DATE OPPONENT AFFILIATES GAME LOCATIONS March 16 Twins Stone Crabs/Hot Rods home, Biscuits/Bulls away March 17 Orioles Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away March 18 Red Sox TBA March 19 Orioles Stone Crabs/Hot Rods home, Biscuits/Bulls away March 20 Camp Day March 21 Red Sox TBA March 22 Twins Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away March 23 Red Sox TBA March 24 Orioles Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away March 25 Red Sox TBA March 26 Orioles Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away March 27 Camp Day March 28 Orioles Stone Crabs/Hot Rods home, Biscuits/Bulls away March 29 Red Sox TBA March 30 Twins Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away March 31 Orioles Biscuits/Bulls home, Stone Crabs/Hot Rods away April 1 Orioles Stone Crabs/Hot Rods home, Biscuits/Bulls away[Updated to add from the Comments]: Also for those of you heading to Port Charlotte for minor league spring training, I attached a travel guide to Claw Digest with directions and information on the away games for the Rays minor league clubs once games get started. If you have not seen it, here is the information:
Rays MiLB: The Rays minor league games are held on the backfields of Charlotte Sports Park at 2300 El Jobean Road in Port Charlotte. When the major league club is on the road or off, plenty of parking is available in the parking lot to the stadium. If there is a game in the stadium, you can either deal with the crowd and pay to park in the stadium or limited streetside parking is available along Ester Avenue to the north side of the training complex. You can reach Ester Avenue from the side street by the Harley Davidson dealership on El Jobean Rd east of the stadium.
Orioles MiLB: The Orioles affiliates play their spring games at the Buck O’Neil Complex at Twin Lakes Park located at 6700 Clark Road in Sarasota, Florida. The complex is approximately 35 miles from Charlotte Sports Park and will take about 45 minutes to get there on a normal day. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head north until Exit 205 (Clark Road). After exiting at Clark Road, head east on Clark Road and Twin Lakes Park is located about a half mile from the interstate.
Twins MiLB: The Twins affiliates hold their spring training games at the Lee County Sports Complex located at 14100 Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers. It is a 55 mile trip that will take a little over an hour. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head south until you reach Exit 131 (SW Florida International Airport/Cape Coral). Head west on Daniels Parkway until you reach Six Mile Cypress. Make a left onto Six Mile Cypress and the complex will be about a mile away from the intersection.
Red Sox MiLB: The Red Sox hold their minor league games at the Red Sox Player Development Complex at 4301 Edison Avenue in Fort Myers. The trip is about 45 miles and will take just under an hour to complete. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head south until you reach Exit 138 (Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd). Head west on MLK until Rockfill Road. Turn left on Rockfill Rd and take the first left onto Edison Avenue. The complex is about a quarter mile from the intersection.
Nice work Jim and thank for the nice interview you did on Tyler!
ReplyDeleteWe'll be down March 21st through the 26th.
Thanks you also. We will be down the 24-27th of March. Good luck to Tyler Daniel.
ReplyDeletesince the MILB site is always behind on signings, any chance you folks know whick free agents resigned with TB? ie Royster etc....
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting this schedule. We'll be there!
ReplyDeleteI, too, wonder about Tampa Bay's minor league free agents/releases like Royster, Sonoqui, Fuller, Ayers etc. FYI- Matt Fields will be playing for Joliet Slammers.
I apologize as you have probably answered this question a lot, but what happened to Chris Luck??
ReplyDeleteAwesome for Princeton when he was 17 & 18, but then gone??? I've googled everything and there is NO mention??
Thanks,
Joe
Joe,
ReplyDeleteLast I heard was July 6, 2009, he was placed on the restricted list for 'personal reasons'. Never have seen a word about him since, and frankly have never asked.
Link.
Your welcome.
ReplyDeleteDaniel, I am glad you liked the Q&A with Tyler. I am working on the next piece which will run shortly.
Also for those of you heading to Port Charlotte for minor league spring training, I attached a travel guide to Claw Digest with directions and information on the away games for the Rays minor league clubs once games get started. If you have not seen it, here is the information:
Rays MiLB: The Rays minor league games are held on the backfields of Charlotte Sports Park at 2300 El Jobean Road in Port Charlotte. When the major league club is on the road or off, plenty of parking is available in the parking lot to the stadium. If there is a game in the stadium, you can either deal with the crowd and pay to park in the stadium or limited streetside parking is available along Ester Avenue to the north side of the training complex. You can reach Ester Avenue from the side street by the Harley Davidson dealership on El Jobean Rd east of the stadium.
Orioles MiLB: The Orioles affiliates play their spring games at the Buck O’Neil Complex at Twin Lakes Park located at 6700 Clark Road in Sarasota, Florida. The complex is approximately 35 miles from Charlotte Sports Park and will take about 45 minutes to get there on a normal day. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head north until Exit 205 (Clark Road). After exiting at Clark Road, head east on Clark Road and Twin Lakes Park is located about a half mile from the interstate.
Twins MiLB: The Twins affiliates hold their spring training games at the Lee County Sports Complex located at 14100 Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers. It is a 55 mile trip that will take a little over an hour. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head south until you reach Exit 131 (SW Florida International Airport/Cape Coral). Head west on Daniels Parkway until you reach Six Mile Cypress. Make a left onto Six Mile Cypress and the complex will be about a mile away from the intersection.
Red Sox MiLB: The Red Sox hold their minor league games at the Red Sox Player Development Complex at 4301 Edison Avenue in Fort Myers. The trip is about 45 miles and will take just under an hour to complete. From Charlotte Sports Park head east on El Jobean Road until Toledo Blade Blvd. Turn left on Toledo Blade Blvd towards I-75. Once you reach I-75, head south until you reach Exit 138 (Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd). Head west on MLK until Rockfill Road. Turn left on Rockfill Rd and take the first left onto Edison Avenue. The complex is about a quarter mile from the intersection.
You sure did your homework about minor league spring training- and we appreciate that. We will be there. Will you? FYI-Elias Otero will be playing in the Puerto Rican league. The team begins with O. Orocovis???- not sure if that's it. Do you know of any sites that report on that league? I'm having trouble finding it online.
ReplyDeleteI went ahead and added Jim's directions to the front page so no one misses the great info.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone else has any tips about any of the four parks, list them here. Good places to park, best/worst seat locations, places to eat in the area around the park, other sites to visit in the area (in case you bring the family), etc.
If you go to the Twins, and the major league team is home, after 9 AM you have to pay to park. You might talk your way past the lot attendant saying you're going to the minor lg game, but that does not always work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Again for all the information. Great Job
ReplyDeletehow come there are so many player from the arizona fall league playing in big league camp right now except the rays players who were invited?
ReplyDeleteWhat time is the April 1st Crabs game?
ReplyDeleteWhen will the 2012 Rays Minor League Spring Training Schedule be released?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't count on a Rays MiLB spring training schedule until the last minute. The past few years, I had to piece together the schedule using opponents schedules because they never formally released on. I would not expect anything to come out until around when MLB camp opens. When something comes along, we will pass it along.
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