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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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• 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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• Bronx Bummer: Rays 0, Yankees 3

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Goldschmidt homers, Rays’ offense remains silent. In a game where scoring opportunities were sparse, one swing by Paul Goldschmidt for the Yankees turned out to be decisive, as the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the New York Yankees 3-0 at Yankee Stadium Tuesday night. Ryan Pepiot started for Tampa Bay and battled through early innings without allowing the Yank...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 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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• Rays 4, Padres 2: The sweep smell of success

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Rays closed out their series in San Diego with a sweep. The Padres are heavily considered to be one of the hottest teams in baseball this season, but between dropping two of three to the Detroit Tigers during the week, then losing the first two games of the series to the Rays, they’re not quite living up to the hype they were generating a couple weeks ago. Toda...2025
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• Bronx Bummer: Rays 0, Yankees 3
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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 8, Braves 3: Boyle’s spot start fuels series victory

Dominik Vega Waking up today, we expected Shane Baz to take the mound for the series finale against Atlanta. When it was announced that Joe Boyle would instead be making his Rays debut, Rays fans had every right to be worried as to the reason why. Exhale, there was no injury to Baz. The Rays just decided to push everyone in the rotation back one day and give Boyle a spot start after his st...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 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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• Rays have 16 pitchers remaining for 13 slots in 2025

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Here are the decisions made for every pitcher in Spring Training camp thus far. Each Spring Training more than 70 players will roll through hoping for a slot on the 26-man roster. It’s a lot, particularly on the pitching side. Here’s a recap of every pitcher the Rays brought into camp this year, and what’s left to be decided. Non-Roster Invites already re...2025
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• Faedo to begin season on the IL

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Suddenly, a crowded bullpen picture has become clearer The homecoming will have to wait as Tampa native Alex Faedo will begin the season on the Injured List with a shoulder issue. Faedo, 29, came to the Rays in early February in a minor trade after being designated for assignment. The Detroit Tigers originally selected Faedo in the 40th round of the 2014 ...2025
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• Are the Rays Changing the Cooking Time for Prospects?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Slow and low is no longer how the Rays do things. Editor’s Note: Please join me in welcoming Jason Collette back to DRaysBay. He has written across the blogosphere at Baseball Prospectus, Rotowire, and more. We’re lucky to have him! - DR It is truism accepted by many that the Rays slow cook their prospects like brisket on a smoker. An...2025
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"Mason Montgomery worked an easy top of the seventh in relief of Bradley, and Zach Thompson came in after Elder departed and issued a leadoff walk, but that runner ended up stranded on third."

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"The Braves scored their final two runs on an RBI sac-fly from David Fletcher, scoring Alvarez and wild pitch from the Rays’ Mason Montgomery, scoring Michael Harris from third."

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"Tampa Bay Prospect Mason Montgomery Thrives With Deception and Ride"

• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays
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• Rays 4, Rangers 6: Globe Life Woes

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Rays losing streak at Globe Life Field extends to 8 There were two first inning offerings Taj Bradley wishes he could get back after Marcus Semien and Jake Burger homered to start Saturday night’s contest in Arlington. However, if wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean. After settling in, Bradley’s next four innings were quite masterful, allowing no h...2025
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• Mason Montgomery just threw the fastest pitch in franchise history

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images There are elite fastballs and then there’s Mason Montgomery Mason Montgomery just threw the fastest pitcher in Tampa Bay Rays history. At this time last year, Mason Montgomery had just made his first start of the season for the Durham Bulls and it was an utter disaster. The southpaw allowed seven runs on nine hits — two home runs — and was pushed out of the ...2025
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• Rays Opening Day roster for 2025 appears set
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• Rays have 16 pitchers remaining for 13 slots in 2025
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• Faedo to begin season on the IL
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 19

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Montgomery emerges as a relief ace but drops to 18. Previous Winner 18. Mason Montgomery, LHP25 | 6’2” | 195AAA | 6.26 ERA, 5.29 FIP, 87.2 IP (31 G, 14 GS) 26.1% K, 8.9% BBMLB | 1.86 ERA, 1.20 FIP, 9.2 IP (9 G, 0 GS) 45.9% K, 13.5% BB Montgomery is all fastball, as evidenced by his horrid results in Durham as a starter. He transitioned to relief in August w...2025
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• Rays 5 Angels 4: A home run for everyone

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images We knew that Tropicana Field East had been modeled after that ballpark in the Bronx, with right field dimensions very friendly to home run hitters, but this is the first game we have really seen it in action. If you love the long ball, I guess you’ll enjoy this year. Tonight’s game featured 6 homeruns! Only two belonged to the Rays, but since one of those w...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 19
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Seymour slides in at seventeen. Previous Winner 17. Ian Seymour, LHP26 | 6’0” | 210AA | 2.36 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 91.1 IP (17 GS) 28.3% K, 6.3% BBAAA | 2.33 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 54.0 IP (10 GS) 27.9% K, 8.4% BB The Rays organization’s other Virginia Tech man with a big smile (I’m looking at you Erik) has a funky delivery, with a high over the top movement that requir...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17

