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• When does the postseason start? Rangers 4, Rays 0

  04-10-2023 00:41 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Rays blanked by Jordan Montgomery and the Rangers.In front of a crowd of 19,704 fans, the Rays dropped game one of the AL Wild Card series for the second consecutive year. A mixture of sloppy defense and lifeless offense allowed the Rangers to take the first game 4-0 and set up a chance to clinch the series tomorrow afternoon.
  The Rays lineup included eight right-handed hitters and one switch hitter to go up against lefty Jordan Montgomery.The 2023 #Postseason
  
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• GDT: Let’s Get Wild

  03-10-2023 19:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images 3:08 PM on ABC & Rays Radio
  The Devil Rays make their long awaited #postseason debut pic.twitter.com/oKAi7MwzCQ— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 3, 2023Ready to roll#RaysUp pic.twitter.com/G0aFqSinlR— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 3, 2023Lineup:
  Yandy Díaz
  Randy Arozarena, LF
  Harold Ramírez, DH
  Isaac Paredes, 3B
  Curtis Mead, 2B
  Manuel Margot, RF
  Taylor Walls, SS
  Jose Siri, CF
  René Pinto, CHere&
  
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• Siri returns to the Rays for ALWC Round

  03-10-2023 16:56 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images The Rays have 11 pitchers and 15 position players on the roster.The Rays and Rangers kick off the 2023 postseason with a 3:08 first pitch on Tuesday, and all teams competing in the Wild Card round had to submit their 26-man rosters by 10:00am ET. There are no restrictions on the number of pitchers and position players you can have on the roster at once like there are in the regular season. With this series being a best-of-three, the Rays opted to carry j
  
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• Wild Card Umpire Preview

  03-10-2023 00:23 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Who watches the watchmen?I realized I was in the deep end of both baseball fandom and analytics when the first thing I did when I saw the umpire crew for the Rays vs Rangers series was to check out how good this crew was by their expected metrics.Thankfully, our friends at UmpireScorecards has a tremendous amount of data to query and look through. Their daily scorecards throughout the season are a ton of fun, but their website has so much more, and I was able t
  
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• Rays Your Voice: Postseason Preview

  02-10-2023 23:02 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Rays open the Wild Card round on Tuesday.
  
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• Can’t get to Tropicana Field? Here’s how you can watch/listen to games

  02-10-2023 14:38 via draysbay.com
  
  Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports The Wild Card games will be broadcast on ABC. All three (if needed) start at 3:08.If you want to hear a local broadcast, you can listen to the game on WDAE radio.Generally the team has sponsored official watch parties in the Tampa Bay area when the team is playing on the road — with the idea that the “party” is in the stadium if they are playing at home.
  But many of you won’t be at Tropicana Field, yet would still like be able to commiserate/
  
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• Come watch post season baseball at the Trop! It will be WILD!

  02-10-2023 14:37 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Wild Card Series at Tropicana Field The Rays will be playing the Rangers in the three-game Wild Card series this week. Because the Rays had the best record among all non-division winners, they have the home field advantage for all three games. That means you have many opportunities to see an actual playoff game in person.Please allow me a quick rant. If you’ve been a Rays fan for a while you know that the least appealing and accessible start time will al
  
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• Rays 12, Blue Jays 8, : Resilient Rays cap off tumultuous season with 99th win

  02-10-2023 04:09 via draysbay.com
  
  John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Rays win 99th game of the year behind Aranda’s batAnd breathe... Yandy, Randy, and Isaac are still healthy along with Glasnow, Eflin and Fairbanks. Despite everything that this team has endured over the past six months, they will enter October with 99 wins to their name and a formidable core group of players, even if that core is missing key members such as Brandon Lowe, Shane McClanahan, Wander Franco, and the duo of Rasmussen and Springs.Sunday afterno
  
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• GDT: October baseball officially starts now!

  01-10-2023 20:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports This has been a weird season, but the postseason starts before you know it! Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 7, Blue Jays 5: Blown lead creates exciting finish

  01-10-2023 16:55 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Rays outlast Blue Jays in ten innings.All games count, even when they don’t ultimately matter.
  The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Saturday in a game the Rays managed more like a Spring Training game, giving players rest than the second to last game of the season, preparing for a postseason run since they already have the top Wild Card spot secured. The Blue Jays ultimately clinched the postseason despite the loss but certainly needed
  
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• GDT: Keep resting those legs

  30-09-2023 20:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Stay fresh for the Wild Card Go Rays!
  
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• GDT: Will this be a preview of the Wild Card series!

