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If you are a big Tampa Bay Rays fan, then you likely recall the dismal start to 2014. There were a lot of injuries to the pitching staff and the offense st...
Andrew Garrison|
It's less than a week until Opening Day and the Tampa Bay Rays' pitching staff is still in flux. For the second year in a row, multiple starters and down w...
David Egbert|
Many have doubted whether he could truly help the Tampa Bay Rays, but Ryan Howard has continued to be a rumored target for the team. Now the rumors have co...
Robbie Knopf|
At the end of the day, lefty Scott Diamond needs the Tampa Bay Rays more than they need him. When you're unsigned as spring training nears its conclusion, ...
Robbie Knopf|
Had he not been dismissed from the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2012, Andrew Toles would never have ended up in the 2012 MLB Draft. If he had not...
Robbie Knopf|
One week before opening day, injuries have decimated the Tampa Bay Rays' starting staff. Three-fifths of their expected rotation to begin the season–Alex...
Peter M. Gordon|
Each spring training season, a number of rookies are in a fight for a roster spot. It’s usually a fight between the rookie and a marginal veteran who’s...
David Egbert|
After the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Logan Forsythe from the San Diego Padres in the 2013 offseason, some fans feared that the team was grooming him to be the...
Robbie Knopf|
Be a baseball fan for a few years and it becomes apparent that a mid-90's fastball can make up for a lot of things. Pitchers can have control issues, injur...
Robbie Knopf|
The Tampa Bay Rays have certainly not given up on winning in 2015. However, this coming season will mark the least confident that Rays fans have been about...
Robbie Knopf|
Other than Cole Hamels, who the Tampa Bay Rays could never afford, there are no quality starting pitchers available on the market. We have been discussing...
Robbie Knopf|
Today was supposed to be the day that the Tampa Bay Rays' middle infield picture became much clearer. The Rays began the spring trying to figure out whethe...
Robbie Knopf|
It just doesn’t seem fair. For the second year in a row, 60% of the starting pitching rotation, the Tampa Bay Rays' greatest asset, is in the garage for ...
David Egbert|
Two facts in the Tampa Bay Rays' middle infield competition are as follows: 1) Nick Franklin is a better defensive second baseman than shortstop and 2) Fra...
Robbie Knopf|
Last offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays brought in veteran left-hander Erik Bedard to serve as rotation depth. His presence proved to be important after Alex Co...
Robbie Knopf|
The end of Wednesday's game was a little bit too good of an analogy for the Tampa Bay Rays' recent injury woes. Just in these last few weeks before spring ...
Robbie Knopf|
As late as June 10th of last season, the Tampa Bay Rays had the worst record in baseball. However, their worst month of the year was actually April–coun...
Robbie Knopf|
None of the Tampa Bay Rays' latest injuries have been serious. Brandon Guyer should be ready for the start of the season while Drew Smyly and Alex Colome c...
Robbie Knopf|
We can't say that the Tampa Bay Rays are halfway through spring training–they have played 12 games and still have 19 more to go counting today. Even so, ...
Robbie Knopf|
He certainly can't compare to recent Boston Red Sox signee Yoan Moncada, but the Tampa Bay Rays have responded by signing a Cuban defector of their own. Re...
Robbie Knopf|
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