MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYSRH Chris Archer vs. LH Ryan Borucki

First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Charlotte Sports Park, Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: MLB.comGame No: 5 (2-2-0) | vs. AL: 1-2-0 | vs. NL: 1-0-0 | Home: 1-0-0 | Road: 1-2-0

Day 13 of Spring Training | 32 Days Until Opening Day—Thursday, March 29 vs. Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field (4:00 p.m.)

20 YEARS AGO—On Feb 26, 1998, the fi rst spring training game involving Rays ma-jor leaguers took place…the Rays defeated Florida State University at Al Lang Sta-dium in St. Petersburg…the Rays used 30 players in the win and rallied from a 3-1 defi cit with a 5-run 8th inning…LH Matt White is the Rays starting pitcher and RH Jason Johnson gets the win…current Rays Manager Kevin Cash was a sophomore in-fi elder for that Seminoles team.

SPRING THINGS—This is the Rays 21st spring training and 10th in Charlotte County…over the past 10 years, the Rays have captured three Grapefruit League titles (2008, 2010, 2014) while winning at least 15 games seven times—something they were unable to do in all 10 springs as the Devil Rays (1998–2007).

Ê A recent study for USA Today ranked Charlotte Sports Park as the No. 1 spring training destina-tion for food-and-drink as well as for family friendliness…the study noted rave reviews of the pineapple fried rice, Oreo churros and pork nachos and the ballpark’s “Kid Clubhouse” playground and affordable prices…overall, it ranked as the No. 4 spring training destination in Florida.

A TIP OF THE CAP—For the split-squad spring opener, the Rays joined the Pirates (at home) and Orioles (on the road) in wearing Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School baseball caps for both batting practice and the games, to pay tribute to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. …the Rays caps from the home game will be autographed and auctioned off to raise money for the Broward Education Foundation…the auction will run at raysbaseball.com/auctions from Feb 27 at 8:30 a.m. until March 6 at 8 p.m.

Ê On March 9, the Rays Wives will host the Minnesota Twins Wives in a charity softball game at Charlotte Sports Park…the game will begin on the main fi eld approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the spring game between the Twins and Rays…the game will be played for the Bro-ward Education Foundation’s Offi cial Stoneman Douglas Victims’ Fund…the Rays and the Char-lotte Stone Crabs have each committed $5,000 to the Broward Education Foundation…the 50/50 Raffl e at Charlotte Sports Park that day will also benefi t the Broward Education Foundation.

VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—A video feed of today’s game will be available, featuring highlights and interviews…contact Chris Tilley at raysspringtraining@gmail.com with questions…the Rays will provide a daily postgame video feed of all non-televised spring games, which will include about two minutes of highlights plus two short interviews…for day games, video should be uploaded by 5:15 p.m.

ON THE AIRWAVES—Today’s game will be broadcast exclusively on MLB.com, with Neil Solondz on the call…Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin will join Solondz in the booth for an inning during the game…for tomorrow’s game against the Orioles, Neil will be joined by Doug Waechter.

$500,000 RAISED—In 10 years of the partnership, over $500,000 has been raised to benefi t the Boys & Girls Club of Charlotte County, including Saturday’s 10th BaseBALL Dinner & Auction…Manager Kevin Cash, INF Willy Adames, 1B/OF Jake Bauers, RH Diego Castillo, RH Yonny Chirinos, RH Jake Faria, RH José Mujica, INF Daniel Robertson and LH Blake Snell were among those in attendance.

PACE OF GAME—Major League Baseball announced this week changes for the upcoming season de-signed to improve the pace of play…these changes will be in effect for Grapefruit League games…rules were changed to limit the number of mound visits in a game and to reduce the time required for inning breaks and pitching changes…Commissioner Rob Manfred has decided to defer the implementation of a pitch timer and a between-batter timer in 2018 in order to provide players with an opportunity to speed up the game without the use of those timers.

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, Nate Eovaldi, Kevin Gadea, Austin Pruitt and Blake Snell, catchers Wilson Ramos and Jesús Sucre, infi elders Matt Duffy, Brad Miller and Daniel Robertson, outfi elders Kevin Kiermaier and Mallex Smith.

Ê Only four players remain from the 2015 Opening Day roster or disabled list, which was Kevin Cash’s fi rst game as Rays manager: Andriese, Archer, Colomé and Kiermaier…Archer and Kier-maier are the only players remaining from the 2013 postseason roster (last playoff appearance).

