One of the main reasons the Rays signed veteran catcher Danny Jansen for $8.5 million was to add offense at a position where they hadn’t had much. Homering in his first at-bat of the spring Saturday was a good way to start.

It didn’t take long for Danny Jansen to make some noise with his new club this spring. In the second inning of Saturday’s 6-4 loss to the Red Sox, the Rays’ backstop hit a line-drive home run over the

Despite the 1 for 4 official stat line, Mayer did plenty of heavy lifting at the plate. He drove home an RBI drew a walk and hit a rope to the gap in left-center that likely would have dropped in for a base hit nine out of 10 times. Unfortunately for Mayer, Rays center fielder Chandler Simpson made a beautiful diving catch to rob Mayer.

After a 5-2 victory in their exhibition game with the Northeastern Huskies on Friday, the Red Sox opened the official Grapefruit League campaign with a 6-4 road win over the

This afternoon the Red Sox will take on the Rays at Charlotte Sports Park in Charlotte, Florida, aka the other of the Rays’ two spring training ballparks that they’ll call hom