THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 vs. RH Kevin Jepsen vs. RH Adam Warren First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: , Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: MLB.com Game No: 21 (10-9-1) | vs. AL: 8-5-0 | vs. NL: 2-4-1 | Home: 5-5-0 | Road: 5-4-1 Day 32 of | 11 Days Until Opening Day—Monday, April 6 vs. BAL (3:10 p.m.)

WELCOME, COMMISH—New Major League Commissioner Rob MEDICAL MATTERS—Yesterday RH TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP Manfred is visiting Rays camp today…he will meet with Rays players at Alex Colome (pneumonia) threw a 7 David DeJesus (L) DH 9 a.m., with media at a time TBA and with the Yankees after their BP. 25-pitch session…he is sched- 5 Brandon Guyer (R) RF uled to take two days off, then throw an- 13 Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS GET INKED—Today from 6–7 p.m., RH Alex Cobb will sign autographs other Saturday…LH Drew Smyly (left 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B courtesy of Pepsi at Port Charlotte Walmart Supercenter (19100 Murdock shoulder tendinitis) is expected to throw 21 James Loney (L) 1B Cir., Port Charlotte FL, 33948). a bullpen session today, after throwing 30 8 Desmond Jennings (R) LF 39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF pitches in his last one on Monday…RH 11 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B HOT STOVE TONIGHT—RH Jake Odorizzi and rookie first base Ronald Belisario (left shoulder fracture) 20 Curt Casali (R) C Rocco Baldelli will be guests on this week’s edition of the Hot Stove radio is expected to throw his first bullpen to- 40 Kevin Jepsen RHP show, airing on WDAE 620 AM from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight live from Hoot- day…LH Matt Moore (Tommy John sur- ers (1360 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte, FL 33948)…hosts Dave Wills and gery) and LH Jake McGee (offseason el- RAYS IN Andy Freed will be joined by Neil Solondz. bow surgery) are both scheduled to throw SPRING TRAINING tomorrow. 2015 10-9-1 49,357 SATURDAY IS COMMUNITY DAY—Saturday’s game vs. Boston is Com- ÊÊ Rene Rivera (left calf tightness) 2014 16-7-4 78,264 munity Day at Charlotte Sports Park, where the Rays will recognize the and Steven Souza Jr. (right fore- 2013 15-17-2 90,935 2012 10-16-6 87,916 team’s community partners in Charlotte County and the important work they arm tightness) returned to the line- 2011 15-14-2 95,859 do locally…the Rays will recognize the Charlotte County Family YMCA and up yesterday at Minnesota, starting 2010 20-8-2 97,971 Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity…employees and volunteers from at C and RF, respectively. 2009 15-16-1 103,255 each organization will attend as special guests…during the pregame on- ÊÊ INF Nick Franklin suffered a left 2008 18-8-2 54,960 field presentation, each group will receive a $5,000 donation from the Rays oblique strain, and is not expected 2007 10-19-2 79,044 Baseball Foundation and deliver a ceremonial first pitch. to return in time for Opening Day. 2006 13-16-1 70,756 2005 13-16 61,261 RAYS ON THE TUBE—Today and Saturday will be the second and third of IN THE SALT MINES—Yesterday Lo- 2004 11-8 43,916 four spring training games broadcast live by Sun Sports…today Dewayne gan Forsythe played 6 innings at 1B in 2003 8-19-3 51,324 2002 10-16-1 49,043 Staats and Todd Kalas are in the booth, with newcomer Emily Austen a minor league game at the complex and 2001 12-15-1 57,081 providing in-game coverage…on Saturday, Staats will be in the booth and had 5 AB, including a double…mean- 2000 14-17 67,089 Orestes Destrade will give in-game updates. while, Brandon Guyer (mild ankle sprain) 1999 14-14-1 59,230 ÊÊ Today at 4 p.m., Sun Sports premieres the Rays Preseason Special, logged 6 AB as the DH, legging out a dou- 1998 12-18 66,781 hosted by Kalas with analysis from Staats and Destrade…the show ble and triple…Forsythe and Guyer are Total 236-253-29 1,264,402 features many interviews with Rays players and coaches. both expected to play today…RH and RH Jake Odorizzi will both RETIRING NO. 66—On Opening Day, the Rays will retire No. 66, the last start in minor league games on Saturday. uniform number worn by longtime senior advisor , in a pre- game ceremony on Opening Day…No. 66 signified his 66 years in profes- YESTERDAY’S ACTION—The Rays won in the 9th inning yesterday at sional baseball…Zim, who passed away on June 4, 2014, spent 11 years Minnesota, 2-1, extending their spring winning streak vs. MIN to 9 games… (2004-14) in a Rays uniform—his most of any of the 14 major league teams they swept the “Knutson Classic” (Rays-Twins spring series) for a second that employed him as a player, coach or manager…No. 66 will be displayed straight year (5-0) after going 4-0 in 2014…RH Matt Andriese turned in 5 high above the left-center field wall, where it will join the Rays two other solid innings as he makes a strong bid for a rotation spot (3-H, 0-R, 1-BB, retired numbers: No. 12 (, retired in 2000) and No. 42 (Zim’s 6-SO, 75 pitches, 48 strikes)…C Rene Rivera returned to the lineup after former teammate Jackie Robinson, retired by all teams in 1997)…in his missing 5 days with left calf tightness, and homered to CF on the second first three seasons in the majors, Zim was a teammate of Robinson’s for pitch he saw in the 1st inning…the Twins tied it in the 6th on Kennys Var- the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954-56), and he was the Yankees bench coach for gas’ solo homer off LH Jeff Beliveau, and the Rays won it in the 9th when two years while Boggs played there (1996-97)…no other team has retired 3B Leonardo Reginatto beat out an infield single, allowingJoey Butler to No. 66, or No. 12. score…RH Steve Geltz worked a perfect 9th to earn his first .

SLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—The Rays have won 9 of their last 13 games, COME SEE US—Plenty of general admission tickets remain at Charlotte recovering to a 10-9-1 record…prior to this stretch, they were 1-5-1 through Sports Park for Saturday’s game vs. Boston…for Tuesday’s game vs. Bos- March 10, worst record in the Grapefruit League on that date…today is the ton, tickets are available in all categories…tickets are available via phone at 11th of 14 scheduled home games at Charlotte Sports Park this spring… 1-800-745-3000 and online at raysbaseball.com, or at the Charlotte Sports they are also scheduled to play 16 road games and one home game at Park box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, the Rays Tampa Store (400 N. (April 4 vs. DET). Tampa St.) and the Tropicana Field box office. ÊÊ This is the Rays 18th spring in the Grapefruit League and seventh calling Charlotte Sports Park home…the 2014 Rays recorded the RAYS vs. YANKEES—Today is the second of 3 spring games between the best spring record in the majors at 16-7-4 (.696), their third Grapefruit AL East rivals…the Rays fell, 4-3, in Tampa on March 9…the Rays return to League title in a span of 7 seasons (also 2008, 2010). Steinbrenner Field on Wednesday…the Rays went 1-0-1 vs. NYY in spring ÊÊ Since becoming the Rays in 2008, 2014…on the 2015 regular season docket, the clubs first meet April 17-19 BEST RECORDS, MLB, the team has recorded at least 15 SPRING TRAINING, 2008-15 at Tropicana Field—and beginning with that series, the Rays will play the wins in six out of seven spring train- LA Angels 136-97 .584 Yankees 10 times in a span of 26 games through May 14. ings—something they never did in 10 Kansas City 134-99 .575 ÊÊ The 2014 Rays went 11-8 vs. the Yankees after going 12-7 in 2013 springs as the Devil Rays…they can Tampa Bay 119-95 .556 and 10-8 in 2012—the first team to beat the Yankees in 3 straight extend this streak by winning at least St. Louis 118-96 .551 season series since the Angels won 5 straight from 2004-08, and 5 of their remaining 11 games. Detroit 130-106 .551 the first AL team to do so since the 1990-94 Blue Jays (Elias Sports Bureau)…they are also the first team since the 1973-75 Red Sox to RUN PREVENTION—The Rays lead the majors with a 2.69 ERA (177-IP, record at least 10 wins in three straight seasons vs. NYY…the Rays 53-ER)…they’ve allowed only 14 HR, tied for 4th fewest in the majors… haven’t lost the season series since 2009 (52-40 since 2010)…since their .238 opp avg. is 2nd lowest in the majors to the Cardinals (.228). June 23, 2013, Rays are 19-10. ÊÊ The Rays have committed 24 errors, 2nd most in the Grapefruit ÊÊ The 2014 Rays became the first team with nine different re- League to the Yankees (27). cord a win vs. NYY since the 1990 White Sox.

