PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Rays manager Kevin Cash and pitching coach Kyle Snyder wanted to watch right-hander Jake Faria quicken his pitching tempo during Sunday afternoon's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Unfortunately for the three, the only quick thing was the hook.
Faria, who was penciled in to pitch four innings, couldn't make it out of the second frame.
"What I'm most angry about is that I couldn't even pitch two innings when I was supposed to pitch four," Faria said.
Cash said there was nothing physically wrong with Faria, who is currently expected to be one of four starters in a hybrid rotation, where the fifth start would function as a bullpen day.