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• Cruz, Encarnacion, Morton on Rays' radar

  11-12-2018 23:19 via mlb.mlb.com
  Nelson Cruz? Yep, the Rays have checked in on him, gauging what his price would be. At 38, Cruz remains one of baseball's most productive hitters. Indians designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion is another option. He's being shopped, and the Rays have the Minor League depth to get a deal done.
  
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Atlanta Braves games 70-72

  17-06-2024 03:16 via draysbay.com
  
  Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Rays fall to 34-38 after three game series at Truist Park “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 22nd series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Chicago Cubs from June 11 to June 13, a three g
  
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• Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!

  16-06-2024 22:41 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here’s why nothing is final yet. This week, St. Petersburg inched a bit closer to a deal for the redevelopment of the former Gas Plant District anchored by a baseball stadium that will be the home of the Rays for years to come. The St. Petersburg City Council took the first of two required votes on the development agreement with the Rays/Hines partnership. This agreement is the key document that will spell out the details of the stadium and
  
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• Homeruns lead to Father’s Day fun - Rays 8, Braves 6

  16-06-2024 22:22 via draysbay.com
  
  Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Ben Rortvedt hits a grandslam on Father’s DayThese Rays have looked defeated as of late, so on Father’s Day it was nice to see some fire with their best starter on the mound.
  With an illness working its way through the Rays clubhouse we had RIchie Palacios at third base and Amed Rosario at short, with Yandy Diaz at DH and Isaac Paredes at first. Was any of that illness related? Or was Kevin Cash looking for a spark with the team having lost 2 of 9?The Ray
  
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• GDT: Home run palooza

  16-06-2024 19:35 via draysbay.com
  
  Mady Mertens-USA TODAY Sports Ready to go? Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 2, Braves 9: Braves spoil city connect game

  16-06-2024 01:57 via draysbay.com
  
  Mady Mertens-USA TODAY Sports four home runs power the Braves to blowout victory The Rays fell to the Braves on Saturday 9-2, dropping their record to 33-38 on the season. Ryan Pepiot was given the loss in this one, giving up five runs in 4 2⁄3 innings, while Braves starter and former Ray Charlie Morton got the victory going six innings with just one earned run and three hits.
  Home runs were the story of this game, with Atlanta hitting four of them to power their way to a blowout victory a
  
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• Welcome To Atlanta Where The Players Play: Rays 3, Braves 7

  15-06-2024 04:57 via draysbay.com
  
  Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Rays’ Early Hope Shattered by Braves’ Big Bats The Tampa Bay Rays opened their series against the Atlanta Braves with a glimmer of hope before proceeding to get A-town stomped in a 7-3 loss.
  The Rays had a glimmer of hope, taking an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Yandy Díaz led off with a single, and Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Amed Rosario hit a double to right field, drivin
  
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• The Worst Offense in (Devil) Rays History

  15-06-2024 03:15 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images If you think it’s that bad, you’re right. I want you to think about the worst Rays/Devil Rays hitters. I want you to imagine the worst lineup this franchise has fielded. There’s no shortage of potential options and I bet as images of Damian Rolls and Brent Abernathy’s dance through your heads, you still wouldn’t expect just how bad this version of the Rays ranks in team history.Yes, there’s Alex Jackson, who currently has the
  
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Chicago Cubs games 67-69

  14-06-2024 17:05 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Rays advance to 33-36 after three game series at Tropicana Field “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 22nd series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Chicago Cubs from June 11 to June 13,
  
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• Whose house? Our house!

  14-06-2024 16:45 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports How I’ve learned to stop seething and love (or at least tolerate) fans of the visiting team.If you have attended Rays games at Tropicana Field over the years, you may have had this experience. You show up in your Rays cap, or your beloved Upton jersey, or a newly purchased city connect shirt. But all around you are fans from the opposing team.This doesn’t happen with every game mind you. It’s a pretty frequent occurrence when playing division rivals
  
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• Rays 3 Cubs 2: Taj has a night

  14-06-2024 03:23 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This was a fun and exciting game but let me start with what I think is the most encouraging takeaway:Taj Bradley looked very sharp. His went seven innings, which by itself is great. But he also gave up no earned runs (although two unearned runs scored), while striking out eleven. That’s some ace stuff!But that almost didn’t matter because his defense let him down. The fifth inning opened with a single off the glove of shortstop Caballero. The ball
  
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• GDT: Whatever

  14-06-2024 00:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports sure go rasy
  
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• Rays: 3, Cubs: 4 - Short Lived Lead Leads to Loss

  13-06-2024 05:57 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Here is how the Rays and Cubs lineup for tonight
  We're underway on Civale's start day and birthday. pic.twitter.com/h0x2yES5Po— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 12, 2024
  Here is tonight's #Cubs starting lineup against the Rays.Tune in: https://t.co/Gs2hZXyTjH pic.twitter.com/zRG1BZPaP6— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 12, 2024
  Civale and the Rays got into trouble out the gate in the 1st inning, but were able to escape unscathed.Rays got on the board fi
  
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• GDT: Time for the ol’ “Five and Dive”

  13-06-2024 00:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports That is, if he makes it through 5! go rasy and go civlae
  
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• Rays 5, Cubs 2: Hey Chicago, whatdya say...