  30-09-2023 00:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Only time will tell! Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 5, Red Sox 0: A shut out at Fenway

  28-09-2023 02:42 via draysbay.com
  
  Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports A great night from Glasnow and Josh Lowe especially. Hello friends, we’re winding down the regular season and facing off against a team that typically is challenging the Rays in the AL East, and yet this year it’s the Orioles, and the Red Sox haven’t put up much of a fight.
  Let’s take a look at how things went tonight.
  The matchup was Tyler Glasnow (still on limited innings) and Brayan Bello.The Rays went three-up-three-down in the top of t
  
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• GDT: A short lil’ taste Boston!

  27-09-2023 23:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Allen Eyestone / USA TODAY NETWORK A Beantown charcuterie of sorts Go Rays!
  
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• Rays Red Sox : No new injuries? Let’s call it a win

  27-09-2023 04:24 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images The Rays took a commanding early lead today, leading some of us to think this would be the relaxing, laughter-filled, have Erasmo pitch three inning win we all needed. But starting in the fifth inning they proceeded to give that lead back. They did hold on for the victory, but it was hardly relaxing.This game started off oddly; it was a 7:10 start, but Boston starter Tanner Houck wasn’t even on the field until 7:13 at which time he took his warm up pit
  
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• Rays 9 Red Sox 7: Can it ever be easy?

  27-09-2023 04:24 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images The Rays took a commanding early lead today, leading some of us to think this would be the relaxing, laughter-filled, have Erasmo pitch three inning win we all needed. But starting in the fifth inning they proceeded to give that lead back. They did hold on for the victory, but it was hardly relaxing.This game started off oddly; it was a 7:10 start, but Boston starter Tanner Houck wasn’t even on the field until 7:13 at which time he took his warm up pit
  
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• GDT: You see that lineup?

  27-09-2023 00:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Ultimate Rest Day Go Rays!
  
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• Rays announce Postseason events: Free Parties, Tattoos, and Yard Signs throughout Tampa Bay

  25-09-2023 20:37 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Yes real tattoos!The Tampa Bay Rays have announced events and activities on both sides of Tampa Bay leading up to the Postseason and during the American League Wild Card Series.Events will begin with Postseason Pop-Up Parties, taking place throughout the Tampa Bay region on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. Other events and activations include two Rays flash tattoo events in St. Petersburg and Temple Terrace and various locations for fans to pick u
  
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• Rays: 5, Blue Jays: 9 - Disappointing Homestand End

  25-09-2023 03:37 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rays end their final homestand of 2023 going 3-3 and getting outscored by Toronto 14 - 21 Rays look to end the 2023 regular seasons at the Trop with a series win against the Toronto Blue Jays. Here’s how the lineups stacked up:Last one at the Trop before we’re back for the postseason #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/GEPYayc5rQ— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 24, 2023Let's end the road trip with a W! #NextLevel pic.twitter.c
  
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• GDT: Time to get it together big guy

  24-09-2023 19:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports It’s on you! Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 7, Blue Jays 6: Lowe Man Wins

  24-09-2023 05:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports After blowing a five-run lead, the Rays comeback to win Saturday with contributions from Junior Caminero making his MLB debut and Ramiel Tapia making his Rays debut. This game was a performance sandwich with outstanding offense in the first and ninth innings, sloppy pitching, and defense in the middle. Thankfully, the Tampa Bay Rays recovered from blowing a five-run lead to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in their penultimate regular season home game of the 2
  
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• GDT: We love our relievers turned starters, don’t we folks?

  23-09-2023 21:50 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports ♥️♥️♥️ Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 2 Blue Jays 6: The Walking Wounded

  23-09-2023 04:09 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Tonight’s game: A play in two acts.
  Act 1: The Rays are really good!Glasnow, you may recall, had one of his least impressive performances against the Orioles last time out, seeming over-amped and unable to command his pitches.Tonight he came out pitching like a guy determined to change the narrative.He pitched five outstanding innings, He scattered a few hits, walked just one, struck out seven with 14 whiffs. He worked quickly and efficiently and seemed compl
  
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• GDT: Start Caminero, you cowards!

  23-09-2023 00:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Lead off hitter, just do it! Go Rays!
  
