PORT CHARLOTTE — The Tampa Bay Rays’ hitters will take live batting practice off the pitchers today during the first full-squad workout of the spring.
Manager Kevin Cash said he won’t work the position players too hard, even though many of them worked out at the complex this week.
“We’ve let the pitchers kind of develop a little bit. The infielders are the same thing,” Cash said.
“We’re not going to be crushing infielders on pickoffs and rundowns on Day One. We’re going to work into some things and then we’ll intensify.”
The team will have five workouts before Wednesday’s Grapefruit League opener against the visiting Nationals.