The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten off to a quick start when it comes to play in the American League East. After clobbering the division rival Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 on Thursday on Opening Day behind three home runs, Toronto will get behind one of its top pitchers Friday night in St.
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Yandy Diaz started things right, but the rest wasn’t much fun.
The Rays wont be starting the season with a run of 13 wins this year, as they fell to the Blue Jays 8-2 on Opening Day.
Let’s start with the good, then get to what happened.
Today was a good reminder that Yandy Diaz is my favorite consistent hitter in Rays history, specifically because he follows my personal rule for the ideal leadoff hitter: he should be terrifying.
Indeed, Diaz...
ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel reports that the Rays released the veteran backstop, who’d signed a minor league deal in late February.
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Rays Up!
The Tampa Bay Rays have announced their 2024 Opening Day roster:
PITCHERS (13): RHP Jason Adam, LHP Tyler Alexander, RHP Shawn Armstrong, RHP Aaron Civale, LHP Garrett Cleavinger, RHP Chris Devenski, RHP Zach Eflin, RHP Pete Fairbanks, RHP Zack Littell, RHP Phil Maton, RHP Ryan Pepiot, LHP Colin Poche, RHP Jacob Waguespack
CATCHERS (2): René Pinto, Ben Rortvedt
INFIELDERS (6): José Caballero, Yandy Díaz, Brandon Lowe, Curtis Mead, Isaac...
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on the immediate future of Rays shortstop Wander Franco.
The Tampa Bay Rays took shortstop Wander Franco off the 40-man roster and placed him on paid administrative leave Thursday as the investigation continues into allegations he had a relationship with a teenage girl.
The Red Sox announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contracts of left-hander Joely Rodriguez and right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa — the latter of whom was just acquired from the Rays yesterday.
The league and players association have come to an agreement on the immediate future of shortstop Wander Franco.
Wander Franco was put on administrative leave Thursday by Major League Baseball, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. The placement removes Franco from the Tampa Bay Rays 40-man roster and is effective through June 1.
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The roster is set, and now it’s time to play ball.
It’s finally here. Opening Day 2024. On this episode of Rays Your Voice, we break down the flurry of moves the Rays made on Wednesday to put the finishing touches on their roster.
While know the 26 names that will be announced at Tropicana Field before today’s game, we discuss how different the team might look in a week, a month, and later this season.
To end the show we preview what looks...
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The Tampa Bay Rays have taken on their division rival north of the border in a total of 451 regular season games, plus two playoff games (both of which went in the Rays favor). Over those regular season games, the Rays have gone 245-206 (.543%).
The Rays overtook the Blue Jays in the all-time series win column back in 2011 and haven’t looked back. Since the start of the 2007 season, the Rays have either tied or won the season series a total...
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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 Yankees are swapping infielder Jon Berti for pitcher John Cruz.
Considered an elite defender,...
The Yankees, Marlins and Rays have reportedly come together on a three-team swap just 24 hours before the season is set to commence, via MLB.com's Christina De Nicola. Miami is trading infielder Jon Berti to the Yankees, who are sending catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Rays.
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LHP Jacob Lopez, who made his debut last season, joins the list.
Previous WinnerJacob Lopez, LHP
AA | 2.57 ERA, 28.0 IP (8 G, 6 GS) 45 K, 9 BB
AAA | 2.72 ERA, 79.1 IP (18 GS) 26.0% K, 14.0% BB
MLB | 4.38 ERA, 12.1 IP (4 G, 1 GS) 8 K, 2 BB
Lopez missed 2022 for Tommy John surgery, but rode the shuttle to the big leagues when he returned in 2023. Like most system southpaws, he’s a deception lefty with low velo stuff, and his profile is a...
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Final part!
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 percentage. Each game is simulated just one time (higher seeded...
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It was a Spring to remember for some; for others a Spring to forget
After six grueling agonizingly long weeks, Spring Training is mercifully over. The highly anticipated yet quickly yawn inducing schedule of about 30 exhibition games has reached its conclusion with the Rays and Tigers playing to a 3-3 tie on Tuesday afternoon. All of the meaningless statistics that will forever grace analytical websites will be the only thing to...
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The Rays are adding a switch hitting versatile bench player on the eve of Opening Day
The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring utility fielder Niko Goodrum from the Minnesota Twins per a report from Marc Topkin.
Goodrum, 32, was a second round selection in the 2010 draft by the Minnesota Twins. A player that possessed solid tools but struggled to make an impact during his time in the minor leagues, Goodrum was able to stick around for a while...
The Tampa Bay Rays will open the season Thursday with a new shortstop and Opening Day starting pitcher when they host the Toronto Blue Jays in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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 percentage. Each game is simulated just one time (higher seeded team bats second),...