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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:
- 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.
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 eat | 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 eat | 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 Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
