Logan Workman’s last name is fitting for the way the Soddy-Daisy native has produced on the mound the past two seasons as he continues to show promise as a potential starter for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
Workman, who turned 27 in December, was one of minor league baseball’s top workhorses in 2024 and 2025, a span in which he led pitchers across all sub-MLB levels of the pros in starts (56) while ranking third in innings pitched (298 11/3), tied for fourth in wins (20) and eighth in strikeouts (290).
As the former Soddy Daisy High School and Lee University standout arrived in Port Charlotte, Florida, this week as one of the Rays’ 25 nonroster invitees to their big league camp for spring training, the sixth-year pro did so with hopes of taking advantage of an opportunity to show he deserves to make the organization’s MLB roster in 2026.
“Everything is honestly kind of up for grabs,” said the 6-foot-4, 210-pound right-hander. “Nobody is expecting or wanting any type of injury from any player, but at the same time, being a nonroster invite (not on the 40-man MLB roster), you have to treat it as if you can make the opening day roster the second to last week of March because of something that happened during spring training. So being ready and producing on day one and all throughout spring training is key.
“Getting down here to Florida is a breath of fresh air to be constantly in the heat and sunshine again. I get to play a kids’ game still at 27 and am one step closer to my dream. I would love to help the Rays in any way possible if I get that opportunity.”