ORLANDO, Fla. -- Yes, the Rays recognized that they have too many outfielders to carry on their Opening Day roster. No, they’re not worried about it yet.

After picking up Jake Fraley and signing center fielder Cedric Mullins , the Rays have nine outfielders on their 40-man roster : those two, Josh Lowe, Jonny DeLuca, Chandler Simpson, Jake Mangum, Richie Palacios, Ryan Vilade and Tristan Peters. Six of them bat left-handed, and Mangum is a switch-hitter.

No, it doesn’t all totally fit together right now. The good news is the Rays didn’t have to fill out a lineup card on Day 1 of the Winter Meetings.

“We have a lot of room for improvement, and I think it's important that we're open-minded to improving ourselves any way that we can,” president of baseball operations Erik Neander sai

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