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Press Box Documents › bit.ly/3f0l9jz TAMPA BAY RAYS (1-0-0) vs. MINNESOTA TWINS (1-0-0) RH Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00) vs. LH Lewis Thorpe (0-0, 0.00) Monday, March 1, 2021 First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. Location: Charlotte Sports Park TV: None Radio: MLB.com Spring Game No.: 2 vs. AL Opponents: 0-0-0 vs. NL Opponents: 1-0-0 Home Games: 1-0-0 Road Games: 0-0-0 Day 12 of Spring Training 31 Days Until Opening Day—Thursday, April 1 at Miami Marlins (4:10 p.m.) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV & Radio Mon., 3/1 vs. MIN 1:05 p.m. TB—RH Tyler Glasnow, RH Trevor Richards, LH Dietrich Enns, RH Louis Head, LH Kenny Rosenberg; MLB.com MIN—LH Lewis Thorpe, RH Juan Minaya, RH Shaun Anderson, RH Luke Farrell, RH Griffin Jax, LH Andrew Vasquez Tues., 3/2 at BOS 1:05 p.m. TB—RH Michael Wacha, RH David Hess, RH Ryan Thompson, RH Pete Fairbanks, LH Ryan Sherriff, RH Chris Mazza; ESPN BOS—LH Martín Pérez, RH Garrett Whitlock, RH Joel Payamps, RH Ryan Weber, RH Josh Winckowski, RH Andrew Politi Wed, 3/3 vs. PIT 1:05 p.m. TB—LH Shane McClanahan LH Josh Fleming; PIT—LH Steven Brault, Relievers TBD FOX Sports Sun, MLB.com Thurs., 3/4 at MIN 1:05 p.m. TB—LH Ryan Yarbrough, RH Luis Patiño; MIN—RH Kenta Maeda, RH Hansel Robles, LH Taylor Rogers FOX Sports Sun PLAY BALL!—Today the defending AL champion Rays play their second KNUTSON CLASSIC—This is the LINEUP vs. MINNESOTA of 29 official Grapefruit League games (14 at Charlotte Sports Park, 15 on first of eight meetings between the road)…from yesterday through the end of the regular season (Feb 28– the two clubs this spring…the No. Player Pos. Oct 3), the Rays are scheduled to play 191 games over the next 218 days. spring series determines the 17 Austin Meadows (L) LF 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo (L) DH Ê There are 11 new faces on the 40-man roster—four free agents, four winner of the “Knutson Clas- 10 Mike Zunino C acquired via trade and three from the minor league system. sic,” named for Rays press box 18 Joey Wendle (L) 2B Ê The Rays have a club-record 77 players on their spring roster: 42 attendant and Minnesota na- 2 Yandy Díaz 1B pitchers, 8 catchers, 15 infielders and 12 outfielders…prior to 2021, tive Dukes Knutson…the Twins 35 Brett Phillips (L) CF the largest camp roster was 76 players (1999)…the 77 players on the went 2-1 last spring to win it for 43 Mike Brosseau 3B spring roster includes four rehabbing pitchers on the 60-day IL. a fifth consecutive year, after 54 Taylor Walls (S) SS Ê The Rays are sold out of tickets for home spring games…tickets the Rays won it from 2013-15… 53 Josh Lowe (L) RF were all sold within five minutes of going on sale to the public. the two clubs did not play in the 20 Tyler Glasnow RHP 2020 regular season but will SLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—Today's game will be 7 innings in length…per meet six times this year: Aug 13-15 at Target Field and Sep 3-5 at home. Major League Baseball’s 2021 guidelines, games from February 28–March Ê Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli spent four seasons on Kevin Cash’s 13 (excluding ESPN games) will be scheduled for 7 innings, though they coaching staff before being hired by the Twins on Oct 25, 2018. can be shortened to 5 innings or lengthened to 9 innings upon mutual Ê Rocco was the Rays major league field coordinator in 2018 and the agreement of both managers…games from March 14-30 will be sched- first base coach from 2015-17…he and Cash are two of six former uled for 9 innings, though managers can decide to shorten to 7 innings. Rays players who have gone on to manage major league teams. Ê Earlier this month, Major League Baseball released a revised, re- gionalized Grapefruit League schedule to mitigate travel…28 of the VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—The Rays will provide a daily postgame Rays 29 spring games are against the Braves (7), Orioles (3), Pirates video feed of all non-televised spring training games, including today… (2), Red Sox (8) and Twins (8)…the only exception is the final game— for day games, video should be uploaded by 5:15 p.m. …to receive email March 30 in Lakeland (Tigers)—after the Rays move their major updates, contact Chris Tilley at [email protected]. league operations