ST. PETERSBURG -- A good sign for the Rays came during Thursday afternoon's pregame activities: Wilson Ramos was squatting and catching balls at Tropicana Field.
"He's been cleared to start doing some receiving work," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "He's been hitting off a tee. So still in the very early stages, but anytime when you get to see him on the field, it's got to excite us a little bit."
Ramos suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Sept. 26. He spent the entire offseason recovering from the surgery that repared the ACL and made repairs to the medial meniscus and lateral meniscus.