Major League Baseball announced some changes to the Grapefruit League schedule Wednesday. The Tampa Bay Rays’ spring facility in Port Charlotte suffered plenty of damage due to Hurricane Ian. As a result, the Rays will train at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney and will host the New York Yankees there on February 28. The Rays will play the rest of their home games during the month of March at Tropicana Field.
Tampa had been scheduled to play an exhibition game against Puerto Rico’s World Baseball Classic team on Thursday, March 9. That game will now be hosted by the Atlanta Braves and will be played in North Port at the Braves’ facility. Atlanta will also host the Dominican Republic’s WBC team on March 8.
You can find the Braves’ full Spring Training schedule here.
Braves News
Alex Anthopoulos discussed Atlanta’s pursuit of Dansby Swanson, the shortstop position, Marcell Ozuna and plenty more in an excellent interview with Jeff Schultz for The Athletic.
MLB News
- The Cubs officially announced the signing of Dansby Swanson to a seven-year, $177 million deal Wednesday.
- The Yankees officially announced the signing of Aaron Judge to a nine-year, $360 million deal Wednesday. Hal Steinbrenner also announced that Judge will begin the 2023 season as the team’s captain which is a role that had been vacant since Derek Jeter retired following the 2014 season.
- New York also officially announced the signing of Carlos Rodon to a six-year, $162 million deal.
- Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz suffered a left ankle injury while playing in the Dominican Winter League. The injury is thought to be minor and the expectation is that he will be ready to go when Spring Training opens in February.
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