PORT CHARLOTTE — One of the main reasons the Rays signed veteran catcher Danny Jansen for $8.5 million was to add offense at a position where they hadn’t had much. Homering in his first at-bat ...
It didn’t take long for Danny Jansen to make some noise with his new club this spring. In the second inning of Saturday’s 6-4 loss to the Red Sox, the Rays’ backstop hit a line-drive home run over the
The Rays always do their research before acquiring players. They look into everything you’d expect, from a player’s statistics and projections to his background and health. But they also consider the personality and character of anyone they’re going to add to their clubhouse.
After a 5-2 victory in their exhibition game with the Northeastern Huskies on Friday, the Red Sox opened the official Grapefruit League campaign with a 6-4 road win over the
Here at the start of spring training, challenges tend to be minimized and issues less acute. As major league baseball teams open camp this week, “optimism” appears to be the most trusted variable. That was the feeling through the words of Erik Neander,