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Posted Mar 1, 2010 by Roger Mooney
Updated Mar 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Dioner Navarro, Ben Zobrist, Jason Bartlett, B.J. Upton and Kelly Shoppach are scheduled to play in the Grapefruit League opener Wednesday in Sarasota. Zoby will be at second base. Shoppach will DH.
Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, Gabe Kapler, Pat Burrell and Shoppach will play Thursday when the Rays play the Orioles at Charlotte Sports Park. The Rays will get their first look at Shoppach behind the plate that afternoon..
Sean Rodriguez will play shortstop and Reid Brignac will play second base Thursday against the O’s.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said he will pair those two together as much as possible this spring while flip-flopping the two between second and short.
“We have to see more of (Rodriguez) at shortstop,” Maddon said.
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