HOUSTON -- Hard-throwing right-hander Ryne Stanek is back with the Rays, and he now has a splitter to go with his 100-plus heater.
"I think [Triple-A Durham pitching coach] Kyle [Snyder] and him discussed that maybe there was some more comfort with that pitch to put guys away with," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "And he kind of chose to attempt that over the slider for a couple of weeks, and I think he got really good results with it.
"So he changed a little bit. He said, 'I'm going to be more of a fastball-split guy rather than a fastball-slider guy.