Rays vs. Yankees GDT: (not a) TELEVISION GAME!!!

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!