son, and outfielders Kevin Kier-maier and Mallex Smith.

Ê Only four players re-main from the 2015 Opening Day roster or disabled list, which was Kevin Cash’s first game as Rays manager: An-driese, Archer, Colomé and Kiermaier…Archer and Kiermaier are the only players remaining from the 2013 postsea-son roster (last playoff appearance)…Kiermaier was on the roster for that season’s AL Wild Card Game, but not the ALDS.

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT—In January, Baseball America listed the Rays at No. 5 in its Organizational Talent rankings of minor league prospects, their highest position since 2013 (No. 4)…this rating came before the February acquisitions of SS Jermaine Palacios, LH Anthony Banda and 2B Nick Solak…the publication’s Top 100 Prospects included six Rays, a figure topped only by the Braves (8)…in addition to Baseball America’s rat-ing, the Rays are ranked by MLB.com as the No. 4 farm system in baseball (No. 1 based just on position players), and by ESPN.com at No. 7.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018—SPLIT SQUADvs. Toronto Blue Jays: RH Matt Andriese vs. LH J.A. Happ

at Baltimore Orioles: RH Ryan Weber vs. RH Dylan Bundy

vs. TOR | First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Charlotte Sports Park, Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: MLB.comat BAL | First Pitch: First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: None

Game Nos: 27 & 28 (12-13-1) | vs. AL: 9-11-1 | vs. NL: 3-2-0 | Home: 3-9-0 | Road: 9-4-1Day 38 of Spring Training | 6 Days Until Opening Day—Thursday, March 29 vs. Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field (4:00 p.m.)

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN—Opening Day vs. BOS is six days away…this will be the ninth consecutive year the Rays open their schedule at home…RH Chris Archer will start on Opening Day…this will be his fourth straight Opening Day start, the first pitcher in franchise history to do that…since 2008, the Rays have used only three starters on Open-ing Day: Archer, James Shields and David Price…in 10 seasons as the Devil Rays, eight pitchers made Opening Day starts for the club.

Ê Starting pitching matchups for the Opening series vs. BAL are Ar-cher vs. LH Chris Sale, LH Blake Snell vs. LH David Price, TBA vs. RH Rick Porcello and RH Nathan Eovaldi vs. TBA.

VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—A video feed of today’s game vs. TOR will be available, featuring highlights and interviews…contact Chris Til-ley at raysspringtraining@gmail.com with questions…the Rays will pro-vide a daily postgame video feed of all non-televised spring games, which will include about two minutes of highlights plus two short interviews.

RAYS ON THE TUBE—”Tampa Bay Rays 2018 Season Preview” premieres on Sun., March 25 on FOX Sports Sun, following the conclusion of the Rays vs. Yankees game…it will be hosted by Michelle Margaux…through-out the episode, FOX Sports Sun Rays Live analysts Orestes Destrade and Doug Waechter spend time breaking down the pitching, hitting and de-fense of the club, as well as their 2018 outlooks.

Ê All 162 regular season games will be televised this season…FOX Sports Sun has announced a 159-game broadcast schedule, and the other 3 games will be nationally televised.

ON THE AIRWAVES—Today’s game vs. TOR will be broadcast on MLB.com, with Neil Solondz on the call…both games this weekend will air on WDAE 620 AM and the Rays Radio Network, with Dave Wills and Andy Freed on the call…Dave and Andy are entering their 14th season togeth-er, the 3rd-longest tenured full-season radio broadcast duo in the majors behind Detroit and San Francisco…field coordinator Rocco Baldelli and OF Carlos Gómez are guests on this weekend’s Countdown to Opening Day radio show, airing Sat. and Sun. on WDAE 620 AM at 12:30 p.m.

SPRING THINGS—A recent study for USA Today ranked Charlotte Sports Park as the No. 1 spring training destination for food-and-drink as well as for family friendliness…the study noted rave reviews of the pork nachos and Oreo churros, and the ballpark’s “Kid Clubhouse” playground and af-fordable prices…overall, it was the No. 4 spring destination in Florida.

20TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN—The Rays have created a 20th An-niversary logo that will appear as a patch on all Rays jerseys and caps…the home plate-shaped patch features the number 20, a sunburst and a variation of the original fish—all in the Rays modern colors…on March 31 vs. BOS, June 9 vs. SEA, June 23 vs. NYY and Sep 8 vs. BAL, the Rays will wear a white alternate throwback Devil Rays jersey…the Rays will pay tribute to the first game in franchise history on Opening Weekend and the 2008 AL Championship club on Aug 4 vs. CWS.

