Tampa Bay Rays news and links: “Doesn’t matter what name is on the back of the jersey”

Rays Links

• What does the game lose if it gets rid of mound visits? What did Carlos Pena say to Chris Archer in Archer’s first big league mound visit? Roger Mooney reports.
• This was in yestarday’s tank, but it’s really good so can get two links. Jason Hanselman took a deep dive into what the four-man rotation will mean for the Rays pitchers, touching on usage profiles, workload, and how that should impact production.
• Danny reacted to the Yankees signing Neil Walker, a player who the Rays should have been able to afford, and who would have made this team better.
• Willy Adames worked out with Barry Larkin this offseason. What did he learn? Neil Solondz talked to him about his ongoing process of improvement.

• Rays Radio updated who’s left in the Rays camp (no longer Willy Adames).
• On the struggling Jake Faria:

Other Links

• Sean Morash wrote about the prospect hype cycle. Tim Beckham mention.
• It’s about fantasy, and we don’t usually talk fantasy, but it’s also Jeff Sullivan and also aging curves, so a valuable read whether or not you care about pitcher wins.