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First Chuck: 12:40 PM CDT (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: DRAYSBAY I never got to fully appreciate the King of Pop. By the time I was of music-appreciation age, MJ was in full “Wacko Jacko” Era: all Neverland Ranch accusations & dangling babies over […]
While we may see the 2022 version of Shane McClanahan back on the mound for the Rays, with every start he makes following a two-year absence riddled with injuries, the electric southpaw appears more and more like his old self. Today was no exception as he took home his second win of the season and […]
The Twins were drubbed 6-1, nearly taking in their first shutout loss of 2026, but regardless marking their eighth loss in the last nine ballgames, and exacerbating the absolute morale tailspin that Minnesota has found themselves in during the back half of April. A bizarre first inning opened with a ghost-timeout that required something akin […]
First Pitch: 3:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy The Minnesota Twins. Ever heard of em? An early start to the season means that it can be game 27 and still only be April. We’re at the point of the season where the oft-cited “small sample size” begins to stretch […]
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Through the first 8 innings, this was a fun game to watch if you opted for staying in tonight to watch a great slate of games and putting off the social schedule for tomorrow. This was a game where all aspects of the Rays were functioning as we would like to see on a nightly […]
Against an opposing pitcher who’s been one of the best in the AL the last several years, you need your starter to be really sharp — Taj Bradley was doing kinda OK until he wasn’t — and you need your hitters to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. These Twins were terrible at the […]
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First pitch: 6:10 Central Weather: No hurricanes today Opponent’s SB site: DRaysBay TV: Twins TV. Radio: Sandwiches will be marrying Kris Atteberry this fall Today’s Rays starter is Drew Rasmussen, and he is Darn Good. He’d thrown a total of 32.1 so-so innings of relief for the Brewers when they traded him for SS Willy […]
The Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays remain peas in a pod. On Friday, the Mariners announced they’ve traded recently DFA’d reliever Casey Legumina to the Rays for minor league RHP Ty Cummings. Despite some difficult outcomes with Seattle, Legumina’s capability to pitch multiple innings and tease a Paul Sewald-esque pitch mix. Unfortunately for […]
The Rays were looking to wrap up their home series against the Reds by avoiding the series sweep. To get there, they had Nick Martinez on the mound up against Brandon Williamson for the Reds. This sets up the delightful situation where we will see Williamson vs Williamson at-bats. TJ Friedl kicked off the first […]
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It was surely an emotional return to Minnesota for Brandon Williamson his last time out. The Fairmont, MN native had hundreds of friends and family in attendance at Target Field as his Cincinnati Reds came to town, a game (and series) in which the Reds began to consolidate the momentum they’ve carried down to Tampa. […]
It is hard to believe that this is the same team that recently had a six game win streak. Maybe the Rays were never that good, and the Yankees and White Sox just aren’t much competition? Yesterday the Rays lost in part due to bad luck and less than stellar defense. Tonight, the team fell […]
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Chase Burns takes the mound for the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday evening down in Tampa at the Trop, and he does so knowing that another win would clinch a series victory over the Rays. Tampa will turn to veteran lefty Steven Matz for the start, and the Reds have responded by loading their lineup for […]
The Cincinnati Reds are rolling at 15-8 on the season so far, mixing in elite bullpen work with timely hitting and just enough starting pitching to make the dominos fall in the right direction so far. Fresh off a sweep of the Minnesota Twins on the road, the Reds rolled into Tampa and took the […]
The Yankees entered their recent series against the Royals needing a serious shift in momentum. They were 2-7 in their previous nine games — a stretch which saw them get one-hit by the Rays, fail to score for 17 straight innings, and surrender 13 home runs and 32 runs total in four games against the […]
We’ve all had that moment when we’ve spotted an open parking space, only to loop around and realize someone else slid into it before you got there. Thursday night’s Tampa Bay Rays game against the Cincinnati Reds had a similar feeling. Every time the Rays looked like they had an opening, Cincinnati beat them to […]
The Cincinnati Reds look to continue their winning ways as they begin a series on the Gulf Coast of Florida against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday evening. Rhett Lowder will get the start, with first pitch set for 6:40 PM ET. The two teams will line up like this: Today’s Lineups REDS RAYS TJ […]
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Prior to their series opener against the Cincinnati Reds, the Tampa Bay Rays are calling up right-handed pitcher Trevor Martin from Triple-A Durham, capping off a flurry of moves on the pitching side. Martin, 25, was the Rays 3rd round selection in the 2022 draft. During his collegiate days, Martin was a closer for Oklahoma […]
The Cincinnati Reds have scored just 78 runs through their 22 games played this year, yet they’ve managed to win 14 of those and sit in 1st place in their division after their weekend sweep of the Minnesota Twins. The Tampa Bay Rays, meanwhile, have seen their runners score 103 times through just 21 games, […]
This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the 1st a week of full minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), 22-year old backstop Caden Bodine the top hitter in the Rays system; […]
With a depleted group of relievers, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted one of their top prospects ahead of their Sunday contest against the Tampa Bay Rays. 23-year-old Wilber Dotel got the call to pitch for Pittsburgh while on a road trip with Triple-A Indianapolis. Originally slated to start for the Indians on Saturday evening, Dotel instead […]