ROSTER BREAKDOWN—Only two of the players on the 40-man roster were signed as major league free agents: RH Nate Eovaldi and C Wilson Ramos…fi ve players were signed to minor league contracts,

RAYS SPRING TRAINING HISTORYW L T Att.

2018 2 2 0 5,141

2017 12 16 5 81,752

2016 12 13 2 68,566

2015 15 13 2 80,406

2014 16 7 4 78,264

2013 15 17 2 90,935

2012 10 16 6 87,916

2011 15 14 2 95,859

2010 20 8 2 97,971

2009 15 16 1 103,255

2008 18 8 2 54,960

2007 10 19 2 79,044

2006 13 16 1 70,756

2005 13 16 0 61,261

2004 11 8 0 43,916

2003 8 19 3 51,324

2002 10 16 1 49,043

2001 12 15 1 57,081

2000 14 17 0 67,089

1999 14 14 1 59,230

1998 12 18 0 66,781

Totals 267 287 37 1,447,046

STARTING LINEUP vs. TORONTONo. Player Pos. Avg. HR RBI

5 Matt Duffy 3B .400 0 1

17 Jason Coats RF .400 0 0

44 C.J. Cron DH .667 1 1

29 Brandon Snyder (L) 1B .000 0 1

1 Willy Adames SS .333 0 1

0 Mallex Smith (L) CF .000 0 0

28 Daniel Robertson 2B .000 0 0

45 Jesús Sucre C .000 0 0

7 Micah Johnson (L) LF .667 0 0

22 Chris Archer RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

UPCOMING PROBABLESToday vs. TOR

Toronto Tampa Bay

LH Ryan Borucki RH Chris Archer

RH Al Alburquerque RH José De León

LH Craig Breslow RH Ryan Weber

LH Matt Dermody RH Hunter Wood

LH Tim Mayza RH Andrew Kittredge

RH Luis Santos LH Adam Kolarek

LH Jose Fernandez RH Diego Castillo

RH Ian Gibaut

Tomorrow vs. BALBaltimore Tampa Bay

RH Hunter Harvey RH Nate Eovaldi

RH Pedro Araujo RH Austin Pruitt

LH Jason Gurka LH Dan Runzler

RH David Hess RH Forrest Snow

LH Chris Lee RH Ryne Stanek

LH Tanner Scott

Wednesday at MINTampa Bay Minnesota

LH Ryan Yarbrough TBD

RH Yonny Chirinos

LH Vidal Nuño

RH Chaz Roe

RH José Mujica

PRONUNCIATIONS—Willy Adames (ah-DAH-mes), R.J. Alaniz (ah-lah-NIECE), Matt Andriese (ann-DREESE), Christian Arroyo (ah-ROY-yoh), Anthony Banda (BAHN-da), Jake Bauers (BOW-ers), Xorge Carrillo (HOR-hay cah-REE-yo), Yonny Chirinos (chih-REE-nos), Nick Ciuffo (SHOO-fo), Alex Colomé (COLE-uh-may), C.J. Cron (krohn), Nate Eovaldi (ee-VAUL-dee), Jake Faria (fuh-REE-uh), Ian Gibaut (jih-BOH), Adeiny Hechavarria (etch-ah-vah-REE-yah), Chih-Wei Hu (CHEE-way HOO), Kevin Ki-ermaier (KEER-my-er), Adam Kolarek (koh-LAIR-ick), Brandon Lowe (rhymes with “now”), Nathan Lukes (LOO-kis), Johnny Monell (mo-NELL), José Mujica (moo-HEE-kah), Vidal Nuño (vee-DAHL NOON-yoh), Wilson Ramos (RAH-mos), Dan Runzler (RUHNZ-ler), Ryan Schimpf (shimf), Evan Scrib-ner (SKRIB-ner), Nick Solak (SO-lack), Ryne Stanek (STAN-ik), Jesús Sucre (heh-SOOS SUE-cray), Ryan Yarbrough (YAHR-bro)

eight were selected in the June Draft and 25 were acquired via trade…there are 13 new faces on the Rays 40-man roster—seven selected from the Rays minor league system and six acquired via trade.…the Rays have 69 players on their spring training roster, their most since 2003 (73).

