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Predicting a Postseason Pitching Staff
With the benefit of the first-round bye, the Rays will have an opportunity to set their rotation exactly as they want it for the ALDS. A postseason rotation really only needs to have three true starting pitchers given the abundance of off days within and bookending a series. The Rays will almost certainly begin their […]
Oh No, The Rays Lost. Anyway… Rays 2, Yankees 9
Watching your favorite team lose to one of your least favorite teams is never truly enjoyable, but it goes down a bit easier when the regular season prize is already in the bag. The only downside to this loss is the Rays must now win out to get to 100 wins on the season, but […]
Rays GDT: Day 1 A.C.
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Dress For Success: Tampa Bay Rays Are AL East Champions
The Tampa Bay Rays were terrible houseguests Tuesday night. They showed up at Yankee Stadium wearing their brand-new Road Gray uniforms, refused to give the Yankees much at the plate, and then helped themselves to the American League East title. Drew Rasmussen carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Yandy Díaz drove in four runs, and Tampa […]
Rays’ bats fall silent in the Bronx: Yankees 2, Rays 0
In true “end-of-the-season battle of the titans” fashion, the Rays were going to be facing the Yankees in a Tuesday doubleheader. Both teams had secured their trip to the postseason, but the Rays really wanted to finally lock down their place as the AL East champions without question. To get the job done, they had […]
Rays GDT: An extra-large Super-sized AL East Showdown Doubleheader!
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Rays reveal new “Tampa Bay” road gray uniforms
For the first time in a long time, the Tampa Bay Rays will now carry the name Tampa Bay on their jersey while playing in other stadiums. According to the team press release: This uniform represents the commitment between the club and its region, putting ‘Tampa Bay’ back onto its front. The team will wear […]
Until October, Trop: Rays 5, Red Sox 1
By late Sunday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays had secured their 55th win at Tropicana Field. The victory marked the second most home wins in a single season by the Rays, second only to the fabled 2008 team. It also capped off an 8-1 home stand and series win over the Boston Red Sox. By […]
Rays GDT: Things are getting exciting!
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Never a doubt! Rays 2 Red Sox 1
The Rays handed the Red Sox a win and allowed them to celebrate a postseason spot and I just can’t. Freddie Peralta got off to a great start, but stumbled in the third inning, giving up two doubles that allowed the Red Sox to take a 1-0 lead. But things were looking up in the […]
Rays GDT: Turning it around
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Plenty of Traffic, But Little to Show For It: Rays 2, Red Sox 4
If you have every been stuck on the Gandy or the Howard-Frankland Bridge heading over the water to Tropicana Field, then you know what it felt like to be a Rays baserunner in this contest. The Rays were 0-13 with runners in scoring position leaving 12 men on base as the team’s runs came on […]
Rays GDT: Ranger Suarez is a tough test
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Get your brooms, we’re sweeping in here: Rays 10, A’s 1
On Thursday afternoon, the Rays were looking to complete a series sweep against the A’s before going into a weekend series against the Red Sox. To get the job done, they had Drew Rasmussen on the mound, up against Jeffrey Springs for the A’s. Old friend alert! The A’s went 1-2-3 in the top of […]
Rays GDT: Old Friend Springs
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The Rays will do just fine against southpaws
So far this year the Rays as a team have produced just a 91 wRC+ against left-handed pitching heading into Wednesday’s game – ranking just 22nd in the league. After watching Martin Perez throw seven shutout innings against the Rays last week in Atlanta, I began wondering whether their struggles against left-handed pitching could become […]
Double double, Sacramento style: Rays 4, Athletics 3
In a September full of roller coasters, between scoreboard watching and the contest at One Trop Drive, one could compare it to Busch Gardens’ SheiKra. Entering today, the New York Yankees trailed Tampa Bay by 3.5 games in the AL East, and played the Minnesota Twins at 12:40 PM EST. After a ninth inning game-tying […]
Rays GDT: Nick Martinez is my spirit animal
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M.V.P.! Junior does it again: Rays 2 Athletics 1
Nothing much happened and then Junior did this: The End. Seriously, nothing much happened in this game on offense — for either team. The Rays first — and for many innings, only — run came when Chandler Simpson scored from third on a passed ball, but perhaps what is most notable is how Simpson came […]
Rays GDT: Get your right handed pitchers in while you still can, folks!
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Joe Boyle’s Durham Development
The Rays acquired Joe Boyle, the towering, hard-throwing reliever, from the Athletics as part of the trade for Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez. Since then he’s pitched just over 70 innings for the Rays, spending most of his time in Durham. This year Joe Boyle has made meaningful strides in his command while retaining the […]
Analyzing the Brody Hopkins debut
Rays pitching prospect made his Major League debut this weekend against the Astros. His stuff was electric and his command was better than expected. He could be an impact reliever during the final two weeks of the regular season and into October. It’s not a hyperbole to say that Hopkins has the best stuff in […]
Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 23
This was the 23rd week of full minor league play (stats are entering play on Monday, September 14th). According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), prospect Theo Gillen tops the system and might just find himself in the running for Minor League Player of the Year. Gillen ranks 4th […]
What surprised me about the 2026 Rays: This is Chandler Simpson’s Team
This March, I was struggling to get that new-season thrill for the Tampa Bay Rays. The last two seasons were slogs, and frankly I didn’t see a lot suggesting this year would be better. Maybe Shane McClanahan would be healthy. Maybe Yandy could continue to be a league leading hitter even as he aged. The […]
It’s still baseball season: Rays 14, Astros 4
While the Bucs’ season got off to a disappointing start with a loss in Cincinnati, the American League-best Rays completed a sweep of the Astros. The Rays plated two touchdowns worth of runs to keep them in great position to win the division title, Freddy Peralta got the start and while he wasn’t quite as […]
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