Tampa Bay Rays News and Links - Rays Extend Kevin Kiermaier

• Late last night, news broke that the Rays were in agreement with defensive extraordinaire, Kevin Kiermaier, for a six year contract extension
• Marc Topkin shares 20 thoughts on the spring so far
• The Rays managed to switch both games of split squad action yesterday with similar scores (10-6, 9-6) with a plethora of players putting up solid performances...except Blake Snell who struggled with his command
• The Rays first round of cuts/reassignments should be announced at some point today
• Brad Miller has highly impressed with his transition to second base
• The Rays would like to add Derek Norris, but they also like the guys they have in camp...
• Sports Talk Florida list five Rays prospects to watch in 2017
• MLB.com has an interview with Eric Neander
• Brent Honeywell love

• Bad news for the Orioles as Chris Tillman’s bullpen session went poorly as he continues to deal with shoulder discomfort
• Manny Ramirez is still playing baseball, and he has received a very unique, bizarre contract from a Japanese team
• In World Baseball Classic news, Javy Baez celebrated his team’s victory while applying a tag

Today, the Rays will take on the Boston Red Sox at 1pm in Port Charlotte. The game won’t be televised, but an audio stream will be available through MLB.com