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Brandon Lowe

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Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer off Chris Sale as the Rays downed the Braves 4-3 on Monday.

Lowe has homered in back-to-back games and is up to .318/.385/.591 in 26 plate appearances for the spring. A homer off Sale could be big for him, as he tries to shake his platoon rep. Of Lowe’s 97 starts last season, just 11 came against left-handers.
Taj Bradley

TB Starting Pitcher #45

Taj Bradley surrendered two runs — one earned — in three innings Sunday against the Blue Jays.

Bradley dealt with a lot of traffic today in giving up five hits and walking three, but he was able to strike out five to limit the damage. He has a 1.69 ERA through two spring outings, and while the Rays haven’t confirmed any rotation members beyond Shane McClanahan, it’d be a major surprise if Bradley is excluded.
Junior Caminero

TB Third Baseman #13

Junior Caminero (back) is in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Blue Jays.

Caminero left Thursday’s spring training game with lower back tightness. The good news is it appears the Rays were just operating with an abundance of caution and the 21-year-old third baseman is back in the lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays. Caminero figures to be one of the ADP-risers if he can stay healthy for the rest of the spring training schedule.
Kameron Misner

TB Center Fielder #26

Kameron Misner hit his second homer Saturday as the Rays bested the Orioles 6-3.

Misner is batting .350/.409/.650 with two steals in 22 plate appearances. The 2019 first-round pick made his major league debut last August and went 1-for-15 in eight games. While he offers power, speed and a strong walk rate, his 30% strikeout rates have left him with subpar batting averages in the minors. He’s probably not a candidate to make the Rays unless someone gets hurt.
Zack Littell

TB Relief Pitcher #52

Zack Littell allowed one run over 3 2/3 innings Saturday against the Orioles in his first official start of the spring.

Littell pitched two innings and allowed one run on Feb. 24, but the game was rained out afterwards and all of the stats were wiped. He’d since gotten his work in on the side. Littell would seem to pretty clearly have the least upside of the Rays’ six starters, but it’d be a surprise if he’s not included in the team’s initial rotation. Perhaps he’ll be bumped into middle relief sometime later in the season.
Brayden Taylor

TB Third Baseman #93

Brayden Taylor went 2-for-3 and homered as the Rays came from seven runs down to tie the Twins 9-9 on Friday.

As they graduate Junior Caminero, the Rays already have another top-flight third base prospect in Taylor, the 19th overall pick in the 2023 draft. He did stumble in his first taste of Double-A in the second half of last season, hitting .194/.290/.435 in 30 games, but he projects as a quality, if strikeout-prone, regular somewhere in the infield.
Shane Baz

TB Starting Pitcher #11

Shane Baz gave up eight runs — six earned — and walked four while getting six outs Friday against the Twins.

Baz faced 18 batters over three innings and struck out none of them. The assumption has been that Baz will be a part of the Tampa Bay rotation, but it’s not a given at this point. It certainly works in his favor that he had a 3.06 ERA in 14 starts after returning from Tommy John last year, but his peripherals didn’t really back that up. While he is definitely a big-time talent, he’s not a particularly strong bet for 2025.
Yoniel Curet

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Rays optioned RHP Yoniel Curet and LHPs Joe Rock and Ian Seymour to Triple-A Durham; reassigned INF Brayden Taylor, OF Matthew Etzel and RHP Paul Gervase to minor league camp.

As is often the case with large batches of cuts this early in camp, there were no real surprises among the group. Curet, 22, was terrific between High-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery in 2024, registering a 2.95 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and a 159/60 K/BB ratio over 119 innings in his 26 starts. It wouldn’t be shocking to see him start a couple of games for the Rays before the 2025 season concludes.
Brock Jones

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Brock Jones homered twice off the bench to propel the Rays past the Phillies 5-4 on Thursday.

Jones had a solo homer in the eighth and a two-run blast in the ninth, as the Rays scored all five of their runs in those innings. Jones, a 2022 second-round pick after a terrific career at Stanford, has been a disappointment in the pros. He spent a second straight season at high-A Bowling Green last year, hitting .224/.326/.445 in 377 plate appearances. He should move up to Double-A at age 24 this season, but he’s going to need to have a big year to be taken seriously as a prospect.
Shane McClanahan

TB Starting Pitcher #18

Shane McClanahan pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts Thursday against the Phillies.

All is looking very good here. McClanahan averaged 96.2 mph with his fastball today, barely off his average of 96.8 mph in both 2022 and ’23, and he got 11 missed swings on his 40 pitches. We’re still not sure he’s going to return to being an elite pitcher this season, but everything since the start of the spring has been encouraging.