The Rays announced this afternoon that Chaz Roe will head to the Injured List with a sore shoulder. In a corresponding move, the Rays have promoted Chris Mazza from the taxi-squad for this week’s three game series in Boston.
In promoting Mazza, the Rays roll into town with two pitchers they traded for this offseason, the other being LHP Jeffrey Springs. Both pitchers had real difficulty on the mound in 2020, but were acquired in a fairly expensive deal with a simple request: trust your stuff.
Springs — who had a 7.08 ERA and 5.