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• Player of the Series: Taylor Walls

Photo by Ryan Levy/MLB Photos via Getty Images The best defender in all of baseball came through offensively for the Rays It’s only May, but it seemed like the Tampa Bay Rays had to win this series against the New York Yankees in order to keep their season hopes alive. After a crushing 3-0 defeat on Friday, it seemed like those hopes were dashed. However, thanks to our Player of the Series...2025
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• Rays 7 Yankees 5: We’re Swinging in the Rain

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images On a rainy day in the Bronx, the Rays hit and fielded and the bullpen just managed to hold on enough to win the game and the series. The Rays first run, in the top of the second innings, was what we are now calling a Simpson Speed Run (defined as a run where Simpson’s speed played a deciding role at some point in the sequence leading to said run). The base...2025
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• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Taylor Walls and Curtis Mead pack the punch as Rays win in the Bronx New York, New York. “That’s Life”, by Frank Sinatra would play as patrons leave Yankee Stadium today, as the Rays win a nail-biter 3-2. The scoring started with Aaron Judge homering on the first Zack Littell offering he saw to get the Yankees jump-started 1-0. In the following half inning, T...2025
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• Rays 2, Royals 8: Royally swept

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images This game was not fun. The Rays were facing off against the Royals in the final game of a three-game outing, just hoping to avoid being swept at home before heading to the Bronx to take on red-hot division rivals in the Yankees. Shane Baz was on the mound for the Rays up against Seth Lugo for the Royals. In the first, Bobby Witt Jr. got a one-out walk, bu...2025
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• Rays 0, Royals 3: Is the Trop fixed yet?

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Rays shut out again as they drop another at home. The Tampa Bay Rays looked to even the series with the Royals on Wednesday night but fell short, getting shut out in the process. The Rays’ woes at George M. Steinbrenner Field continued and the second loss in as many days dropped their record to 14-16. Their record in their temporary home ballpark now sits at 9-12...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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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Rays announce Opening Day roster for 2025

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Misner makes the team following Palacios’s broken finger. The Rays have announced the Opening Day roster, reacting to the injury for Richie Palacios to start the season due to a broken finger, and confirming that both catchers are good to go following Spring Training injury scares. Here’s how the Rays Roster will typically be constructed: * left-handed hi...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: 2025 Season Preview

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It’s finally here! Opening Day has finally arrived! On our first official episode of the 2025 season, we discuss the news that rounded out the roster, including the injury to Shane McClanahan, and the decision to send Eloy Jimenez to AAA and give Curtis Mead the opportunity he earned throughout the spring. We end the show with some predictions for the sea...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set

Mason Englert wins the bullpen competition. | Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pending no further injuries, the Rays roster is ready for Opening Day. After several roster moves, the Rays lineup appears to be set. Here’s the latest projection for Opening Day. * left-handed hitter** switch hitter Starting Lineup C — Danny Jansen 1B — Yandy Diaz 2B — Brandon Lowe* 3B ...2025
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• Curtis Mead has made the Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images A tremendous Spring Training has earned Curtis Mead a roster spot Spring Training stats don’t matter but being the hottest hitter of the Spring may have just won Curtis Mead a spot on the Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day roster. The 24-year old from Austrailia worked hard over the offseason to improve his physique, adding 20 pounds of muscle, as he tried to reg...2025
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 26-year-old right-hander looked to get his spring started on a good note as the Braves had their spring home opener today. The Atlanta Braves had their spring training home opener today at CoolToday Park and it was a very intriguing occasion, indeed — all eyes were on Ian Anderson as he made his spring training debut for the year as he looks to lock d...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: Rays sign Ha-Seong Kim

Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images A surprise? Yes, but a welcome one. Just when we thought the Rays were done and the roster was set for the upcoming season, they go out and sign Ha-Seong Kim to one of the largest free agent contracts in franchise history. Kim’s addition shakes up what we thought the shortstop depth chart looked like, with Taylor Walls’ playing time most in jeopardy. Kim will ...2025
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• DRB Prospect Review: #1 Junior Caminero

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Despite nagging injuries, Junior Caminero proved he could be a slugger in the big leagues Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player p...2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #3 Shane Baz

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Shane Baz returned from Tommy John surgery and flashed glimpses of his former self Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed....2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #5 Curtis Mead

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It’s a been a struggle for Mead at the Major League level Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed. Reminder, this is a review...2024
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"But he managed to escape the jam when Maikel Garcia picked a hot shot off the bat of Curtis Mead to start an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play."

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"After a walk to Shane Sasaki, who then stole second base, Curtis Mead was able to knock in another run."

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"The Rays are planning to call up top infield prospect Curtis Mead for his Major League debut today, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times."

