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SLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—The Rays had their first off-day of the spring yes- IN THE SALT MINES—Yesterday RH TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP terday, on the heels of a 3-game losing skid, which is their longest streak (win- Jake Odorizzi pitched against Red Sox 11 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B ning or losing) of the spring…they have scored only 3 runs total over the last minor leaguers at the Charlotte Sports 28 Steve Pearce (R) DH 3 games…today is the 16th of 29 games on the Grapefruit League schedule, Complex…his line: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B and eighth of 15 road games…not included is the March 22 game in Havana, 4 SO, 77 pitches, 53 strikes…tomorrow, 21 James Loney (L) 1B Cuba against the Cuban National Team…the schedule features two split- RH Erasmo Ramirez and RH Matt An- 8 Desmond Jennings (R) LF squad days: March 13 (won vs. BOS, lost at TOR) and April 1 (at ATL, at DET). driese will pitch in minor league games 39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF 5 Brandon Guyer (R) RF ÊÊ This is the Rays 19th spring in the Grapefruit League and eighth call- vs. Orioles minor leaguers. 2 Nick Franklin (S) SS ing Charlotte Sports Park home…since becoming the Rays in 2008, 46 Luke Maile (R) C the team has recorded at least 15 wins in seven out of eight spring MEDICAL MATTERS—INF/OF Steve 55 Matt Moore LHP trainings—they never achieved this in 10 springs as the Devil Rays… Pearce returns to the lineup today, his after their 6-9 start, they would need to win at least 9 of their remain- first game since March 7 at BOS, due RAYS IN ing 14 games to do repeat the feat this spring…the Rays are three- to right calf tightness that caused him to SPRING TRAINING time Grapefruit League champions (2008, 2010, 2014). be scratched from the lineup March 9 vs. W-L-T Att. 2016 6-9-0 42,233 TOR…INF Logan Forsythe was removed 2015 15-13-2 80,406 PLANNING YOUR DAY—Today the bus leaves for Clearwater at 8:15, the from Tuesday’s game after a 1st-inning 2014 16-7-4 78,264 Rays clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park is open from 8:30–9:30 and Kevin HBP (left elbow contusion), but returns to 2013 15-17-2 90,935 Cash will be available in the visiting manager’s office in Clearwater at 11 the lineup today…RH Matt Andriese is 2012 10-16-6 87,916 a.m. …tomorrow the Rays clubhouse will be open from 7:30–8:00 a.m., and scheduled to pitch in a minor league game 2011 15-14-2 95,859 again from 9–9:30 a.m., and Cash will be available in his office at 9:30. tomorrow, his first outing since March 8 at 2010 20-8-2 97,971 ÊÊ On Saturday at Charlotte Sports Park, the truck will be packed for DET…he had been scratched from a Sun- 2009 15-16-1 103,255 Cuba at approximately 10 a.m. …media are welcome to take photos. day start at Dunedin due to tightness in his 2008 18-8-2 54,960 left abdominal muscle. 2007 10-19-2 79,044 2006 13-16-1 70,756 HOT STOVE TONIGHT—INF/OF Steve Pearce and bench coach Tom 2005 13-16 61,261 Foley will be guests on this week’s edition of the Hot Stove radio show, air- PHILLIES 5, RAYS 2—On Tuesday at 2004 11-8 43,916 ing on WDAE 620 AM from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight…hosts Dave Wills and Andy Charlotte Sports Park, LH Drew Smyly 2003 8-19-3 51,324 Freed will be joined by Neil Solondz. allowed 1-R/ER on 3-H over 4.2 IP in his 2002 10-16-1 49,043 third start (1-BB, 4-SO, 1-HR, 66 pitches, 2001 12-15-1 57,081 FUN STUFF—At tomorrow’s home game vs. Boston, attendees will be 45 strikes)…2B Logan Forsythe was re- 2000 14-17 67,089 treated to St. Patrick’s-day music and costumes, green beer specials, and moved with a left elbow contusion after 1999 14-14-1 59,230 more…also tomorrow, the first 500 kids ages 