A day to gear up for the Red Sox series starting tomorrow.
The demotion of Ryan Yarbrough to Durham came after he had a couple of bad outings this year, but still it came as a surprise because he won 16 games last year as a dependable bulker. And it's only April. Once he gets back into rhythm at triple A, he should find his way back to the varsity squad.
Meantime, Austin Pruitt did get recalled along with Christian Arroyo, once again filling Joey Wendle's spot on the roster. Ji-Man Choi should also be available for the Boston series.
Roster tinkering and players on frequent flyer loops between Durham and Tampa will be a regular feature of the Ray's SOP from here on out. It's harder on the players, of course, but it will certainly be difficult for fans as well trying to keep up.
A day by day look at the Kevin Cash Rays in 2019: starters, openers, bulkmen, a crew of interchangeable relievers on a shuttle between St. Pete and Triple A Durham, plus extreme defensive shifts that now and then use pitchers as position players. The Rays Way is to live or die with computer-generated analytics, batter by batter and pitcher by pitcher matchups, and Kevin Cash's outside-the-box baseball mind. This is their 2019 journey.
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