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GDT: A short lil’ taste Boston!
Allen Eyestone / USA TODAY NETWORK A Beantown charcuterie of sorts Go Rays!
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Rays 9 Red Sox 7: Can it ever be easy?
Photo by Paul Rutherford/ The Rays took a commanding early lead today, leading some of us to think this would be the relaxing, laughter-filled, have Erasmo pitch three inning win we all needed. But starting in the fifth inning they proceeded to give that lead back. They did hold on for the victory, but it was hardly relaxing. This game started off oddly; it was a 7:10 start, but Boston starter Tanner Houck wasn’t even on the field until 7:13 at which time he took his warm up pitches. I would have thought that the players need to be in position at the game’s start...
DRaysBay Sep 25, 2023
Rays announce Postseason events: Free Parties, Tattoos, and Yard Signs throughout Tampa Bay
Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Yes real tattoos! The Tampa Bay Rays have announced events and activities on both sides of Tampa Bay leading up to the Postseason and during the American League Wild Card Series. Events will begin with Postseason Pop-Up Parties, taking place throughout the Tampa Bay region on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1. Other events and activations include two Rays flash tattoo events in St. Petersburg and Temple Terrace and various locations for fans to pick up Rays Up Tampa Bay yard signs, presented by Bayfront Health. The full schedule of...
DRaysBay Sep 24, 2023
Rays: 5, Blue Jays: 9 - Disappointing Homestand End
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Rays end their final homestand of 2023 going 3-3 and getting outscored by Toronto 14 - 21 Rays look to end the 2023 regular seasons at the Trop with a series win against the Toronto Blue Jays. Here’s how the lineups stacked up: Last one at the Trop before we’re back for the postseason #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/GEPYayc5rQ— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 24, 2023 Let's end the road trip with a W! #NextLevel pic.twitter.com/8fyhi8ekoC— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 24, 2023 After two singles by...
DRaysBay Sep 23, 2023
Rays 7, Blue Jays 6: Lowe Man Wins
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports After blowing a five-run lead, the Rays comeback to win Saturday with contributions from Junior Caminero making his MLB debut and Ramiel Tapia making his Rays debut. This game was a performance sandwich with outstanding offense in the first and ninth innings, sloppy pitching, and defense in the middle. Thankfully, the Tampa Bay Rays recovered from blowing a five-run lead to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in their penultimate regular season home game of the 2023 season. The first inning saw the Rays strike first when Yandy Diaz...
DRaysBay Sep 23, 2023
GDT: We love our relievers turned starters, don’t we folks?
Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports ♥️♥️♥️ Go Rays!
DRaysBay Sep 22, 2023
Rays 2 Blue Jays 6: The Walking Wounded
Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Tonight’s game: A play in two acts. Act 1: The Rays are really good! Glasnow, you may recall, had one of his least impressive performances against the Orioles last time out, seeming over-amped and unable to command his pitches. Tonight he came out pitching like a guy determined to change the narrative. He pitched five outstanding innings, He scattered a few hits, walked just one, struck out seven with 14 whiffs. He worked quickly and efficiently and seemed completely in command. Act 1 also included some offense. The struggling Randy...
DRaysBay Sep 22, 2023
Junior Caminero will wear the No. 1 jersey for the Rays
Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Caminero is the tenth player to wear the number 1 for Tampa Bay. Junior Caminero, one of baseball’s best prospects, is getting promoted to help the Rays finish their push for the playoffs, and in doing so becomes the 10th player in franchise history to don the No. 1 jersey. Here’s a brief history of the players who have worn the No. 1 before Caminero: Miguel Cairo (2000) The first ever second baseman in team history and the last original Devil Rays to play in the big leagues, Cairo was an excellent inaugural #1 for the...
DRaysBay Sep 22, 2023
Rays surprise everyone, promote top prospect Junior Caminero from Double-A
Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays looks on during batting practice before the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, July 8, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via One of baseball’s best prospects is on his way to the majors. The Tampa Bay Rays surprised the baseball world with an aggressive promotion of INF Junior Caminero, a consensus Top-10 prospect in MLB, from Double-A late last night following the end of the Montgomery Biscuits season, as seen in this viral video: Junior Caminero finding out he’s going...
DRaysBay Sep 22, 2023
Is Atlanta’s Battery the model for the Trop area? Let’s hope not.
Photo by Matthew Grimes/Atlanta Braves/ If you have been reading about the Rays/Hines redevelopment proposal that will include a new baseball stadium, you are likely to see many comparisons to Atlanta’s Truist (earlier Suntrust) Park and its surrounding development, called The Battery. Both are mixed use developments with shopping, restaurants, a hotel and apartments, anchored by a baseball stadium. With Truist Park representing one of the most recently built ballparks, comparisons are natural. (For example, Michael Harrison of Hines makes that comparison in this John...
DRaysBay Sep 21, 2023
Rays 5, Angels 4: A nice late season walk-off
Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Hero stuff from Manuel Margot. An afternoon game against the Angels saw some high drama and close calls, so let’s take a look at how it all shook out. The pitching matchup was Griffin Canning versus Zach Eflin. In the first inning saw a little Zach Neto single off of Zach Eflin, but the Angels couldn’t take advantage of the baserunner. In the bottom half Yandy Diaz drew a leadoff walk, then Brandon Lowe was hit by a pitch. An Isaac Paredes double scored Diaz, and the Rays were on the board early. Top of the second and a two-out...
DRaysBay Sep 21, 2023
GDT: Just got off a shift at the Canning Factory
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Where I work every 5 days Go Rays!
DRaysBay Sep 20, 2023
Rays 3, Angels 8: Rays fail to gain ground in AL East race
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Well, that was no fun. With the Orioles losing to the Astros, the Rays had a chance to gain some ground in the race for the AL East title. And, with Civale on the mound to face the lowly Angels, playing without Ohtani and Trout, and the other handful of players they placed on waivers previously, the Rays had to feel pretty good about their chances. Unfortunately, this game was essentially over in the 2nd inning. The Halos quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Jared Walsh recorded an RBI single that Harold Ramirez...
DRaysBay Sep 20, 2023
GDT: Hey, has Reid Detmers ever played the Rays before?
Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports And if so, does anyone remember the outcome? Go Rays!
