The Phillies’ BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla., was also under consideration by the Rays, who said the Yankees' "was the least difficult" field to get up to major league standards.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play next season in a New York Yankees-owned ballpark. The Tampa-based George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees and their Low-A minor league affiliate, Tampa Tarpons, will serve as the Rays’ home field ...