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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, Baltimore Orioles and other teams in Florida's Grapefruit League.
Single-game tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 28 for the Orioles. 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 Orioles' offseason acquisitions:
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- OF Endy Chavez
- OF Jai Miller
- OF Antoan Richardson
- C Taylor Teagarden
The Rays' offseason acquisitions include:
- DH Luke Scott
- P Fernando Rodney
- P Josh Lueke
- P Burke Badenhop
- C Jose Molina
The Orioles' spring schedule and the Rays' spring schedule include four head-to-head matchups: on Monday, March 5 (split squad) and Friday, March 9 in Charlotte County; and on Tuesday, March 13 and Sunday, April 1 in Sarasota.
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The Orioles will host American League rival the New York Yankees in a split squad night game on Sunday, March 18, and they will welcome the Boston Red Sox to town three times: on Sunday, March 11; Friday, March 23; and in a split squad matchup on St. Patrick's Day, which is a Saturday.
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.
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