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The Rays play the Orioles today at 1:05 PM at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota.
- The Rays lost to the Braves 12-0 on Saturday, but José Alvarado struck out the side in his one inning of work.
- Alvarado is feeling great. $
- On Sunday, the Rays beat the Twins 8-2. Joe Ryan impresses.
- Juan Toribio has a mailbag, including a Brent Honeywell update and who is ahead in the battle for backup catcher.
- Yoshi on facing Kenta Maeda.
- Blake Snell gets a cortisone shot and will miss his next start.
- Marc Topkin sorts out what this means. $
- Josh Tolentino on why Snell getting the shot might be a good thing. $
- Finally, words from the man himself:
#Rays Snell, on his elbow issue: pic.twitter.com/tbk0EBtNQN
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 1, 2020
- Willy Adames uses video game gestures and Spanish to communicate with Yoshi Tsutsugo.
- The madness is spreading!
Rays influence? Pirates manager Derek Shelton will experiment with four-man outfield https://t.co/wktVma5gSK
— Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) February 29, 2020
- Rocco agrees. $
- Rays wives dominate Twins wives in softball.
It’s over. @RaysWives win 20-6 over the Twins wives. The spread was set at 3.5. Good teams win, great teams cover.
— Juan Toribio (@juanctoribio) March 1, 2020
10-10 with 4 home runs now found my new hitting coach https://t.co/WqCt4Tle1q
— Brandon Lowe (@Sweet_n_Lowe5) March 1, 2020
- This hilarious story about the 1994 Oberlin College Yeoman and their unconventional shift — nicknamed “The Flytrap” — is well worth your time.
- Players on the 40 man but not in the bigs will be allowed to compete in the 2020 Olympics.
- Feel good stories from the first week of Spring Training. Old friends Steven Souza and Nate Eovaldi make appearances.