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Despite the fact that a number of teams have had issues at their back of their bullpen this season, free agent closer Craig Kimbrel is still very much available. One team that has looked pretty strong late in games may well look to get even stronger …
Preseason predictions were meant to be defied. That’s true in every sport, but baseball can particularly throw you off, given the length of the seasons and how teams can be prone to lengthy hot or cold streaks. A bad month may be masked over a …
As a pre-arbitration player, Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell has no real say in his salary. The Tampa Bay Rays do, and they opted against giving him special treatment for turning in a Cy Young season in 2018. That has Snell a bit peeved as spring …
It’s pretty clear which teams can expect to be near the top of the standings in Major League Baseball and which can expect to be near the bottom. That leaves a mess of teams in the middle that may or may not be good enough to contend, but at …
The Tampa Bay Rays are serious about making moves in free agency, and they have landed a solid prize on the market. According to numerous reports, the Rays are have agreed to a two-year deal with starting pitcher Charlie Morton. Free agent starter …
The Tampa Bay Rays are known for being a low-budget team with a penchant for drafting and developing young players before moving them on when their salaries begin to rise, which tends to put the roster in a constant state of flux. One former member …
The Tampa Bay Rays continued to provide the crazy this blessed baseball season. During Wednesday’s game against the New York Yankees, Rays manager Kevin Cash turned to some unorthodox tactics again. Righty reliever Sergio Romo had entered the …
Tampa Bay can never pass up an opportunity to clown their division rivals. The Rays, who will be hosting the New York Yankees for a three-game series starting on Monday, took some time to troll Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Sunday. They dug up an …
The Tampa Bay Rays are into day two of trolling the New York Yankees after some bizarre circumstances led to a walk-off win on Sunday. The Rays got some help from a Tropicana Field speaker to prevent a Clint Frazier fly ball from going out for a home …
The Tampa Bay Rays had some help from up above during their victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday … quite literally. The Rays won in a 12-inning thriller, but the game almost had a very different result. Tied 6-6 in the ninth inning, …
The Tampa Bay Rays are hosting the Toronto Blue Jays for a three-game series this week, and they are using it as an opportunity for a perfectly-executed roast. Back in April, the Blue Jays had an unfortunate weather-related moment before a scheduled …
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Zack Cozart was critical of the Tampa Bay Rays for utilizing an interesting strategy against them. The Rays started relief pitcher Sergio Romo in both Saturday and Sunday’s games. On Saturday, Romo struck out …
The Tampa Bay Rays are planning to experiment with an unconventional four-man starting pitching rotation during the upcoming season. While a five-man rotation is the norm across Major League Baseball, Tampa Bay will be going a different route. Rays …
The Tampa Bay Rays are expected to keep Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Archer despite recently removing familiar names from their roster. Over the weekend, the Rays made moves that cleared a couple of the team’s higher-paid players from the roster. …
ESPN analyst Dick Vitale is not happy with the Rays over their latest cost-cutting moves. Vitale is a longtime season ticket holder of the Tampa Bay MLB franchise. He is a passionate fan and was not happy when the team traded Evan Longoria earlier …
The Tampa Bay Rays’ recent moves have not gone down well with a key member of the team. Outfielder Kevin Kiermaier made no secret of his displeasure on Monday, admitting that he didn’t get what the Rays were doing after trading pitcher …
