JUNE 9, 2022 • TAMPABAY.COM
Photos: Rays aim to win series over Cardinals After a walkoff victory Tuesday night, the Tampa Bay Rays look to win their series against the St. Louis Cardinals as the teams play the sec...
Shane Baz - Season debut coming Saturday Rays manager Kevin Cash said Baz (elbow) is on track to come off the 60-day injured list to start Saturday's game in Minnesota, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Impact As anticipated, Baz will be ready to make his season debut this weekend after he recently wrapped up a four-start rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham. In his most recent outing Sunday, Baz struck out 10 over 4.1 innings while building up to 79 pitches, so he shouldn't face any significant restrictions with his workload in his first start with the Rays. In his first taste of the big leagues late last season, Baz produced a 2.03 ERA, 0.68 WHIP and 18:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings over his three starts.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Nolan Arenado - May have hurt kneecap Tuesday Arenado, who is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays, could be dealing with some residual soreness after he was hit in the kneecap by a pitch in Tuesday's 4-2 lo...
Impact Arenado looked to be in pain after he was hit by a pitch in the top of the 10th, but he took his base and was in the field in the bottom of the inning in the Rays' walkoff win. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol hasn't explicitly said that Arenado's absence from the lineup a day later is a result of the knee issue, but the 31-year-old's availability will bear watching nonetheless heading into Thursday's series finale. For his part, Arenado told Denton that he expects to be ready to pinch hit Wednesday if needed and plans to rejoin the lineup Thursday.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Nolan Arenado - Not starting Wednesday Arenado isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Impact Arenado will get a day off after he went 2-for-16 with two runs, two RBI, two walks and a strikeout over the last four games. Brendan Donovan will start at third base while Lars Nootbaar takes over in right field.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Yadier Molina - Receives Wednesday off Molina is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Impact Molina will take a seat after he caught each of the Cardinals' last three games while going 3-for-14 with a double and five strikeouts. Andrew Knizner will relieve Molina behind the dish.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Mike Zunino - Remains out of lineup Zunino isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.
Impact Zunino went 1-for-6 with a home run, two RBI, a walk and two strikeouts over his last two games, and he'll be out of the lineup for a second consecutive matchup. Francisco Mejia will start behind the plate and bat seventh.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Isaac Paredes - Not in Wednesday's lineup Paredes is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Cardinals.
Impact Paredes started in the last five games and went 2-for-13 with a homer, three runs, three RBI and five walks. Vidal Brujan will take over at the keystone and bat sixth Thursday.
JUNE 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
