A Look Inside The Tampa Bay Rays' 120-hour Makeover Of The Yankees' Steinbrenner Field

a look inside the tampa bay rays 120hour makeover of the yankees steinbrenner field

Junior Caminero opened the narrow white door in his new spacious locker and the Tampa Bay third baseman discovered a bat Giancarlo Stanton left behind.

Down the row at the other prestigious corner stall, pitcher Shane Baz had no idea he was in Aaron Judge's spring training abode.

"I haven't found anything yet," he said. "I'll take anything."

Left homeless after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9, the Rays began their season as renters at Steinbrenner Field , the spring training headquarters for the New York Yankees. They beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 when rookie Kameron Misner broke a tie leading off the ninth inning with his first major league home run.

"Talk about the wind. Talk about wearing sunglasses at a home opener. It was a little strange early on," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "I've got my notes and different thoughts and the winds whipping in the dugout and, yeah, it's just not a factor that we're accustomed to. Shadows, not accustomed to that, at home at least."