14 and under will receive a a HBP in the Rays 1st…CF Kevin Kier- 1998 12-18 66,781 Rays Etch A Sketch presented by Sagicor Life Insurance. maier hit his first HR…1B Logan Mor- Total 247-266-30 1,337,684 ÊÊ The first 1,000 fans (of all ages) at Saturday’s home game vs. Bal- rison went 1-for-3 with a double and his BEST RECORD, MLB, timore will receive a Jake Odorizzi Bobblehead presented by Sun- first RBI…DH Rene Rivera and DH Mikie REGULAR SEASON, 2008-15 coast Credit Union. also collected doubles…RH Mahtook W-L-T Pct. ÊÊ Spring training tickets are available online at raysbaseball.com, by Ryan Webb, RH David Carpenter, RH Yankees 735-561 .567 phone at 888-FAN-RAYS or in person at the Charlotte Sports Park Parker Markel and RH Alex Colome re- Cardinals 728-568 .562 Box Office…the Charlotte Sports Park box office opens at 10 a.m. corded scoreless apps…LH Xavier Cede- Angels 713-583 .550 ño allowed 4-R/ER on 3-H over 0.2 IP in Rays 707-590 .545 A DECADE OF ANALYTICS—At last week’s MIT Sloan Conference in Bos- his first blown save/loss of the spring. Dodgers 705-590 .544 ton, the Rays were named winners of the Alpha Award for the Best Analytics Organization in professional sports over the past 10 years. CUBA COMING UP—Following Sunday’s game, the Rays will travel to Cuba to play the Cuban National Team on Tuesday (March 22) at Estadio Latino- RAYS vs. PHILLIES—Today is the second and final game scheduled with americano in Havana…ESPN and ESPN Deportes will provide live, national the Phillies…two days ago, they lost a home game, 5-2, before yesterday’s coverage of the game, and ESPN’s SportsCenter will have an on-site pres- off-day…last spring, the Rays went 2-2 vs. the Phillies, losing the first 2 ence in Havana on March 21-22…the Rays Radio Network will also air the and winning the next 2, including a 10-1 win in Clearwater on April 2…in game live…the Rays will be only the second major league club in the last 57 the 2015 regular season, the Rays lost 2 of 3 games in Philadelphia (July years to play a game in Cuba…most recently, the Baltimore Orioles defeated 20-22)…the Rays hold a 15-9 (.625) all-time interleague record against the the Cuban National Team on March 28, 1999 by a score of 3-2 in 11 innings, Phillies…they will not meet in 2016. before 50,000 fans at Estadio Latinoamericano…see separate “Baseball in Cuba” packet for more details. SAME PLACE, SAME DAY—One year ago today here at Bright House Field, Rays starter RH Alex Cobb threw 3 perfect innings before exiting ARCHER GETS OPENING DAY NOD—RH Chris Archer will start on with left elbow tightness…he had been named the Rays Opening Day start- Opening Day, Sunday, April 3 vs. TOR at Tropicana Field in a game na- er less than 2 weeks prior, which would have been his first Opening Day tionally televised on ESPN…the rest of the starting rotation has not been assignment…Cobb was later placed on the disabled list and tried to rehab announced…this will be Archer’s second Opening Day start…in 2015, he the elbow without surgery, but would later undergo Tommy John surgery on lost at home to Baltimore and replaced Alex Cobb, who suffered an elbow May 14 in Pensacola, Fla. …Cobb is currently aiming to return sometime in injury after initially being named the Opening Day starter on March 4. the second half of the 2016 season. 