SEASON BARGAINS—The Rays have announced they will offer ticket promotions for Monday through Friday home games for the 2018 sea-son…discounts include Salute to Service Monday (for military, teach-ers and first responders), $2 Kids Tuesdays, Senior Special Wednesdays, $19.88 Ticket Combo Thursdays and $7.11 tickets on Fridays…single-game tickets for the 2018 season are on sale at raysbaseball.com.

ROSTER MAKEOVER—Of the 32 players on last season’s Opening Day roster or disabled list, only 14 still remain in the organization: pitchers Matt Andriese, Chris Archer, Alex Colomé, Nathan Eovaldi, Kevin Ga-dea (outrighted), Austin Pruitt and Blake Snell, catchers Wilson Ramos and Jesús Sucre, infielders Matt Duffy, Brad Miller and Daniel Robert-

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHERSDate & Opp. Time (ET) Rays Pitchers Opposing PitchersMarch 23 vs. TOR 1:05 p.m. RH Matt Andriese, LH Dan Jennings, RH Alex Colomé, LH J.A. Happ, RH Ryan Tepera, RH Danny Barnes, RH Tyler Clippard, RH Al AlburquerqueMarch 23 at BAL 1:05 p.m. RH Ryan Weber, RH Colton Murray, RH R.J. Alaniz, RH Dylan Bundy, RH Brad Brach, LH Josh Edgin, LH Kyle Bird, RH Cody Hall, RH Joe Serrapica RH Darren O’Day, LH Tanner ScottMarch 24 at PIT 1:05 p.m. LH Blake Snell, Relievers TBA TBAMarch 25 vs. NYY 1:05 p.m. RH Andrew Kittredge, Relievers TBA RH Brian Keller, RH Brady Lail, RH Adonis Rosa, LH Trevor Lane, RH Raynel EspinalMarch 26 at DET 1:05 p.m. RH Nathan Eovaldi, Relievers TBA LH Francisco Liriano, Relievers TBAMarch 27 vs. DET 12:35 p.m. RH Jake Faria, Relievers TBA LH Matthew Boyd, Relievers TBA

LINEUP vs. TORONTONo. Player Pos.

5 Matt Duffy 3B39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF

44 C.J. Cron 1B

27 Carlos Gómez RF

2 Denard Span (L) LF

11 Adeiny Hechavarria SS

45 Jesús Sucre C

29 Brandon Snyder DH

18 Joey Wendle (L) 2B

35 Matt Andriese RHP

TODAY’S STARTER at BAL—RH Ryan Weber (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Ê 2017 Tacoma: 2-0, 0.85 ERA (31.2-IP, 3-ER) in 6 apps (5 starts) Ê Has spent parts of the last three seasons in the majors with the

Braves (2015-16) and Mariners…made 1 start for the Mariners last season before his season ended with right shoulder tightness

Ê Is attempting to join RH Doug Waechter and 1B Casey Kotchman as the only players born in St. Petersburg to play for the Rays

Day-by-Day W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result2/23 at BAL -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 W, 6-32/27 vs. BAL -- 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 L, 1-23/4 at NYY -- 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W, 9-13/9 vs. MIN -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 L, 3-4

TODAY’S STARTER vs. TOR—RH Matt Andriese (0-0, 3.00 ERA) Ê 2017 Majors: 5-5, 4.50 ERA (86-IP, 43-ER) in 18 apps (17 starts) Ê Began last season as the No. 5 starter…was 5-1 with a 3.24 ERA

(58.1-IP, 21-ER) over his first 10 starts through May 25, then sus-tained two trips to the disabled list due to a right hip injury

Ê From May 30 through season’s end, he went 0-4 with a 7.16 ERA (27.2-IP, 22-ER) and 1 save in 8 apps (7 starts)

Day-by-Day W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result2/24 at BOS -- 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 L, 3-42/28 at MIN -- 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 W, 3-13/4 at NYY -- 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 W, 9-13/8 at BOS -- 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 T, 6-63/11 vs. TB * -- 2.1 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 --3/15 vs. MIN -- 2.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 L, 1-83/19 at NYY -- 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 W, 4-2

* indicates simulated game

LINEUP at BALTIMORENo. Player Pos.

