ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays won't need to expand to a five-man rotation until approximately mid-May. However, they will need a spot start here and there along the way.
Rays manager Kevin Cash has allowed that the first of those here-and-there's will come against the White Sox on either Friday or Saturday.
Thus, there are two questions dangling in the air where the Rays' rotation is concerned: Who will make the first spot start? And, will Erasmo Ramirez regain his spot as the fifth starter once the rotation expands?
The options for the first spot start are as follows: Ramirez, a bullpen day featuring all relievers, or a starter from Triple-A Durham.