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Need some advanced math skills to try to figure out how you can manage just 1 run on 16 baserunners. www.draysbay.com/2024/7/10/24...

Rays 1 Yankees 2: Sweet Sixteen (baserunners and only one run to show for it)www.draysbay.com If I told you that Zach Eflin pitched 7 very strong innings, and the Rays had 16 baserunners, you’d probably think the Rays had won, right? Ah but then you haven’t met the 2024 version of the Rays....

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Midseason Trade Candidate Series: Zach Eflin by Ginny Searle (@ginnysearle.bsky.social)

Midseason Trade Candidate Series: Zach Eflin | Baseball Prospectuswww.baseballprospectus.com The Rays find themselves in an unusual position: irrelevance. At least that gives them space to do something with which they're very comfortable: Trading away a player before he gets more expensive.

@abpow.bsky.social thanks for your help on this recap: www.draysbay.com/2024/7/7/241...

Rays 2 Rangers 13: Ok is THIS rock bottom?www.draysbay.com Here’s my recap: No one on this team can hit; the defense isn’t terrible but also isn’t stellar; several of the starting pitchers wouldn’t be starting pitchers here if not for a bunch of injuries;...

Rays and their fans inch a little closer to a stadium deal with St. Pete City Council vote: www.draysbay.com/2024/6/16/24...

Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!www.draysbay.com Here’s why nothing is final yet.

Tropicana Field feels like "Fenway South?" I've learned to live with it. Sigh. www.draysbay.com/2024/6/14/24...

Whose house? Our house!www.draysbay.com How I’ve learned to stop seething and love (or at least tolerate) fans of the visiting team.

Why waste runs, right? www.draysbay.com/2024/6/13/24...

Rays 3 Cubs 2: Taj has a nightwww.draysbay.com This was a fun and exciting game but let me start with what I think is the most encouraging takeaway: Taj Bradley looked very sharp. His went seven innings, which by itself is great. But he also...

Does anyone remember how to hit a baseball? www.draysbay.com/2024/5/28/24...

Rays 0 Athletics 3: When your offense is truly offensivewww.draysbay.com It’s not the home run, it’s the walk and error before the home run. No, actually, it’s not the home run or even the walk and error before the home run. It’s the utterly, completely, disastrous...

Honestly a no-hitter would have been more fun. www.draysbay.com/2024/5/20/24...

Rays 0 Red Sox 5: This is what a .500 team looks likewww.draysbay.com A match up of Tanner Houck, Boston’s impressive 27-year old righty, against Taj Bradley, the Rays 23-year old righty on the verge, we hope, of greatness, was likely to be a good (if low-scoring)...

Can I open my eyes yet? Is the game over? www.draysbay.com/2024/4/29/24...

Rays 1 Brewers 0: Pepiot near perfect, and we needed thatwww.draysbay.com It’s a sign of how poorly the Rays offense has been going that when they loaded the bases in the first inning with no one out (on a hit batter and two walks — Brewers pitcher Bryce Wilson struggled...

And the winner is.... www.draysbay.com/2024/4/19/24...

2024 Sunburst Awards: Los Angeles Angels games 17-20www.draysbay.com Rays advance to 11-9 after four game series in Tropicana Field

Our Sunburst winners of the series: www.draysbay.com/2024/4/15/24...

2024 Sunburst Awards: San Francisco Giants games 14-16www.draysbay.com Rays advance to 9-7 after three game series in Tropicana Field

I wouldn't say this was the best played game I've seen from the Rays, but just as you sometimes lose games when you've done everything right, at times you win games where every one of your fielders lost a pop-up in the sun www.draysbay.com/2024/4/10/24...

Rays 4 Angels 2: Thanks goodness for José Caballerowww.draysbay.com If you’ve been missing three plus hour games, then today would have made you happy! This is surprising with the super efficient Zach Littell on the mound for the Rays, but today he wasn’t quite his...

No solar eclipse for our guys: www.draysbay.com/2024/4/8/241...

2024 Sunburst Awards: Colorado Rockies games 8-10www.draysbay.com Rays advance to 5-5 with series win in Denver

Nooooooo www.draysbay.com/2024/4/1/241...

Junior Caminero suffers apparent quad injurywww.draysbay.com The Rays top prospect had to be helped off the field

You know how the Rays seem to turn forgotten relievers into studs? Well keep an eye on this guy: www.draysbay.com/2024/4/1/241...

