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Bullpen falters in extra innings loss: Rays 5, Marlins 10
The Rays were unable to continue their 10-game winning streak at the Trop on Saturday afternoon as they dropped the second game of the three-game set to the Miami Marlins by a score of 10-5 in extra innings. Early on this was the pitching due we all expected it to be with Nick Martinez facing […]
Game Thread: Little Nicky
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Mullins Takes Junk Yard as Rays Handle Marlins: Rays 7, Marlins 2
Dominating the Miami Marlins is a great way to open MLB’s second annual Rivalry Weekend for the Tampa Bay Rays. Speaking of opening, Ian Seymour did exactly what an opener is supposed to do in the first inning. He got Xavier Edwards to pop out, struck out Liam Hicks, and handled Otto Lopez with a […]
Game Thread: This guy’s throwing Junk!
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Is Homer Bush Jr. the most underrated prospect in the Rays system?
On Thursday afternoon, Homer Bush Jr laced a line drive that just kept carrying. It quickly soared over the starting pitcher, Owen Murphy. The middle infields jogged lazily into shallow center field as they began to line up for a potential relay throw, but quickly realized it was not going to happen. Then center fielder […]
Rays, Tampa, Hillsborough MOU details
The Tampa City Council and Hillsborough County Commission will be voting on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to allow the construction of a baseball stadium on the property currently occupied by Hillsborough College. You can see the actual MOU, which is available through this Tampa Bay Times article. Here we highlight some of the key […]
Rays, Tampa, Hillsborough closer to a stadium deal
On Thursday, Florida Politics broke the news that the Rays, Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa have drawn up an MOU sketching out a public-private partnership to build a stadium to be built on the current Hillsborough College campus. According to Florida Politics sources, the city and county contributions to the stadium have been […]
These cleats are made for walking: Rays 3 Blue Jays 5
The Blue Jays beat the rays tonight, walking off in the bottom of the tenth inning thanks to a grand slam homer. Winning this game felt like a tough challenge even before the game started. Apart from a poor start against the Red Sox, the Blue Jay’s Dylan Cease has been very effective. And the […]
Game Thread: Finally, a scheduled off day
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State of the Keystone
With the news that Gavin Lux has had another setback in his recovery from several injuries to begin the 2026 season, the Rays will be without their anticipated second baseman for the foreseeable future. This is unfortunate for Lux as he’s in a contract year and his injuries will almost certainly impact his earning potential […]
If you’re reading this, the Rays won: Rays 7, Blue Jays 5
Death, taxes, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in the year 2026. Drake’s 15th project, Iceman, is set to debut May 15, and Shane McClanahan sure had Blue Jays bats frozen Tuesday evening in “The 6ix”, as McClanahan went five innings, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out […]
Game Thread: Blink .142: The Cedric Mullins Story
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All the small things: Rays 8, Andrés Giménez 5
Baseball, especially the Rays brand of baseball, relies on doing all the little things well. Baseball is also a very luck dependent sport. But, doing the little things can help manufacture some luck. Perhaps no player exemplifies that more than Chandler Simpson. Simpson got things started right away, with a comebacker to Gausman, who was […]
Game Thread: North of the Border
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Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Minor League Roundup: Week 5
This was the 5th week of full minor league play (stats are entering play on Monday, May 11th). According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), 19-year old Caden Bodine has regained his spot as the top hitter spot in the Rays system. The backstop is proving to be too […]
Win one for Mom: Rays 4, Red Sox 1
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in DRBland. The Rays were in Boston, where everyone was wearing a touch of pink to wrap up the weekend series. The Rays were first in the AL East by a wee little percentage point and hoping to push ahead and claim it properly this week. To deal […]
Game Thread: Happy Mother’s Day, y’all!
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Game Thread: Can we all agree that this has been a weird start to the season?
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Reverse lineup protection: Chandler Simpson’s impact on Junior Caminero
Thanks to Ian Malinowski and Adam Sanford in our Slack channel for suggesting that Chandler Simpson may be getting more pitches to run on when Junior Caminero is at the plate. Lineup protection is the idea that a hitter performs better when a strong hitter bats directly behind them in the lineup. The theory is […]
Early Opportunity Goes To Waste: Rays 0, Red Sox 2
The Rays had an early opening against Connelly Early. Yes, the pun was sitting right there, and unfortunately so were three Tampa Bay baserunners in the third inning that got stranded on the best opportunity to score a run Friday night. Tampa Bay opened quietly against Early. Yandy Díaz struck out after an ABS challenge […]
Game Thread: May the 8th be with you
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Tampa Bay Better Than the Back Bay: Rays 8 Red Sox 4
This game had a little bit of everything, both good and bad. The second inning was the story early on as the Rays showed to a national audience how they had won 12 of their last 13, before then reminding those same viewers how they got off to a 2-5 start this season with defensive […]
Game Thread: Jax on, Jax off
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How sweep it is: Rays 2, Blue Jays 0
Is this hell? No, this is Tropicana Field. That might be what the Toronto Blue Jays think of The Trop. Since 2021, the Jays have a .655 OPS and a 10-22 record under the tilted roof at One Tropicana Drive, and losers of 10 of the last 12. Even the Blue Jays, biggest podcast, Gate […]
What the Rays see in Jesse Scholtens
The Rays claimed Jesse Scholtens in August 2025 after he was designated for assignment by the White Sox. Despite a fairly significant overhaul of the roster this offseason, Scholtens was able to hang on to a coveted 40-man roster spot, and has performed well in his limited time with the major league club — maintaining […]
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