Price won't have it easy

By ALAN DELL

Tampa Rays lefty David Price won’t have any easy time in his expected brief outing against the Yankees. The defending world champs are not sparing much in their starting lineup, which has Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez in the top four spots (followed by Jorge Posada, Marcus Thames, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Francisco Cervelli.

The Rays starting lineup:
Jason Bartlett – SS
Sean Rodriguez- LF
Evan Longoria – 3B
Ben Zobrist- 2B
B.J. Upton- CF
Dioner Navarro- C
Dan Johnson – DH
Justin Ruggiano- RF
Chris Richard – 1B

The Rays have eight outfielders in camp, but only four made the trip with Fernando Perez joining the other three starters in today’s lineup.