Friday night against the Minnesota Twins, the Tampa Bay Rays begin their 34-game spring schedule. With that, comes the start of the real battle – that being players vying for a position on the 25-man Opening Day Roster.
With the majority of the positions already filled with incumbents such as Evan Longoria, Kevin Kiermaier, Brad Miller to name a few, there is however those players considered “on the bubble,” which is likely to come from battles in the bullpen, outfield, utility role and catcher.
Starting in the catchers spot, assumption is that Curt Casali and Luke Maile will open the season as the two primary catchers.