14 STRAIGHT, 30 OR UNDER—This will mark the 14th straight season the LEAGUE LEADERS—The Rays offense leads the majors with 48 doubles, Rays Opening Day starter has been age 30 or younger…the only Opening 7 more than any other Grapefruit League team (Phillies-41)…INF Logan Day starter 31 or older in Rays history was 31-year-old Tanyon Sturtze in Forsythe and OF Desmond Jennings each have 5 doubles, tied for the 2002…since 2008, the Rays have started a pitcher 30 or under in 96.9 pct. Grapefruit League lead with STL Anthony Garcia and BOS Marco Her- of their games (1,257 of 1,297)…the Rays will enter 2016 with a streak of nandez…Rays hitters have drawn only 33 walks, tied with the Cardinals for 236 consecutive starts by 30-and-under pitchers, since Erik Bedard’s last fewest in the majors. start (July 3, 2014 at DET)…in fact, every Rays starter has been age 27 or ÊÊ The Rays pitching staff ranks 2nd in the majors with a 3.44 ERA (131- younger since David Price was traded in July 2014. IP, 50-ER), behind Washington (3.24)…they rank 3rd in the majors ÊÊ It will also be the 14th straight opener by a pitcher who broke into the with a .236 opp avg., and 5th with a 1.27 WHIP. majors with the Rays, dating back to Sturtze. ÊÊ The Rays have committed major-league-most 21 errors, resulting in a ML-leading 17 unearned runs (25.3 pct. of their 67 total runs al- ROLL CALL—On Tuesday the Rays trimmed 14 players from their roster… lowed)…16 of those 21 errors were committed by infielders, 12 by the Rays now have 50 players remaining in camp: consisting of 26 P, 5 C, middle infielders. 11 INF and 8 OF…14 are non-roster invites…seven players on the 40-man ÊÊ LH Drew Smyly owns a 0.90 ERA (10-IP, 1-ER), tied with LAD Clay- roster joined the organization since the end of the 2015 regular season, ton Kershaw for 2nd best in the majors behind PIT Juan Nicasio five of those via trade…19 players on the 40-man roster were acquired via (0.00)…Smyly also ranks among ML leaders with 2 wins (T-1st), a trade…only six players on the current 40-man roster made their Rays debut .143 opp avg. (2nd) and 0.60 WHIP (1st), having yielded only 5 H and prior to 2013: 3B Evan Longoria, OF Desmond Jennings, RH Alex Cobb, 1 BB in 10 IP. OF Brandon Guyer, LH Matt Moore and RH Chris Archer. NON-ROSTER INVITES TO MAKE RAYS OPENING DAY ROSTER— TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—LH Matt Moore 1998 RH Rolando Arrojo ÊÊ 2016 Spring: 0-0, 4.50 ERA (2.0-IP, 1-ER) in 1 start 2000 RH Dave Eiland, INF Herbert Perry ÊÊ 2015 with Rays: 3-4, 5.43 ERA (63-IP, 38-ER) in 12 starts 2001 RH Ken Hill ÊÊ 2015 with Durham (AAA): 2-3, 3.57 ERA (40.1-IP, 16-ER) in 7 starts 2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LH Jim Parque, RH Steve Parris ÊÊ Makes his third start of the spring…on March 12 vs. NYY, hurled 3.2 2005 OF Chris Singleton, RH Hideo Nomo scoreless innings (49 pitches, 32 strikes), limiting the Yankees to only 2006 RH Jason Childers, RH Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz 2 hits, both singles in a 2-1 Rays victory…on Mon at BOS, yielded 2007 RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH Al Reyes a leadoff homer to Mookie Betts then retired the next 6 batters in 2008 INF/OF Eric Hinske order…threw 23 pitches, 17 strikes…Rays won 3-2 in 10 innings. 2011 RH Juan Cruz ÊÊ Will be starting Tuesday in Havana against the Cuban National Team, 2013 1B/OF Shelley Duncan, RH Jamey Wright the first major league LHP to start a game in Cuba since LADSandy 2015 C Bobby Wilson Koufax on March 21, 1959, pitching from the very same mound. ÊÊ Nearly two years removed from Tommy John surgery (April 2014), is SPRING TRANSACTIONS— seeking his first fully healthy season since his rookie season of 2012. Feb 18 Signed RH Ryan Webb to a major league contract; placed RH ÊÊ In 2015, returned to the Rays on July 2 and had two stints in the majors Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) on the 60-day DL. of 6 starts each…in the first stint, went 1-3 with an 8.78 ERA (26.2-IP, Mar 8 Optioned C Justin O’Conner to the minor leagues. 