News and Links

• Here’s the Rays’ path to overtaking the Yankees - Mike Petriello, MLB
• Rays’ Blake Snell’s first step toward return: Not great, not bad - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
• Rays power couple: One pitches strikes, the other pitches Donald Trump - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times ($$$)
• Bahamians Among Mlb Pipeline’s Top 30 Prospects - Renaldo Dorsett, The Tribune
• Notes: Alvarado sharp; Whitley, Snell updates - Juan Toribio, Rays Baseball
• Backup catcher a ‘healthy competition’ for Rays - Juan Toribio, Rays Baseball
• Getting to Know — Josh Fleming - Neil Solondz, Rays Radio

Around the League

• Zobrist stops by Cubs camp ... just to visit - Jordan Bastian, MLB
• The Brewers defied all odds with the Christian Yelich extension - Jaymes L, Brew Crew Ball
• Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton likely to miss Opening Day - Jake Devin, Pinstripe Alley
• Chris Sale has a sore elbow - Matt Collins, Over the Monster
• Top 54 Prospects: New York Yankees - Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs
• AMBUSHED BY THE ASTROS: Pitchers pummeled by a cheating Houston lineup talk about the impact on their careers and the questions that remain - Scott Miller, Bleacher Report
• Kiley McDaniel’s top 100 prospects for 2020 - Kiley McDaniel, ESPN