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• Player of the Series: Yandy Diaz

Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images Diaz had hits in all three games, including a game tying homerun The Tampa Bay Rays just completed a frustrating three games series with the Boston Red Sox, losing two of the three games. On Monday, the Rays blew multiple leads throughout the contest and just narrowly hung on to win the game, 10-8, in 11 innings. On Tuesday, the Rays offense hit the ball really...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ian Seymour made his big league debut This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Wednesday. This was the 11th week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system has changed once...2025
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images I was over ruled in trying to give it to Evan Longoria When the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Christopher Morel at the 2024 trade deadline, the hope was for some immediate thump to be added to their lineup. After Morel homered in his first two games as a Ray, it seemed like they had made a good decision in trading Isaac Paredes to Chicago in order to obtain More...2025
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• Rays Reacts Results: Are the Rays playoffs bound yet?

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images People HATE the Simpson decision. The Tampa Bay Rays remain an a pretty strong win streak, having cruised through their sweep of the Rangers. Ahead of that series, I posed two questions. In response to both, y’all were pretty negative! First: Should the Rays have optioned Chandler Simpson to work on his defense, when he’d provided such a spark to a Rays team adri...2025
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The speedster stole home and also scored a winning run from second on an infield single Earlier this season, the Tampa Bay Rays were swept in a three game series in Texas against the Rangers. Over the past three days, the Rays returned the favor in Tampa as they took all three games against the Rangers. The starting pitching was solid for the Rays and th...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: Chandler Simpson demoted, Matt Thaiss acquired

Rhona Wise-Imagn Images Are these proactive moves by the Rays front office? Chandler Simpson sent down to AAA, Matt Thaiss replaces Ben Rortvedt as the team’s backup catcher, Taylor Walls loses it on an umpire, and Evan Longoria is set to officially retire as a Ray. On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice, we discuss all the latest Rays news, and debate whether or not recent roster mov...2025
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• AL Week 10 Strategy-May 31, 2025
In The Field OF Evan Carter (quad) ran sprints on Wednesday and started a rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Round Rock. He has been out for two weeks with the injury. OF Alejandra Osuna and OF Sam Haggerty have been playing in the outfield in his absence. Carter hit .182 with 1 HR, 5 R, 3 RBI, and 3 SB in 37 PA before getting injured. 3B Yoan Moncada left Wednesday's game early with right...2025
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images or, are the Rays good? With the 2025 season one third complete, what is the top story line of the year thus far? Danny Russell With the series win against the Twins, the Rays have risen to a 28-27 record, second in the AL East — albeit 7.0 games back from the Yankees — and, in an astonishing turn around, improving their playoff odds to 30%. Y...2025
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• Player of the Series: Drew Rasmussen

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Six shutout innings helped pave the way to the Rays lone victory of the series The Tampa Bay Rays lost a series to the Miami Marlins for the first time since 2018. Nothing really went right for the team and even in the game they won, Chandler Simpson’s face paid the price. When looking for a player that performed the best, only two hitters had a wRC+ over...2025
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
In The Field C Alejandro Kirk missed Tuesday's game after getting hit on the head with a backswing on Sunday, but he was in the rest of the week. OF Yordan Alvarez (hand) is still day-to-day with his hand injury. He was able to hit in the cage on Thursday but did not play against the Rangers. He was expected back this weekend but did not return on Saturday. His return is expected soon. OF Byron ...2025
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• Player of the Series: Brandon Lowe

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Lowe capped off an eventful series with a two homerun game on Thursday During the Rays three game series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, veteran second baseman Brandon Lowe broke out of a weeks long slump. Entering play on Tuesday, Lowe had seven hits over his last 52 PA and was hitting .152/.250/.304 over that span (13 games); during this series aga...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Crew heads to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays of George M. Steinbrenner Field The Milwaukee Brewers are set to head to Florida as they’ll take on the Tampa Bay Rays for three games beginning Friday night. The Crew is coming off a 3-3 homestand against the Cubs and Astros, including a series win over Houston. They sit at 19-19 this season. On the other side, th...2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• Rays series preview: Outdoor baseball in Tampa