26-ER) and was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Aug 3…recalled Sep 1 Mar 10 Signed RH David Carpenter to a minor league contract with an and after that went 2-1 with a 2.97 ERA (36.1-IP, 12-ER). invitation to major league spring training. ÊÊ From Sep 1 through season’s end, tied Jake Odorizzi for the club Mar 15 Optioned INF Ryan Brett, RH Jacob Faria, RH Taylor Guerrieri lead in IP (36.1) and ranked 8th among AL starters in ERA (min. 6 and LH Blake Snell to the minor leagues; reassigned C Jake starts)…held opponents to 2 runs or fewer in 5 of those 6 starts. DePew, OF Johnny Field, RH Eddie Gamboa, INF/OF Patrick ÊÊ Was even better in his last 4 starts, pitching 6-plus IP each time and Leonard, LH Justin Marks, RH Adam Reifer, INF Daniel Rob- going 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA (26.2-IP, 18-H, 4-R/ER, 7-BB, 23-SO, 1-HR). ertson, RH Jaime Schultz, OF Dayron Varona and LH Adam ÊÊ Averaged 18.5 pitches per IP before he was optioned, compared to Wilk to minor league camp. 15.5 after…his average fastball velocity jumped from 91.3 in the first stint to 92.6 in the second…92.6 would have marked his highest aver- VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—The Rays provide a daily postgame video age since his 2012 rookie year, when his 94.4 ranked 3rd in the majors feed of 17 non-televised spring training games…this will include about two behind teammate David Price (95.5) and CHC Jeff Samardzija (95.0). minutes of highlights plus two short interviews…for day games, video should ÊÊ On Sep 12 vs. BOS, allowed home run Nos. 499 and 500 of David be uploaded by 5:15 p.m. …to receive email updates or for more informa- Ortiz’s career in a 1-4 loss…yielded a career-high 4 HR, tying a club tion, contact Chris Tilley ([email protected] or 727-434-0497). record for a LHP…allowed only 5 HR in his other 11 starts combined. ÊÊ Underwent Tommy John surgery on April 22, 2014, by Dr. James UPCOMING PROBABLES—Today at PHI Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. …at the time was the first Rays major ÊÊ TB—LH Matt Moore (start), RH Kyle McPherson, RH Parker Markel, leaguer to undergo the procedure in nearly five years, since Jason RH Mark Sappington Isringhausen in 2009. ÊÊ PHI—RH Vince Velasquez (start), RH Jerad Eickhoff, RH Jeanmar ÊÊ Was an AL All-Star in 2013, going 17-4 with a 3.29 ERA. Gomez, RH Edward Mujica, RH Ernesto Frieri Day-by-Day W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result Fri., March 18 vs. BOS 3/7 at BOS -- 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 W, 3-2 (10) Ê Ê TB—LH Dana Eveland (start), RH David Carpenter, RH Danny Far- 3/12 vs. NYY -- 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 W, 2-1 quhar, LH Xavier Cedeño, RH Alex Colome, RH Steve Geltz, LH Totals 0-0 5.2 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 Enny Romero ÊÊ BOS—LH (start), RH Sean O’Sullivan, RH Anthony Roenis Elias 2016 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (5-C, 3-DH), Varvaro, LH Edwin Escobar, RH Roman Mendez Adames (9-SS), Bauers (11-LF, 3-RF), Beckham (6-2B, 11-3B, 24-SS), Blair Sat., March 19 vs. BAL (2-3B), Brett (20-2B, 15-CF), Casali (33-C, 7-DH), Conger (37-C), Coyle (6- Ê Ê TB—RH Chris Archer (start), RH Ryan Webb, RH Alex Colome, RH 2B), Decker (23-LF, 10-CF, 13-RF), DePew (12-C, 2-DH), Dickerson (11-LF, Andrew Bellatti 10-RF, 26- DH), Field (16-LF, 12-CF, 18-RF), Forsythe (36-2B), Franklin (32- Ê Ê BAL—RH Yovani Gallardo (start), TBA 2B, 9-SS, 8-DH), Gillaspie (17-1B), Goetzman (1-LF), Gotta (1-RF), Guyer (5- LF, 9-CF, 9-RF), Jennings (34-LF), Kiermaier (36-CF), Lee (5-LF, 8-RF), Leon- ard (5-1B, 17-3B, 11-LF, 7-RF), Loney (36-1B, 9-DH), Longoria (38-3B, 9-DH), Mahtook (27-CF, 8-RF, 5-DH), Maile (21-C, 8-DH), Miller (37-SS), Milone (5- CF, 2-RF), Morrison (31-1B, 11-DH), Motter (5-2B, 16-3B, 15-SS, 5-LF, 5-RF, 6-DH), Pearce (4-1B, 5-3B, 5-LF), Querecuto (21-2B, 6-3B, 3-SS), Rivera (26- C, 15-DH), Robertson (32-SS, 3-DH), Roller (26-1B, 7-DH), Seitzer (5-1B), Shaffer (7- 1B, 32-3B, 9-RF), Souza Jr. (19-RF, 7-DH), Toribio (4-3B), Varona (4-LF, 13-CF, 23-RF, 1-DH), Velazquez (2-SS), Wong (5-2B).

