The big news for the Rays this week has been the progress they’ve made toward securing a long-anticipated long-term ballpark in the Tampa Bay area. There’s a lot to like about the way they’re playing in their longtime home, too.

TAMPA, Fla. -- A day after reaching a preliminary agreement on a proposal to build a new ballpark in Tampa, representatives from the Rays, Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa on Friday offered more insight into the process and potential benefits of the stadium plan during a news conference

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The American League East is a lot of things. It’s never boring. That appears to be the case again this season. The Rays and Yankees have been the best teams in the AL by a considerable margin. The Orioles, Blue Jays and Red Sox have been … interesting, albeit not

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Rays have taken another step toward securing their long-term ballpark in the Tampa Bay area, announcing a preliminary agreement on Thursday with Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa on a new ballpark proposal. The club reached a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the county

ST. PETERSBURG -- "There’s no place like home” is a timeless cliché. Over the past year, the Rays have been reminded just how true it is. Everything seems to be going the Rays’ way so far this season. They’re atop the American League standings with a 28-14 record. They’re getting

TORONTO -- In the end, the walks finally caught up to the Rays on Wednesday night. As they won 16 of their previous 18 games, the Rays managed to mostly avoid free passes. The pitchers walked four batters or fewer in every game during that stretch, and they averaged only

TORONTO -- The Rays’ 7-6 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night wasn’t always pretty. It didn’t come easily. They needed to play 10 innings in a game they led by five runs in the seventh. But good, gritty teams tend to win games like this one.

After watching Marshall Toole track down three hard-hit balls to center field in the seventh inning on Friday night, Rays pitching prospect Aidan Cremarosa returned to the Charleston RiverDogs’ dugout with a message for pitching coach Tyler Higgins. He had only thrown 70 pitches through seven innings, and he hadn’t

TORONTO -- Speedster Chandler Simpson wasn’t in the Rays lineup on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, but he had good news to share about the left leg cramping that forced him to exit Monday’s 8-5 win over the Blue Jays after an eighth-inning groundout.

TORONTO -- It’s been too long to call this a hot start. It’s been too impressive to call it a fluke. The Rays have essentially played a quarter of their schedule, and they have the best record in the American League at 27-13 after Monday night’s 8-5 win over the

TORONTO -- In the fourth inning of the Rays’ 8-5 win over the Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre, Chandler Simpson hit a ball that bounced three feet in front of home plate. He turned that into a run, as perhaps only he can. “I think the whole

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ST. PETERSBURG -- Shane McClanahan and the Rays had plenty to talk about after a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field. They could have raved about McClanahan’s continued dominance in his return from 2 1/2 seasons lost to injuries. They could have gone on

ST. PETERSBURG -- The way the Rays are pitching right now, you can’t ever count them out of a game. That was once again the case on Tuesday night, as the Rays overcame an early two-run deficit and came back again by stringing together four hits in the eighth inning

ST. PETERSBURG -- Add another pitching injury to the list for the Rays. Four days after announcing that starter Ryan Pepiot will soon undergo season-ending surgery on his right hip, the Rays placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday due to left elbow inflammation. But they

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ST. PETERSBURG -- Ryan Vilade was hardly a known commodity before this season. The 27-year-old had played in only 28 Major League games for four teams over parts of three seasons, with nine hits and a single home run to his name. The Rays acquired him from the Reds in

ST. PETERSBURG -- Designated hitter Yandy Díaz exited the Rays’ 3-0 win against the Giants on Friday night at Tropicana Field after two at-bats due to left side tightness, and he was not in the lineup Saturday night or Sunday afternoon. Díaz’s status is still day to day, according to

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays couldn’t have asked for a much better setup in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. After Tampa Bay tied the score in the eighth, Bryan Baker pitched a clean ninth, and lefty Ian Seymour didn’t even let the Giants’ automatic runner advance to

ST. PETERSBURG -- When the Rays are rolling, they’ll win a lot of games the way they won Saturday night against the Giants. No one in the lineup homered. Nobody had a three-hit game. No pitcher recorded more than nine outs. If you want to pick a defensive play of

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays appear to be moving one important arm out of their bullpen, as right-hander Griffin Jax continued his transition into the rotation with a start against the Giants, but they brought back another important late-inning reliever on Saturday. The Rays reinstated left-hander Garrett Cleavinger from the

ST. PETERSBURG -- Shane McClanahan has been wanting to share his newfound passion for fishing with his teammates for a while, but the Major League schedule affords few opportunities for offshore adventures. Granted a rare off-day at home on Thursday, McClanahan got Junior Caminero, Ben Williamson, Ryan Vilade and Nick

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays will be without starter Ryan Pepiot for the rest of the year, as manager Kevin Cash said on Friday the right-hander is set to undergo season-ending right hip surgery on May 13. Pepiot has been sidelined since the end of Spring Training due to right