In search of the next bullpen guy: Manuel Rodriguezwww.draysbay.com The Rays are known for finding gold among otherwise forgotten bullpen arms. I’m going to make a prediction here: this year’s surprising bullpen arm will be Manuel Rodriguez. Rodriguez was...

Shaky pitching, comatose offense makes for a long day at the Trop: www.draysbay.com/2024/3/31/24...

Rays 2 Jays 9: Justin Turner Overdrivewww.draysbay.com With games like this, the loss seems overdetermined. You can bemoan the lack of offense, but if your pitching is giving up nine runs you probably aren’t winning. And you can shake your head about...

Injuries may give an opportunity to a Rays prospect with some strong offensive tools, but really weak defense. Like REALLY weak. www.draysbay.com/2024/3/22/24...

Could Austin Shenton make the Opening Day roster?www.draysbay.com Injuries have opened the door for a surprising prospect

Waiting for that New Baseball Season smell: www.draysbay.com/2024/3/20/24...

Dear Abby, Help! I’m not excited for Opening Daywww.draysbay.com Why is this year different from all other years?

As the Gas Plant redevelopment plans and stadium deal wend their way through the process, let's hear from some folks in St. Pete who think the city is giving away the store: www.draysbay.com/2024/1/22/24...

Two grassroots groups oppose the new Rays stadium in St. Petersburgwww.draysbay.com Both opposition groups think the city and county are giving away too much.

We're a baseball blog, so let's talk about baseball. Who will play shortstop in 2024? www.draysbay.com/2024/1/5/240...

What is the Rays plan at shortstop for 2024?www.draysbay.com Look for the same approach we saw in the final months of 2023

A farewell to Tyler Glasnow: www.draysbay.com/2023/12/20/2...

On Losing Tyler Glasnowwww.draysbay.com Our leading man heads to Hollywood.

What's a win worth? Or, will Tyler Glasnow outplay his Dodger contract? www.draysbay.com/2023/12/19/2...

What can we learn from Tyler Glasnow’s contract extension with the Dodgers?www.draysbay.com What is a Tyler Glasnow worth, anyway?

When you write about the Rays, then you write a lot about favorite players who get traded away. Adios, Manuel Margot: www.draysbay.com/2023/12/17/2...

Mar-gone for Goodwww.draysbay.com Maybe you are the glass half-full sort who can get excited about the prospecting coming back in return. Maybe the prospects coming back are no consolation for the players you are bidding farewell....

It breaks my heart to post this article. Can someone remind me why I root for a team that trades away players as soon as I become attached to them? www.draysbay.com/2023/11/24/2...

When will the Rays trade Tyler Glasnow?www.draysbay.com That’s right, I said WHEN not IF

Won't someone please give James Shields a Hall of Fame vote? Here are the players of this year's HOF ballot who were ever associated with the Rays. www.draysbay.com/2023/11/20/2...

Former Rays on Hall of Fame ballotwww.draysbay.com The 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been announced, and among the 26 former players listed there are a few who played for the Rays. The most notable among the Rays contingent is James...

Sure Blake Snell just won a second CY Young, but that's OK because the Rays got all that talent when they traded him! www.draysbay.com/2023/11/18/2...

Revisiting the Blake Snell trade after his second Cy Young seasonwww.draysbay.com Warning: reviewing the return for Snell may induce nausea.

Most Rays contract tender decisions are pretty clear, but is Hittin' Harold a keeper? www.draysbay.com/2023/11/16/2...

Tampa Bay Rays have decisions to make as non-tender deadline loomswww.draysbay.com Eleven Rays players are arbitration eligible this year

Would the Rays trade Manuel Margot to a division rival? www.draysbay.com/2023/11/16/2...

Tampa Bay Rays discussing Manuel Margot with New York Yankees and Mets, among otherswww.draysbay.com The Tampa Bay Rays are going to trade veteran outfielder Manuel Margot, it’s just a question of where to and who for. Margot, who turned 29 in September, came to the Rays in a trade prior to the...

There is nothing half-assed about Tommy Pham. Ever. www.draysbay.com/2023/10/27/2...

Tommy Pham’s Odysseywww.draysbay.com The former Ray has had a sometimes difficult path to the World Series

For Rays fans, an overview of the the DBacks and Rangers who once called America's ballpark home (that's Tropicana Field of course). www.draysbay.com/2023/10/27/2...

X-Rays in the World Serieswww.draysbay.com Which Rangers and Diamondbacks once played for Tampa Bay?