  12-06-2024 03:34 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Want to give us a break, ‘cause we’re the Rays. You know what would have been cool after 45 straight games against the Orioles? A winning game.And win it they did, but they certainly had to work for it.We saw Zach Eflin up against Jameson Taillon.Top of the first and Cody Bellinger got a two-out single, but the Cubs couldn’t bring him home. The Rays went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning.Michael Busch got a two-out single in the second, followed b
  
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• GDT: The Rays literally have the hardest schedule in baseball moving forward

  12-06-2024 00:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Good thing they have already banked a lot of wins! go rasy
  
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• Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 11

  11-06-2024 17:02 via draysbay.com
  
  Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Ruben Cardenas, one of the Rays top minor league hitters, was traded for a $1 Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off (excluding the Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League). This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now 11 weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder whi
  
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Baltimore Orioles games 63-66

  11-06-2024 15:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Rays fall to 31-35 after four game series at Tropicana Field “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 21st series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Baltimore Orioles from June 7 to June
  
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• Rays 2, Orioles 5: Alex Jackson’s first homer of the season is not enough to avoid 4-game sweep

  11-06-2024 04:10 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Pepiot allows 4 ER in 6 innings pitched, and the Rays extend their losing streak to 4  The Rays and Orioles are squaring up for the seventh time this season. So far, the Orioles lead the season series 5-1 averaging 5.8 runs per game, meanwhile, the Rays only have 15 runs combined in the 6 previous matchups. Today, the newly acquired Corbin Burnes will face the Rays for the first time as a Baltimore Oriole. On the other side, the exciting young arm Ryan P
  
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• GDT: Need a break from these Dirty Birds

  11-06-2024 00:35 via draysbay.com
  
  John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports God just fly away Go rays
  
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• Rays 2, Orioles 9: Rutschman, Rodriguez torch Rays in blowout

  09-06-2024 22:35 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images I’ve had enough of these birds The Rays fell to the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Sunday to fall to 31-34 on the season. The loss marks the third straight in this four-game Orioles series, and the fifth loss to Baltimore since May 31.
  Zack Littell took the mound to start this game for the Rays, going six innings allowing three runs and seven hits while striking out three, however the big news on the mound was Baltimore’s Grayson Rodriguez, who car
  
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• GDT: Our true ace, Littell

  09-06-2024 19:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Never forget this guy was a cast-off from other teams Let’s Go Rays!
  
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• Rays 0, Orioles 5: Rays bats fall silent in shutout loss

  09-06-2024 00:59 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports A nice start from Taj Bradley dampened by offensive offense. It was a low-scoring, low-action outing in St. Pete today as the Rays struggled to even get a man on base through the game. Let’s just jump into how things went.
  Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Rays, up against Kyle Bradish for the Orioles, and both pitchers were dialed in throughout the game.
  The top of the first saw a two-out single from Ryan Mountcastle, but the Orioles failed to bring
  
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• GDT: The Revenge of Taj

  08-06-2024 22:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports All he has to do is not give up 10 runs and we’ve got a chance Go Taj and also Go the Rays!
  
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• Rays 3 Orioles 6: Hard to win when the other guys hit three dingers

  08-06-2024 03:29 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Randy Arozarena continued his march out of a season-long batting slump, Johnny De Luca broke an 0-27, and Taylor Walls made an impressive return to the lineup. But all that still was not enough to beat Baltimore, as the Rays played unsuccessful catch-up all night.The first inning was quiet, but the second inning got interesting. Aaron Civale, who had looked really good in his last start, gave up a few barrels, which included a home run that gave Baltimor
  
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Miami Marlins games 61 & 62

  06-06-2024 17:38 via draysbay.com
  
  Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Mini Sunburst edition! “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 20th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Miami Marlins from June 4 to June 5, a two game series at LoanDepot Park.
  Who doesn
  
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• Rays: 5, Marlins: 3 - Zach and Bullpen Complete Sweep

  06-06-2024 04:01 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Randy and BLowe are back, baby!After a comeback win yesterday against the Miami Marlins, Rays look to complete a quick 2 game sweep with newly activated Zach Eflin on the mound.Winding up with game 2 on the line pic.twitter.com/DMQVie9S3M— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 5, 2024
  Game 2 vs Rays: @PNCBank: @BallySportsFL, @BallyMarlins: @MarlinsRadio, @FoxSports940⏰: 6:40 PM ET #HomeOfBeisbol // https://t.co/5rOTQv6054 pic.twitter.com/hWcgreugOl&md
  
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• GDT: The Citrus Series is the only thing I have in my life

  06-06-2024 00:30 via draysbay.com
  
  Denis Poroy-USA TODAY Sports My wife left me, my kids left me, my dog left me, my truck left me, my house left me. Only the Citrus Series remains. ALL HAIL THE CITRUS SERIES
  
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• Pepiot, B-Lowe, and Fairbanks make this feel like a vintage Rays win - TB 9, MIA 5

  05-06-2024 04:17 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Pepiot was looking his best despite a 3-run first inning. The Rays kicked off the Citrus Series with an entertaining win, thanks to some much needed offense.Ryan Pepiot took the mound for the Rays and struggled in the first inning, allowing a solo shot and a couple RBI to give Miami a quick three run lead, but it was the case of a One Bad Inning, and he quickly settled down.Indeed, Pepiot was his normal self, cruising through 5 more innings after that with one
  
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• GDT: RETURN of the CITRUS SERIES

  05-06-2024 00:25 via draysbay.com
  
  Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports THE BEST RIVALRY IN BASEBALL go rays and all hail the citrus series
  
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