The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are set to begin a short two-game series tonight at George M. Steinbrenner Field in the Yankees’ spring training complex in Tampa, which the Rays are calling home for 2025. Southpaw Carlos Rodón is lined up to face righty Shane Baz, but before Baz could even take the mound, the tarp went onto the field.

According to YES Network’s Michael Kay, it was raining heavily earlier in the day on Tuesday, and while it stopped, an ugly forecast has the league playing it safe. They don’t want to begin a game with both starters ready to go, only to have it delayed very early on with both pitchers potentially burned. So right now, we are in a rain delay. As Kay alluded, these familiar summer showers in Tampa are among the reasons why Tropicana Field existed with

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