Rays' Josh Lowe: Starting versus lefty in opener

Lowe is starting in right field and batting seventh in Friday's opener against the Rockies.

The Rays seemed to telegraph that they intended to use the left-handed hitting Lowe as an everyday player with how they constructed their roster, and he is indeed in there versus southpaw Kyle Freeland on Opening Day. Lowe has a career .193/.252/.287 slash line against left-handed pitching, so he has some work to do to avoid being platooned.