A healthy Brad Boxberger is essential for the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen not just as a veteran arm, but also as a stabilizing force. The addition of his return takes off some of the pressure that had been on placed on many of the relievers used in 2016.
Boxberger was penciled in last spring as the Rays closer, fresh off the 2015 season in which he was the American League saves leader with 41. However, in his first Spring Training appearance on March 6 of last spring, Boxberger tore the adductor brevis muscle (core muscle) in his groin area and underwent surgery on March 17.