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Art Deco · 10-01-2025, 08:17 PM

A fairly uneventful March for the Rays as they only saw a couple of minor injuries with the most significant being a sore elbow which will bother LF Tony Fisher for a couple of weeks but it's "minimal" and won't keep him out of the lineup.

There were a couple of interesting free agent signings at the beginning of the month as 40-year-old vet Vlad Guerrero Jr. signed a 1-year, $5.5M deal with Kansas City after hitting .285-15-69 last year, and Mike Blake, who was in our rotation last season before being non-tendered, finally found a home in Cincinnati on a 1-year, $4.2M deal.

Otherwise the roster pretty much has panned out as projected with Isaiah Jackson, our regular backup infielder last season, the victim of the deals we made in the offseason and going to Durham as he had an option left. The full squad:

C-Doughty, Bing
1B-Olvera
2B-Blackwell
SS-Begley
3B-V.Gonzalez
IF-J.Lopez, Solorzano
LF-Fisher
CF-D.Rodriguez
RF-D.Rivera
OF-W.Ramirez
DH-D.Perez

SP-D.Morales, Cerrillo, Espinoza, L.Gutierrez, Paquette
LR-Ericson
MR-Burns, Baca, Baylor, Mauricio, Montgomery, Arnold
SU-E.Lewis
CL-W.Kelly

The team photo:

Luis Cisneros, Rodrigo Trejo and Dan Toliver all cleared waivers and were outrighted off the 40-man roster as they were out of options so they'll return to Durham which will be loaded as usual.

What does OOTP think of the team for 2040?

Division winners as usual, they think, but far from dominant. Interestingly last year's unanimous MVP and runaway WAR leader Begley is not listed among the top 10 AL batters. Here's hoping that's not the start of a downward trend considering what we re-signed him for.

The season will start north of the border with a pair of games in Toronto.

10-01-2025, 08:17 PM	#1592
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,647	2040 Opening Day Roster & Preseason Predictions A fairly uneventful March for the Rays as they only saw a couple of minor injuries with the most significant being a sore elbow which will bother LF Tony Fisher for a couple of weeks but it's "minimal" and won't keep him out of the lineup. There were a couple of interesting free agent signings at the beginning of the month as 40-year-old vet Vlad Guerrero Jr. signed a 1-year, $5.5M deal with Kansas City after hitting .285-15-69 last year, and Mike Blake, who was in our rotation last season before being non-tendered, finally found a home in Cincinnati on a 1-year, $4.2M deal. Otherwise the roster pretty much has panned out as projected with Isaiah Jackson, our regular backup infielder last season, the victim of the deals we made in the offseason and going to Durham as he had an option left. The full squad: C-Doughty, Bing 1B-Olvera 2B-Blackwell SS-Begley 3B-V.Gonzalez IF-J.Lopez, Solorzano LF-Fisher CF-D.Rodriguez RF-D.Rivera OF-W.Ramirez DH-D.Perez SP-D.Morales, Cerrillo, Espinoza, L.Gutierrez, Paquette LR-Ericson MR-Burns, Baca, Baylor, Mauricio, Montgomery, Arnold SU-E.Lewis CL-W.Kelly The team photo: Luis Cisneros, Rodrigo Trejo and Dan Toliver all cleared waivers and were outrighted off the 40-man roster as they were out of options so they'll return to Durham which will be loaded as usual. What does OOTP think of the team for 2040? Division winners as usual, they think, but far from dominant. Interestingly last year's unanimous MVP and runaway WAR leader Begley is not listed among the top 10 AL batters. Here's hoping that's not the start of a downward trend considering what we re-signed him for. The season will start north of the border with a pair of games in Toronto.