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will Steinbrenner Field play? The Royals have sought to emulate the Rays in many ways, poaching manager Matt Quatraro and bench coach Paul Hoover from the organization. Owner John Sherman has talked about having a more sustainable approach to competitiveness, like the Rays have done despite a shoestring budget. The team has won fewe...2025
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• Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Xander Bogaerts strikes out twice with runners in scoring position For the second time in three days the San Diego Padres were kept off the scoreboard by an opposing starting pitcher. Shane Baz completed seven innings against the Padres and helped the Tampa Bay Rays earn a 1-0 win at Petco Park, Friday. Baz used a combination of fastb...2025
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• Player of the Series: Chandler Simpson

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images One of the top prospects in baseball notched his first big league hit during the series It didn’t take long for Chandler Simpson to prove he was the fastest player in baseball. Simpson’s game shattering speed made waves around the game on Sunday as he scorched a ground ball to the right side of the infield. Yankees first baseman, Paul Goldschmidt, knew he ha...2025
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images I wish I could give it to all three starters! With Adam on vacation this week, I’ve had the opportunity to write this week’s Player of the Series articles, and the power is thrilling. I can choose anyone! Maybe I could even choose the fans! Because, in addition to the great bucket hat catch on Memorial Day, we were treated to this bro who celebrated catchin...2025
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"Chandler Simpson popped up a bunt to Pasquantino, Yandy Díaz was robbed of extra bases on a lovely catch at the wall by Hunter Renfroe, and Christopher Morel grounded out 5-3 on the first pitch."

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"Here is the the top ten: Carson Williams, SS Brayden Taylor, 3B Tre’ Morgan, 1B Xavier Isaac, 1B Gary Gill Hill, RHP Trevor Harrison, RHP Santiago Suarez, RHP Chandler Simpson, OF Brailer Guerrero, OF Theo Gillen, OF Here are some of the fun tool grades given by Baseball America: Carson Williams: 70 Field | 70 Arm Tre’ Morgan: 65 Hit | 80 Field Xavier Isaac: 55 Run Santiago Suarez: 70 Control Chandler Simpson: 70 Hit | 80 Run Carson Williams has been the Rays consensus top prospect for over a year now as he is a five tool player with above average power and elite defense."

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"SS Chandler Simpson (6’2” 170, 22 in 2023) The Rays drafted Chandler Simpson out of Georgia Tech with their competitive balance round B pick (70th overall) in the 2022 draft."

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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Littell did we know we knew so little In a series that featured the Tampa Bay Rays plating double digit runs twice and out scoring the Houston Astros, 30-9 there are several players worthy of receiving this accolade. There was Junior Caminero doing something that only a few other 21-year olds in baseball history have done. Taj Bradley was excellent over 7 IP in a...2025
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• Rays 13, Astros 3: Cami Crush

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Junior Caminero’s six-RBI night and Chandler Simpson’s three stolen bases powers the Rays past the Astros Houston native Shane Baz was rolling — until he wasn’t. Baz was cruising through the first four frames with the aid of a first inning lead by way of a Yandy Diaz sacrifice fly. Two more Rays runs came in the fourth and fifth from Chandler Simpson walking, s...2025
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?
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• Player of the Series: Drew Rasmussen
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• Player of the Series: Travis Jankowski

Photo by Kelly Gavin/Getty Images The journeyman outfielder made his presence known this past weekend A month ago, the Chicago White Sox, a team that was historically awful in 2024 and off to an abysmal 2025 start, didn’t believe having Travis Jankowski on their active roster made them a better team. He was designated for assignment on April 6th, cleared waivers, and accepted his assignmen...2025
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Rays wrap it up with a series win. On the afternoon getaway day game, with the series tied 1-1, the Rays were hoping to come away with a series win before seeing the Blue Jays again for the second time this month. The Astros had been tough competition this series, and this game wouldn’t prove to be an easy one. Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Rays, while...2025
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• One Pitch, Three Runs, No Reward: Rays 1, Blue Jays 3