0 Mallex Smith (L) LF73 Kean Wong (L) 2B

28 Daniel Robertson 3B

13 Brad Miller (L) 1B

17 Jason Coats DH

19 Curt Casali C

74 Johnny Field CF

7 Micah Johnson (L) RF

77 Lucius Fox (S) SS

69 Ryan Weber RHP

2018 TAMPA BAY RAYS SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULEDAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WINNER LOSER ATT.Fri. Feb 23 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M W, 6-3 1-0-0 Pruitt (1-0) McRae (0-1) 5,141

@Baltimore Sarasota W, 6-3 2-0-0 Chirinos (1-0) Wright (0-1) 5,203Sat. Feb 24 @Boston Fort Myers W L, 3-4 2-1-0 Elias (1-0) Faria (0-1) 9,466Sun. Feb 25 @Minnesota Lee County W/F L, 4-5 2-2-0 Jaye (1-0) Schultz (0-1) 5,461Mon. Feb 26 Toronto Charlotte County M W, 7-4 3-2-0 Kittredge (1-0) Dermody (0-1) 3,627Tues. Feb 27 Baltimore Charlotte County M L, 1-2 3-3-0 Araujo (1-0) Pruitt (1-1) 2,762Wed. Feb 28 @Minnesota Lee County W, 3-1 4-3-0 Yarbrough (1-0) Slegers (0-1) 3,689Thurs. March 1 Baltimore Charlotte County M L, 2-5 4-4-0 Mesa (1-1) Schultz (0-2) 2,819Fri. March 2 Philadelphia Charlotte County M L, 2-9 4-5-0 Nola (1-1) Colomé (0-1) 3,560Sat. March 3 @Detroit Lakeland W W, 7-4 5-5-0 De León (1-0) Soto (0-1) 6,482Sun. March 4 @New York-AL Tampa W/F W, 9-1 6-5-0 Eovaldi (1-0) Chapman (0-1) 10,303Tues. March 6 Boston Charlotte County M L, 1-9 6-6-0 Velázquez (1-0) Hu (0-1) 5,353Wed. March 7 Baltimore Charlotte County M L, 2-7 6-7-0 Mesa Jr. (2-1) Banda (0-1) 3,035Thurs. March 8 @Boston Fort Myers T, 6-6 6-7-1 -- -- 9,911Fri. March 9 Minnesota Charlotte County M L, 3-4 6-8-1 Berríos (1-0) Kittredge (1-1) 3,643Sat. March 10 @Philadelphia Clearwater W W, 5-3 7-8-1 Jennings (1-0) Neris (0-1) 8,302Sun. March 11 Minnesota Charlotte County W/F L, 5-6 7-9-1 Slegers (1-0) Faria (0-2) 4,417Tues. March 13 @Philadelphia Clearwater L, 3-6 7-10-1 Casimiro (1-0) Pruitt (1-2) 8,286Wed. March 14 @Pittsburgh Bradenton W, 9-3 8-10-1 Chirinos (2-0) Nova (0-2) 6,218Thurs. March 15 Minnesota Charlotte County M L, 1-8 8-11-1 Gibson (1-1) Eovaldi (1-1) 4,547Fri. March 16 @Minnesota Lee County W, 11-1 9-11-1 Faria (1-2) Berríos (1-1) 5,702Sat. March 17 @Boston Fort Myers W L, 3-4 9-12-1 Barnes (1-0) Stanek (0-1) 9,903Sun. March 18 Detroit Charlotte County W W, 10-5 10-12-1 Archer (1-0) Lewicki (0-1) 6,912Mon. March 19 @New York-AL Tampa W W, 4-2 11-12-1 Colomé (1-1) Warren (0-1) 9,951Tues. March 20 @Baltimore Sarasota W CANCELLED—RAINWed. March 21 Boston Charlotte County M/F L, 3-8 11-13-1 Walden (1-0) Yarbrough (1-1) 6,134Thurs. March 22 @Toronto Dunedin W, 5-3 12-13-1 Kittredge (2-1) Barnes (0-1) 4,356Fri. March 23 Toronto Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

@Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m.Sat. March 24 @Pittsburgh Bradenton W 1:05 p.m.Sun. March 25 New York-AL Charlotte County W/F 1:05 p.m.Mon. March 26 @Detroit Lakeland F 1:05 p.m.Tues. March 27 Detroit Tropicana Field 12:35 p.m.

