Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: Is this the year of LoMo?

Plus: Odorizzi looks to build off a strong 2016, the Great American Ball Park showcases Sabermetrics, and the future of two-way players.

By Darby Robinson@darby_robinson Apr 4, 2017, 9:00am EDT

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Jake Odorizzi will take the mound later today for Game 2 of the Rays year. Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times pulls some quotes from and about Odo as he begins his 2017 campaign.
Also from the Times, Martin Fennelly wonders if Logan Morrison can be a breakout guy this year, beyond just Mr Opening day. From LoMo himself,

"If I had 162 games like this, I'd be a Hall of Famer and a really rich man."

The Rays official Twitter account had a great recap video of the tremendous opening day at the Trop:

Yesterday was fun. Let's do it again tomorrow.#RaysUp pic.twitter.com/RKQ5HYh0ou
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) April 3, 2017

If you are so inclined, throw some votes and love towards Archie

Archer and the Team USA @WBCBaseball squad are finalists for the Best of March honors!

VOTE TEAM WBC // https://t.co/tKcDRoROhY pic.twitter.com/1woNMUYw50
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) April 3, 2017

Austin Pruitt didn’t have the best debut for his big league career (though he certainly was struck by the BABIP dragon), but he is no stranger to being an underdog.
Longo really likes Norris’s beard:

It's a beard thing.

A post shared by Tampa Bay Rays (@raysbaseball) on Apr 3, 2017 at 5:52pm PDT

At the Great American Ball Park they are adding advanced stats to the jumbotron (Hat tip to Reddit user u/ndjolt02 for the photo)
With the Padres deploying Christian Bethancourt as a backup Catcher/Center Fielder and Relief Pitcher, Eno Sarris at FanGraphs takes a look into the past and future of two-way players.
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