ABOUT THE OFFENSE—Over the last 3 games, the Rays are batting .135 OUTBOMBING THE BOMBERS—Over the last four years (2011-14) in (17-for-126), dropping their spring batting avg. from .241 to .221, lowest in head-to-head play, the Rays have outhomered the Yankees, 94-64…Evan the majors…they’ve managed to score 12 runs on those 17 hits…despite Longoria has hit 19 of those 94 HR, while B.J. Upton ranks 2nd with 8. the majors’ lowest batting avg. and OBP (.286), the Rays lead the majors Year TB HR NYY HR with a .317 avg. (20-for-63) with RISP and 2 outs. 2011 27 17 ÊÊ The Rays have hit 18 HR this spring…16 of these have come in the 2012 20 20 last 13 games; prior to that they hit just 2 HR in 7 games. 2013 26 9 2014 21 18 THROWN INTO THE FIRE—The Rays begin the 2015 season by playing 6-DH), Lee (22-SS, 4-DH), Leonard (6-1B), Loney (59-1B, 6-DH), Longoria AL East opponents in 25 of their first 28 games…the only break is 3 games (66-3B), Mahtook (3-LF, 41-CF, 7-RF), Maile (18-C, 13-DH), Motter (2-1B, at Miami, April 10-12—after that, they play 22 straight vs. AL East foes. 11-3B, 14-LF, 25-RF), O’Conner (10-C, 7-DH), Powell (6-LF, 15-CF), Que- recuto (3-2B, 1-DH), Reginatto (3-3B, 1-SS), Rickard (3-LF, 3-RF), Rivera UPCOMING PROBABLES—Today vs. NYY (42-C), Robertson (1-3B, 12-SS), Shaffer (15-3B), Souza Jr. (6-1B, 18-CF, ÊÊ TB—RH Kevin Jepsen (start), RH , RH Brad Boxberg- 42-RF), Velez (11-2B, 10-3B, 6-SS, 14-LF, 3-DH), Wilson (49-C, 9-DH). er, LH Jordan Norberto, RH Kirby Yates ÊÊ NYY—RH Adam Warren (start), RH David Carpenter, RH Chris Mar- SPRING TRANSACTIONS— tin, RH Danny Burawa Mar 5 Signed RH Jim Miller to a minor league contract with an invita- Fri., March 27 at BAL, 1:05 p.m. tion to major league spring training. ÊÊ TB—LH Everett Teaford (start), LH Mike Montgomery, TBA Mar 10 Signed LH Jonny Venters to a minor league contract. ÊÊ BAL—RH Bud Norris (start), relievers TBA Mar 12 Reassigned INF Daniel Robertson and OF Boog Powell to mi- Sat., March 28 vs. BOS, 1:05 p.m. nor league camp. ÊÊ TB—TBA Mar 15 Optioned RH Jose Dominguez and INF Hak-Ju Lee to the mi- ÊÊ BOS—TBA nor leagues…reassigned RH Dylan Floro, C Luke Maile and LH Robert Zarate to minor league camp. TODAY’S STARTER—RH Kevin Jepsen Mar 16 Optioned INF Ryan Brett, LH Grayson Garvin and C Justin ÊÊ 2015 Spring: 0-0, 1.80 ERA (5-IP, 1-ER) in 5 G O’Conner to the minor leagues. ÊÊ 2014 Season (LAA): 0-2, 2 saves, 2.63 ERA (65-IP, 19-ER) in 74 G Mar 19 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook and LH Enny Romero to the minor ÊÊ 30-year-old makes his sixth appearance of the spring, first start on a leagues…reassigned INF Vince Belnome to minor league camp. scheduled “bullpen day.” Mar 20 Optioned RH Burch Smith to the minor leagues. ÊÊ On Mon vs. PIT, yielded a game-tying solo homer in the 8th to Pedro Mar 23 Reassigned 1B Allan Dykstra and UTL Taylor Motter to minor Florimon and was charged with a blown save…prior to that, had league camp. held opponents hitless in their last 12 AB since yielding a double to BAL Chris Parmelee, his first batter faced of the spring. NON-ROSTER INVITES TO MAKE RAYS OPENING DAY ROSTER— ÊÊ In 2014, established career highs with 74 apps (4th in AL), 65 IP and 1998 RH Rolando Arrojo 75 SO…also posted career bests with a 2.63 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 2000 RH Dave Eiland, INF Herbert Perry .192 opp avg. (45-for-234)—53 points better than his previous best. 2001 RH Ken Hill ÊÊ Of the 19 runs he allowed, 16 came against Texas and Seattle… 2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LH , RH Steve Parris worked to a 0.54 ERA (50-IP, 3-ER) against the rest of the league… 2005 OF Chris Singleton, RH Hideo Nomo allowed a career-high 5 runs in a 10-3 loss to Seattle on Opening 2006 RH Jason Childers, RH Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz Day; after that, pitched to a 1.96 ERA (64.1-IP, 14-ER) through the 2007 RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH Al Reyes end of the regular season…this included two separate career-high 2008 INF/OF scoreless streaks each spanning 19 apps. 2011 RH Juan Cruz ÊÊ Acquired from the Angels for OF on Dec 16…had spent 2013 1B/OF Shelley Duncan, RH Jamey Wright all 13 years of his pro career with the Angels including seven in the majors…left the Angels