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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 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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• Rays 7, DBacks 4: Another extra inning win in the desert

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Are things starting to bounce the Rays’ way? It took 10 innings again, but the Rays took the rubber match in their three-game set in the desert on Thursday night, defeating the Diamondbacks 7-4 on the back of Christopher Morel’s go-ahead three-run homer in the 10th. Yandy Diaz was back in the leadoff spot for a second-straight game, with Chandler Simpson slidi...2025
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• Rays 10, Yankees 8: So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance..?

Jonathan Aranda’s eventful day caps off a four-run rally in the ninth What. A. Game. wheeeeeee! pic.twitter.com/hJnJOfPWJG— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 19, 2025 From start to finish, Tampa Bay had to gut today’s ballgame out. Chandler Simpson made his debut, as he started in centerfield and hit leadoff. Simpson had about 10 family and friends that he left tickets for, and a few more...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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• Braves set to face Rays at Steinbrenner Field

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Braves will play in two not-technically-MLB-level parks this year, and this series features one of them. We don’t know yet exactly what the 2025 season will be remembered for, but one possibility is that it features official, run-of-the-mill MLB games in not just one park not originally built to host such games, but two. There’s whatever is going on...2025
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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He hit a solo home run on Thursday night. He is getting closer to a return because he was able to play in the field on Friday night. He is tracking towards a return sometime next week. He is looking to build off his strong 2024 season (.249 AVG with 23 HR/30 SB). The Angels have been mixing and matching at short w...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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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Rays pitching depth after the Jeffrey Springs trade

Photo by Trinity Machan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 40-man roster is full of pitchers likely to contribute in 2024 The Rays pitching depth has only expanded this off-season, despite the recent trade of Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez. The Rays 40-man roster remains full of pitchers, with the majority of them ready to contribute at the major league level. In the list below I’ll den...2024
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays roster churn may continue as two core members of the team’s pitching staff, also two of the team’s highest paid players, are generating trade interest. The Rays are sure to be active on the trade market as they have several players that teams would love to add to their respective rosters. The MLB Winter Meetings take place next w...2024
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• Braves News: Austin Riley Injury, Series Win Over Angels, More

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports A stressful off-day awaits On the field, it was a successful Sunday for the Braves as they were able to win their second straight series out West and end their road trip with a winning record with a 3-1 victory over the Angels. But of course, when it comes to enjoying successes this season, it never can be that easy. Instead of a positive off-day with the ...2024
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• Rays 8, D-Backs 7: Extra Inning Exhaustion

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A wild game of ups and downs, ending on a high for newest Rays folks hero Dylan Carlson I had to double check, but in the official rules of Major League Baseball both teams cannot be awarded a loss for the same game. Although, the game tape of this will be submitted to federal courts to review and maybe we can get that changed. But until the Supreme Cou...2024
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"Baldwin had a hard-hit double in the ninth, but Pete Fairbanks closed out the game with little issue otherwise."

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"The Rays’ 8-7 extra-innings win over the Diamondbacks today came at an unfortunate cost, as both Pete Fairbanks and Yandy Diaz left the game due to injuries."

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"He was assisted by Yandy Diaz, who flipped the ball to pitcher Pete Fairbanks rather than going back to the bag himself."

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"Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks underwent an MRI this afternoon after leaving yesterday’s Grapefruit League action due to lat tightness."

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"Additionally, outfielder Brett Phillips has been activated from the injured list, while right-hander Pete Fairbanks is headed to the 10-day IL…"

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"Here’s the full breakdown: Right-Handed Pitchers Nick Anderson Diego Castillo John Curtiss Oliver Drake Pete Fairbanks Tyler Glasnow (Game 2 starter) Charlie Morton (Game 3 starter) Aaron Slegers Ryan Thompson Left-Handed Pitchers Aaron Loup Shane McClanahan Blake Snell (Game 1 starter) Ryan Yarbrough…"

• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid
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• Rays 4, Padres 2: The sweep smell of success
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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 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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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
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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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• Rays pitching depth after the Jeffrey Springs trade
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• 2024 Winter Meetings Open Thread

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images An open thread for all MLB winter meetings discussion The MLB offseason has seen rampant action all around the league with several notable free agents already signing with new teams. However, the busiest week of the MLB offseason has just arrived as the annual Winter Meetings are taking place in Dallas Texas. Most recently, Juan Soto reached a 15-year, $765M deal ...2024
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• Braves set to face Rays at Steinbrenner Field
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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest
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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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• Homeruns lead to Father’s Day fun - Rays 8, Braves 6

