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  • Q&A with Tom Dakers of Bluebird Banter

    Q&A with Tom Dakers of Bluebird Banter
    Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images Tom Dakers of Bluebird Banter, our sister site for the Toronto Blue Jays, did a quick Q&A with each other ahead of this weekend’s series.
    Enjoy!
    1. The Jays are in last place in the very competitive AL East. Did you expect this is them or do you think they will start playing better and get into a race for a playoff spot?
    Well, they really could barely play worse, so I’d like to think they will play better. But getting into
  • GDT: Meet me at the Loose Moose

    GDT: Meet me at the Loose Moose
    Loose Moose Sports Bar and Grille on Front St. | Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images Drinks on me after the game Go Rays!
  • Rays Reacts: City Connect Success

    Rays Reacts: City Connect Success
    Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images These jerseys have turned the whole season around In our Rays Reacts poll for May we asked you to grade the City Connect and let me say I’m thrilled to see the vast majority of y’all LOVE em!
    The biggest contribution from the new threads have been good vibes, and that extends from the team to the fanbase too:And even though the Rays have been playing at a .500 clip, most of y’all are unphased in your expectations for this season:
    Check out Dra
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  • 2024 Sunburst Awards: Boston Red Sox games 42-45

    Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Rays advance to 23-22 after four game series at Fenway 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 14th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the New York Yankees from May 13 through May 16, a
  • Rays 7, Red Sox 5: Rays take three of four from Red Sox, but who’s counting

    Rays 7, Red Sox 5: Rays take three of four from Red Sox, but who’s counting
    Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports This entire four game set was a back and forth affair and Thursday night’s finale was no different. The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox faced off for the final time this week in an exciting game that was decided in the 9th inning.Zach Littell got the start for the Rays opposite former Rays pitcher Cooper Criswell. Neither pitcher was necessarily sharp, but Littell gutted it out over five innings while Criswell only made it through 3.2 innings, throwing 100 pit
  • GDT: What kind of a four game series is this?

    GDT: What kind of a four game series is this?
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Go Rays!
  • Rays 4 Red Sox 3: Rays Rally in the sixth to take game three

    Rays 4 Red Sox 3: Rays Rally in the sixth to take game three
    Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Rays bullpen secures tight win in the rain The Rays defeated the Red Sox 4-3 to advance to 22-22. The win gives them a 2-1 series lead over the Sox in this four game affair.
    Pitcher Taj Bradley took the mound for his second start of the season. The young right hander had another solid performance, going five innings allowing two runs and striking out six.
    The Red Sox wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in this one, with Jarren Durran scoring on a sacrifice fly fr
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  • GDT: Wednesday games feel like they should all be at like 11 AM

    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports They’re such a weird in-between thing Go Rays!
  • Rays Your Voice: Bat speed data, Brandon Lowe setback

    Rays Your Voice: Bat speed data, Brandon Lowe setback
    Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images How does Paredes hit all those homers?On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice we take a look at Baseball Savant’s new bat speed leaderboards and try to make sense of the data for Rays players. For example, how does Isaac Paredes hit all of those home runs despite having the slowest swing on the team?We ‘Rays’ our voices about the importance of this data being public now, and how it might shape the way we evaluate players and thi
  • Rays Reacts Survey: City Connect Edition!

    Rays Reacts Survey: City Connect Edition!
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Well, what did you think? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Tampa Bay Rays fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
    Please take our survey
  • Rays 4, Red Sox 5: Curse you, extra innings.

    Rays 4, Red Sox 5: Curse you, extra innings.
    Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports The Rays lost it thanks to a rough 11th (and 12th), after getting the lead back in extras. Boo. Howdy Rays fans. Let’s bypass the preamble and jump right into how this game went.
    Aaron Civale was on the mound for the Rays, Nick Pivetta was up for the Red Sox.The Rays wasted no time getting on the board as Josh Lowe hammered his first home run of the season with two outs in the top of the first inning. In the bottom half, the Sox went 1-2-3.The second was three-u
  • GDT: Avoiding the 5th inning blues

    GDT: Avoiding the 5th inning blues
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Go Rays!
  • Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7

    Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7
    Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Tre’ Morgan receives a promotion to a crowded High-A roster Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off. This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now seven weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others are off to less than stellar starts.
    According to FanGraphs
  • GDT: Kutter Crawford, Ace

    GDT: Kutter Crawford, Ace
    Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports When the hell did this happen? Go Rays!
  • 2024 Sunburst Awards: New York Yankees games 39-41

    2024 Sunburst Awards: New York Yankees games 39-41
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Rays fall to 20-21after 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 13th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the New York Yankees from May 10th throu
  • Rays 6, Yankees 10: Siri’s grand slam not enough as Rays drop series at home

    Rays 6, Yankees 10: Siri’s grand slam not enough as Rays drop series at home
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Rays pulled within one in the 7th, but the Yankees pulled away shortly after to win this one.The Rays entered this Mother’s Day showdown against the Yankees sitting at .500 and looking to cap off a 7-2 home stand. Unfortunately, that would not be the case as the Rays would drop Sunday’s series finale by a score of 10-6 following some late inning fireworks by both offenses.For a quick recap of the first half of the game:The Yankees scored one in
  • GDT: Luis Gil carved the Rays up like a Christmas ham last time

