Kate Upton called for the firing of two Tampa Bay Rays media members after they left Justin Verlander off their ballots for the American League Cy Young Award. Despite Verlander receiving the most first-place votes in the 2016 American League Cy Young voting, he did not win the award. This […]
After the death of José Fernández on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays honored the Miami Marlins pitcher by hanging a jersey in their dugout during Monday’s game in Chicago with his name and number on the back. Like other teams, the Rays used one of their own jerseys instead of a […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have announced that their scheduled pregame ceremony to honor David Ortiz on Sunday has been canceled. The move comes after the tragic news that Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident late Saturday night. Ortiz asked the Rays to cancel the ceremony. […]
The Mets have announced that they have signed Tim Tebow to a minor league contract. This seems significant just because of the gamut of emotions I have gone through as a Rays fans over the last few weeks. It went something like this: Tim Tebow wants to play baseball! He’ll […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Orioles 7, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Is there a more hot-or-cold hitter than Logan Morrison? He had the one bright moment on Monday, hitting a 3-run […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Blue Jays 7, RAYS 0 (boxscore) THE GOOD: The good news is that if you actually tried to watch last night’s game, you could bail after […]
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The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Twins 6, RAYS (boxscore) THE GOOD: Well, it seems like the trade for Matt Duffy has lit a fire under Brad Miller’s arse. If you recall, Miller wasn’t […]
Steve Pearce has been traded to the Orioles for minor league catcher Jonah Heim. Jeff Passan was the first to report that Pearce had been traded. Ken Rosenthal was first to report that Pearce was going to the Orioles and that Heim was the player in return. Heim was a fourth-round pick […]
The Rays have traded Brandon Guyer to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for minor league outfielder Nathan Lukes and right-handed pitcher Jhonleider Salinas, the team has announced. Lukes is a seventh-round pick from the 2015 MLB Draft and was hitting .299 with a .369 OBP in 94 games this season […]
There are four days left until the (non-waiver) trade deadline and despite all the chatter surrounding the Rays and their starting pitchers, a few teams feel like the Rays are leaning towards holding on to those pitchers for now. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN spoke with “several teams” that have had […]
