If you haven’t already, start counting down the days Rays fans. The Tampa Bay Rays are set open camp on the 13th with pitchers and catchers reporting. 5 days later on the 18th, the rest of the squad will role in and begin their march towards opening day and eventually October baseball.
Yesterday, the Rays released the full list (for now) of players who will be invited spring training in matter of weeks. Here is the list broken down by position:
Pitchers (34):
- Jose Alvarado, LHP
- Anthony Banda, LHP
- Jalen Beeks, LHP
- Yonny Chirinos, RHP
- Diego Castillo, RHP
- Jose De Leon, RHP
- Oliver Drake, RHP
- Jake Faria, RHP
- Wilmer Font, RHP
- Mike Franco, RHP
- Ian Gardeck, RHP
- Ian Gibaut, RHP
- Tyler Glasnow, RHP
- Brent Honeywell, RHP
- Andrew Kittridge, RHP
- Adam Kolarek, LHP
- Ryan Merrit, LHP
- Hoby Milner, LHP
- Dalton Moats, LHP
- Andrew Moore, RHP
- Charlie Morton, RHP
- Emilio Pagan, RHP
- Ricardo Pinto, RHP
- Colin Poche, LHP
- Austin Pruitt, RHP
- Chaz Roe, RHP
- Casey Sadler, RHP
- Luis Santos, RHP
- Blake Snell, LHP
- Ryne Stanek, RHP
- Cole Sulser, RHP
- Curtis Taylor, RHP
- Hunter Wood, RHP
- Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Catchers (6) B-T,
- Anthony Bemboom, L-R
- Nick Cuiffo, L-R
- Mac James, R-R
- Michael Perez, L-R
- David Rodriguez, R-R
- Mike Zunino, R-R
Infielders (16) B-T,
- Willy Adames, R-R
- Christian Arroyo, R-R
- Emilio Bonifacio, S-R
- Mike Brosseau, R-R
- Ji-Man Choi, L-H
- Jake Cronenworth, L-R
- Yandy Diaz, R-R
- Matt Duffy, R-R
- Lucius Fox, S-R
- Brandon Lowe, L-R
- Nate Lowe, L-H
- Daniel Robertson, R-R
- Nick Solak, R-R
- Andrew Velazquez, S-R
- Joey Wendle, L-H
- Kean Wong, L-R
Outfielders (8) B-T,
- Avisail Garcia, R-R
- Guillermo Heredia, R-L
- Kevin Kiermaier, L-R
- Joe McCarthy, L-L
- Austin Meadows, L-L
- Tommy Pham, R-R
- Jesus Sanchez, L-R
- Jake Smolinski, R-R
Bold players indicate non-roster invite.