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Rays avoid the sweep thanks to hot bats and a great Nick Martinez start: Rays 6, Reds 1
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 […]
Game Thread: Man, this team needs an off day
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Please tell me this is the low point: Reds 12, Rays 6
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 […]
Game Thread: Go Bolts!
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Too Many Almosts, One More Loss : Rays 1, Reds 6
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 […]
Game Thread: Not the greatest day for Tampa Bay sports yesterday
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Rays call up RHP Trevor Martin, place RHP Mason Englert & new RHP Michael Grove on the IL
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 […]
Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 2
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; […]
Rays drop rubber match as Keller impresses:Rays 3, Pirates 6
Despite taking the loss in the series finale against the first place Pirates, Shane McClanahan should be leaving Pittsburgh feeing really good about where he is at. Yes, he surrendered four runs over four and a third innings, allowing eight hits in the process. However, that was the sharpest the southpaw has looked in three […]
Game Thread: Time for Win #2?
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Spring Showers, Rays Late Blooming Flowers: Rays 8, Pirates 7
Rain delays are the worst, unless they force Paul Skenes out of the game after four innings and expose the soft underbelly of the Pittsburgh bullpen requiring them. Then, long rain delays are great! Things were going great until that dawg, Brandon Lowe, drew a leadoff walk and came around to score in the 8th […]
Griffin Jax will rebound
The Rays had high expectations for Griffin Jax when he was acquired at last year’s trade deadline. After some poor batted ball luck but mostly good results to finish the 2025 season, Jax has gotten off to an uneven start in 2026. While it is unfortunate that he has allowed runs to score in four […]
Game Thread: The Pirates sure do have some good young pitching, huh?
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A Quiet Start, Then Got Lowe’d : Rays 1, Pirates 5
All winning streaks eventually come to an end. The Rays came into Friday night looking like a team that had figured out a little something. They had won six straight games, scored at least five runs in all six of those games. Instead, it turned into one of those games that spends six innings pretending […]
Game Thread: Hello, old friend
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Melton Making Moves
Jacob Melton was acquired by the Rays as the centerpiece in the Brandon Lowe trade. He brings a high-impact toolset: fringe 70 power, plus defense across all three outfield spots (including center field), and above-average speed. Through his first 15 games with Triple-A Durham, that hasn’t translated to production. Melton is currently running a 74 […]
Walk this way: Rays 5, White Sox 3
The Rays were hoping that this afternoon’s game would continue their five-game winning streak, and also complete the sweep against the White Sox before they headed to Pittsburgh for their weekend series against Paul Skenes and the Pirates. To get there, they’d have Steven Matz on the mound, squaring off against Jordan Leasure for the […]
Three takeaways from today’s Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners meeting on Rays Stadium funding
Today the BOCC held a workshop where county staff and the consultant who wrote the economic impact report would report to the commissioners. Let’s cut to the chase: My impression is that despite several commissioners seeming very bullish on the idea of this project, we are still a long way from getting a stadium deal, […]
Game Thread: Takin’ em to the Matz
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Hillsborough County to hold stadium workshop this afternoon as Rays dial up pressure
Hillsborough County will hold a Rays Stadium workshop this afternoon to consider the funding MOU submitted by the team last week. You can watch the proceedings starting at 1:30 PM. The workshop is largely for commissioners to gather more information, which means it will also be the public’s best opportunity as well. Remember that Florida’s […]
“Maybe one day…”: Rays 8, White Sox 3
For the first time in 15 years, the Rays win on Jackie Robinson Day Donning the light blue Burst jerseys for the first time, Tampa Bay took the field with everyone in uniform wearing number 42, celebrating Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on this day in 1947. Junior Caminero would provide the offense to […]
Game Thread: God’s chosen team
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Very small ball: Rays 8 White Sox 5
The Rays took the first game of this series against the White Sox, with Shane McClanahan picking up his first win in well over a year while his teammates gathered twelve hits and six walks. Every player was on base at least once. This game received national attention because of the White Sox starter: Noah […]
Game Thread: A lefty making his MLB debut?
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Rays push for quick financial agreement with Hillsborough, Tampa
The current Rays owners are eager — very eager — to get the funding for the proposed stadium squared away, and have given the Tampa and Hillsborough County a June deadline to approve funding, with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) released late Friday. Just to recap, the Rays are asking the two governments to fund […]
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