PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Rays camp opens for pitchers and catchers on Tuesday, and medical concerns will be swirling in the background -- specifically, those surrounding new catcher Wilson Ramos, shortstop Matt Duffy, right-fielder Steven Souza Jr., new outfielder Colby Rasmus and first baseman Logan Morrison.
"Most of them, we expect to be moving along at a controlled pace during Spring Training, expecting that they'll be ready by Opening Day," said Chaim Bloom, Rays senior vice president of baseball operations. "If not, then shortly thereafter."
Duffy joined the Rays at the non-waiver Trade Deadline in the deal that sent left-hander Matt Moore to the Giants.