On Thursday, Major League Baseball kicked off its 2019 season with a full slate of games across the nation. With the new season beginning on March 28, it was the earliest Opening Day in MLB history outside of international openers. Three of the teams that took the diamond were the …
Read More »Rays Look to Build Off Unexpected 2018
The Rays exceeded expectations with 90 wins in 2018. But that was last season, it’s now 2019 and Opening Day. They’ll look to go even farther than before. We made it, y'all. It's #OpeningDay!#RaysUp pic.twitter.com/ANi29kIrFD — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 28, 2019 New Additions Mike Zunino This was the …
Read More »Rays To Begin Looking for New Stadium Site After Ybor City Plans Fall Through
The Tampa Bay Rays’ quest for getting a new stadium has taken another turn. Tampa Bay had made a proposal earlier this year that would’ve seen the team build a state-of-the-art stadium in Tampa’s Ybor City district. However, the team won’t be able to finish the plans by this month’s …
Read More »Snell, deGrom Named Cy Young Award Winners
After being considered one of the biggest snubs in the All-Star game, Tampa Bay Rays lefty Blake Snell was named the American League Cy Young Award winner. Meanwhile, New York Mets hurler Jacob deGrom grabbed the award for the National League. Blake Snell As icing on the cake to a …
Read More »Former Gator Mike Zunino Traded to Tampa Bay
The Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a trade just a few short weeks after the conclusion of the season. Seattle is sending Mike Zunino, Guillermo Heredia and Michael Plassmeyer to Tampa Bay for Mallex Smith and Jake Fraley. Source confirms #Rays are in agreement with #Mariners on …
Read More »Rays Dominating Series with Rangers and Gaining Playoff Ground
After defeating the Texas Rangers 4-0, the Tampa Bay Rays are just 5.5 games back of the final AL Wild Card spot. Rays Shut Out Rangers For the second straight game, the Rays picked up a win against the Rangers without giving up a run. Monday saw the Rays grab …
Read More »MLB Playoff Races
With two weeks left before the end of the MLB regular season, the playoff races for the American League are almost all locked up, but it’s still a wildfire in the National League. The Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians have already clinched their playoff birth, but there are still …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Keep up the Fight
AL East isn’t Easy The Tampa Bay Rays are 15 games over .500 right now with a record of 79-64 but they are somehow still 18.5 games back in the AL East. The Tampa Bay Rays have the misfortune of being in the American League East, arguably one of the …
Read More »MLB Playoff Race Heating Up in Final Three Weeks
With just 21 days remaining in the regular season, the MLB Playoffs are far from set in stone. In 4 out of 6 divisions, the top teams are within 5 games of each other. In some cases, the divisional race is a toss-up between 3 teams. NL West This is …
Read More »Rays and Braves Set to Begin Important Inter-league Series
The Tampa Bay Rays travel to Atlanta to begin a two-game interleague set with the Braves on Wednesday. Both teams are on an absolute roll right now as they are both trying to make their first playoff appearance since 2013. The Braves currently have a 3.5 game lead ahead of …
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