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Rays Acquire Catcher Curt Casali From Detroit Tigers As Compensation for LHP Kyle Lobstein

Earlier this offseason, left-hander Kyle Lobstein, the Rays’ second round pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 Rule 5 Draft, with the Tigers needing to keep…Read More

Luke Scott Helps Power Rays Past Tigers

Last season was a disappointment for Luke Scott. Thus far during Spring Training, he is doing his best to put 2012 behind him. Scott hit a grand slam off of Detroit starter Doug Fister as part of a six…Read More

Can Brennan Boesch Become the Next Rays Reclamation Project?

Back in November, before the Winter Meetings took place, Brennan Boesch came up as a player that the Tampa Bay Rays could potentially be interested in. The belief was that the Detroit Tigers could make…Read More

The Ageless Delmon Young

“See that fella over there? He’s 20 years old. In 10 years, he he’s got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he’s 20 years old too. In 10 years, he has a chance to…Read More

Would Brennan Boesch Be A Fit In Tampa Bay?

With both the Winter Meetings coming up next week, and the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players Friday, the trade rumors have begun to circulate at a high level. One such player…Read More

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Rays Notes: Jeff Keppinger Breaks Fibula, Shane Dyer Signs With Tigers, More on Longo Extension

After a big season with the Rays in 2012, Jeff Keppinger was set to cash in as a free agent this offseason.…Read More

Who Should the Rays Root for in the World Series?

Who Rays fans root for in this World Series is a difficult but somewhat irrelevant. Neither the Tigers…Read More

Delmon Young, Playoff Hero

Delmon Young is a failure. By any conceivable regular season measure, he’s a sub-par major league…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: A’s Win In Extra Innings, White Sox Fall Into Wild Card Hunt

The Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot streak, winning their sixth consecutive game Monday night. However,…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles Split Doubleheader, A’s Lose as Angels, Rays Close In

Time is running out for the pursuers in the AL Wild Card race. But it’s geting awfully tight now…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles lose to Red Sox, Angels gain ground, Rays sweep Blue Jays

The Rays kept their winning streak alive today and swept the Blue Jays, while inching up the wild card…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: Extra Inning Baseball Helps Rays Gain Ground

With ten games to go following last night’s 11-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Tampa…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: A’s Pound Tigers, Rangers Beat Angels as Rays Inch Closer

The Tampa Bay Rays came up with a huge comeback win on Thursday night, rallying for 6 runs in the 9th…Read More

AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles Win in Extras, A’s and Angels Fall

The Rays are not out of the AL playoff picture yet. Hopefully their big win Wednesday is the start if…Read More

Tigers’ Anibal Sanchez Trade Makes James Shields Trade Picture Clearer

The rumors have been that the Tigers and Angels are interested in acquiring James Shields from the Rays.…Read More

Game 79: Rays lose 5-3, Drop series to Tigers

Following Friday night’s encouraging 4-2 win over Justin Verlander, in which the Rays hit three home…Read More

Rays Reclamation Projects: Carlos Pena

Nobody gave Carlos Pena enough time. He was never the type of player that anyone particularly likes.…Read More

Delmon Young, An Embarrassment

There are so many different ways that a highly-regarded prospect in baseball can fail. He can be too…Read More

A Geovany Soto Trade to the Rays Would Have to Involve Matt Garza

A couple of days ago, Devon mentioned that the Rays could be interested in trading for Cubs catcher…Read More

Rays Sign Casey Kotchman, RP Rob Delaney

Just got a link sent to me by a friend. Marc Tompkin just blogged on TampaBay.com that the Rays signed…Read More