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images One swing erased five innings of brilliance from Pepiot in a painful loss. One strike away. That’s how close Ryan Pepiot was, not once but twice, to escaping the sixth inning unscathed on Wednesday night in Toronto. Instead, one 0-2 pitch turned a night of promise into another gut-punch loss for the Tampa Bay Rays. Alejandro Kirk, down to his final strike...2025
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• Brewers drop close, ugly game to Rays 4-3

Dave Nelson-Imagn Images Tampa prevails in a not-particularly-well-played game Box Score The Brewers and Rays are often thought of as the Spider-Man meme of baseball teams, different versions of themselves in opposite leagues, small-market teams with tons of development successes. This season, though, both are a bit mired. Tonight, the Rays managed a victory in a game that was disappointin...2025
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• Rays 1, DBacks 5: (No) Good Luck, Babe

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Rays lose the typical way for TB in 25: bats failing to finish rally, SP gives up HRs, and bullpen adds even more runs. The Rays are in such a weird spot right now. It’s easy to claim that they are just a bad team. It’s easy to just lament this is the same song and dance from 2024. But the reality is far stranger. Tonight, much like the rest of the...2025
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• AL Week 4 Strategy-April 19, 2025
In The Field OF Willi Castro (oblique) was out of the lineup on Friday. This comes on the heels of him leaving Wednesday's game early due to tightness in his right oblique. He is considered day-to-day. 3B D.J. LeMahieu (calf) is expected to start a rehab assignment on Tuesday. He has not had a spring, so he will need a length rehab assignment prior to making his season debut. OF Josh Lowe (obliq...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 19, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images We’ve run out of ways to describe how crappy the offense has been. Anne Rogers writes about the struggling Royals offense. “This is a game of routines,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s a game of consistency. If there was something glaring that we thought we could do, I think we would do that. But I think we have to trust our guys. We believe in this ...2025
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match
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• One Pitch, Three Runs, No Reward: Rays 1, Blue Jays 3
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• Rays 11, Blue Jays 9: Rollercoaster ride north of the border

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images They should try scoring 11 runs every night. My last two recaps have come at the start of home stands. Thank you to our managing editor Danny Russell for allowing me to recap the start of a road trip, where the magic will happen this season. Before the game, we learned that Yandy Diaz would not be accompanying the team to Toronto because of a passport issue. He...2025
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• Yelich, Contreras homer as Brewers top Rays 4-2

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images No offensive explosion, but encouraging signs Box Score After two demoralizing losses in which the Brewers looked utterly helpless offensively, they did what they needed to do to pick up a win on Sunday. After a 40-minute rain delay, neither starter (Chad Patrick for Milwaukee and former Brewer Drew Rasmussen for the Rays) looked particularly sharp, but neit...2025
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• Rays 2 Brewers 4: No sweep for us

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Sometimes your team loses because the offense is stifled, and sometimes your team loses because the pitching isn’t great. Today I’d say both offense and pitching were meh. The Rays pitchers, together, gave up four runs, with two fourth inning solo homeruns off of Drew Rasmussen the difference makers. It’s still amazing to me that other teams are killing the ...2025
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• Brewers drop close, ugly game to Rays 4-3
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• Rays 7, D-Backs 6: A Thriller in the Desert

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Local stingray goes through a roller coaster of emotions This game had everything: Multiple lead changes Three hits from Yandy Diaz Dingers Kameron Misner getting tagged out after popping up from a slide MTV’s Dan Cortez Jokes aside, this win did not come easy. A dramatic double play with the bases loaded in the top of the 11th inning is what it took to cap this...2025
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• Commanding Cameron’s cutters carve, cartilaginous competitors conquered 3-0

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The debutant took a no-hitter into the seventh. Noah Cameron was outstanding in his big league debut for the Kansas City Royals, while the bullpen provided enough support to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-0 game. Kansas City quickly got started in the first against Drew Rasmussen. With one out, Bobby Witt Jr. singled the other way to run his hit stre...2025
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• Six Rays prospects featured among Baseball America’s Top 100

