Baseball is still on hiatus.

I don’t care much for football, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reportedly signing the ‘GOAT’ Tom Brady, so do with that news as you will.

On to what little baseball news there is.

News and Links

• Possums, puppies and pitching: On the road with Rays ace Charlie Morton - Josh Tolentino, The Athletic ($$$)
• Inside Pitch Podcast: The Manny Ramirez Era - Steve Carney, 95.3 WDAE
• Rays to donate $1 million to Trop game-day staff, close spring site - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
• Former Miners closer (Ryan Newell) joins Rays organization - Andrew Tredinnick, New Jersey Herald
• Tampa Bay Rays: Brian O’Grady Deserves a Major League Opportunity - Seth Carter, Rays Colored Glasses
• Top 54 Prospects: Tampa Bay Rays - Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs
• Where Rays’ key position battles stand now - Juan Toribio, Rays Baseball
• Astros’ Justin Verlander out 6 weeks after groin surgery - ESPN

Wishing a happy birthday to former Rays pitchers, Andy Sonnanstine and Fernando Rodney