The Tampa Bay Rays are currently second in the AL East with a record of 49-44. After losing to the Angels last night, the Rays are in a position to prove themselves to another California team. They will face the Oakland Athletics (42-50) tonight, but a series sweep could put …
Read More »Marlins, Rays and Braves All Chasing Division Leaders
The Tampa Bay Rays (40-38), Atlanta Braves (36-39) and Miami Marlins (34-40) are all in hot pursuit of division leaders. After the weekend’s games, the Rays are two and a half games back of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the AL East. In the NL East, the Marlins and Braves are …
Read More »Rays Surging, Marlins and Braves Trying To Stay Afloat
On Father’s Day, Rays first baseman Logan Morrison crushed two home runs, his 20th and 21st of the season. Tampa trounced the Detroit Tigers 9-1 and sneaked into the second AL Wild Card spot. Morrison, now second in baseball in HR, has been a good representation of the Rays in …
Read More »New Pitching Ace Helps Fill Void of Big Papi for Red Sox
This week, Major League Baseball shakes off its coat of snow and begins warming up with spring training drills. On Monday, the Red Sox’s pitchers and catchers reported to camp. By the end of the week, the entire team will be in Fort Myers, Florida stretching, running through drills and …
Read More »AL East Pennant Race
With just 19 games left in the regular season, the AL East is currently closely contested with four teams within five games of the divisional leader. If the playoffs started today, it would feature three AL East teams—the division-leading Boston Red Sox and two wild card teams—the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore …
Read More »AL East Teams Dominate Wild Card Race
The Boston Red Sox currently lead the American League East by a single game over the Toronto Blue Jays, who lead the American League wild card by, you guessed it, a mere one game over the Baltimore Orioles. However, with 23 games to play, those three teams will all be …
Read More »MLB Hunt for October
With under 30 games to play in the 2016 Major League Baseball season, three divisions are separated by five games or less, and both wild card spots are crapshoots with six AL teams within five games vying for that second spot, and four NL teams within four games. Let’s get …
Read More »Rays Look to Finish Off Series Strong Against Red Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season which has led them to a devastating fifth place out of five in the AL East. Although they are not playoff contenders heading into the 2016 post season, most players are satisfied with the second …
Read More »MLB Weekend Outlook
For the baseball teams in the local area, it hasn’t been the best of seasons up to this point. The Atlanta Braves have the second worst record in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays are in last place in the AL East, but the Miami Marlins have shown promise by climbing to second …
Read More »Rays Can’t Get Out of Funk
The Tampa Bay Rays lost to the Kansas City Royals last night 6-3, which completed the sweep for the defending champs on their home turf. The Rays now travel to Minnesota for a four-game weekend series with the Twins. It hasn’t been the best of weeks to be a fan of …
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