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Tampa Bay Rays ALCS roster finalized
The rosters are out for the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians. The Rays look to keep the good times rolling after sweeping the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series as they’ve kept the group of 26 players mostly the same. In fact, the Rays only […]
ALCS Game One Preview
For the first time in nearly twenty years, the League Championship series is back at Tropicana Field. Over the past two decades, the Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the best franchises in all of baseball. Since the start of the 2008 season, the Rays have the 3rd highest winning percentage in the game […]
Should the Rays be scared of Guardians?
As I sat down to write about the Rays triumphant return to the ALCS, I was beset by a nagging question. The Rays have a nasty habit of playing up to some opponents and down to others. Will that tradition rear its ugly head in the American League Championship Series? I recognize the absurdity of […]
Carl Crawford to throw ALCS Game One first pitch
A Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Famer will be one hand throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the first game of the 2026 American League Championship Series. Carl Crawford, a 4-time All-Star and winner of a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger award, will throw out the first pitch as the Rays play their […]
Ball don’t lie: Rays 4, Yankees 3
On a crisp 62-degree night in the Bronx, the Tampa Bay Rays went into the Boogie-Down and defeated the New York Yankees 4-3 to advance to their third ALCS in franchise history. It didn’t come without drama, however. In the top of the third inning, Jonathan Aranda drove in Jonny DeLuca with an RBI single, […]
ALDS Game 3 GDT: Para bailar Bronx bamba
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ALDS Game 3 Preview: Rays seek to complete Yankees humiliation
Go back a week, and you’ll see that the Yankees had been favored to win this series. They had former Cy Young Gerrit Cole on the mound for game one and the should the unthinkable happen and New York drop game one, they’d have the for sure victory in game two behind probable 2026 Cy […]
Cam Booser and the baseball story you need to know (Updated)
The Tampa Bay Rays made several franchise altering moves this offseason as they traded away Shane Baz and Brandon Lowe in separate trades made just hours apart. The deals also included Jake Mangum and southpaw Mason Montgomery. The inclusion of Montgomery was significant because the Rays have a lack of left-handed pitchers on the roster. […]
Rays announce new Ballpark and District Experience Center for 2027
Following last month’s approval of the new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark financing by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and Tampa City Council, the Rays today took another step toward bringing the project to life with the announcement of the Rays Ballpark Experience Center opening in early 2027. The Rays Ballpark Experience Center will […]
ALDS Game 2: Rays 5, Ben Rice 2
How important is the second game in a five-game series? Sarah Langs from MLB.com reminds us that winning the first two games of a five-game series is a significant leg up: New York apparently did not get the memo the way they booted and threw the ball around for several innings in this contest. The […]
ALDS Game 2 GDT: Rock the Trop!
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My five favorite pitches from Drew Rasmussen’s near no-no
In case you were sleeping under a rock, Drew Rasmussen gave the Yankees their worst performance in playoff history by nearly no-hitting them in Game 1 of the ALDS, including a (for them) record 23 swinging strikes, a feat all the more remarkable given that he didn’t pick up his tenth until the top of […]
ALDS Game Two Preview: Must win for the Yankees
The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees are back at it tonight for the second game of the American League Division Series. The two teams met up on Saturday for an epic pitcher’s duel. The Rays won thanks to a masterful performance from Drew Rasmussen, who came just four outs shy of throwing the […]
We all bow to Drew Rasmussen: Rays 1, Yankees 0
Like me, no doubt, you feel as though you just had the most wonderful, awful, stressful and joyous 2.5 hours of your baseball fan life. The actual recap can be quick. The Rays got five hits. Kudos to Palacios and Hicks for hitting doubles, both of which bounced off the right-center wall just feet away […]
ALDS Game 1 GDT: Troptober Begins
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WC Game 3 GDT: All Eyes on Atlanta
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ARE WE HAVING FUN YET
I love the film Moneyball for a lot of reasons, but one part of the film really resonates now. If you recall, Billy Beane’s life was baseball — once as a player and, as the movie starts, as the general manager for the Athletics. But he doesn’t watch the games. At first pitch, he might […]
Wild Card Day 2 GDT: Home Field Advantage really helps, huh?
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AL Wild Card GDT: Let them fight!
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Freddy Peralta named AL Pitcher of the Month – September 2026
Right-handed pitcher Freddy Peralta has been named American League (AL) Pitcher of the Month for September. This marks the second time a Rays pitcher has won the award this season, joining Drew Rasmussen’s award in June. It is also the third time in Peralta’s career he has been named Pitcher of the Month, winning two […]
Wild Card GDT: Let them fight!
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Tampa Bay 98ers – Rays 3, Phillies 7
Every baseball season’s ending is bitter sweet. It’s a game that comes into our homes nightly for all summer. It’s a constant that we can count on, that can entertain and frustrate in oftentimes equal measures. It’s there for social times, for after work chilling times, heck also for at work times. It’s there to […]
Rays GDT: Y’all ready for the postseason?
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Rays GDT: Don’t forget to call your doctor for an extra antacid prescription!
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Fortydelphia: Rays 2, Phillies 0
The Rays stayed healthy in a game that didn’t matter to them — and won. That’s about all you can ask for at the end of the regular season post-clinching. And they looked good doing it, sporting the sweet new Tampa Bay road grays. Jonny DeLuca got the jump on Phillies lefty Christopher Sanchez (‘fOrMeR […]
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