Robinson Chirinos News

The Rays' Jeff Keppinger, being tagged out at the plate during a game against the Yankees this month, has a broken big toe on his right foot.

Every team has to deal with injuries over the course of the season - it is simply an inescapable truth when playing 162 games in a season.

It's a special weekend around Major League Baseball ballparks as the 16th season of Interleague play begins and for the Tampa Bay Rays, they'll be hosting the Atlanta Braves in a three-game weekend series.

Before the game, the Rays put outfielder Desmond Jennings on the 15-day disabled list.

RHP Wade Davis was the odd man out when the Rays settled on a rotation during the final week of spring training.

Morrow gave up six runs, five unearned, in a game-changing fifth inning, and saw his career-best four-start winning streak snapped and the Toronto Blue Jays lost 7-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays have placed outfielder Desmond Jennings on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 12, and recalled utilityman Stephen Vogt from Triple-A Durham.

If the Rays are going to put up big numbers in the win column this season, they are going to have to get better at the small-ball facets of their game, specifically getting down bunts.

The Rays' Desmond Jennings suffered a left knee injury on this slide during Sunday's game against the A's. The Rays' Desmond Jennings suffered a left knee injury on this slide during Sunday's game against the A's. A knee brace and a few nights off appear to be the only lingering effects from the sprained left knee sustained by LF Desmond Jennings ... (more)

Tonight kicks off an important three game set against the 19-10 Tampa Bay Rays .

Jason Parks joined the Baseball Prospectus roster in 2011, having spent the previous three years covering the Texas Rangers farm system for Baseball Time in Arlington , while doubling as a pro scout in Mexico as well as the New York-Penn League.

Manager Joe Maddon told his team in one of its first spring training meetings how important it was to start the season off right, even with an April schedule filled with tough tests against several of the AL's best.