The Tampa Bay Rays have only three losses on the season, which is fantastic three weeks in. Usually teams that have great success are also lucky in the injury department, but that hasn’t been the case for the Rays. The team’s three top defenders — UTIL Taylor Walls, CF Jose Siri, and SS Wander Franco — have all missed time for various strains and ailments. But those losses are minor compared to what has happened to the starting rotation.
The Rays entered Spring Training with a formidable starting five:
- RHP Tyler Glasnow
- LHP Shane McClanahan
- RHP Zach Eflin
- LHP Jeffrey Springs
- RHP Drew Rasmussen
Glasnow is an annual Cy Young candidate regularly beset by injury at this point, but his quality remains and the Rays eagerly signed him to an extension of $25 million for the 2024 season to keep him around.