If we start counting down to the start of baseball season at such a fraught time, will we just jinx the 2021 season? Well I’ll take the chance.
Pitchers and catchers report for Rays on February 17, in 38 days, and the first spring training games are scheduled for February 27.
Opening Day is April 1, with your defending AL champion Rays visiting the Miami Marlins. The Rays home opener and presumably first opportunity to raise the AL pennant is on April 9 against the Yankees. From the department of “who made this schedule?” the Rays play their second series of the season on the road against the Red Sox, and I predict at least one game postponed because of “wintry mix” and one game played in 40 degree temperatures.