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Spring Training Tickets Starting to Go on Sale
Here are some players and games to keep an eye on in the Grapefruit League, and a guide to restaurants and hotels near the ballparks.
Spring training tickets are starting to go on sale for the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and other teams in Florida's Grapefruit League.
Single-game tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 21 for the Pirates. The Rays haven't specified an on-sale date yet, but according to MLB.com, single-game tickets will go on sale in mid-January.
Spring training, which begins in March, will be the first chance for fans to see the Pirates' offseason acquisitions:
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- C Rod Barajas
- C Jake Fox
- C Jose Morales
- SS Clint Barmes
- 3B Casey McGehee
- 1B Nick Evans
- IF Yamaico Navarro
- OF Brandon Boggs
- OF Nate McLouth
- P Ryota Igarashi
- P Jo-Jo Reyes
- P Tim Wood
The Rays' offseason acquisitions include:
- DH Luke Scott
- P Fernando Rodney
- P Josh Lueke
- P Burke Badenhop
- C Jose Molina
The Pirates' spring schedule and the Rays' spring schedule include five head-to-head matchups: on Sunday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 28 (night game) in Charlotte County; and on Saturday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 30 in Bradenton.
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The Pirates will also host cross-state rival the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, March 12, and Friday, March 16.
Here's the on-sale schedule for all Grapefruit League teams, from MLB.com:
- Atlanta Braves, Lake Buena Vista: On sale now
- Baltimore Orioles, Sarasota: 10 a.m. Jan. 28 (Where to eat | Where to stay)
- Boston Red Sox, Fort Myers: On sale now
- Detroit Tigers, Lakeland: On sale now
- New York Mets, Port St. Lucie: 10 a.m. Saturday
- New York Yankees, Tampa: On sale now (Where to eat | Where to stay)
- Houston Astros, Kissimmee: Jan. 21
- Philadelphia Phillies, Clearwater: 9 a.m. Thursday ( | Where to stay)
- Pittsburgh Pirates, Bradenton: 10 a.m. Jan. 21 (Where to eat | Where to stay)
- Tampa Bay Rays, Charlotte County: Mid-January
- Toronto Blue Jays, Dunedin: On sale now ( | Where to stay)
- Washington Nationals, Viera: 10 a.m. Jan. 28
On-sale dates for the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, who both play in Jupiter, haven't been announced.
The Rays open the regular season against the Yankees on Friday, April 6 at in St. Petersburg.
Correction: An earlier version of this article said the Rays had specified an on-sale date for spring training tickets. They have not.
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