to Tropicana Field to prepare for Opening Day. Ê In 2020, three players who entered spring training as non-roster YESTERDAY'S RECAP—The Rays won their spring opener, 9-7, on a 2-out, invites made the Opening Day roster…incl. postseason, nine non- 2-run walk-off homer by Tristan Gray in the 7th inning…it marked the roster invites spent time on the Rays active roster last season. first time they won a spring game in walk-off fashion since March 23, 2018 vs. TOR (6-5) and their first walk-off win in a spring opener since TWO DISTINCT ERAS—Since becoming the Rays in 2008, the Rays own data is available (2005)…DH Austin Meadows and 1B Mike Brosseau both the 5th-best record in baseball at 1,081-924 (.539) and have made six trips homered, and Gray hit a 2-run triple in the 5th…the Rays used seven to the postseason, incl. three AL East division titles (2020, 2010, 2008) and pitchers for 1 IP each, including RH Joey Krehbiel for a perfect 6th. two World Series appearances (2020, 2008)…during this span, only three Ê The Rays last 2 wins have come on walk-offs: yesterday and Game clubs (Dodgers, Yankees, Cardinals) have reached the postseason more 4 of the 2020 World Series vs. LAD when Brett Phillips hit a game- often, and only two (Dodgers, Giants) have competed in more World Se- tying single and Randy Arozarena scored on two Dodgers errors. ries…the Rays have seven 90-win seasons since 2008, a number matched by only three other teams in baseball: Dodgers (8), Red Sox (7) and Yan- TODAY’S STARTER vs. MIN—RH Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00 ERA) kees (7)…this success comes after the Devil Rays amassed the majors’ Ê 2020 Regular Season: 5-1, 4.08 ERA (57.1-IP, 26-ER) in 11 starts worst record at 645-972 (.399) over the club’s first decade of existence. Ê 2020 Postseason: 2-3, 6.28 ERA (28.2-IP, 20-ER) in 6 starts Ê The Rays enter the 2021 season on the heels of the second AL pen- Ê In 2020, led the Rays with 57.1 IP and 91 SO and tied for 2nd with 5 nant in team history…in 2020, the Rays went 40-20 (.667), the best wins behind RH Pete Fairbanks (6)…went 5-0 with a 3.00 ERA (42- winning pct. in club history…it was the fourth straight season they IP, 14-ER) and 64 SO in his last 7 starts beginning Aug 19 at NYY. improved their winning pct., all under Manager Kevin Cash. Ê His active 5-game winning streak is his longest since winning a career-high six straight decisions from March 30–May 3, 2019. THE SKIPPER—Kevin Cash enters his seventh season as Rays manager… Ê His 91 SO were 4th in the AL behind CLE Shane Bieber (122), CWS he is baseball’s 3rd-longest-tenured manager with his current team be- Lucas Giolito (97) and NYY Gerrit Cole (94)…min. 50 IP, his 14.28 hind OAK Bob Melvin (10th full season) and CLE Terry Francona (9th SO/9 IP ratio led the majors and was 2nd in franchise history. season)…Cash's career 454-416 (.522) record is the best winning pct. of any Ê Limited batters to a .120 avg. (10-for-83) in at-bats ending with the manager in club history…last season he was named AL Manager of the curveball, 5th-best in the majors (min. 25 AB)…recorded 48 SO on a Year by the BBWAA, receiving 22 of 30 first-place votes…was the second swing-and-miss against his curveball, most in the majors…totaled manager in Rays history to win it, joining Joe Maddon (2008 and 2011). 58 SO with the pitch, 2nd-most in the majors behind HOU Framber Ê At 42 years old in 2020, Cash was the youngest manager to reach Valdéz (60)…his avg. spin rate of 2,938 rpm on his curveball was the the World Series since Ozzie Guillén (41) in 2005 (White Sox). 8th-highest in the majors (min. 100 curveballs thrown). Ê Three other current managers are former members of his coaching Ê The Rays won his first 3 starts of the postseason and lost the last staff: Rocco Baldelli (Twins), Charlie Montoyo (Blue Jays) and Der- three…yielded 9 HR, a major league record for a single postseason… ek Shelton (Pirates)…Cash is one of six former Rays players who in Game 2 of the ALDS vs. NYY, recorded a Rays postseason-record have gone on to manage major league teams…the others: Guillén 10 SO…started the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS opposite Gerrit (White Sox, Marlins), Mickey Callaway (Mets), Gabe Kapler (Phil- Cole…faced the Yankees once through the order and did not allow lies, Giants), Dave Martinez (Nationals) and Baldelli (Twins).