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DRaysBay 13 hours ago
Zach Eflin falls apart in the sixth on Opening Day - Blue Jays 8, Rays 2

Zach Eflin falls apart in the sixth on Opening Day - Blue Jays 8, Rays 2

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Yandy Diaz started things right, but the rest wasn’t much fun. The Rays wont be starting the season with a run of 13 wins this year, as they fell to the Blue Jays 8-2 on Opening Day. Let’s start with the good, then get to what happened. Today was a good reminder that Yandy Diaz is my favorite consistent hitter in Rays history, specifically because he follows my personal rule for the ideal leadoff hitter: he should be terrifying. Indeed, Diaz reminded the baseball world he was the AL batting champion with a hammer over the low...
DRaysBay 20 hours ago
Rays announce 2024 Opening Day Roster

Rays announce 2024 Opening Day Roster

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Rays Up! The Tampa Bay Rays have announced their 2024 Opening Day roster: PITCHERS (13): RHP Jason Adam, LHP Tyler Alexander, RHP Shawn Armstrong, RHP Aaron Civale, LHP Garrett Cleavinger, RHP Chris Devenski, RHP Zach Eflin, RHP Pete Fairbanks, RHP Zack Littell, RHP Phil Maton, RHP Ryan Pepiot, LHP Colin Poche, RHP Jacob Waguespack CATCHERS (2): René Pinto, Ben Rortvedt INFIELDERS (6): José Caballero, Yandy Díaz, Brandon Lowe, Curtis Mead, Isaac Paredes, Austin Shenton OUTFIELDERS (5): Randy Arozarena, Richie Palacios, Harold...
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Rays Your Voice: Opening Day Preview

Rays Your Voice: Opening Day Preview

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The roster is set, and now it’s time to play ball. It’s finally here. Opening Day 2024. On this episode of Rays Your Voice, we break down the flurry of moves the Rays made on Wednesday to put the finishing touches on their roster. While know the 26 names that will be announced at Tropicana Field before today’s game, we discuss how different the team might look in a week, a month, and later this season. To end the show we preview what looks to be a pretty evenly-matched four-game series against Toronto this weekend, starting...
DRaysBay Mar 28, 2024
The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

Photo by Joseph Garnett Jr. / The Tampa Bay Rays have taken on their division rival north of the border in a total of 451 regular season games, plus two playoff games (both of which went in the Rays favor). Over those regular season games, the Rays have gone 245-206 (.543%). The Rays overtook the Blue Jays in the all-time series win column back in 2011 and haven’t looked back. Since the start of the 2007 season, the Rays have either tied or won the season series a total of 13 times and have taken the past five season series in a row against Toronto. As for the best...
DRaysBay Mar 27, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays 2024 Spring Training Leaders

Tampa Bay Rays 2024 Spring Training Leaders

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via It was a Spring to remember for some; for others a Spring to forget After six grueling agonizingly long weeks, Spring Training is mercifully over. The highly anticipated yet quickly yawn inducing schedule of about 30 exhibition games has reached its conclusion with the Rays and Tigers playing to a 3-3 tie on Tuesday afternoon. All of the meaningless statistics that will forever grace analytical websites will be the only thing to actually show that any games were played. Random minor league free agents, the occasional top...