We've reached the midway point of the century and it's time for another season. Spring Training was uneventful except for one major injury - swingman Brad Mabe ruptured a tendon in his finger and will miss 4-5 months. We were counting on him in a key role so he'll be missed.
Also in former Rays news Tomas Laboy signed a 1-year, $4M deal with Toronto so we'll be seeing a lot of him.
The Opening Day roster:
C-Bocardo, Alejandre
1B-Viatoro
2B-Davila
SS-Morioka
3B-Barela
IF-I.Morales, R.Ramirez
LF-Saro
CF-Kidd
RF-J.Morales
OF-Bonczek, Olivo
DH-Duran
SP-Bookhart, Rose, Riley, Delgado, Gardner
LR-Kimble, J.Clark
MR-S.Morris, J.Morales, James
SU-Navarro, Mejia, Leonard
CL-Talbott
Mabe's injury opened a spot for 37-year-old vet Noel Kimble, whom we signed to Durham last year and pitched well with a 2.41 ERA in 9 starts after 16 outings with a 1.83 ERA in the bigs with Milwaukee.
The preseason predictions are not that bullish on us in relative terms, very down on our pitching but very high on Juan Viatoro who they think will win a batting average title:
