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Adam Sanford

Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 14

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Brody Hopkins will represent the Rays at the Futures’ Game

This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday.

This was the 14th week of minor league play.

According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the Rays farm system has changed once again. 25-year old Tristan Peters continues to hold the top...

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Brett Rutherford

Frustrating loss opens home stand: Athletics 6, Rays 4

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The Rays opened up their short home stand with a frustrating 6-4 loss against the Oakland Sacramento Las Vegas Athletics. Rays starter Drew Rasmussen only went three innings, and Pete Fairbanks couldn’t keep the game tied in the ninth, and the offense could only muster runs in the fourth inning.

Jacob Lopez toed the rubber for the A’s. Lopez, an oft-forgotten piece in the Jeffrey Springs/Joe Boyle trade, has had an effective season for the boys in...

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Brett Phillips

GDT: Time for some home cookin’

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And by “home cookin’” I mean “sweating and panting outside in the sun despite it being 7 PM”

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Adam Sanford

Series Preview: Rays vs Athletics

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eighty-four games down, seventy-eight to go.

In what has become a rarity of late, the Tampa Bay Rays lost a series.

Despite scoring 20 runs over the three game series, the Rays dropped two of three to the Baltimore Orioles. The Rays now have a record of 47-37 and the Yankees are back up to a 1.5 game lead in the division; the Rays still control the top Wild Card spot with a 3.5 game advantage.

The Athletics of Sacramento...

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With the Rays Surging, Will They Still Trade Any Veterans?

Last year didn’t look anything like the seasons that the Tampa Bay Rays are used to. The team was as mediocre as could be, hovering around the .500 mark from the beginning of the season to the end.

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Adam Sanford

Player of the Series: Brandon Lowe

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Since May 13th, Brandon Lowe has been one of the best players in baseball

It was a series to forget for the Tampa Bay Rays as they blew a 6-0 lead on Friday and were nearly shutout on Sunday. They did manage to squeeze in a 11-3 victory on Saturday to avoid being swept.

The offense did have plenty of bright spots. On Saturday, Jonathan Aranda belted a 467 foot homerun and continued to be the best first baseman in the American League. Yandy Diaz also...

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Rays Hitters Schooled by Dean: Rays 1, Orioles 5

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Kremer silences the bats, Cowser robs a game-changing homer, and the Orioles tag Bradley for five runs to win the series.

There were moments of hope and flashes of brilliance for the Tampa Bay Rays, but there was also Dean Kremer on the mound for the Baltimore Orioles. Dean made sure class was in session on how to prevent the other team from winning their third straight series.

The game began with some positivity for the Rays with runners on first and...

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Brett Phillips

GDT: Keep on rollin’

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Would love to see a continuation of last week’s performance for Taj here!

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Rays Notes: Kim, Bigge, McClanahan

The Rays signed infielder Ha-Seong Kim to a two-year, $29MM contract back in February but he has yet to play a game for the club after undergoing shoulder surgery late last year.

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Rays return the favor, drub the O’s: Rays 11, Orioles 3

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Rays bounce back from blowout loss with strong first inning and hand the O’s an eight run loss

If you were worried that the Rays would stumble into Saturday afternoon’s game following their largest defeat of the season, the bats quickly dispelled those fears in the top of the first. Two batters into the game they had scored and just like that they were off to the races, looking much like the team of the last month.

By the time Each Eflin had retired the...

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Rays take command, clamp down against Orioles

Jonathan Aranda smacked a two-run home run and Yandy Diaz had a three-run blast to support stellar pitching from Zack Littell in the Tampa Bay Rays' 11-3 romp past the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.

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Brett Phillips

GDT: I’m done ragging on Eflin

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How about we let the runs do the talking?

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Rays designate Forrest Whitley, promote Joe Rock

The Rays announced that right-hander Forrest Whitley has been designated for assignment.  Replacing Whitley on the active roster is left-hander Joe Rock, who has been called up from Triple-A Durham to make his first appearance on a big league roster.

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Rays' Zack Littell seeks to help taxed bullpen in start vs. Orioles

Although the Tampa Bay Rays' pitching has been as sharp as it could be, the team might find itself in a bind this weekend. The Rays went through the bulk of their bullpen in Friday night's 22-8 loss to the host Baltimore Orioles, making for a potentially tricky second game of the series on Saturday afternoon.

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Do we laugh or cry? Rays 8 Orioles 22 (not a typo)

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In which Jose Caballero was arguably not the Rays worst pitcher

We saw a lot of games like this earlier in the season; hopefully we won’t see many more.

At first it looked like an easy Rays win.

The Rays scored six runs in the top of the second inning, as first Aranda and then Josh Lowe hit solo home runs, and Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano struggled to find the plate and then struggled to miss bats when he did find the plate.

He walked Chandler...

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Brett Phillips

GDT: What, no runs for Pepiot?

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Pepiot leads MLB in least run support, with -1.14 runs scored per start. Amazing he’s even 5-6!

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Adam Sanford

Series Preview: Rays vs Orioles

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eighty-one games down, eighty-one to go.

We are officially half way through the 2025 regular season and the Tampa Bay Rays are currently in possesion of a playoff spot.

Fresh off a sweep of the Kansas City Royals, the Rays are now 46-35 on the season, and sit a half game back of the New York Yankees for the division lead; the Rays hold a 4.5 game lead atop the Wild Card chase. Tampa Bay has the best record in baseball since the start of play on...

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Player of the Series: Shane Baz

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The Rays starting rotation as a whole was masterful

Prior to the game on Thursday, I was fully set to name Taj Bradley as the Player of the Series for his Tuesday performance, but he was surpassed by Shane Baz who delivered an incredible outing.

Shane Baz started out the 2025 season on a strong note and looked like he could be emerging as an ace, but then hitters started pummeling his slider and Baz’s stats ballooned. However, Baz has made a recent change...

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Rays' hot pitchers set to face Orioles' slumping hitters

The Tampa Bay Rays have been stellar on the mound this week, while the Baltimore Orioles have been miserable at the plate. The teams meet in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night in Baltimore.

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Report: Wander Franco Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse; Prison Sentence Suspended

The story of former Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is a sad one. He was a player that Rays fans believed would be the future of the franchise. He showed so much promise on that initial hype.

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