Well, at least we won’t have to write any more Alex Tuch profiles in the near future. After speculating that the big winger could be a trade deadline acquisition in 2025, and a possible free agent signing this summer, things went in a different direction as the Buffalo Sabres signed the 30-year-old to an 8-year, $84 million contract before trading him to the Washington Capitals for a third-round pick and David Kampf.
With that move, the top forward was erased from the top of free agent bo...
The Yankees lost some ground in the American League East on Thursday. A tough loss in Fenway, combined with a dominant win by the Rays brings New York’s division lead down to 2.5 games. The day’s short schedule still provided plenty of pop, excellent pitching, and plenty to pay attention to around the American League. […]
Yesterday’s game was no fun at all. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen. Earlier this week, Seth Lugo hit a major milestone. Jaylon Thompson writes about his career arc: Prior to the club’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Lugo was recognized for his 10 years of Major League Baseball service time. […]
As promised, our Top 35 Trade Candidates article came out on Thursday. We’re also kicking off our trade deadline preview series, which will feature an in-depth look at each team. Anthony Franco got the ball rolling with the Yankees’ trade deadline outlook (Front Office subscription required). 1. Phillies win it in the ninth inning … […]
In the words of NFL.com reporter/analyst Eric Edholm, the Baker Mayfield contract squabble is nothing more than “fluff” to give folks something to talk about during the five or six weeks between underwear football season and the July start of […]
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Yesterday’s game was no fun at all. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen. Earlier this week, Seth Lugo hit a major milestone. Jaylon Thompson writes about his career arc: Prior to the club’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Lugo was recognized for his 10 years of Major League Baseball service time. […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the better stories in baseball, but their lineup has a glaring weakness that a division rival could solve. Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report predicted the Rays will trade for Baltimore Orioles outfielder Taylor Ward, calling the fit too obvious to ignore.
Why Ward Fits Tampa Bay
The Rays are getting a league-low 73 wRC+ from left field, an offensive black hole on an otherwise competitive roster.
Ward sits at a 127 wRC+ this season, almost entirely th...
The Tampa Bay Rays narrowly missed out on their first combined no-hitter and second overall no-no in Thursday’s 13-2 win versus the Kansas City Royals, but they still accomplished a remarkable piece of history just the same. Kevin Cash’s ballclub became the first MLB team to carry a no-hit bid into the ninth inning while […]
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Buccaneers Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield is entering the final year of his three-year contract. When asked about Mayfield, HC Todd Bowles said the quarterback has been “all about business” and doesn’t seem affected by his situation. “Baker’s business, he’s all about business. The contract stuff takes care of itself,” Bowles said via Rick Stroud of […]
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Ira’s midweek summer Bucs buffet is warm and tasty. Enjoy! The wisdom and fun of Ira and Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts or Podbean.com. Many other platforms, too, including iHeartRadio. […]
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Another week, another reminder that being a Rays fan means constantly screaming into the void about depth (I assume you saw Matz goes back to the IL) while the front office continues to do its best impression of a magician pulling rabbits out of hats. We threw up the latest Rays Reacts survey asking the […]
In an ugly display of baseball futility, the Royals dropped the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays, 13-2. The Rays, utilizing their bullpen for the entire game, didn’t allow a Royals hit until the ninth inning when Carter Jensen hit a two-run home run, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. There really isn’t […]
The Tampa Bay Rays were a hit away from throwing a no-hitter early on Thursday. A combined no-hitter is not as fun, but it is still an impressive feat that hardly ever happens. After throwing eight no-hit innings thanks to a great opening from Casey Legumina and outing from Ian Seymour, longtime reliever Craig Kimbrel […]
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The Rays were looking to wrap up their four-game homestand against the Royals with a split series, and they would have to do it bright and early, so hopefully they all had their coffee before the game. The Rays had Casey Legumina in an Opener role on the mound, up against Seth Lugo for the […]
The Tampa Bay Rays were one inning away from their second no-hitter in franchise history.
Outfielder Jake Cave has signed a minor league deal with the Rays, per an announcement from El Águila de Veracruz, the Mexican League team Cave had been playing for. The outfielder has been assigned to Triple-A Durham, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. Cave, 33, is a journeyman outfielder. From 2018 to 2024, he appeared […]
The 25th overall pick in this year’s draft has been on a bit of a journey. The story starts at last year’s deadline. The pick originally belonged to the Lightning, but they traded it to the Kraken in a deal for Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde. The pick stayed with the Kraken until this weekend, when they shipped it to Florida for Mackie Samoskevich. We didn’t realize it at the time, but the Panthers had something even bigger in mind, flipping the pick to Ottawa few hours later in the Brady...
Good…morning? Yes, good morning, everyone. To conclude their four-game series in St. Petersburg, the Royals and Rays face each other on this fine Thursday a.m. It’s not every day that you can watch baseball before noon–well, maybe it is if you live out west, but rare is this chance for Kansas Citians. At stake: the […]
Thanks to two homers from Paul Goldschmidt and a go-ahead shot from Jasson Domínguez, the Yankees maintained their cushion atop the AL and East Division standings with a 4-2 win on Wednesday night. While the Tigers aren’t the same playoff team that they’ve been the past two years, winning a road series over a team […]
There have already been multiple sign-and-trades for pending free agents this offseason. Darren Raddysh was sent from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Toronto Maple Leafs, while Alex Tuch got a new deal while going from the Buffalo Sabres to the Washington Capitals. Now, the lone pending restricted free agent for the Carolina Hurricanes could […]
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Joe wonders what Team Glazer and Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht think when they hear all the national-analyst calls to pay Baker Mayfield a market value contract. Mayfield seems like a very reasonable guy, so for him […]
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Jaylon Thompson of the Kansas City Star talked about how Jac Caglianone’s error on Wednesday night turned out to be rather costly. On Wednesday, the Royals got behind early. A costly error and some well-timed execution doomed the Royals in a 5-3 loss. In the third inning, the Rays scored two runs on an ill-advised […]
Triple-A: Durham Bulls (Rays) 6, Norfolk Tides 4 – Game 1 One bad inning sunk the Tides in this one. The top of the third inning saw the Bulls send 11 batters to the plate and score all six of their runs for the game off of five hits (including a two-run homer), two walks, […]
This game was far from an attractive product as four runs were scored on defensive misplays, but the Rays added enough around the comedy of errors by both teams to come out on top in this one. The misplays began early as Jac Caglianone had delusions of grandeur turning what could have been a double […]
The Royals did not cash in on early opportunities and the Rays did. Sometimes it is that simple. In the end the score was 5-3, but two of those three for Kansas City came because of an inning where the Rays made two back-to-back errors. The Royals had runners in scoring position in the 1st, […]