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Yesterday afternoon, the Rays pitching impressed again, capping off the weekend with a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Alex Cobb pitched three innings, allowing a run on three hits, walking none, while he picked up a strikeout

• The only other Rays pitcher to allow runners to score was Jake Faria, who allowed two runs on two hits and two walks over an inning of work
• Jaime Schultz had the most impressive appearance, striking out the side on 11 pitches
• On the offensive side of things, the Rays prospects were able to get to big league relievers for four runs over the last two frames to mount a come from behind victory

The Rays will enjoy an off day today, they’ll take on the New York Yankees on Tuesday at 1pm with Fox Sports Sun presenting their first broadcast of the year

Links

• The Chicago White Sox released Brett Lawrie and you can count the Rays among the teams interested in adding the controversial player
• Bluebird Banter recapped the game between the Blue Jays and Rays
• Three articles from Topkin

1. Three injured Rays may not be ready for Opening Day: Logan Morrison, Colby Rasmus, and Matt Duffy
2. Taylor Gurrieri suffered a bizzare injury as he passed out in his bathroom and hit his head on the bathtub, the resulting gash reqired stitches.
3. Will Jake Bauers make the trade of Wil Myers and Trea Turner worth it?

• Rays Radio did another player feature, this time with one of the last remaining players from the historic part of the 2011 draft, Jake Hager
• Yasiel Puig blasted his first HR of the spring and uncorked a beautiful bat flip
• The World Baseball Classic kicks off today, follow along here
• Brad Boxberger is finally healthy and is hoping to return to form
• The Durham Bulls lost a longtime member of their organization as Colin Saunders passed away over the weekend. Many of you may have followed him on his twitter handle, @DBullsclubbie

Rest in peace Colin