PORT CHARLOTTE (620 WDAE) -- The Tampa bay Rays will open the 2018 Grapefruit League with a split-squad matchup. Manager Kevin Cash will manage the home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bench coach Charlie Montoyo will take a group to Sarasota to take on the Baltimore Orioles. Both contests will start at 1:00.
TEAMS TO WEAR STONEMAN DOUGLAS HATS -- Both the Rays and Pirates will wear the hats of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to honor the 17 killed in the school shooting earlier this month.