Photo by Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images Suarez drops from 10 to 16. Previous Winner 16. Santiago Suarez, RHP20 | 6’2” | 175A | 4.11 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 111.2 IP (23 GS) 25.7% K, 4.7% BB Suarez is everything you want in a starting pitching prospect, with projectable command and plus-plus control exhibited by his consistent, low walk rates. It’s a good body and delivery, a major league fastbal...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 16

A piece of the Paredes trade consolidates at No. 15. Previous Winner 15. Ty Johnson, RHP23 | 6’6” | 205A (CHC) | 3.48 ERA, 2.45 FIP, 33.2 IP (10 G, 4 GS) 36.1% K, 7.5% BBA+ (CHC) | 3.62 ERA, 3.04 FIP, 27.1 IP (8 G, 6 GS) 28.4% K, 10.3% BBA+ (TBR) | 0.78 ERA, 0.95 FIP, 23.0 IP (6 G, 3 GS) 46.4% K, 4.8% BB Acquired as the final piece of the Paredes trade, Johnson is tall with blossoming velocity as ...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 15

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports We will have a special election in addition to the normal poll this time around, see below. Previous Winner Theo Gillen, OF19 | L/R | 6’2” | 195A | .154/.353/.192 (86 wRC+) 34 PA, 0 HR, 1 SB, 23.5% BB, 41.2% K The Rays top draft pick from 2024, the high school outfielder had several serious injuries to overcome to become the No. 18 overall pick, including labr...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 14

Who’s next? Previous Winner 13. Brailer Guerrero, OF19 | L/R | 6’1” | 215CPX | .330/.452/.466 (155 wRC+) 126 PA, 2 HR, 13 SB, 17.5% BB, 25.4% K Guerrero’s first year state side went well enough, which was not a guarantee after requiring labrum surgery just 7 games into his career with the Rays after signing for $3.7 million in 2023. He got paid thanks to exit velo’s in the 110’s. This year he made...2025
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• Bronx Bummer: Rays 0, Yankees 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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• Braves hit two homers but suffer predictable 6-3 loss to Rays

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Bryce Elder and an ostensible mandate to save the bullpen requires more of an offensive outburst than what the Braves got in order to pull off a victory Life may be like a box of chocolates, but a Bryce Elder start after mid-June 2023 is pretty much... a Bryce Elder start after mid-June 2023. Combine that with the fact that the Atlanta Brav...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 18
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 17
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 15
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 14
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13

Jackson Baumeister | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Newcomer Jackson Baumeister locks in at 12. Previous Winner 12. Jackson Baumeister, RHP22 | 6’4” | 224A+ (BAL) | 3.06 ERA, 3.66 FIP, 70.2 IP (18 GS) 29.5% K, 14% BBA+ (TBR) | 1.24 ERA, 1.59 FIP, 29.0 IP( 7 G, 5 GS) 41.9% K 4.8% BB Entering the season, the 63rd overall pick from the 2023 draft was a two-way prospe...2025
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• Recap: Spencer Strider looks sharp, Michael Harris homers in Braves 6-5 win over the Rays

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Braves had a couple of their regulars look strong, get a win in their opening spring training game. Michael Harris II did his best Ronald Acuńa Jr impersonation Saturday afternoon, hitting a leadoff homer on the first pitch of the game, while Spencer Strider looked sharp in the Braves 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday afternoon. The game wasn't televis...2024
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• Rays Designate Alex Jackson For Assignment
The Rays announced Thursday morning that they’ve designated catcher Alex Jackson for assignment and selected the contract of left-hander Mason Montgomery from Triple-A Durham. Tampa Bay also optioned lefty Tyler Alexander to Durham and recalled infielder Austin Shenton. Tampa Bay has stuck with the 28-year-old Jackson all season, giving him 158 turns at the plate…...2024
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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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• Braves lose series, game 8-3

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images This cup of Joe appearance Boyled Atlanta hitters Well Chris Sales threw harder. After sitting around 93 mph for his first 3 starts, he averaged 96 mph in this one. It didn’t help. Sale’s day started off rough with Yandy Diaz hitting a leadoff home run, and the Rays would add another run later in the inning to make it 2-0. He was able to keep the Rays off t...2025
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• Tampa Bay Prospect Mason Montgomery Thrives With Deception and Ride
The 22-year-old southpaw has a sneaky heater and a funky delivery....2023
• Rays 3, Guardians 1: Driscoll and Littell lead the way

David Richard-Imagn Images Logan Driscoll’s first career bomb was the difference as Rays take second straight in Cleveland After a masterful performance by their bullpen last night, the Rays entered Friday night looking to win their second straight game over one of the top teams in the American League. Following an unexpected bullpen day during which the pen had to cover seven innings, th...2024
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• Braves lose series, game 8-3
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• Rays 8, Braves 3: Boyle’s spot start fuels series victory
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• Mason Montgomery just threw the fastest pitch in franchise history
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• Rays 7, Pirates 0: Baz sharp as Rays win third straight

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Rays won their second straight series to open the season behind a strong start by Baz and timely hitting The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 7-0 to secure their second consecutive series win ahead of the series finale tomorrow afternoon. Shane Baz made his first start of the season for the Rays and was fantastic, tossing six str...2025
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