    GDT: Luis Gil carved the Rays up like a Christmas ham last time
    Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Would love to like get a couple hits off him this time!!! Go Rays!
  • Life is a SkyRay: Rays 7, Yankees 2

    Life is a SkyRay: Rays 7, Yankees 2
    Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Randy Arozarena and Yandy Diaz combine for two home runs and six RBIs to beat the Yankees They say the man makes the clothes, the clothes don’t make the man. It’s hard to deny the Tampa Bay Rays continue to look incredible, literally and figuratively, in their new City Connect threads. They wore them once again on their scheduled home Saturday as they beat the New York Yankees 7-2.
    Zack Littell took the mound to start for the Rays. In the top of th
  • How the Rays went 38 games without being shutout

    How the Rays went 38 games without being shutout
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports An analysis of the Rays impossible run to start 2024. Entering the Rays’ series opener against the New York Yankees on Friday, 28 of the 30 Major League teams had been shut out at least once. The only two that hadn’t been shutout? The Atlanta Braves and the Tampa Bay Rays.
    The Braves not having been shut out is no doubt impressive, but it’s easier to explain considering their a top-five WAR team sporting superstars like Ronald Acuna Jr. and
  • GDT: The Battle of the Facial Hair

    GDT: The Battle of the Facial Hair
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Mustache vs. Beard! Who will win? Go Rays!
  • Taj Bradley shines in debut as Rays offense falters — Yankees 2, Rays 0

    Taj Bradley shines in debut as Rays offense falters — Yankees 2, Rays 0
    Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Ump show puts Rays back below .500 in the 9th.We had another close, hard nosed baseball game between the Yankees last night at Tropicana Field.
    Taj Bradley looked very strong in his first start for the Rays this season, going six innings and striking out seven.
    The only caveat of the outing was that he was not aggressive in the zone to Aaron Judge, walking him twice.
    Judge’s second free pass in the fourth proved to be costly, as the Yankees captain would
  • 2024 Silver Sunburst Awards: April edition RESULTS

    2024 Silver Sunburst Awards: April edition RESULTS
    Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The votes are in! Here are your April winners! After a week of voting, the results are in for your inaugural Silver Sunburst Award winners! While April may not have been the month many fans were hoping for, there are certainly standout performers deserving of our monthly Silver Sunburst.
    Winners were decided by DRB readers votes, as well as a vote within the DRB staff and statistics and analysis from these players April performances. Statistics and analysis are wei
  • 2024 Sunburst Awards: Chicago White Sox games 36-38

    2024 Sunburst Awards: Chicago White Sox games 36-38
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Rays advance to 19-19 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 12th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Chicago White Sox from May sixth
  • Rays 1, White Sox 4: Rays win streak ends as offense goes quiet

    Rays 1, White Sox 4: Rays win streak ends as offense goes quiet
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Does this mean we have to take the City Connects off? The Rays fell to the Chicago White sox 4-1 at Tropicana Field to fall back to .500 on the season and end the electric City Connect win streak.
    Rays starter Aaron Civale went 4 2⁄3 innings giving up two runs on five hits, while White Sox starter Chris Flexen had another solid day against the Rays with six innings allowing just one run striking out eight.
    The game got off to a relatively slow start, wi
  • GDT: I don’t care, I want more Skyray

    GDT: I don’t care, I want more Skyray
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports GIMME GIMME GIMME ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL
  • Rays 5, White Sox 1: Behold the power of the Sky Ray

    Rays 5, White Sox 1: Behold the power of the Sky Ray
    Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports All they do is win, win, win no matter what. Can’t stop, won’t stop the Sky Ray.
    Zach Eflin vs. Michael Soroka at the Trop. So how did it all go down?In the top of the first Eflin got the White Sox three-up three-down. In the bottom half, Randy Arozarena got a two-out walk, but got caught stealing to end the inning.With two outs in the top of the second Bryan Ramos singled. Rafael Ortega then reached on a fielding error from Jose Caballero. A flyout end
  • Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 6

    Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 6
    Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images An electric week has Caminero trying to force his way back to the big leagues Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off. This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now five weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others are off to less than stellar
  • GDT: How long is too long to wear the Skyray?

    GDT: How long is too long to wear the Skyray?
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Like, is after the sun burns out alright? SKYYYYYYYYYYRAYYYYYYYYYY
  • Rays Your Voice: Rays sweep Mets, praise be to Skyray

    Rays Your Voice: Rays sweep Mets, praise be to Skyray
    Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Plus a visit from Danny Russell! We are back with a new episode of Rays Your Voice, and we get to talk about a series sweep against the New York Mets! While there was plenty to talk about on the field, we still cannot shut up about how awesome the Rays City Connect uniforms are, and the team agrees. They continue to wear them and are now on a four-game winning streak in the ‘Grit and Glow’ threads.There’s a special appearance from DRB Managin

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