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• Junior Caminero will wear the No. 1 jersey for the Rays

  22-09-2023 22:55 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Caminero is the tenth player to wear the number 1 for Tampa Bay. Junior Caminero, one of baseball’s best prospects, is getting promoted to help the Rays finish their push for the playoffs, and in doing so becomes the 10th player in franchise history to don the No. 1 jersey.
  Here’s a brief history of the players who have worn the No. 1 before Caminero:Miguel Cairo (2000)The first ever second baseman in team history and the last ori
  
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• Rays surprise everyone, promote top prospect Junior Caminero from Double-A

  22-09-2023 18:42 via draysbay.com
  
  Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays looks on during batting practice before the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, July 8, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images One of baseball’s best prospects is on his way to the majors. The Tampa Bay Rays surprised the baseball world with an aggressive promotion of INF Junior Caminero, a consensus Top-10 prospect in MLB, from Double-A late last night following the end of the Montgom
  
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• Is Atlanta’s Battery the model for the Trop area? Let’s hope not.

  22-09-2023 15:10 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Grimes/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images If you have been reading about the Rays/Hines redevelopment proposal that will include a new baseball stadium, you are likely to see many comparisons to Atlanta’s Truist (earlier Suntrust) Park and its surrounding development, called The Battery. Both are mixed use developments with shopping, restaurants, a hotel and apartments, anchored by a baseball stadium. With Truist Park representing one of the most recently built ballparks, compari
  
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• Rays 5, Angels 4: A nice late season walk-off

  21-09-2023 22:18 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Hero stuff from Manuel Margot. An afternoon game against the Angels saw some high drama and close calls, so let’s take a look at how it all shook out. The pitching matchup was Griffin Canning versus Zach Eflin.In the first inning saw a little Zach Neto single off of Zach Eflin, but the Angels couldn’t take advantage of the baserunner. In the bottom half Yandy Diaz drew a leadoff walk, then Brandon Lowe was hit by a pitch. An Isaac Paredes double s
  
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• GDT: Just got off a shift at the Canning Factory

  21-09-2023 19:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Where I work every 5 days Go Rays!
  
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• St. Petersburg baseball forever: A new stadium roundtable

  21-09-2023 14:20 via draysbay.com
  
  Sharing our thoughts on the stadium that will be For many of us, the Stadium Saga has, like a baseball season, seemed to go on forever with some wonderful highs and some disappointing lows. The high points included the so-called “sail stadium,” and while we still wonder how that would have felt on an August afternoon there is no doubt the design was intriguing, and the location was breathtaking. The low point: it’s got to be the time the team tried to strong-arm us into a throu
  
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• St. Petersburg baseball forever

  21-09-2023 14:20 via draysbay.com
  
  Sharing our thoughts on the stadium that will be For many of us, the Stadium Saga has, like a baseball season, seemed to go on forever with some wonderful highs and some disappointing lows. The high points included the so-called “sail stadium,” and while we still wonder how that would have felt on an August afternoon there is no doubt the design was intriguing, and the location was breathtaking. The low point: it’s got to be the time the team tried to strong-arm us into a thro
  
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• Rays 3, Angels 8: Rays fail to gain ground in AL East race

  21-09-2023 03:51 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Well, that was no fun.With the Orioles losing to the Astros, the Rays had a chance to gain some ground in the race for the AL East title. And, with Civale on the mound to face the lowly Angels, playing without Ohtani and Trout, and the other handful of players they placed on waivers previously, the Rays had to feel pretty good about their chances.Unfortunately, this game was essentially over in the 2nd inning. The Halos quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the
  
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• GDT: Hey, has Reid Detmers ever played the Rays before?

  21-09-2023 00:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports And if so, does anyone remember the outcome? Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 6, Angels 2: Great day to be a Tampa Bay Ray

  20-09-2023 05:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Rays rally late to hold off Angels and stay in AL East race It wouldn’t be September baseball without a diminutive amount of stress, would it?
  After taking the lead within the first two batters of the bottom of the first inning, as Yandy Diaz tripled and Randy Arozarena homered to take a 2-0 lead, the Rays would go seven more frames without scoring.Yandy leads things off with a triple!WATCH ➡️ https://t.co/n3Wzc4u0iM#MLB | #RaysUp pic.twit
  
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• GDT: Shohei-less Angels come to town

  20-09-2023 00:13 via draysbay.com
  
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• Rays reach $1.3 billion stadium deal with St. Petersburg

  19-09-2023 19:50 via draysbay.com
  
  Rays owner commits to $700 million in spend, “plus cost overruns” Finally!
  The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that a historic agreement has been reached with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County to move forward with a new state-of-the-art ballpark and an overall development called the Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits.
  The agreement advances a project for St. Petersburg, Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay reg
  
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• Rays to announce St. Petersburg stadium deal this week

