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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Caminero busted out of a brief slump to bombard the Mets For those who didn’t know, on their current road trip the Tampa Bay Rays allowed players to invite wives and children along with them. In 21-year old Junior Caminero’s case, he invited his father to travel with the team. For the first four games of the trip, Caminero struggled as he went hitless in 19 con...2025
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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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• 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 4, Marlins 3: Fish vs. Fish on a Friday

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images This one got a little close for comfort. In a very citrus-infused weekend series, and with a very unusual start time for a Friday game, the Rays invited the Marlins to town. Edward Cabrera was on the mound for the Marlins, while Zack Littell got the nod for the Rays. It was a blistering hot day in the Florida sun, and certainly everyone was hoping to power...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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• 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 3, Blue Jays 1: Fortune Favors the Bald

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Brandon Lowe and Curtis Mead provide the offense in the opener against Toronto The Tampa Bay Rays have won they’re second straight game against a left-handed starting pitcher. Coming into tonight’s contest, the Rays were last in the American League and 29th out of 30 teams in team OPS against southpaws. To get the scoring going, Brandon Lowe stroked a t...2025
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• Phillies 8, Rays 4: Bleak start to the home stand

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Did we ever stand a chance against Wheeler? Another series opener at home after a big series win on the road. These are the games meant to be won on momentum. Playing winning baseball in front of the home faithful. For the Rays so far this year, that has not been the case. Red shirts and caps filled the stands at George Steinbrenner Field as the Phillies ca...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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• Braves Minor League Recap: David Fletcher experiment yielding positive results

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports David Fletcher’s transition to starting pitcher took another step forward in an otherwise quiet day on the farm (27-31) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (27-31) Durham Bulls 10 Box Score Forrest Wall, LF: 0-for-5, 3K, .288/.389/.446 Eli White, CF: 1-for-5, HR, RBI, R, .298/.413/.447 Ramón Laureano, RF: 2-for-5, HR, RBI, R, .250/.304/.400 Andrew Velazquez, SS: 2-for-4, RBI...2024
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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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"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"

• Player of the Series: Christiopher Morel
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• Player of the Series: Zack Littell
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• Phillies 8, Rays 4: Bleak start to the home stand
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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 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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• Curtis Mead has made the Opening Day roster
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• Braves Minor League Recap: David Fletcher experiment yielding positive results
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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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• 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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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero
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• Rays 8, Astros 4: Bouncing back on the rubber match
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• Brewers drop close, ugly game to Rays 4-3
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• Rays 0, Phillies 7: Is the home stand over yet?

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Rays drop another home game behind just two hits and fourth inning implosion by Baz. Well... at this point we could probably start just reposting the same recap for every home game the Rays play at the house of horrors some call George M. Steinbrenner Field. It would go something like this: “Rays drop another game at home and fail to score behind just (Inser...2025
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• Phillies 8, Rays 4: Bleak start to the home stand
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
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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
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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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• 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

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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• 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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• AL Week 3 Strategy-April6, 2024
American League In The Field The Athletics have optioned OF Esteury Ruiz to Triple-A. This is huge news for those who drafted Ruiz to be a big part of their stolen base plan. He hit .254 with 5 HR and 67 SB last year in 132 GP but struggled in spring (.236 AVG with 31% K). The Athletics have said that they want him to lead off and play every day which is why he is at Triple-A. Something smells...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 19, 2024
Jarred Kelenic Kelenic was once a highly touted prospect thanks to early first round draft capital, premium athleticism, and strong minor league performances. He spent three full seasons with Seattle's big league club, but only slashed .204/.283/.373 across 252 games. Seattle shipped him to Atlanta this offseason, and many pegged Kelenic as a continued breakout candidate in a potent Atlanta lineup...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...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: Christiopher Morel
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• Player of the Series: Junior Caminero
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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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• Rays 3, Blue Jays 1: Fortune Favors the Bald
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• Rays 0, Phillies 7: Is the home stand over yet?
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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 0, Phillies 7: Is the home stand over yet?
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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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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 19, 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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