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Ben Rortvedt hits a grandslam on Father’s Day These Rays have looked defeated as of late, so on Father’s Day it was nice to see some fire with their best starter on the mound. With an illness working its way through the Rays clubhouse we had RIchie Palacios at third base and Amed Rosario at short, with Yandy Diaz at DH and Isaac Paredes at first. Was any of th...2024
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• Rays: 5, Marlins: 3 - Zach and Bullpen Complete Sweep

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Randy and BLowe are back, baby! After a comeback win yesterday against the Miami Marlins, Rays look to complete a quick 2 game sweep with newly activated Zach Eflin on the mound. Winding up with game 2 on the line pic.twitter.com/DMQVie9S3M— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 5, 2024 Game 2 vs Rays : @PNCBank : @BallySportsFL, @BallyMarlins ...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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• Rays Madness: final four matchups

Part 3! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
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• Rays 10, Yankees 8: So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance..?
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• Braves hit two homers but suffer predictable 6-3 loss to Rays
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
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• Rays Projected 2025 Opening Day Roster
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• Tricia Whitaker announces departure from Rays television broadcast crew

Brett Davis-Imagn Images The Rays 2024 keeps getting worse. After six seasons as the Rays in-game reporter, Tricia Whitaker announces she will be stepping away from the Tampa Bay Rays television broadcast, focusing on her role with AppleTV for MLB games, as well as other priorities. Hi my sweet Rays fans It is bittersweet to write this post. But instead of all of a sudden not seeing me...2024
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• Tyler The Conqueror Leades Rays To Another Series Win: Rays 1, Astros 0

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Tyler Alexander allowed only three hits as he dominated Astros’ hitters. The Rays usually take a next-man-up approach, and today, it was time for a new opener. Shawn Armstrong served as the Rays eight times, and they have used one since July 2023. With his departure at the trade deadline, it’s time for someone else to fill the role. Enter Hunter Bigge. Bigge ...2024
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• Homeruns lead to Father’s Day fun - Rays 8, Braves 6
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Miami Marlins games 61 & 62

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Mini Sunburst edition! “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 20th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays...2024
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• Rays City Connect jersey honors “grit and glow” of Tampa Bay

The Rays honor Tampa Bay’s culture and history with a nod to the black road jerseys from the team’s debut season with the their skateboarding themed “Grit x Glow” City Connect. If you could tell one story about Tampa Bay, what would it be? It would have been easy to default to what a beautiful place it is to live, the beaches and the sun and resort atmosphere that appeals to so many tourists who v...2024
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• Dear Abby, Help! I’m not excited for Opening Day

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Why is this year different from all other years? I’ve been a Rays fan since 2006, and every year I’ve been psyched for the start of the season. Even when our big hopes were the dying husk of Manny Ramirez and when Elliot Johnson was our opening day shortstop, I always anticipated the start of the season with great excitement. The return of baseball is always th...2024
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• Royals defeat the best team in baseball in wild 6-5 comeback victory
Jun 22, 2023; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) walks off the field after pitching against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Tropicana Field. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Fun game! These two things we know very well. One, that the Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in baseball and the Kansas City Royals are just about the w...2023
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• Rays To Place Pete Fairbanks On 15-Day Injured List
The Rays’ 8-7 extra-innings win over the Diamondbacks today came at an unfortunate cost, as both Pete Fairbanks and Yandy Diaz left the game due to injuries. Fairbanks’ injury is the more serious matter, as manager Kevin Cash told reporters (including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times) that the closer suffered an apparent lat…...2024
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• Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks blames 'horrible' baseballs for nightmare outing vs. Rockies

