Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: Bullpen Day Results in Victory.

Yesterday, the Rays exclusively used pitchers who are likely ticketed for the bullpen or the minors, but nonetheless they came away with a 5-1 victory with each player who took the mound delivering impressive performances.

Dana Eveland got the start and pitched decently, despite allowing the lone Boston run -- it was unearned -- thanks to some defensive miscues. Particularly two missed double play opportunities as Steve Pearce struggled over at the hot corner and committed his second error of the spring. That was the lone blemish for Rays pitching as they'd only allow two hits from the third inning until the game's completion.

On the offensive side, several Rays had excellent days with Brad Miller leading the charge as went one for three with hit being a solo smash to dead center. Logan Morrison was two for three, making solid contact against a southpaw and Rene Rivera was also two for three, with a double. 2011 draft pick, Granden Goetzman made his presence known as he blasted a solo home run of his own to cap off the Rays scoring.

Much bigger news than a meaningless spring training victory was the fact that Brad Boxberger will be sideline for the next two months after undergoing surgery on Thursday.

Links!

- Drew Smyly should be considered one of the best pitchers in baseball, here's a good reason why.

- Here is ESPN's complete broadcast schedule for the Rays historic trip to Cuba.

- Speaking of the Cuba game, there are still kinks being worked out and Dayron Varona's return home is not set in stone.

- Barry Bonds had an astonishing career, in fact one year he reached base 376 times...despite having just 373 at-bats.

- Justin Williams lit the world on fire while playing 'Down Under' this past winter and was one of the latest to be feature from Neil Solondz.