The Tampa Bay Rays have announced the following promotions to their home clubhouse staff: Ryan Denlinger has been named home clubhouse manager, Tyler Wall has been named home equipment manager and Ryan Riddle has been named assistant home clubhouse manager. In addition, the club has promoted Mike Sandoval to the major league training staff as assistant athletic trainer.
 
Denlinger, who will oversee the home clubhouse staff in his new role, enters his 13th season with the Rays. His previous experience in the organization came as the assistant home clubhouse manager (2014-17), Rays clubhouse attendant (2007-13) and Rookie-level Princeton Rays clubhouse attendant (2006). Prior to joining the Rays, Denlinger graduated from the University of South Florida in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and completed an internship with the Cincinnati Reds. He resides in St. Petersburg with his wife, Anita; daughter, Reese (2); and newborn son, Dax.
 
Wall enters his 10th season with the Rays. He was the umpires locker room attendant and a Rays clubhouse attendant for the previous eight seasons (2010-17) after starting with the organization as a bat boy during the 2009 season. Wall graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's degree in sport management and business studies. He currently resides in Tampa with his wife, Regina, and their first child is due in early-March 2018.
 
Riddle enters his 13th season with the Rays. He was a Rays clubhouse attendant for the previous ten seasons (2008-17) after starting with the organization as a bat boy during the 2006 season. Riddle was raised in Clearwater, Fla. and joined the Rays after graduation from Countryside High School. He now resides in Dunedin with his girlfriend, Emily.
 
Sandoval joins the major league training staff as assistant athletic trainer after six seasons as an athletic trainer with the Triple-A Durham Bulls. Next year will be his 32nd season in professional baseball, including 25 years with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. From 2001-11, he was the Pirates assistant athletic trainer and major league rehab coordinator. He began his professional career in 1987 as athletic trainer for the Watertown Pirates of the New York-Penn League. He has also worked with Rookie-level Princeton (1988), Class-A Salem (1989), Double-A Harrisburg (1990), Double-A Carolina (1991, 1997-98), Triple-A Buffalo (1992-94), Triple-A Calgary (1995) and Double-A Altoona (1999-2000). Sandoval graduated from New Mexico State University in 1988 with a degree in physical education and sports medicine. He and his wife, Dodie, have a son, Michael Jr.
 
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