Home Games shaded grayRADIO: WDAE 620 AM/95.3 FM (W), MLB.com (M)TELEVISION: FOX Sports Sun (F)

Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DHAdames 8 38 7Álvarez 3Arroyo 30 16Bauers 39 6 9Boldt 7 6 10Brosseau 3 7Bruján 14Cabrera 4Carrillo 28Chester 4 2Ciuffo 6 4Coats 15 50 22Cron 66 25Cronenworth 1 33Duffy 69Field 14 33 22 5Fraley 3 7Fox 11Gómez 46 8Gotta 3 6Gustave 3 2Hechavarria 57 13Johnson 17 9 49Kelly 15Kiermaier 59 19Law 1Lowe, B 7 7Lowe, J 5Lowe, N 6Lukes 5 15Maris 15 5 3 2McCarthy 17 5 8 15Miller 20

Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DHMilone 3 16 1Monell 18 22 8Moore 32 13Olmedo-Barrera 13 6Padlo 16Palacios 7Peña 4Ramos 69 9Rengifo 1Robertson 44 9 27 5 4Rodríguez 3Rondón 2Russell 9 8 4Rutherford 1Sánchez 13 7Schimpf 5 15 7Smith 39 10 5 7Snyder 3 36 6 18 11Solak 25 4 8Span 63 10 5Sucre 45 15Sullivan 17 7Velazquez 7 9 30 4 10Walls 4Wendle 68 5 13Whitley 1Williams 4 33Wong 18 61 9

2018 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)

Year W-L-T Att.2018 12-13-1 51,9502017 12-16-5 81,7522016 12-13-2 68,5662015 15-13-2 80,4062014 16-7-4 78,2642013 15-17-2 90,935

Year W-L-T Att.2012 10-16-6 87,9162011 15-14-2 95,8592010 20-8-2 97,9712009 15-16-1 103,255 2008 18-8-2 54,9602007 10-19-2 79,044

Year W-L-T Att.2006 13-16-1 70,7562005 13-16-0 61,2612004 11-8-0 43,9162003 8-19-3 51,3242002 10-16-1 49,0432001 12-15-1 57,081

Year W-L-T Att.2000 14-17-0 67,0891999 14-14-1 59,2301998 12-18-0 66,781Totals 277-298-38 1,493,855

RAYS SPRING TRAINING HISTORY

Feb 17 Acquired 1B C.J. Cron from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a player to be named (INF Luis Rengifo); designated OF/DH Corey Dickerson for assignment.

Feb 17 Acquired minor league SS Jermaine Palacios from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for RH Jake Odorizzi.

Feb 20 Acquired LH Anthony Banda and two players to be named from the Arizona Diamondbacks and minor league 2B Nick Solak from the New York Yankees in a three-team trade in exchange for OF Steven Souza Jr.

Feb 22 Acquired RH Daniel Hudson, minor league INF Tristan Gray and cash considerations from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for OF/DH Corey Dickerson.

March 3 Signed OF Carlos Gómez to a one-year contract; designated INF Ryan Schimpf for assignment.

March 5 Traded INF Ryan Schimpf to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.

March 6 Reassigned INF Grant Kay to minor league camp.March 7 Released RH Evan Scribner and RH Dustin McGowan.March 9 Reassigned RH R.J. Alaniz, C Nick Ciuffo, RH Edwin Fierro and

RH Forrest Snow to minor league camp; optioned RH Brent Honeywell to Triple-A Durham.

March 10 Reassigned INF Jake Cronenworth and INF Nick Solak to minor league camp.

March 11 Released LH Dan Runzler; reassigned 1B/OF Joe McCarthy, C Brett Sullivan and RH Ryan Weber to minor league camp; optioned INF Willy Adames, INF Christian Arroyo, 1B/OF Jake Bauers, RH Diego Castillo, RH José Mujica, RH Jaime Schultz, OF Justin Williams and RH Hunter Wood to Durham.

March 16 Reassigned LH Vidal Nuño to minor league camp; optioned RH Chih-Wei Hu to Durham.

March 18 Reassigned LH Kyle Bird, C Xorge Carrillo, RH Ian Gibaut, RH Cody Hall, LH Adam Kolarek, C Johnny Monell and RH Colton Murray to minor league camp; optioned LH Anthony Banda and RH Ryne Stanek to Durham.

March 19 Reassigned INF Andrew Velazquez to minor league camp.March 21 Signed C Curt Casali to a minor league contract with an invitation

to spring training.

SPRING TRANSACTIONS