2016 TAMPA BAY RAYS SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATT Wed March 2 Washington Charlotte County M L, 2-6 0-1-0 Martin (1-0) Snell (0-1) 4,432 Thu March 3 Baltimore Charlotte County M W, 10-3 1-1-0 Ramirez (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) 3,158 Fri March 4 @Boston Fort Myers L, 2-7 1-2-0 Mendez (1-0) Mariñez (0-1) 9,789 Sat March 5 @Baltimore (SS) Sarasota R W, 10-6 2-2-0 Smyly (1-0) Thayer (0-1) 7,942 Sun March 6 Minnesota Charlotte County R L, 4-5 2-3-0 Gibson (1-0) Odorizzi (0-1) 5,614 Mon March 7 @Boston Fort Myers W, 3-2 (10) 3-3-0 Reifer (1-0) Cuevas (0-1) 10,031 Tue March 8 @Detroit Lakeland L, 5-6 3-4-0 Lara (1-0) Faria (0-1) 7,322 Wed March 9 Toronto Charlotte County M L, 1-5 3-5-0 Happ (1-0) Archer (0-1) 5,735 Thu March 10 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M W, 5-1 4-5-0 Smyly (2-0) Liriano (0-1) 4,115 Fri March 11 @Pittsburgh Bradenton L, 3-4 4-6-0 Williams (1-0) Geltz (0-1) 7,330 Sat March 12 New York-AL Charlotte County T/R W, 2-1 5-6-0 Webb (1-0) Barbato (0-1) 6,872 Sun March 13 Boston Charlotte County R W, 13-5 6-6-0 Ramirez (2-0) Porcello (0-1) 5,925 @Toronto Dunedin L, 1-6 6-7-0 Sanchez (1-0) Guerrieri (0-1) 5,537 Mon March 14 @Atlanta Disney L, 0-5 6-8-0 Teheran (1-0) Archer (0-2) 5,345 Tue March 15 Philadelphia Charlotte County M L, 2-5 6-9-0 Bailey (2-0) Cedeño (0-1) 6,382 Wed March 16 OPEN DATE Thu March 17 @Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Fri March 18 Boston (SS) Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Sat March 19 Baltimore Charlotte County R 1:05 p.m. Sun March 20 @Baltimore Sarasota R 1:05 p.m. Mon March 21 OPEN DATE Tue March 22 Cuban National Team Havana, Cuba E/R 2:00 p.m. Wed March 23 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m. Thu March 24 @New York-AL Tampa R 6:35 p.m. Fri March 25 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Sat March 26 @Pittsburgh (SS) Bradenton R 6:05 p.m. Sun March 27 Toronto Charlotte County T/R 1:05 p.m. Mon March 28 OPEN DATE Tue March 29 @Toronto (SS) Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Wed March 30 Boston (SS) Charlotte County T/M 1:05 p.m. Thu March 31 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Fri April 1 @Atlanta Disney 1:05 p.m. @Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m.

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