  18-09-2023 16:04 via draysbay.com
  
  According to Marc Topkin at the Tampa Bay Times, the Rays are set to announce a new stadium deal with the city of St. Petersburg at the eleventh hour.BREAKING: #Rays set to announce deal for new stadium in St. Petehttps://t.co/A23GDAhwVj— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) September 18, 2023Here’s what we know:After 16 years of speculation, dating back to the change from Devil Rays to Rays, the team is staying in St. Petersburg, FL.The stadium plan remains what was reported earlier: a fixe
  
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• Rays 4, Orioles 5: At least they clinched

  17-09-2023 22:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports An extra-innings loss was a clinch for both teams. In a game that could help decide the Rays’ place in the postseason, it was bound to be dramatic no matter what. But why not add some extra interest with a tie game for the bulk of the outing and both teams pulling their starters relatively early? Or do you want plenty of home runs? Well, this game had both.The game saw Zack Littell against Dean Kremer.Brandon Lowe got things started nice and early for the Ra
  
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• GDT: Give me just a Littell more time

  17-09-2023 19:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports Come on Zack Go Rays!
  
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• GDT: Glasnow v. Grayson

  17-09-2023 00:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports “Let them fight” Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 7, Orioles 1: Rays are back in first Eflin place

  16-09-2023 04:15 via draysbay.com
  
  Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports Rays catch Orioles atop AL East behind Zach Eflin gem and Harold Ramirez pinch-hit three-run homerFor the first time since July 22, The Tampa Bay Rays are back atop the American League East.
  Entering tonight, Tampa Bay was 1.0 games back of the Baltimore Orioles as they face off for the second time in their four game set.
  The Rays played like they had a point to prove, holding the Orioles to one run on two hits en route to showing what they’re capable on offe
  
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• GDT: Did you know the Rays tried to get Flaherty at the Trade Deadline?

  16-09-2023 00:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Just sayin’! Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 4, Orioles 3: Nail-biter in Baltimore

  15-09-2023 04:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports Rays’ bullpen throws four perfect innings and Luke Raley’s late-inning homer guide Rays to series-opening win Ladies and gentlemen, this is pennant chase baseball.
  Tampa Bay came into tonight’s contest two games behind the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles, so the next four games on both the familiar foes’ schedule loom large.
  Both teams can clinch postseason berths this weekend, with the Rays’ magic number for a postseason spot at fi
  
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• GDT: The Series of the Year

  15-09-2023 01:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports It’s finally happening! Go Rays!
  
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• Randyland North: Rays 5 Twins 4

  13-09-2023 22:15 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by David Berding/Getty Images I spent a good part of the game envying Minneapolis their early fall weather. That blue sky, the 64 degree temps, what a day!
  And the Rays bats seemed to appreciate the weather, too. They scored three in the first inning, starting with Curtis Meads triple. Max Kepler, in right field was not given an error on the play but that ball seemed very catchable — and after he failed to get it, Kepler froze for a minute rather than getting the ball back to the fie
  
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• GDT: Taj is gonna be a stud one day

  13-09-2023 19:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Growing pains are real, thoughGo Rays!
  
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• Rays: 2, Twins: 3 - A Littell Too Late

  13-09-2023 06:48 via draysbay.com
  
  Matt Blewett-USA TODAY Sports Rays can’t gain ground on a rare O’s loss Second game of a three game series against the Minnesota Twins. Lets see how both teams stack up:It's almost time on this Tuesday in the Twin Cities. pic.twitter.com/dCJNGLyZPf— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 12, 2023Here’s how Royce and the squad line up vs. the Rays today.#MNTwins pic.twitter.com/DYcypdjOMS— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) September 12, 2023Twins scored first in the bottom
  
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• GDT: Ahhhhhh, Joe Ryan

  13-09-2023 01:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports The Nelson Cruz of the Twins Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 7 Twins 4: Glas half full, Glas half empty

  12-09-2023 05:34 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Big bats from Yandy, mostly stellar start from Glasnow, and a huge injury Tyler Glasnow was dan near flawless, until he wasn’t.Glasnow started the game absolutely at his filthiest (both in terms of stuff and potty mouth)
  Tyler Glasnow, Near Immaculate Inning in the First.The F bomb after missing out on it on his 8th pitch is a nice touch. pic.twitter.com/JV9mkKrt0t— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 12, 2023Through the first 5 innings, Glasno
  
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• GDT: Sonny Gray is a bonafide Cy Young candidate

  12-09-2023 01:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports Good thing the Rays are starting Glasnow! Go Rays!
  
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