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Busch Stadium was an exciting place to be today as the St. Louis Cardinals opened up the 2026 season against the Tampa Bay Rays. The parade of St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famers, the proud Budweiser Clydesdales and a stadium packed with plenty of fans wearing red. The game had plenty of highlights and it […]
For the first time this year: Go Rays!
It’s finally time to play some baseball games that count. The St. Louis Cardinals kick off the 2026 season at Busch Stadium as the Tampa Bay Rays come to town. According to MLB.com, Matthew Liberatore will start the game for the Cardinals while the Rays will send Drew Rasmussen to the mound. This will also […]
The Rays Opening Day lineup for 2026 has been posted by manager Kevin Cash, and has some surprises compared to the expected starters for the season, in part because a left hander is on the mound in for -Rays first round pick Matthew Liberatore, who was traded to St. Louis in the January 2020 deal […]
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AL West: Mariners (17 votes) Crowd: Mariners (95.6%) AL Central: Tigers (9) Royals (6), Guardians (2)Crowd: Tigers (71.2%) AL East: Blue Jays (9) Red Sox (4), Yankees (4)Crowd: Blue Jays (50.8%) AL WC: Red Sox (12), Royals (8), Yankees (7) Tigers (6), Astros (3), Rays (2), A’s (1), Orioles (1), Rangers (1)Crowd: Yankees (69.9%), Red […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have officially finalized the 26-man roster for the 2026 season, including six players to the injured list. Here is your 2026 Rays for Opening Day: LEFT-HANDED PITCHERS (4): Garrett Cleavinger, Steven Matz, Shane McClanahan, Ian Seymour RIGHT-HANDED PITCHERS (9): Bryan Baker, Joe Boyle, Mason Englert, Yoendrys Gómez, Griffin Jax, Kevin Kelly, Nick Martinez, […]
Opening Day is here tomorrow and the bold predictions are flying in the Slack chat, so I’ve pulled together the hottest takes from masthead. Some are reasonable. Some are absolutely nuclear. All of them are compelling. Let’s get into it with Daniel, who set things off: Daniel Vonderwalde Ian Malinowski Danny Russell Jason Collette Darby […]
On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice, we are joined by Elijah Flewellen for our 2026 Season Preview! We discuss the latest injury news and how they impact the Opening Day roster. We also discuss the opportunities available for young players Chandler Simpson and Carson Williams, who will look to prove themselves as viable […]
The season is finally almost here! Opening Day is tomorrow for the Cardinals at 3:15pm CST. It will be Drew Rasmussen taking the mound for the Rays in St Louis, and Matthew Liberatore will be your Opening Day starting pitcher for the Cardinals. The Cardinals will have their work cut out for them because Rasmussen […]
The St. Louis Cardinals have shared a detailed schedule of what Opening Day will look like on Thursday. It will start with a pep rally starting late morning and won’t conclude until the Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays kick off the 2026 season in the afternoon. Here’s the Opening Day schedule for the St. Louis […]
This week is exciting in Cardinals Nation for multiple reasons, with Opening Day being the most important element of it all. The Cardinals return to St. Louis on Thursday and will take on the Tampa Bay Rays to open the 2026 season. Gabe and I had the privilege of sitting down with Pre/Post Host for […]
Just when it all seemed too easy, the Milwaukee Brewers shake things up. Entering the final exhibition game of the year before Opening Day on Thursday, the Brewers had 26 healthy players in camp. It seemed like the roster was set and there would be no more drama with the roster construction. Then the Brewers […]
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Well it’s here: the last game of Spring Training, as the Braves open their regular season on Friday in Atlanta against Kansas City. Grant Holmes gets his final spring tune-up, wrapping up what has been a strong and healthy spring for Grant. There was much concern about his health, given that he was shut down […]
Rays projected starting second baseman Gavin Lux has been battling through a right shoulder impingement, with manager Kevin Cash saying the team was in a time crunch ahead of Opening Day. As the best cure for such irritations in the rotator cuff region is rest, the Rays have opted to move Lux to the injured […]
The last Spring Training game is upon us and baseball will officially return to South Philadelphia in three days. Here are the lineups for the final matchup, let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Rays:
Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes for the top prospects in the Rays system. This off-season saw a dramatic overhaul of the Rays system, and accordingly the DRaysBay list has also shifted dramatically year over year. Only one prospect graduated last […]
That was a fun way to wrap spring training. The Blue Jays smoked Tampa Bay, 14-1, with most of the regulars getting in on the action. The highlights: We also got some news. Angel Bastardo and Yariel Rodriguez have been told that they didn’t make the opening day roster. Rodriguez had a good World Baseball […]
The Jays last spring game. Then, Opening Day is March 27th. And I’ll be on my way to Japan by the time the game is over. I’m putting this together early so I don’t have the lineups but it should be Nick Martinez and Dylan Cease starting. And we’ll likely have a better idea of […]
First pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays is at 1:05 at TD Park and the Rays will be providing tv and radio coverage.
For this week’s Reacts poll, we asked who y’all expected to be the Rays closer in 2026, and the majority said… NOBODY! Very few seemed to agree with my assessment that Baker is in line for the starring role this season, but I’m excited to see what the Rays pitching lab might unlock there. As […]
First pitch against the Minnesota Twins is at 1:05 at Charlotte Sports Park and the Rays will be providing tv and radio coverage.
First pitch against the Boston Red Sox is at 1:05 at Charlotte Sports Park and the Rays will be providing tv and radio coverage.
Is it on TV? Yup! First pitch is on NESN at 1:05 PM. What’s the lineup? Why should we watch? Do you need another reason to watch other than the return of Roman Anthony? We’ve got Willson Contreras in there, too, whom we haven’t seen much of this spring. And while Blake Wehunt isn’t much […]