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The Rays bolstered their pitching pipeline by selecting Ben Blair, a right-handed pitcher from Liberty University, with their next pick in the 2026 MLB Draft. Blair emerged as one of the fastest-rising college arms in the class after moving into Liberty’s Friday night starter role, where he paired durability with one of the most unique […]
Ah shoot, we’re doing this again. Apologies for the late and brief preview. The Mariners are playing in Tampa Bay today, trying to find their first victory on this Florida road trip. Logan Gilbert takes the ball for the Mariners; Griffin Jax for the Rays. The lineups are about as you’d expect. Play ball! Lineups […]
The Rays used the No. 2 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft on Fort Worth Christian (Texas) shortstop Grady Emerson, selecting one of the highest-upside hitters in this year’s class. Emerson enters professional baseball with an advanced left-handed bat, exceptional feel for the strike zone, and the projection to develop above-average power as he […]
The Rays took Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson with the No. 2 pick in the 2026 MLB draft. The post Tampa Bay Rays Draft Shortstop Grady Emerson No. 2 Overall appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
Offense was somewhat surprisingly at a premium last night in DC after the two-hour rain delay, as the Yankees couldn’t do more than hit register two solo shots against the Nationals’ Carson Palmquist/Zack Littell combo across the first seven innings. They weren’t dominating by any stretch; it just felt like the Yanks weren’t landing that […]
Good day, everyone! The Mariners are testing our fortitude once more it seems, as they dropped yet another uncompetitive game, this time to the Rays by a 7-2 score. Helpfully, Major League Baseball has provided us with a distraction today in the form of the MLB Draft, which starts at 10am PST. It’s not too […]
This. THIS is what a complete Rays win feels like. Taking advantage of opponent’s mistakes, crisp baserunning and a defensive clinic. That is the brand of Rays baseball that has been both the most successful and entertaining this season. But before we delve into tonight’s on-field action, for the first time since the 2023 Wild […]
The Mariners lost 7-2 to the Rays on Friday. Usually, I take notes when I recap games. Not today. I watched from the corner of my eye, game on mute, doing other things. Frankly, I didn’t think the Mariners were going to win. I hate when people say that, too. But I really didn’t think […]
Rays 7, Mariners 2 Papa Johns: Josh Naylor, +0.08 WPARound Table: J.P. Crawford, +0.08 WPAPizza Hut: Cal Raleigh, -0.10 WPALittle Caesars: Luke Raley, -0.14 WPADomino’s: Luis Castillo, -0.19 WPA Game thread comment of the day:
The White Sox announced tonight that first baseman Munetaka Murakami will participate in the 2026 Home Run Derby. That means the field is set for the event. The sluggers will take the field at Citizens Bank Park on Monday at 7 pm CT. Here are the participants: Jac Caglianone, Royals Junior Caminero, Rays Willson Contreras, […]
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Did the Mariners have a tiny bit of momentum coming out of that homestand last week? You bet. Did they squander it all away immediately? Of course. After being swept in Miami, Seattle finds itself back at .500 and a half game behind the Rangers in the AL West. Just a year ago, the M’s […]
Thanks to a two home run day from Ben Rice and a breakout performance from all over the lineup, the Yankees salvaged a split against the Rays at Tropicana Field on Thursday afternoon. Things could’ve been — and were looking they were going to be — worse for a while there, but the Yankees will […]
The Yankees won this game 12-4. They had a bullpen...
Well, you have to start somewhere. A split with the Rays in St. Petersburg won’t turn the Yankees’ season around on its own, but it’s a step in the right direction after three weeks of putrid baseball. Yesterday, New York’s offense finally showed up, putting in a cathartic 12-run effort against Tampa Bay, led by […]
These MLB Draft trades could help the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays gear up for a postseason push.
For this next Rays Reacts poll, we asked who y’all thought the Rays will draft at No. 2 overall in the 2026 draft, and after a close vote the answer was — for me — surprising! Has the lesson of Buster Posey come home to roost? For a long time Cholowsky has been heralded as […]
We asked. Fans answered. In a nationwide poll of SB Nation readers, Houston Astros DH Yordan Alvarez was voted the player who should be the AL MVP, beating out Kansas City Royals SS Bobby Witt Jr., Athletics 1B Nick Kurtz and Tampa Bay Rays 3B Junior Caminero. SB Nation Reacts polls are powered by Fanduel. […]
Even in the most difficult of times, this Yankees team has had Ben Rice to count on, and here, needing a win, it saw its first baseman completely take over a game with two homers to lead a blowout 12-4 win over the Rays. Neither one of Rice’s homers represented the go-ahead hit or even […]
The Rays were ready to wrap up their four-game series against the Yankees and hopefully come away with a series win. To get there, they had Drew Rasmussen on the mound, and they’d be facing off against a rotating series of Yankees relievers. Hmm, wonder where they got that idea from. Rasmussen got the Yankees […]
The Yankees got a good start from mercurial ace Gerrit...
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It’s been a while since Tampa Bay Rays officials released any stadium renderings, and with talks on getting almost $2 billion in cash and tax breaks from the city and county seemingly on hold, no time like the present to drum up any excitement possible from some images of what a new building may or […]
As far as the afternoon games in early July go, they don’t get much bigger than this one, with the Yankees desperate to avoid a third-straight defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays. If they were to lose today, the Yankees would see the gap to the division lead widen to six games, […]
Ryan Vilade has gotten into a groove, as the former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder is hitting well with the Tampa Bay Rays and could remind fans of some other players who graced both teams' rosters.