ranked 5th in club history with 315 apps. WELCOME TO PARADISE—In 2014, readers of USA Today voted Char- lotte Sports Park their favorite spring training destination in all of baseball… Day-by-Day W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result 3/5 vs. BAL — 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L, 2-3 those visitors accounted for an economic impact value of nearly $21 million 3/8 vs. PHI — 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L, 4-5 for Charlotte County in 2014, according to data supplied by the Charlotte 3/12 vs. TOR — 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 W, 10-3 Harbor Visitor and Convention Bureau. 3/15 (AAA) — 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 – – – 3/19 vs. MIN — 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 W, 4-2 CABBY AT SHORT—On Monday, Manager revealed that he 3/23 vs. PIT — 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 L, 6-7 expects to use Asdrubal Cabrera as the starting shortstop…if he starts there on Opening Day, it would be his eighth straight Opening Day start, Totals 0-0 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 and sixth straight at SS…in his seven Opening Day starts for the Indians, Cabrera started at 2B in 2008-09 and at SS from 2010-14…he would be- 2015 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (14-C, 3-DH), Araiza (1-C), Beckham (28-2B, 43-SS), Belnome (37-1B), Brett (22-2B), come the 11th different shortstop to start for the Rays on Opening Day. Brown (32-LF, 21-CF, 9-RF, 2-DH), Butler (13-LF, 36-RF, 15-DH), Cabrera (11-2B, 45-SS, 5-DH), Carter (2-RF), Casali (46-C), Casilla (48-2B, 8-3B, LONGO THE LEADER—The longest-tenured current member of the Rays, 4-SS), Coyle (3-2B), DeJesus (26-LF, 21-RF, 9-DH), Dykstra (30-1B, 9-DH), 3B Evan Longoria, is the franchise’s career leader with 184 HR, 635 RBI, Elmore (18-2B, 10-3B, 14-SS, 12-LF, 15-RF), Field (4-CF), Forsythe (14-1B, .494 SLG and 48 sac flies…entering 2015, he needs only 4 2B to breakBen 14-2B, 14-3B, 12-DH), Francisco (22-1B, 34-3B, 1-DH), Franklin (23-2B, Zobrist’s club record (229) and 3 extra-base hits to pass ’s 28-SS, 12-DH), Gantt (1-LF), Guyer (5-LF, 9-CF, 6-RF), Harris Jr. (1-RF), team mark (424)…he needs 25 hits to reach 1,000 for his career…he also Jaso (18-LF, 49-DH), Jennings (38-LF, 11-CF, 6-DH), Kiermaier (57-CF, enters 2015 with the majors’ longest active streak of games started, at 169.

2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATT Thu March 5 Baltimore Charlotte County M L, 2-3 0-1-0 Davies (1-0) Zarate (0-1) 4,884 Fri March 6 Minnesota Charlotte County M W, 2-1 1-1-0 Norberto (1-0) Achter (0-1) 4,158 Sat March 7 @Pittsburgh Bradenton R T, 1-1 (10) 1-1-1 — — 8,303 Sun March 8 Philadelphia Charlotte County R L, 4-5 1-2-1 Slowey (2-0) Archer (0-1) 5,837 Mon March 9 @New York Yankees Tampa L, 3-4 1-3-1 Pineda (1-0) Karns (0-1) 9,821 Tue March 10 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M 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 M 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 R W, 3-2 4-6-1 Karns (1-1) Berry (0-1) 8,219 Sun March 15 Charlotte County R 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 M/T W, 4-2 8-6-1 Karns (2-1) Nolasco (0-1) 4,418 Fri March 20 Toronto Charlotte County M L, 5-11 8-7-1 Norris (1-0) Smith (0-1) 5,225 Sat March 21 Minnesota Charlotte County R W, 4-2 9-7-1 Beliveau (1-0) Achter (0-2) 4,538 Sun March 22 @Toronto Dunedin R L, 0-3 9-8-1 Osuna (1-0) Teaford (1-1) 5,550 Mon March 23 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M 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 M/T 1:05 p.m. Fri March 27 @Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. Sat March 28 Boston Charlotte County R/T 1:05 p.m. Sun March 29 @Boston Fort Myers R 1:05 p.m. Mon March 30 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Tue March 31 Boston Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. @Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. Wed April 1 @New York Yankees Tampa 1:05 p.m. Thu April 2 @Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Fri April 3 @Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m. Sat April 4 Detroit Tropicana Field R/T 12:35 p.m. Home Games in Bold (R) Rays Radio Network (T) Sun Sports (M) MLB.com Radio