MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 vs. RH vs. LH Ryan Borucki First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Charlotte Sports Park, Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: MLB.com Game No: 5 (2-2-0) | vs. AL: 1-2-0 | vs. NL: 1-0-0 | Home: 1-0-0 | Road: 1-2-0 Day 13 of | 32 Days Until —Thursday, March 29 vs. at Tropicana Field (4:00 p.m.)

UPCOMING PROBABLES 20 YEARS AGO—On Feb 26, 1998, the fi rst STARTING LINEUP vs. TORONTO Today vs. TOR spring training game involving Rays ma- No. Player Pos. Avg. HR RBI jor leaguers took place…the Rays defeated Toronto Tampa Bay 5 3B .400 0 1 Florida State University at Al Lang Sta- LH Ryan Borucki RH Chris Archer 17 Jason Coats RF .400 0 0 dium in St. Petersburg…the Rays used 30 RH Al Alburquerque RH José De León 44 C.J. Cron DH .667 1 1 players in the win and rallied from a 3-1 LH Craig Breslow RH defi cit with a 5-run 8th inning…LH Matt 29 (L) 1B .000 0 1 LH Matt Dermody RH White is the Rays starting and RH 1 Willy Adames SS .333 0 1 LH RH Jason Johnson gets the win…current Rays 0 Mallex Smith (L) CF .000 0 0 RH Luis Santos LH Adam Kolarek Manager was a sophomore in- 28 Daniel Robertson 2B .000 0 0 LH Jose Fernandez RH Diego Castillo fi elder for that Seminoles team. 45 Jesús Sucre C .000 0 0 RH Ian Gibaut 7 Micah Johnson (L) LF .667 0 0 Tomorrow vs. BAL SPRING THINGS—This is the Rays 21st 22 Chris Archer RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Baltimore Tampa Bay spring training and 10th in Charlotte RH Hunter Harvey RH Nate Eovaldi County…over the past 10 years, the Rays RH Pedro Araujo RH Austin Pruitt have captured three Grapefruit League titles (2008, 2010, 2014) while winning at least 15 games seven LH Jason Gurka LH Dan Runzler times—something they were unable to do in all 10 springs as the Devil Rays (1998–2007). RH David Hess RH Forrest Snow Ê A recent study for USA Today ranked Charlotte Sports Park as the No. 1 spring training destina- LH Chris Lee RH Ryne Stanek tion for food-and-drink as well as for family friendliness…the study noted rave reviews of the LH Tanner Scott pineapple fried rice, Oreo churros and pork nachos and the ballpark’s “Kid Clubhouse” playground Wednesday at MIN and affordable prices…overall, it ranked as the No. 4 spring training destination in Florida. Tampa Bay Minnesota A TIP OF THE CAP—For the split-squad spring opener, the Rays joined the Pirates (at home) and Orioles LH TBD (on the road) in wearing Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School caps for both batting practice RH and the games, to pay tribute to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. …the Rays caps from the home LH Vidal Nuño game will be autographed and auctioned off to raise money for the Broward Education Foundation…the RH Chaz Roe auction will run at raysbaseball.com/auctions from Feb 27 at 8:30 a.m. until March 6 at 8 p.m. RH José Mujica Ê On March 9, the Rays Wives will host the Wives in a charity softball game at Charlotte Sports Park…the game will begin on the main fi eld approximately 30 minutes after the RAYS SPRING TRAINING HISTORY conclusion of the spring game between the Twins and Rays…the game will be played for the Bro- W L T Att. ward Education Foundation’s Offi cial Stoneman Douglas Victims’ Fund…the Rays and the Char- 2018 2 2 0 5,141 lotte Stone Crabs have each committed $5,000 to the Broward Education Foundation…the 50/50 2017 12 16 5 81,752 Raffl e at Charlotte Sports Park that day will also benefi t the Broward Education Foundation. 2016 12 13 2 68,566 2015 15 13 2 80,406 VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—A video feed of today’s game will be available, featuring highlights 2014 16 7 4 78,264 and interviews…contact Chris Tilley at [email protected] with questions…the Rays will 2013 15 17 2 90,935 provide a daily postgame video feed of all non-televised spring games, which will include about two 2012 10 16 6 87,916 minutes of highlights plus two short interviews…for day games, video should be uploaded by 5:15 p.m. 2011 15 14 2 95,859 ON THE AIRWAVES—Today’s game will be broadcast exclusively on MLB.com, with Neil Solondz on the 2010 20 8 2 97,971 call…Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin will join Solondz in the booth for an inning during the 2009 15 16 1 103,255 game…for tomorrow’s game against the Orioles, Neil will be joined by Doug Waechter. 2008 18 8 2 54,960 2007 10 19 2 79,044 $500,000 RAISED—In 10 years of the partnership, over $500,000 has been raised to benefi t the Boys & 2006 13 16 1 70,756 Girls Club of Charlotte County, including Saturday’s 10th BaseBALL Dinner & Auction…Manager Kevin 2005 13 16 0 61,261 Cash, INF Willy Adames, 1B/OF Jake Bauers, RH Diego Castillo, RH Yonny Chirinos, RH Jake Faria, RH 2004 11 8 0 43,916 José Mujica, INF Daniel Robertson and LH Blake Snell were among those in attendance. 2003 8 19 3 51,324 PACE OF GAME— announced this week changes for the upcoming season de- 2002 10 16 1 49,043 signed to improve the pace of play…these changes will be in effect for Grapefruit League games…rules 2001 12 15 1 57,081 were changed to limit the number of mound visits in a game and to reduce the time required for inning 2000 14 17 0 67,089 breaks and pitching changes…Commissioner Rob Manfred has decided to defer the implementation of a 1999 14 14 1 59,230 pitch timer and a between-batter timer in 2018 in order to provide players with an opportunity to speed 1998 12 18 0 66,781 up the game without the use of those timers. Totals 267 287 37 1,447,046 ROSTER MAKEOVER—Of the 32 players on last season’s Opening Day roster or disabled list, only 14 still remain in the organization: Matt Andriese, Chris Archer, Alex Colomé, Nate Eovaldi, Kevin Gadea, Austin Pruitt and Blake Snell, catchers Wilson Ramos and Jesús Sucre, infi elders Matt Duffy, Brad Miller and Daniel Robertson, outfi elders and Mallex Smith. Ê Only four players remain from the 2015 Opening Day roster or disabled list, which was Kevin Cash’s fi rst game as Rays manager: Andriese, Archer, Colomé and Kiermaier…Archer and Kier- maier are the only players remaining from the 2013 postseason roster (last playoff appearance).

