Jamie Westbrook may have only earned a non-roster invitation to the Tampa Bay Rays' spring training camp earlier this week, but he hit a double and made some impressive plays at second base against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

Boston's AL East rival gives Jamie Westbrook an invitation to spring training and a chance to impress the Rays.

The Red Sox had to answer to the wife of their new $120 million man before the deal became official this month.

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

FORT MYERS — The Rays like the way their starting ... s 8-2 exhibition win over the Red Sox. Seymour worked the first two innings, striking out Boston frontliners Jarren Duran and Alex Bregman ...

The Yankees spent millions upgrading their spring training facility in Tampa, creating amenities for the players at Steinbrenner Field that appear to be better suited for a luxury hotel than a baseball stadium.

Jack Flaherty and Kenta Maeda combined to allow four runs in five innings in the Detroit Tigers' 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

Westbrook slashed .267/.364/.436 in 49 games for the Worcester Red Sox with five home runs and 25 RBI before he was called up to the majors for the first time. The Massachusetts native made his MLB debut with the Red Sox after 11 minor league seasons with five different organizations.

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Matt Moore is a decade removed from being an All-Star SP for the Rays, but the veteran has shown enough flashes as a RP that the Red Sox took a flier on him.