Ahead of Opening Day 2019, the Tampa Bay Rays have revealed their lineup for the fist game of the year. Juan Toribio and Brian McTaggart revealed the official Tampa Bay Rays opening day lineup vs. the Houston Astros’s Justin Verlander in an article for MLB.com:

Official Lineup

1) RF Austin Meadows

2) LF Tommy Pham

3) 1B Ji-Man Choi

4) 3B Yandy Diaz

5) DH Brandon Lowe

6) 2B Joey Wendle

7) CF Kevin Kiermaier

8) C Mike Zunino

9) SS Willy Adames

Loading up on left-handed hitters makes sense when facing the right-handed Astros ace, and the Rays are going all out in that regard.