ROSTER BREAKDOWN—Only two of the players on the 40-man roster were signed as major league free agents: RH Nate Eovaldi and C Wilson Ramos…fi ve players were signed to minor league contracts,

PRONUNCIATIONS—Willy Adames (ah-DAH-mes), R.J. Alaniz (ah-lah-NIECE), Matt Andriese (ann- DREESE), Christian Arroyo (ah-ROY-yoh), (BAHN-da), Jake Bauers (BOW-ers), Xorge Carrillo (HOR-hay cah-REE-yo), Yonny Chirinos (chih-REE-nos), Nick Ciuffo (SHOO-fo), Alex Colomé (COLE-uh-may), C.J. Cron (krohn), Nate Eovaldi (ee-VAUL-dee), Jake Faria (fuh-REE-uh), Ian Gibaut (jih-BOH), (etch-ah-vah-REE-yah), Chih-Wei Hu (CHEE-way HOO), Kevin Ki- ermaier (KEER-my-er), Adam Kolarek (koh-LAIR-ick), (rhymes with “now”), Nathan Lukes (LOO-kis), Johnny Monell (mo-NELL), José Mujica (moo-HEE-kah), Vidal Nuño (vee-DAHL NOON-yoh), Wilson Ramos (RAH-mos), Dan Runzler (RUHNZ-ler), Ryan Schimpf (shimf), Evan Scrib- ner (SKRIB-ner), Nick Solak (SO-lack), Ryne Stanek (STAN-ik), Jesús Sucre (heh-SOOS SUE-cray), Ryan Yarbrough (YAHR-bro) 2018 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES) eight were selected in the June Draft and 25 were acquired via trade…there Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH are 13 new faces on the Rays 40-man roster—seven selected from the Rays Adames 8 minor league system and six acquired via trade.…the Rays have 69 players Arroyo 6 on their spring training roster, their most since 2003 (73). Bauers 9 Boldt 4 6 3 ÊÊ In January, ranked the Rays at No. 5 in its annual Or- Carrillo 4 ganizational Talent Rankings of minor league prospects, their highest Chester 4 position since 2013 (No. 4)…this rating came before the February acqui- Ciuffo 5 2 sitions of SS Jermaine Palacios, LH Anthony Banda and 2B Nick Solak… Coats 5 6 the publication’s Top 100 Prospects included six Rays, a figure topped Cron 5 Cronenworth 6 only by the (8)…three of Baseball America’s Top 50 pros- Duffy 8 pects will spend the spring in major league camp: RH Brent Honeywell Field 10 (No. 14), SS Willy Adames (No. 16) and 1B/OF Jake Bauers (No. 45). Haley ÊÊ The Rays have one of the youngest rosters in baseball…only six play- Hechavarria 11 ers on the current 40-man roster have turned 30 years old: RH Sergio Hernández Romo (turns 35 on March 4), OF Denard Span (turns 34 on February James Johnson 4 4 27), RH Chaz Roe (31), RH Daniel Hudson (30), LH Dan Jennings (30) Kay and C Wilson Ramos (30). Kelly 8 Kiermaier 3 6 20TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN—The Rays have created a 20th Anni- Lowe 3 versary logo that will appear as a patch on all Rays jerseys and caps…the Lukes 7 home plate-shaped patch features the number 20, a sunburst and a varia- Maris 3 tion of the original fish—all in the Rays modern colors…on March 31 vs. BOS, McCarthy 4 6 Miller 3 June 9 vs. SEA, June 23 vs. NYY and Sep 8 vs. BAL, the Rays will wear a Milone 3 3 white alternate throwback Devil Rays jersey…the Rays will pay tribute to Monell 3 6 the first game in franchise history on Opening Weekend and the 2008 AL Moore 7 Championship club on Aug 4 vs. CWS. Olmedo-Barrera 5 Padlo 4 SPRING TRANSACTIONS— Ramos 10 ÊÊ Feb 17 Acquired 1B C.J. Cron from the in ex- Robertson 4 5 Russell 4 change for a player to be named; designated OF/DH Corey Sánchez 5 Dickerson for assignment. Schimpf 5 5 ÊÊ Feb 17 Acquired minor league SS Jermaine Palacios from the Min- Smith 4 5 nesota Twins in exchange for RH Jake Odorizzi. Snyder 6 5 ÊÊ Feb 20 Acquired LH Anthony Banda and two players to be named Solak 7 Span 8 from the and minor league 2B Stone Nick Solak from the in a three-team Sucre 5 trade in exchange for OF Steven Souza Jr. Sullivan 5 ÊÊ Feb 22 Acquired RH Daniel Hudson, minor league INF Tristan Velazquez 3 4 Gray and cash considerations from the Wendle 10 in exchange for OF/DH . Williams 10 Wong 5 7