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"A Conversation With Tampa Bay Rays Prospect Curtis Mead"

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"85M Option Decisions Declined $8M club option over LHP Jason Vargas (paid $2M buyout) Declined $7M club option over RHP Pat Neshek (paid $750K buyout) Declined $3M club option over RHP Jared Hughes (paid $250K buyout) Trades and Claims Acquired OF Kyle Garlick from Dodgers in exchange for minor league LHP Tyler Gilbert Acquired minor league LHP Cristopher Sanchez from Rays in exchange for minor league INF Curtis Mead Claimed OF Nick Martini from the Reds (later cleared outright waivers) Claimed RHP Trevor Kelley from the Red Sox (later cleared outright waivers) Claimed RHP Deolis Guerra from the Brewers Claimed RHP Reggie McClain from the Mariners Notable Minor"

• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid
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• Rays 0, Royals 3: Is the Trop fixed yet?
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set
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• Curtis Mead making waves this Spring

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It is only Spring Training, but the performance is astounding. Entering play on Friday, Curtis Mead has been the best offensive player in all of Spring Training. He is hitting .778/.810/1.000 with a MLB leading 382 wRC+; Mead has a 14.3 BB% and 4.8 K%, both are staggering differences from his career norms, as is his 5.1 WHIFF%, which is half of what his WHI...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: Rays sign Ha-Seong Kim
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• Rays Projected 2025 Opening Day Roster

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The offense has mostly taken shape. What’s left to do? Last season things did not go the Rays way, and the team triggered a rebuild at the trade deadline by dealing star players Randy Arozarena, Isaac Paredes, and Zach Eflin — dramatically overhauling the farm system and setting up 2025 to be a transition year. Indeed, the organization is stocked with lef...2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #2 Carson Williams

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Williams is a future Gold Glove candidate and possible MVP Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed. Reminder, this is a review...2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #3 Shane Baz
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• DRB Prospect Review: #4 Xavier Isaac

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Isaac enjoyed a tremendous season before stalling in Double-A Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote. Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed. Reminder,...2024
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• Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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• Pitching clinic lifts Rays to avoid sweep - Rays 2, Orioles 1

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Three walks, four stolen bases, and no hits helped the Rays break the tie in 8th. After back-to-back losses, the Rays avoided the sweep against the first-place Orioles. The Rays closed out the season series against the O’s at Tropicana Field as they lost 5 of the 6 games played. To salvage a win, Springs and the bullpen combined for a dominating outing ...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Curtis Mead has rediscovered his stroke since returing to Triple-A Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now 13 weeks into the ...2024
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• 2024 Silver Sunburst Awards: April edition RESULTS

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The votes are in! Here are your April winners! After a week of voting, the results are in for your inaugural Silver Sunburst Award winners! While April may not have been the month many fans were hoping for, there are certainly standout performers deserving of our monthly Silver Sunburst. Winners were decided by DRB readers votes, as well as a vote within the ...2024
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• 2024 Silver Sunburst Awards: April edition VOTING

You decide who had the best month of April! “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This is the first edition of Silver Sunburst Awards in which readers will vote on who had the best m...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Detroit Tigers games 24-26

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Rays fall to 13-13 after three game series at Tropicana Field “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the eig...2024
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• Rays 4, Yankees 5: Civale’s Collapse Too Much For Rays To Recover

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Luis Gil shines for the Yankees with nine strikeouts in a narrow 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay, handing the Rays their first road series loss of the season. The Tampa Bay Rays almost pulled off an improbable comeback against the New York Yankees, but as we all know, almost doesn’t count in the standings. The Yankees narrowly defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4, handin...2024
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• Rays Projected 2025 Opening Day Roster
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 13
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• White Sox 9, Rays 4: The Martín Maldonado Game

Martín Maldonado’s huge home run. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Did Tommy Pham’s arrival fix him? I don’t mean to alarm you, but the White Sox have won their fourth game, this time at home and against the Rays. Chris Flexen looked great on the mound tonight and the offense finally decided to help its pitcher. Right off the bat, pun not intended, Nicky Lopez and Tommy Pham started the hit...2024
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• Rays 4, Yankees 5: Civale’s Collapse Too Much For Rays To Recover
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• Rays loss to Angels highlights early team struggles

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Tampa Bay in desperate need of contribution from top of the lineup. Last night’s game in Tropicana field was... ugly The 7-3 loss certainly wasn’t all gloomy, with ace Zack Eflin going six and a third scoreless innings allowing just six hits, however a late game meltdown saw the angels run away with the game at the end leading to a final score that ...2024
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• The 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Junior Caminero | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images 36 players get pre-season write ups in this year’s list. Every year the DRaysBay community comes together to vote for the top prospects in the Tampa Bay system. Below are the results from this off-season’s polls. 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List 1. Junior Caminero, 3BMLB | .235/.278/.353 (.631 OPS, 77 wRC+) 36 P...2024
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• Rays 6 Angels 4: Caballero, bullpen shines in bounce back win

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Rays even up the series with solid win in Anaheim The Rays defeated the Angels 6-4 in Anaheim on Tuesday to advance to 6-6 on the season. Jose Caballero shined in the late night duel, with three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored in the win. The Rays bullpen also shined in the game, combining for four innings allowing just two hits and one run to stop the...2024
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays

Albies went yard vs the Rays | Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider looked sharp, and Ozzie Albies went yard. Other than that, we can be thankful this was just a spring training game. With only four more spring training games left before the regular season begins, Spencer Strider took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Tampa Bay Rays featuring a sparkling 0.00 ERA and b...2024
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• Commanding Cameron’s cutters carve, cartilaginous competitors conquered 3-0
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• Rays To Promote Curtis Mead

The Rays are planning to call up top infield prospect Curtis Mead for his Major League debut today, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. He’ll take the roster spot that was vacated when ace Shane McClanahan was placed on the injured list yesterday. Mead is already on Tampa Bay’s 40-man roster. Mead, 22,…...2023
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• Rays Have Discussed Extension With Top Prospect Curtis Mead
The Rays and top infield prospect Curtis Mead have had some discussions regarding a possible contract extension this spring, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link). There’s no indication a deal is likely or imminent, though the talks add an interesting storyline to Tampa Bay camp. Mead, 22, has still yet to make his major league…...2023
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays
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• Rays call up Curtis Mead (No. 31 overall prospect)
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut
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• ESPN and The Athletic release Rays top prospect lists for 2024

Rays 2023 draft pick Colton Ledbetter | Photo by Gabriella Ricciardi/MLB Photos via Getty Images In a bit of happenstance, both ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and The Athletic’s Keith Law have dropped their top prospect lists today for the Rays. Both lists are behind a paywall, so I’ll be avoiding the write ups on the players for this article, but you can gain a high level understanding of how both...2024
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• Rays acquire C Ben Rortvedt from Yankees in 3-team deal

Dude’s jacked Tampa Bay trades Top-30 prospect OF Shane Sasaki The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired catcher Ben Rortvedt from the New York Yankees as part of a three-team trade that also involved the Miami Marlins. The Rays will be sending outfielder Shane Sasaki, who was recently voted the 27th best prospect in the system by the Draysbay community, to the Marlins; meanwhile, the Marlins and Y...2024
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• Curtis Mead, Davis Schneider, Trevor Story & MLB Trade Deadline Recap
Joe & Scott analyze the fantasy baseball impact of MLB's trade deadline The post Curtis Mead, Davis Schneider, Trevor Story & MLB Trade Deadline Recap appeared first on Pitcher List....2023
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• Preseason Prep, March 14th, 2023
Victor Robles is potentially going to rejoin the Nationals lineup on Tuesday after bruising his knee last Wednesday. Robles is expected to go through baseball activities on Monday which will determine his status for the rest of the week. Even if it takes a little longer to return, the Nats still believe that it's a minor issue for their likely everyday centerfielder. The rebuilding Nats don't have...2023
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• Player of the Series: Taylor Walls
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• Rays 7 Yankees 5: We’re Swinging in the Rain
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• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid
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• Rays 0, Royals 3: Is the Trop fixed yet?
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• Commanding Cameron’s cutters carve, cartilaginous competitors conquered 3-0
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• Padres end scoreless streak at 30 innings, but lose to Rays 4-1

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. drives in Tyler Wade to help San Diego avoid third consecutive shutout Fernando Tatis Jr. put an end to a 30-inning scoreless streak for the San Diego Padres with a ground ball RBI-single into right field to score Tyler Wade from third base. The run in the bottom of the sixth inning cut the deficit to 3-1, but th...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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• Rays 1, Rockies 2: Rays feeling RISPy as they failed again and again to score

Dave Nelson-Imagn Images This loss hurt. It was a beautiful Saturday for baseball, but oh boy did the Rays struggle to get runs in. Our pitching matchup for the day saw Antonio Senzatela on the mound for the Rockies, up against Zack Littell for the Rays. Littell had a much better day overall in terms of limiting baserunners, but the box score is almost all that counts, so even though Sen...2025
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• GDT: Opening Day is Here!

Sting ‘Em The Rays will take the field at The Stein, playing in the Tampa air. The #OpeningDay lineup for @RaysBaseball, with Ryan Pepiot on the hill. How about Curtis Mead hitting lead off to start 2025 pic.twitter.com/VkON9EVPIl— Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) March 28, 2025...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set
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• Rays 0, Royals 3: Is the Trop fixed yet?
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• Rays 2 Pirates 4: There is no shame in getting bested by Paul Skenes

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It was the top of the first inning and something very strange was happening. A Rays pitcher — in this case Ryan Pepiot — threw four balls to a player, who then took first base. This, I’ve been told, is called a “walk,” and we hadn’t seen one from a Rays pitcher since Opening Day, when Pepiot and Pete Fairbanks had give up a total of three. It was one sign ...2025
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Texas Rangers games 5-7

Rays fall under .500 at 3-4 after three games against Rangers “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the second series of the season, where the Tampa Bay...2024
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• Rays and Seattle Mariners are discussing Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images Seattle just cleared $30 million in payroll commitments. The Winter Meetings are always a source of constant speculation about that next big baseball blockbuster that sends the sport’s world into a frenzy. This year, the Rays are at the center of many of the hottest rumors. The Seattle Mariners made a shocking move late Sunday night as they traded former ...2023
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