 9/6 at NYY 1:05 6/8 - OFF (6) 137 9/7 at DET 1:08 59 6/9 vs. LAA 7:10 138 9/8 at DET 7:08 60 6/10 vs. LAA 7:10 139 9/9 at DET 7:08 61 6/11 vs. LAA 7:10 9/10 - OFF (15) 62 6/12 vs. CWS 7:10 MLB Network Reusable Tote Bag (All fans) 140 9/11 vs. BOS 7:10 63 6/13 vs. CWS 4:10 141 9/12 vs. BOS 6:10 DJ Kitty Plush Window Cling (All fans) 64 6/14 vs. CWS 1:10 Rays Etch A Sketch (Kids 14 & under) 142 9/13 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Superhero Cape T-Shirt (Kids 14 & under) 65 6/15 vs. WAS 7:10 143 9/14 vs. NYY 7:10 66 6/16 vs. WAS 7:10 144 9/15 vs. NYY 7:10 67 6/17 at WAS 7:05 145 9/16 vs. NYY 7:10 68 6/18 at WAS 7:05 146 9/17 vs. BAL 7:10 69 6/19 at CLE 7:10 147 9/18 vs. BAL 7:10 70 6/20 at CLE 7:10 148 9/19 vs. BAL 6:10 Fan Vote Bobblehead (All fans) 71 6/21 at CLE 1:10 149 9/20 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Skull Cap (Kids 14 & under) 72 6/22 vs. TOR 7:10 150 9/21 at BOS 7:10 73 6/23 vs. TOR 7:10 151 9/22 at BOS 7:10 74 6/24 vs. TOR 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under) 152 9/23 at BOS 7:10 6/25 - OFF (7) 153 9/24 at BOS 7:10 75 6/26 vs. BOS 7:10 Rays Cowboy Hat (All women) 154 9/25 at TOR 7:07 76 6/27 vs. BOS 4:10 Rays Retro Headband (All fans) 155 9/26 at TOR 1:07 77 6/28 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Retro Tin Lunch Box (Kids 14 & under) 156 9/27 at TOR 1:07 78 6/29 vs. CLE 7:10 9/28 - OFF (16) 79 6/30 vs. CLE 7:10 157 9/29 vs. MIA 7:10 80 7/1 vs. CLE 7:10 158 9/30 vs. MIA 7:10 81 7/2 vs. CLE 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under) 159 10/1 vs. MIA 7:10 82 7/3 at NYY 7:05 160 10/2 vs. TOR 7:10 83 7/4 at NYY 1:05 161 10/3 vs. TOR 6:10 Rays Oktoberfest Freezer Mug (All fans) 84 7/5 at NYY 1:05 162 10/4 vs. TOR 3:10 Raymond Halloween Mask (Kids 14 & under)

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