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Through 5 spring training games, #Rays lead the Grapefruit League with a 1.96 ERA and have yet to commit an error.
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 5, 2014
Okay. Now that that's jinxed, what else have we got going on?
Rays lineup #rays for Wednesday against the Yankees pic.twitter.com/hsmJOzaCR1
— Bill Chastain (@wwchastain) March 5, 2014
Hey! It's Mikie... Mahtook... Mu-toook... Mahhh-tuk... Maah-ain't-gonna-work-here-anymore--HAHAHAHAHA!
So this supposed five-man competition for the fifth-man rotation spot? Let's look at the early favorites:
Spring Training Stats
PLAYER W L S ERA G IP H R ER ------ - - - --- - -- - - -- J Odorizzi 0 0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 0 N Karns 0 0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 0 C Ramos 0 0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 0 A Colome 0 0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 0 E Bedard 0 1 0 27.00 1 1.0 3 3 3
PLAYER HR BB SO HB WP BK ------ -- -- -- -- -- -- J Odorizzi 0 1 1 0 0 0 N Karns 0 0 2 0 0 0 C Ramos 0 0 1 0 0 0 A Colome 0 0 1 0 0 0 E Bedard 0 2 1 0 1 0
Career FIPs
Source: FanGraphs -- Erik Bedard, Cesar Ramos, Jake Odorizzi
I've got my money on Erik Bedard. These are all not *great* options; or rather: No option is the obvious option. But I can imagine the Rays FO and Maddon preferring the grisly veteran.
So I lied earlier. Today's game is not on television. But you can listen on the radio.
TV Day is Friday!