Rays starter Zack Littell got most of his planned work in, throwing 34 pitches over two innings. He struck out two while allowing one hit, a homer to Royce Lewis, in his spring debut. Littell was slated to face one batter in the third but was pleased with the work he was able to get in.

It didn’t take long for Danny Jansen to make some noise with his new club this spring. In the second inning of Saturday’s 6-4 loss to the Red Sox, the Rays’ backstop hit a line-drive home run over the

One of the main reasons the Rays signed veteran catcher Danny Jansen for $8.5 million was to add offense at a position where they hadn’t had much. Homering in his first at-bat of the spring Saturday was a good way to start.