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images 2023 1st round selection Brayden Taylor was among the six The Tampa Bay Rays continue to receive excellent grades regarding their farm system. Baseball America released their list of the top 100 prospects in the game entering the 2025 season and it featured six members of the Rays organization. 11. Carson Williams 65. Brayden Taylor 80. Tre’ Morgan 87. ...2025
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• Stolen-base machine Chandler Simpson called up by Rays
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• Lorenzen sharp, Fermin tough as Royals beat Rays 3-1

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Royals have won 7 of 8. Michael Lorenzen was sharp over six innings and the offense did just enough to defeat the Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night. The Royals have won seven of eight and have climbed back to .500 on the year. The Royals jumped on the board in the first inning. Leadoff hitter Jonathan India singled to start the game, then advanced to second on...2025
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• Chandler Simpson beat out a routine one-hopper TO FIRST BASE
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• Baseball America’s top 10 Rays prospects for 2025

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Carson Williams headlines an exciting crop of Rays prospects Baseball America has released their rankings of the Tampa Bay Rays top 10 prospects entering the 2025 season, as well as indicating which players have the best tools in the system. Here is the the top ten: Carson Williams, SS Brayden Taylor, 3B Tre’ Morgan, 1B Xavier Isaac, 1B Gary Gill Hill, RHP ...2024
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• Rays To Select Chandler Simpson
The Rays are going to promote outfielder Chandler Simpson, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Topkin adds that outfielder Richie Palacios is heading back to the injured list with a knee issue. Simpson isn’t yet on Tampa’s 40-man roster, so a corresponding move of some kind will be necessary. More to come....2025
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• Chandler Simpson demotion: Three reasons why Rays sent down exciting rookie speedster

With 19 stolen bases in 35 games, Simpson is considered to be the fastest player in the majors...2025

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• Webb Whiffs a Dozen - April 19, 2025
Logan Webb, SP, Giants Logan Webb looked great on Friday, striking out 12 batters over six innings in an unlucky 2-0 loss against the Angels. He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks. He induced 16 whiffs on the night with 11 coming in his signature changeup. The 11 whiffs came on 14 swings (79% whiff rate) and had a CSW% of 52%. This is especially encouraging considering that he...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• It’s time to believe in Chandler Simpson

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Could he be the center fielder of the future? When Hollywood adapts baseball to the big screen, some screenwriters tried to make the game as realistic as possible while others will present the game with supernatural elements to showcase just how otherworldly their participants actually are. In Twilight, as regularly re-emerges on social media, the vampires ...2025
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• Keith Law’s Top 20 Rays prospects

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Law says that Carson Williams is the most enigmatic prospect in the minors Prospect season continues as Keith Law, the former front office exectuive, big league scout, and current writer for The Athletic, has released his Top 100 prospects entering the 2025 season as well as his Top 20 prospects in the Rays system. Keith Law seems lowe...2025
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• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel
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• Rays Reacts Results: Are the Rays playoffs bound yet?
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Rays 13, Astros 3: Cami Crush
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images A sweep made this a hard decision. There were a lot of candidates for the Rays player of the series, as it should be when you sweep a division rival. Ryan Pepiot pitched 7 scoreless, Brandon Lowe homered in his third straight game, but Junior Caminero truly showed up to play, essentially batting .500 over the weekend while playing some dazzling defense. I...2025
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• Rays 13, Jays 0: Sweeping Away the Jays

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images A complete beatdown for the Rays to sweep a home series?! Well, this is new There’s been two previous sweeps in George Steinbrenner Field as a major league park. Both went against the Rays. Finally, it’s the Rays side of things that get into the fun of busting out the brooms. Taking the full series vs the Jays securing 5 wins in a row and back-to-back stro...2025
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Reds and Royals make a deal. Chinese Taipei wins Premier12 in a shocking upset. A survey of the free agent market and other news from around baseball. Good morning. Thanksgiving week is officially underway. Have an intriguing holiday. We had one trade this past Friday as the Reds traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Royals for Brady Singer...2024
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin struck out to end the United States’s 8-2 loss Drake Baldwin was once again left on the bench against Chinese Taipei, and the United States lost a big one as they will now likely find themselves in the bronze medal game unless they can pull off a huge win over Venezuela on the final day of the super round. Baldwin had an at bat with two runners on in...2024
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