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A Horrific June Did the Rays In

No matter what you’re non-baseball watching friends try to convince you every other week, all 162 games matter in baseball. This season, that reality has come raining down on the Rays. They’re…Read More

Game 126: Rays Fall Short As Oakland Rallies For Win

  The Rays let the lead slip away Friday night, as Joel Peralta gave up a two out, two run home run in the eighth, giving the Oakland A’s a comeback 5-4 victory. Ben Zobrist gave the Rays a…Read More

Game 95: Cobb Leaves Early, Offense Absent as Rays Fall to M’s

This. game got off to an awful start for the Rays as Alex Cobb allowed 2 first inning runs before leaving in the second with a leg injury. After the first 2 innings, though, things brightened up quite…Read More

Rays Notes: The Boys Are Coming Back

This tweet from Sun Sports sideline reporter/anchor Todd Kalas may be the most positive of the entire season for the Rays. Rays fans could expect Scott, Farnsworth, @JHell58 and Peralta all returning to…Read More

Rays Notes: In Summary, Chaos

The Rays made a whirlwind of moves Friday and let’s attempt to piece together what just happened. Joel Peralta has dropped his appeal of his 8-game suspension for having an excessive amount of pine…Read More

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Rays Notes: Peralta Suspended, Price Speaks at White House, Keppinger Coming Back

In the wake of the “Glove Check Game,” Rays reliever Joel Peralta has been suspended 8 games…Read More

Game 69: Moore Inconsistent, Peralta Ends With a Downer as Rays Drop Series to Nats

Joel Peralta may be going away for 8 games after Thursday’s game. If Thursday was his last appearance,…Read More

Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir, Joel Peralta, “Throwbacks”

Wednesday was a crazy day in terms of news in the Rays organization. News was real, news was fake, news…Read More

Rays Notes: Joyce Hurt, “Glovegate”, Draft Signings

Tuesday night’s game, a 5-4 Rays win, was an insane game and one that we’ll remember. Unfortunately…Read More

Game 67: Rays Win the “Glove Check Game” 5-4

The Rays-Nationals game on Tuesday, June 19th will forever be known as the “Glove Check Game.”…Read More

Sliding into Place

Evan Longoria goes down. Will Rhymes, a former .300 hitter for the Tigers, comes up and goes 2 for 4…Read More

Game 25: Rays Overcome Rough First Inning, Win 5-4

The bottom third of the lineup went 5-11 with a double, a home run, and 4 RBI as the Rays fought back…Read More

Game 18: Hellickson Outduels Wilson as Rays Win Nail-Biter vs. Angels

There’s a reason that the Rays rotation has gotten the reputation that it currently has. When any…Read More

Game 16: Tampa Takes Series from Minnesota to Improve to 9-7

The Rays, in their powder blue alternates picked up a 6-2 victory Sunday afternoon, taking their three…Read More

Game 13: Rays Clinch Series as Longoria, Offense Shines Again

From the time the Rays left Tropicana Field after their Opening Series sweep of the Yankees until the…Read More

Luck Check: Do the Rays Have a Serious Bullpen Problem?

Thus far this season, the Rays are 4-4. What would their record be if it weren’t for the ineffectiveness…Read More

Game 6: Niemann, Bullpen Falters as Tigers Left Smyling

Do you know the difference between James Shields and Jeff Niemann? Both don’t throw very hard and…Read More

Scouting Notes From Spring Training: The Veterans and Mainstays

After talking about the prospects in my scouting notes this afternoon, we transition to the major leaguers…Read More

What’s Important Now: Positive Signs in Loss

Spring Game 1 Recap: Rays at Twins Even with the Rays 7-3 loss in the spring opener, the Rays showed…Read More

An Unbiased View of the Rays Minor League System

Over the past week, I basically disappeared off the map. The reason: I was working on a 2012 MLB mock…Read More