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• The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers yesterday, 5-2, and improved their spring record to 5-2-1.
• This afternoon, the Rays will take on the Baltimore Orioles in Port Charlotte at 1pm with Chris Archer slated to make his second start of the spring. He’ll head to the World Baseball Classic after the game
• Rickie Weeks continued his hot start to the spring yesterday as he doubled twice more
• Ryan Yarbrough impressed during his two innings, picking up five strikeouts
• As part of Rob Manfred’s war on baseball, he’ll look to shorten commercial breaks
• Rays Radio did a feature on one of the guys vying for the starting catcher job, Jesus Sucre
• Mallex Smith made his spring debut and executed a perfect bunt during his first plate appearance
• 10 Rays the team will be most dependent on to improve
• David Price seems to be fine after his visit with Dr. Andrews with the good doctor recommening rest and that Price does not need surgery
• The Chicago White Sox will be releasing Brett Lawrie
• MLB Pipeline named the Atlanta Braves as the top farm system in all of baseball
• MLB Network Radio visited with the Rays camp yesterday