A Tampa Bay Rays Blog: Ball on a Budget
Early season schedules are a peculiarity, and a getaway game on an early April afternoon is one of those things. The Rays were licking their wounds from a rough loss on Tuesday night—but a blessedly solid outing from the returning Shane McClanahan—and were hoping to come away with a series win before hitting the road. […]
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It has been a long time since we’ve seen a start from Shane McClanahan. Since August 2, 2023, in fact. But the former All-Star has dealt with bad hand after bad hand in terms of injury, and his path back to the majors hasn’t been an easy one. Tonight, all eyes were on the mound […]
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On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice, I’m joined by Cole Mitchem to break down the Rays opening series against the Cardinals, implementation of the ABS challenge system, and do a full break down of the Rays farm system heading into the 2026 season. While there isn’t a consensus top prospect in the system […]
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The Rays opened a three-game series in Milwaukee on Monday winning a close one against the Brewers. Cedric Mullins was dropped from the starting lineup for the first time this season, which made sense with lefty Kyle Harrison starting for the Brewers. Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson were the only two left-handed hitters in the […]
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Wander Franco’s re-trial in the Dominican Republic for his role in a relationship with an underage girl has been delayed to an unknown date. The new trial was scheduled to begin today, but with Franco and the girl’s mother being tried simultaneously, the courts have been delayed, according to Luis Tomas Rae Barett, due to […]
A roster crunch forced the Rays’ hand in trading Jake Woodford to the Brewers, but I’m still a bit disappointed by it on a personal level because he was one of my favorite players in camp this spring. He’s a funky, unique pitcher with an offspeed pitch that has no comps from his slot. It’s […]
The Rays escaped from St. Louis with a win. Although the Rays offensive production was impressive — 11 runs, 17 hits and 4 walks — there was not one minute when this win felt assured. The Rays started out with the lead. After having been no-hit for six innings yesterday, the Rays were able to […]
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The Cardinals beat the Rays 6-5 in a game that went ten innings. The Rays’ offense showed fight, scoring four in the ninth to tie after being shut out for the first eight innings. Joe Boyle gave up two runs early on, but once he settled in, he was fantastic, retiring 15 straight hitters. But […]
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To coincide with Opening Day, we asked y’all whether you thought the Rays did enough to have a competitive season, and the results were not rosy: True to that result, the majority (63%) of fans votes for the Rays to be under .500 this season: As always, Rays Reacts is brought to you by our […]
It looked like Rays fans were set for a joyous Opening Day, with the reshaped lineup scoring seven runs on a whopping 17 hits. Jonathan Aranda homered, multiple players had three-hit days, Junior Caminero reached base four times while every Cardinals pitcher tried to pitch around him. This game could have been a statement of […]
For the first time this year: Go Rays!
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 […]
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 […]
Last week we took a look at the improved catching group compared to 2025. With the roster set, it’s a good time to zoom out and evaluate the offense as a whole. The position player group consists of: On paper, this group looks noticeably different from last year’s offense, and the early data from spring […]
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 […]
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First pitch against the Atlanta Braves is at 1:05 at CoolToday Ballpark and the Braves will be providing tv coverage.
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 […]