PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — By this time last year, the future was officially an afterthought.
Shane McClanahan had been reassigned to the minor league camp midway through spring training and was destined to begin the season at the team’s alternate training site.
The Rays were days away from beginning the season in Miami with Tyler Glasnow on the mound, and McClanahan was holed up in a Venice-area Airbnb with teammate David Hess.