Ê In January, Baseball America ranked the Rays at No. 5 in its annual Or-ganizational Talent Rankings of minor league prospects, their highest position since 2013 (No. 4)…this rating came before the February acqui-sitions 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 Atlanta Braves (8)…three of Baseball America’s Top 50 pros-pects will spend the spring in major league camp: RH Brent Honeywell (No. 14), SS Willy Adames (No. 16) and 1B/OF Jake Bauers (No. 45).

Ê The Rays have one of the youngest rosters in baseball…only six play-ers on the current 40-man roster have turned 30 years old: RH Sergio Romo (turns 35 on March 4), OF Denard Span (turns 34 on February 27), RH Chaz Roe (31), RH Daniel Hudson (30), LH Dan Jennings (30) and C Wilson Ramos (30).

20TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN—The Rays have created a 20th Anni-versary 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 varia-tion 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.

SPRING TRANSACTIONS— Ê Feb 17 Acquired 1B C.J. Cron from the Los Angeles Angels in ex-

change for a player to be named; designated OF/DH Corey Dickerson for assignment.

Ê Feb 17 Acquired minor league SS Jermaine Palacios from the Min- nesota Twins in exchange for RH Jake Odorizzi.

Ê 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.

Ê 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.

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) 5,203

Sat Feb 24 @Boston Fort Myers W L, 3-4 2-1-0 Elias (1-0) Faria (0-1) 9,466

Sun Feb 25 @Minnesota Lee County W/F L, 4-5 2-2-0 Jaye (1-0) Schultz (0-1) 5,461

Mon Feb 26 Toronto Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Tue Feb 27 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Wed Feb 28 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m.

Thu March 1 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Fri March 2 Philadelphia Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Sat March 3 @Detroit Lakeland W 1:05 p.m.

Sun March 4 @New York-AL Tampa W/F 1:05 p.m.

Tue March 6 Boston Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Wed March 7 Baltimore Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Thu March 8 @Boston Fort Myers 1:05 p.m.

Fri March 9 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Sat March 10 @Philadelphia Clearwater W 1:05 p.m.

Sun March 11 Minnesota Charlotte County W/F 1:05 p.m.

Tue March 13 @Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m.

Wed March 14 @Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m.

Thu March 15 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m.

Fri March 16 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m.

Sat March 17 @Boston Fort Myers W 1:05 p.m.

Sun March 18 Detroit Charlotte County W 1:05 p.m.

Mon March 19 @New York-AL Tampa W 6:35 p.m.

Tue March 20 @Baltimore Sarasota W 6:05 p.m.

Wed March 21 Boston Charlotte County M/F 1:05 p.m.

Thu March 22 @Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p.m.

Fri 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.

Tue 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)

2018 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)Player C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DHAdames 8Arroyo 6Bauers 9Boldt 4 6 3Carrillo 4Chester 4Ciuffo 5 2Coats 5 6Cron 5Cronenworth 6Duffy 8Field 10HaleyHechavarria 11HernándezJamesJohnson 4 4KayKelly 8Kiermaier 3 6Lowe 3Lukes 7Maris 3McCarthy 4 6Miller 3Milone 3 3Monell 3 6Moore 7Olmedo-Barrera 5Padlo 4Ramos 10Robertson 4 5Russell 4Sánchez 5Schimpf 5 5Smith 4 5Snyder 6 5Solak 7Span 8StoneSucre 5Sullivan 5Velazquez 3 4Wendle 10Williams 10Wong 5 7

TODAY’S STARTER vs. TOR—RH Chris Archer (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Ê 2017 Majors: 10-12, 4.07 ERA (201-IP, 91-ER) in 34 starts Ê Tied for the major league lead in starts last season…is the second

Ray to make at least 30 starts in four straight seasons (James Shields, 6, 2007-12)…ranked 4th in the majors in strikeouts (249)

Ê Made the AL All-Star Team, his second career selection Ê Has made three consecutive Opening Day starts for the Rays

TOMORROW’S STARTER vs. BAL—RH Nate Eovaldi (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Ê Spent the entire 2017 season rehabbing from a second Tommy John

surgery…made 2 rehab apps (1 start) in the minor league playoffs Ê Is attempting to become the 32nd player to pitch in the majors after

two Tommy John surgeries, and only the 12th pitcher to start a ma-jor league game after doing so…could become the third to pitch for the Rays after two Tommy John surgeries (Al Reyes, Lance Carter)

Day-by-Day W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP ResultDay-by-Day W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result