Rays at Twins

Good afternoon from Hammond Stadium, part of the Lee County Sports Complex here in Fort Myers.

It’s the Rays vs. Twins.

James Shields makes his final start of the spring. He will be dialed back a bit today, which is normal during the final outing of the spring for a starting pitcher. Also, Rays manager Joe Maddon wants to get some innings for J.P. Howell.

I saw Delmon Young a little while ago. We members of the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writer’s Association of America presented Young with award for being last year’s Rays rookie of the year.

Young seems to have settled in with his new team. He looks good in a Twins uniform, too.

DY is now a left fielder, and he’ll be out there today and batting fifth against his old teammates.

Brendan Harris, who was traded to Minnesota with Young, is playing second base today.

We’ll be underway shortly.

Here are the lineups:

Rays
2B Aki Iwamura
Ss Jason Bartlett
RF Eric Hinske
DH Jonny Gomes
1B Chris Richard
3B Joel Guzman
LF Jon Weber
C Shawn Riggans
CF Elliot Johnson
P James Shields

Twins
CF Carlos Gomez
C Joe Mauer
RF Michael Cuddyer
1B Justin Morneau
LF Delmon Young
DH Craig Monroe
3B Mike Lamb
2B Brendan Harris
SS Adam Everett
P Livan Hernandez