Souza returns to camp focused on endurance

Outlook: Souza Jr., OF, TB PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Steven Souza Jr. returned to camp on Tuesday after a side trip to Seattle to take care of a personal matter.

The Rays' outfielder left camp on Thursday to tend to a "family incident" and returned Monday night.

Now that he's back in camp, Souza is excited to get to work following an offseason of intense conditioning, a direction he chose to travel after running out of gas in the final month of the 2017 season.

"We play six months of baseball, and I played five good months of baseball [in 2017]," said Souza, who hit .159 with one home run and an RBI in 20 September games last season. "Unfortunately, they don't grade you on five months of…