The Tampa Bay Rays begin their 20th season in Tampa on Thursday. The team’s first series will be against the Boston Red Sox at home. First pitch for Thursday’s game is 4:10 p.m. A Different Rays Team In the 2017 campaign, Tampa Bay was led on offense by Corey Dickerson, …
Read More »J.D. Martinez is ready to go with the Boston Red Sox
Miami native J.D. Martinez is ditching the black and sedona red in Arizona for the white and red in Boston. Martinez, 30, finalized a $110 million, five-year contract on Monday with the Boston Red Sox. It was reported last week that the deal had already gone through, but the Red …
Read More »Red Sox Looking to Defend the AL East
The Boston Red Sox kick-started the long journey to defending their back-to-back American League East Division titles this week. On Monday the team held its first full-squad workout and landed free-agent right fielder J.D. Martinez. Quite the productive day for the division champs. Pre-Season Prep The Red Sox held practice …
Read More »Former Gators Headed to Spring Training
Seventeen former Gator baseball players returned to McKethan Stadium Saturday night to play in the Alumni Scrimmage. A few others were also on hand to support their former school and teammates before gearing up for the 2018 MLB season and heading down to Spring Training. Harrison Bader Current St. Louis …
Read More »MLB Recap: Boston stays alive with Game 3 win
The Boston Red Sox avoided elimination from the American League Division Series with a 10-3 victory on Sunday. The game started off poorly for the Red Sox. Boston’s starting pitcher Doug Fister gave up three runs in the first inning to put the Red Sox down 3-0. The Red Sox …
Read More »Who’s Fighting for Those Final MLB Playoff Spots?
The MLB season is reaching its final home stretch, with each team having about 35-40 games remaining in the season. While teams on the lower ends of the standings use this time to evaluate their young talent, organizations in the playoff hunt are trying to squeeze the best baseball out …
Read More »MLB Preview: Rays Face the A’s Amid Postseason Push
The Tampa Bay Rays (50-44) go up against the Oakland Athletics (42-51) tonight at 10:05 pm ET. Rays’ Strong Play The Rays, having won 6 of their last 8 games, are looking to continue their stretch of solid play. The team is playing in their second series since the All-Star …
Read More »MLB Regular Season Reaches All-Star Break
The MLB regular season has officially reached the halfway mark with the 2017 All-Star Game set to commence on Tuesday. The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers have emerged as World Series front runners, but there are plenty of teams with reason to be optimistic. Here’s a breakdown of the …
Read More »Red Sox to Test Rays in St. Petersburg
A three-game series between the Boston Red Sox (49-36) and the Tampa Bay Rays (44-42) begins tonight. The red-hot Boston squad will pose a challenge as the Rays continue to work for the second wild card spot in the American League. This season, the Rays have won three of seven games against …
Read More »MLB All-Star Game Rosters Announced
The Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves are all sending players to the 2017 MLB All-Star Game. Corey Dickerson, Marcell Ozuna, Giancarlo Stanton and Ender Inciarte are just a few of the big names headed to Miami for the mid-summer classic. American League The Rays’ Corey Dickerson will …
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