The Latest Breaking News from Kevin Cash

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ― Turns out the only thing that could cool off Manuel Margot was a sore right hamstring.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At 6 feet, 6 inches and 285 pounds, pitcher Alek Manoah is a mountain of a man and king of the Blue Jays’ hill.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wander Franco has been putting up impressive numbers since he joined the Rays last June as the game’s most-touted prospect.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash might have been wise to take a page out of Joe Maddon’s playbook and walk Shohei Ohtani intentionally with the bases loaded in the seventh inning Monday night, just like the Angels manager did with Texas Rangers slugger Corey Seager on April 16.

SEATTLE — The Rays were two outs from completing a sweep of the Mariners and crowning Manuel Margot’s latest late-game heroics on Sunday afternoon.

OAKLAND, Calif. — After back-to-back rough losses at home, the Rays needed a change.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — All the traditional signs of opening day were in place at Tropicana Field on Friday afternoon. The bunting was hung, the seats were full, and optimism, even about a new stadium, was in the air.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — The Rays and Manuel Margot were working Tuesday to finalize a contract extension that would keep the versatile veteran outfielder with the team for two more years and pay him $19 million.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — With a week until the season starts, the Rays are down to filling the final spots in their bullpen.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — There are times, highly placed sources have confirmed under promise of anonymity, when Corey Kluber occasionally will laugh, joke around and even subtly mastermind some clubhouse pranks.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — By this time last year, the future was officially an afterthought.