TODAY’S STARTER vs. TOR—RH Chris Archer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) TOMORROW’S STARTER vs. BAL—RH Nate Eovaldi (0-0, 0.00 ERA) ÊÊ 2017 Majors: 10-12, 4.07 ERA (201-IP, 91-ER) in 34 starts ÊÊ Spent the entire 2017 season rehabbing from a second Tommy John ÊÊ Tied for the major league lead in starts last season…is the second surgery…made 2 rehab apps (1 start) in the minor league playoffs Ray to make at least 30 starts in four straight seasons (James Shields, ÊÊ Is attempting to become the 32nd player to pitch in the majors after 6, 2007-12)…ranked 4th in the majors in (249) two Tommy John surgeries, and only the 12th pitcher to start a ma- ÊÊ Made the AL All-Star Team, his second career selection jor league game after doing so…could become the third to pitch for ÊÊ Has made three consecutive Opening Day starts for the Rays the Rays after two Tommy John surgeries (Al Reyes, Lance Carter)

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2018 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WINNER LOSER ATT Fri Feb 23 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M W, 6-3 1-0-0 Pruitt (1-0) McRae (0-1) 5,141 @Baltimore Sarasota W, 6-3 2-0-0 Chirinos (1-0) Wright (0-1) 5,203 Sat Feb 24 @Boston Fort Myers W L, 3-4 2-1-0 Elias (1-0) Faria (0-1) 9,466 Sun Feb 25 @Minnesota Lee County W/F L, 4-5 2-2-0 Jaye (1-0) Schultz (0-1) 5,461 Mon Feb 26 Toronto Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Tue Feb 27 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Wed Feb 28 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m. Thu March 1 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Fri March 2 Philadelphia Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Sat March 3 @Detroit Lakeland W 1:05 p.m. Sun March 4 @New York-AL Tampa W/F 1:05 p.m. Tue March 6 Boston Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Wed March 7 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Thu March 8 @Boston Fort Myers 1:05 p.m. Fri March 9 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Sat March 10 @Philadelphia Clearwater W 1:05 p.m. Sun March 11 Minnesota Charlotte County W/F 1:05 p.m. Tue March 13 @Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Wed March 14 @Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. Thu March 15 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Fri March 16 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m. Sat March 17 @Boston Fort Myers W 1:05 p.m. Sun March 18 Detroit Charlotte County W 1:05 p.m. Mon March 19 @New York-AL Tampa W 6:35 p.m. Tue March 20 @Baltimore Sarasota W 6:05 p.m. Wed March 21 Boston Charlotte County M/F 1:05 p.m. Thu March 22 @Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p.m. Fri March 23 Toronto Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. @Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. Sat March 24 @Pittsburgh Bradenton W 1:05 p.m. Sun March 25 New York-AL Charlotte County W/F 1:05 p.m. Mon March 26 @Detroit Lakeland F 1:05 p.m. Tue March 27 Detroit Tropicana Field 12:35 p.m. Home Games shaded gray RADIO: WDAE 620 AM/95.3 FM (W), MLB.com (M) TELEVISION: FOX Sports Sun (F)