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BALTIMORE—Signing a hefty free-agent contract brings lofty expectations, and in his first season with the Orioles, Pete Alonso is living up to them. Alonso, who should have recorded his 30th home run on Wednesday night when a clear homer was called foul after clearing the foul pole, hit his true 30th homer, leading the Orioles […]
The Yankees lost a pair of annoying close games to the Blue Jays to begin last weekend in Toronto, so it was nice to see New York return the favor last night while also trimming the Rays’ AL East lead to three games. Cam Schlittler bent but did not break, a close call went the […]
The Rays will activate reliever Manuel Rodríguez from the 60-day injured list this weekend, president of baseball operations Erik Neander tells Tom Krasniqi of 95.7 FM. Tampa Bay will need to open space on the active and 40-man rosters. Rodríguez makes his return from last July’s elbow surgery. The Mexican-born righty had emerged as a […]
All the Orioles needed to break their four-game skid was another game against the Rays. They took the opener of the weekend series with their division foe 5-3 on Friday night as Trevor Rogers twirled a gem, Pete Alonso hit the go-ahead homer, and the bullpen locked things down late. The Orioles came out swinging, […]
Last weekend, the Orioles got everybody’s hopes up by winning the first three games against the Rays. They’ve spent the days since stumbling around and not doing a whole lot and so they’ve squandered the opportunity they created for themselves to stay ahead of the wild card competition. Can they get back up again after […]
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This week’s MLBTR Mailbag will dig into the Cubs’ long-term outfield look, the Rays’ crop of catching talent, the Yankees’ 2027 payroll and roster pursuits, and possible contracts for some notable names around the league. (Note: questions are lightly edited for clarity and brevity.) Let’s get into it! Colin asks: What are the Cubs’ options […]
The Tampa Bay Rays visit the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, opening another important AL East series between two teams that just faced each other in Tampa Bay. How to Watch Rays vs Orioles…
August 21: The Marlins selected Driscoll to the roster today and put Kempner on the 60-day injured list. August 19: Catcher Logan Driscoll has triggered an assignment clause in his minor league deal with the Rays and is headed to the Marlins, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Though the trade deadline has […]
Welcome back to Rays Reacts, which was a little light in the vote tally this time around! I know it’s summer, but I do encourage all to vote. We have them cross-posted to The Feed on the front page now, so please do not hesitate to make your way over an vote. Last week we […]
When the Orioles left Tropicana Field four days ago, there was an air of hope around them—the feeling that comes from taking three out of four in the house of the AL East leader. Fast forward four days and the Orioles have come back to earth after being swept in Baltimore by the New York […]
Welp. What a difference four days makes. On August 16, the O’s were clobbering the Rays 10-2 to complete three straight wins in St. Petersburg, vaulting into sole possession of the third American League Wild Card spot. As of last night, they’d dropped four in a row, including a home sweep by the Yankees, tumbling […]
Shane Bieber last faced the Rays on July 23rd in what was potentially an audition to acquire the veteran pitcher. In that game, he scattered three hits and a single run as Toronto won the contest 3-1. The Jays did some buying and selling at the deadline, and Bieber remained with the club to the […]
Blue Jays 5 Rays 1 What a nice game. It never seemed to be in doubt, even though we didn’t really blow the Rays out. Shane Bieber was terrific. Likely the best we’ve seen him in a Blue Jays uniform. He went seven innings, allowing just four hits, no walks with seven strikeouts, with just […]
Game three in the ballpark of the damned. This is game #129. It is starting to get serious. I spent a fair bit of time, this morning, cleaning a fish tank. I had a few fish in it and then we went on holiday, with my son looking after the house. Well, the filter stopped […]
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The Yankees kept pace in a crowded American League playoff picture Thursday, felling the Orioles 5-3 on the strength of an eighth-inning rally to take their third straight. It was a mixed bag for their competition, with an intra-division matchup between the first place Rays and a Blue Jays squad still very much in the […]
Rays reliever Bryan Baker came into the year with four career saves across five MLB seasons. He picked up his 36th save of 2026 last night. Baker has converted 25 straight chances. 1. Alonso’s blast ruled foul Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso thought he had delivered a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the […]
It always seems like the whenever the Toronto Blue Jays make the trek to One Tropicana Drive, some kind of miscue results in the Rays winning a close ballgame due to the result of it. The same case can be made Tuesday night. In a 2-1 ballgame in the fourth inning, courtesy to a Yandy […]
Jays 6 Rays 7 So, the game changed on two fly balls to left. In the bottom of the first, with one out, Junior Caminero hit a fly down the left field line, Jesús Sánchez was going into foul territory to get it, then it landed fair. Very weird, because a ball going foul will […]
The Cardinals are in agreement with left-hander Josh Fleming on a minor league contract, reports Derrick Goold of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They also announced they’ve re-signed first baseman/outfielder Bligh Madris and assigned him to Triple-A Memphis. Fleming is a St. Louis area native who was drafted by the Rays when Cards’ president of baseball operations […]
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Blue Jays 10 Rays 5 A win at Tropicana. I always think I’m more likely to find a $20 bill on the ground than to see the Jays win at that House of Horrors. The Jays, very democratically, scored two runs in each of five innings: We had 17 hits (let me double check, maybe […]
The Rays lost another blowout tonight, one in their starter could not complete four innings and the subsequent relievers didn’t offer much relief. Nick Martinez….I don’t know, I love the guy for so many reasons, but after his amazing first couple of months, it seems like every three, maybe even two outings is a clunker. […]
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