Fairbanks walked all three batters he faced and threw a wild pitch before being replaced...2024
• 'Ready to go': Fairbanks reinstated off IL by Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays reinstated right-hander Pete Fairbanks, 29, who was out nearly two weeks with right forearm inflammation, from the injured list Monday and optioned right-hander Chris Muller to Triple-A Durham to make room on the roster....2023
• Braves claim 2B/OF Nick Solak on waivers from White Sox
Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Braves have optioned their new acquisition to Triple-A Gwinnett The Braves have made another roster move, fortifying their Gwinnett roster in some respects: The #Braves today claimed OF Nick Solak off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett.— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 18, 2023 A veteran of parts of four ...2023
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• Rays set 26-man roster: Outfielders round out the Tampa Bay bench
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rays five key departures were Corey Kluber, Ji-Man Choi, David Peralta, Brooks Raley, and Ryan Yarbrough. Here’s how they’ve been replaced. The Rays have finalized the 26-man roster, pending no further injuries between now and Opening Day on Thursday afternoon — Wander Franco has had some quad tightness this spring after returning f...2023
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• Rays Place Pete Fairbanks On Injured List, Select Chase Anderson
The Rays have placed right-hander Pete Fairbanks on the 15-day injured list due to inflammation in his right forearm and selected the contract of veteran righty Chase Anderson, whom they acquired from the Reds in exchange for cash earlier this morning. Right-hander Zack Burdi was designated for assignment in order to open a spot on…...2023
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• Pete Fairbanks Facing Lengthy Absence
Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks underwent an MRI this afternoon after leaving yesterday’s Grapefruit League action due to lat tightness. The initial recommendation is that Fairbanks be shut down from throwing for six weeks, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, and the club is now seeking second opinions. If Fairbanks indeed needs to shut things…...2022
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• Winners and Wingmen
What's up, everybody? It's Sunday and I'm pitching for Itch today, so I wanted to do a quick look at pitchers who are currently wonky on the Player Rater thanks to high or low Win values. Because pitcher wins are so difficult to predict and oftentimes arbitrary. Let's keep in mind Rays' reliever Pete Fairbanks was in the Top 10 for wins last year (6) and there are 5 relievers in the top 50 in wins...2021
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• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid
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• Rays 7, DBacks 4: Another extra inning win in the desert
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• Braves set to face Rays at Steinbrenner Field
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• Rays 6, Rockies 4: This team can pitch!

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images A series victory over the Rockies. The Rays picked up win number two on the season Sunday afternoon in front of another sold out crowd at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Taj Bradley got the ball and faced off against Ryan Feltner. Off days for Junior Caminero, Christopher Morel, and Danny Jansen, plus a major league debut for Jake Mangum made for an interes...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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• Chris Sale pitches four scoreless innings in final spring start of 2025

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images AJ Smith-Shawver also pitched four innings. They weren’t scoreless. Chris Sale made his final start of spring training here in 2025 and the good news is that he made it through just fine and appears to be ready to go for the Atlanta Braves on Opening Day in six days time. Sale pitched four innings today, with each of them being of the...2025
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• Faedo to begin season on the IL
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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 Winter Meetings Open Thread
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• Rays 4 Mariners 3: Late comeback leads to a victorious series opener

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images I’ll be honest: when the Rays were down 3-1 and had two outs in the bottom of the eighth, I started writing this recap. It was all about the Rays anemic offense and the mystery of why Chris Devenski continues to pitch meaningful innings on this team. But while I was writing, a funny thing happened: the Rays strung together a bunch of walks and hit...2024
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• Rays Madness: final four matchups
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• The Best Tampa Bay Rays Sports Illustrated Covers

Remembering the best cover photos from the iconic magazine. In shocking news today, the current license holders for publishing Sports Illustrated announced intentions to shut down the publication after recent attempts to renegotiate fees had failed. Sports Illustrated is an institution in the American sports landscape, known for iconic covers across all major leagues, and has a strong union that ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The shame of MLB
Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images The A’s get hijacked to Las Vegas and the commissioner mocks A’s fans. The trade deadline is coming and the Cardinals could make a big move. Bull Durham is 35 years old. So it looks like I get the honor of announcing the A’s move to Las Vegas. Fun. Let’s be clear. There are no plans for a stadium in Las Vegas. There are “artist renderings,” which ar...2023
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• Rays: 4, White Sox: 1 - Second Sox Sweep Still Sweet
Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports Rays stay undefeated at home on Dog Day After two back to back walkoffs of the Chicago White Sox, Rays look to complete another sweep and stay undefeated at the Trop, with a newly activated from the IL Zach Eflin! Here’s how the lineups stack up: The fun continues in about a half hour pic.twitter.com/LuoUaZS74a— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) April 23, 2023 ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: All that Jazz
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Jazz Chisholm Jr. is on the cover of MLB The Show. Things are happening for the Rays. Giants fans are angry. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. It’s that time of year when video games top the MLB news. Marlins outfielder (I guess he’s an outfielder now) Jazz Chisholm Jr. was named the cover athlete for this year’s MLB The Show ...2023
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