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• Preseason Prep - March 10, 2025
Ivan Herrera (C-STL) impressed in his first significant run in the majors last season, registering a .301 average with 5 homers, 27 RBI, 37 runs scored, and 5 stolen bases across 259 PA, with a wRC+ of 127 as a 24 year-old. Reports indicate that he'll share time behind the plate in 2025 with Pedro Pages as Willson Contreras moves to 1B, but it's likely that Herrera sees more playing time. In 2024,...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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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• 2025 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 1st Basemen
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our player projections in our 2025 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2025 first baseman projections: Andrew Vaughn Andrew Vaughn's 2024 season confirmed his solid power potential. He posted a HardHit% of 43.1% (league average: 36.5%) and a Barrel% of 9.3% (lea...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2025

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Time to stretch! Jaylon Thompson reports on the pitchers and catchers in their first few days of camp. After helping the Royals return to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015 — only to fall short in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees — Perez wants to bring another champion...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2025

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Time to stretch! Jaylon Thompson reports on the pitchers and catchers in their first few days of camp. After helping the Royals return to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015 — only to fall short in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees — Perez wants to bring another champion...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The player is poised to make history as he prepares to make his debut. Happy Friday, everyone! We’re halfway through September, which means we only have two full weeks of regular season baseball left. There are still some questions about who will slot in for the wild card spots, and some teams who are poised to win their divisions might want to worry a bi...2024
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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 3, Cardinals 4: Maybe they will get a hit with RISP next season

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Springs made his second start of the season and the Rays didn’t hit with RISP...again. Maybe one day the Rays will string together a couple of games where they hit with runners in scoring position, but that day likely won’t come in 2024 as the Rays are among the league's worst when hitting with runners in scoring position. If I had to guess they would be among t...2024
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
In The Field OF Giancarlo Stanton is not expected back this weekend according to manager Aaron Boone. He continues to work out but isn't ready to return. The Yankees and Stanton hope that he returns on Monday. 1B Triston Casas (oblique) has been able to take full batting practice and is expected to start a rehab assignment soon. OF MJ Melendez (ankle) started a rehab assignment on Thursday and i...2024
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• Braves News: Split doubleheader, Bryce Elder, more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday If I had told Braves fans that Bryce Elder would strike out 9 with only 1 walk over 5.0 innings in his Saturday spot start, I would wager that nearly every one would have taken that without knowing anything else. Elder, of course, struggles to accumulate strikeouts and generally finds his su...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Brewers take on another AL East foe in the Rays The Brewers welcome the Rays to town beginning Monday evening, as Milwaukee takes on yet another AL East opponent after battling the Yankees over the weekend. The Brewers, who have struggled to manage the injury bug this season, still sit atop the NL Central, just ahead of the Cubs. On the other side, the Rays...2024
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"The Rays entered the offseason likely to shed some payroll via trades of veteran players — a frequent reality for the budget-crunched Tampa Bay club — which prompted many (MLBTR included) to speculate on the possibility of trading infielders Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe."

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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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"Holmes hit his first rough point of September in the ninth inning of a must-win game at Tropicana Field on […] Yandy Diaz flips out at umpire Vic Carapazza on game-ending Clay Holmes fastball - Yanks Go Yard - Yanks Go Yard - NY Yankees News, Rumors & Fan Community"

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"The Blue Jays may have found some bullpen keepers and Yandy Diaz is slumping hard for the Rays"

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"Matt Duffy is slated to be the Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman, with newcomer Yandy Diaz also seeing time at the hot corner."

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"The latest buzz from around the AL Central… In a look at what the Indians’ lineup could look like in 2019, Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that “serious consideration” is being given to the idea of deploying Yandy Diaz as a regular third baseman."

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"Yandy Diaz has spent a lot of time on the backfields at the Indians' complex over the past couple of weeks."

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"Unfortunately, it was a day of rest for many top prospects, including Bradley Zimmer, Yandy Diaz, and Francisco Mejia, who is carrying a historic 47-game hitting streak but has spent the last two games on the bench."

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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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• 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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• Rays close to signing AL East stalwart catcher Danny Jansen

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images With a fairly obvious need for quality back stops above and beyond the system depth, the Rays are reportedly close to finalizing a deal with long time Toronto and recent Boston catcher Danny Jansen on a one-year, $8.5 million deal. The Rays emerging as the highest bidder for the oft-injured back stop in a year with a dearth of catching options is a win duri...2024
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• DRB Prospect Review: #11 Colton Ledbetter

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images It was a solid campaign for the potential five-tool outfielder 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. R...2024
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images You probably don’t want to remember these, but here we are. There have been other years when I’ve posted a number of blowout losses in this annual recap. In some ways, those are easier to take, a team runs up a huge score against the Cubs but it still counts for only one loss. Other times I’ve filled these with soul-crushing defeats. This time, I’m going...2024
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• Joyeux Noel? - August 26th, 2024
Johnkensy Noel (OF - CLE) - Noel homered for the 3rd time in the past 4 games on Sunday, giving him 12 in his first 112 ABs in the majors. He's 18th in maximum exit velo this year and knocking on the top-50 in EV50, and the only player younger than him higher up on the max list is Junior Caminero. Suffice it to say, there's a lot of power here with even more likely to come for the 23 year old. The...2024
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
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• Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024

Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg during the press conference to announce a tentative agreement with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County for a new stadium. | Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Threatens to “pull back” financing in 2025 if this year’s team doesn’t perform well. Marc Topkin’s Sunday Column featured the annual salary bemoaning we expect from the Rays owner Stua...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 5, 2024
Yandy Diaz If you want a player with a sea of red for a stats page, Diaz is your guy. He led all qualified 1B in wRC+ (164) and was 4th in xwOBA (.381). He slashed a strong .330/.410/.522, and while some may argue for regression, Diaz's xBA of .305 ranks 6th amongst all hitters. He also is plus at controlling the zone (19.7 Chase%, 18.3 Whiff%, both 83rd Percentile), which allow him to maintain hi...2024
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• Spencer Strider and Dylan Dodd shine, Braves B-squad explodes in split squad action

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Strider showed off his new curveball in one game, while Forrest Wall worked hard in cementing his roster spot in the other The Atlanta Braves played their first set of split squad games on Thursday, with Dylan Dodd making his 2024 Spring Training debut taking on the Rays on the road, and Spencer Strider leading things off on t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• Rays 5, Yankees 2: Brilliant Eflin Performance
Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Zach Eflin’s stellar performance on the mound shut down the Yankees, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory New month, who dis? After a completely disappointing July going 8-16, the Tampa Bay Rays look to be back to their dominant ways with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees. The win gives the Rays a three-game winning streak and back-to-back series...2023
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• Elly De La Cruz, Reds super prospect who plays like a video game character, has to be seen to be believed
Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Get to know Elly De La Cruz now because EVERYONE is going to be talking about him “He’s just ... different.” That was me, Wednesday night, over and over again as I tried to explain Elly De La Cruz, the Cincinnati Reds phenom who over the course of just two games in the majors has taken the baseball world by storm. I found myself talking about launch angles,...2023
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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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• Ronald Acuña Jr. leading off for the NL in the All-Star Game
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Both managers announced their starting lineups for Tuesday night’s All-Star game Astros’ manager Dusty Baker and Phillies’ manager Rob Thomson announced their starting lineups for Tuesday night’s mid-summer classic, with Braves’ right fielder Ronald Acuńa Jr in his familiar leadoff spot. Full lineup for the National League: Ronald Acuńa Jr - RF Freddie Freeman...2023
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• Yandy Diaz flips out at umpire Vic Carapazza on game-ending Clay Holmes fastball
Clay Holmes went from the frying pan of the IL directly back into the Yankees’ fire last week, earning his closer gig back immediately after returning from a back injury while looking … well, “back”. Holmes hit his first rough point of September in the ninth inning of a must-win game at Tropicana Field on […] Yandy Diaz flips out at umpire Vic Carapazza on game-ending...2022
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• 3 rumored Yankees call-ups could bring spark Gerrit Cole begged for
After another lifeless loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees still haven’t notched a single RBI since Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s magical Saturday night at Fenway Park. The 3-1 loss to Tampa featured a run scored on an error by Rays third baseman Yandy Diaz. Nonetheless, the team withering away after the Rays hadn’t […] 3 rumored Yankees call-ups could bring spark Gerri...2022
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• Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. among 6 Braves’ finalists for this year’s Silver Slugger Awards

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are well represented among the nominees for this season’s Silver Slugger Awards Louisville Slugger announced Thursday the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards in the American and National Leagues. The Atlanta Braves are well represented with six finalists in Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Sean Murphy and Marcell ...2023
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• Cubs 1, Rays 0: Marcus Stroman’s one-hitter was a masterpiece
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs shut down a potent Rays offense and scored just enough to win. Now THAT is a way to start a series against the best team in baseball! Marcus Stroman no-hit the Rays for six innings, then Wander Franco blooped a single into left to break that up. Stroman continued to dominate and finished the Cubs’ first complete-game shutout since Alec Mills’ no-h...2023
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr top vote-getter, Braves with six finalists for All-Star Game
Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Phase 2 of the voting will start Monday. For the second-straight season, Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr has been voted in as a starter for the All-Star Game. Acuña was the top overall vote getter during Phase 1 of the voting. Shohei Ohtani received the most votes for the American League. The overall top vote getter and automati...2023
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• Beat the Streak Pick
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.335 — Luis Arraez batting against Brandon Pfaadt. 0.321 — Jose Iglesias batting against Colin Rea. 0.304 — Jackson Merrill batting against Brandon Pfaadt. 0.297 — Yandy Diaz batting against Quinn Priester. 0.292 — Victor Robles batting against Mitch Spence. 0.292 — Shohei […...2024
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The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.313 — Yandy Diaz batting against Randy Vasquez. 0.309 — Bobby Witt Jr. batting against Yusei Kikuchi. 0.299 — Luis Arraez batting against Shane Baz. 0.287 — Jose Iglesias batting against Davis Martin. 0.284 — Josh Lowe batting against Randy Vasquez. 0.280 — […]...2024
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• Austin Riley awakens and Chris Sale rolls as Braves down Rays, 7-3

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Braves use early offensive onslaught and the outstanding Chris Sale to take down Tampa/ After a rough road trip, the Braves used a big game from Austin Riley and a tremendous start from Chris Sale to win their second game in a row, and take down the Rays 7-3 Friday night at Truist Park. Despite how well it ended going, it was actually an ominous beginning to th...2024
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• For Rays in deep AL East, pitching remains a major concern
Matt Duffy is slated to be the Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman, with newcomer Yandy Diaz also seeing time at the hot corner. Diaz figures to split his time between third, first and “eventually” the outfield, according to manager Kevin Cash. In terms of further offseason additions, pitching remains an area of concern, though Cash is confident with the group he has now, per Marc Topkin of the...2019
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• AL Central Notes: Diaz, Kipnis, Tigers, White Sox
The latest buzz from around the AL Central… In a look at what the Indians’ lineup could look like in 2019, Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that “serious consideration” is being given to the idea of deploying Yandy Diaz as a regular third baseman. With Diaz at the hot corner, All-Star Jose…...2018
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