CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Nearing the end of what had been a relatively healthy Spring Training, the Rays have lost their projected starting middle infield to injuries. Second baseman Gavin Lux will begin the season on the 10-day injured list due to a right shoulder impingement, manager Kevin Cash said Monday

This year will bring a new way to watch Rays baseball. The Rays announced on Feb. 2 that their local television broadcasts will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball, starting this season. Subscriptions to Rays.TV, the new direct-to-consumer streaming platform for in-market games, are available now.

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Most years, the Rays wrap up Spring Training with a few workouts and an exhibition game at Tropicana Field. It’s a good way to break camp, get the players settled in at home and reacclimated to their ballpark before the games that count get underway. That isn’t

Finally, we can see the finish line. Which is, of course, the starting line. Spring Training has nearly come to an end, and Opening Day is so close we can almost see the bunting. (The decorations, not the small-ball strategy.) There hasn’t been a ton of drama in what figures

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays’ Opening Day roster is not yet set, but it is coming into clearer focus. After they optioned infielder/outfielder Richie Palacios, outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy and right-hander Joe Boyle to Triple-A Durham on Friday, the Rays informed infielder/outfielder Ryan Vilade that he will make the team.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Chandler Simpson: fastest man in baseball and … home run hitter? OK, maybe not, but the Rays speedster can now say that he has hit a home run in a Major League uniform.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Nobody wanted to bring it up, but Shane McClanahan thought about it on Friday afternoon. It was almost exactly a year ago that McClanahan scaled the mound at Charlotte Sports Park to face the Red Sox in his final start of Spring Training. That was March

The first-ever Opening Day matchup between the Rays and Cardinals will also feature a pair of first-time Opening Day starters. Right-hander Drew Rasmussen is slated to pitch for Tampa Bay in the franchise’s 29th Opening Day matchup. Meanwhile, left-hander Matthew Liberatore will take the ball for St. Louis as the

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Talk to anyone on the Rays’ player development staff, and it probably won’t be long before you hear about Nathan Flewelling. He’s tough behind the plate, the kind of thing you’d expect from someone who played hockey until he was 14 years old. He’s a tough out at the plate,

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Rays’ sponsored jersey patch this season will come with a bit of extra meaning. The Rays announced on Thursday that Webull, an online investment platform, will serve as their first-ever corporate jersey patch partner. In a unique and meaningful twist, each Webull jersey patch will have

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- On Tuesday, the Rays optioned top-ranked prospect Carson Williams to Minor League camp with the expectation that he would begin the season in Triple-A Durham. Not so fast. The Rays may need him soon

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays’ brief history with Spring Breakout has provided plenty of highlights and unforgettable moments. There was the preposterous display of prodigious power that Xavier Isaac put on in the inaugural game, slugging two homers and an RBI double against the Twins. Then came last year’s

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays optioned shortstop Carson Williams and outfielder Jacob Melton to Minor League camp on Tuesday, sending down two of their top Major League-ready prospects with the hope that both will be ready to make an impact when they return. The news was not necessarily a

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NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Chandler Simpson ranged to his right on Sunday afternoon, gliding through the outfield grass and onto the dirt surrounding the left-field line at Charlotte Sports Park. As a fly ball from Pittsburgh's Spencer Horwitz sailed toward the protective netting, Simpson reached out his left hand, bounced

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- The prospect hype has come and gone. At the very least, it’s taken a brief timeout. But the hope still remains. A year ago, Brayden Taylor looked like a big part of the Rays’ future. A first-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Taylor was ranked

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Brandon Lowe was making his way around the Rays’ clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday morning, visiting the place he called his Spring Training home for a decade, when he ran into Shane McClanahan. A few hours before they met on the field in the

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Rays high-leverage reliever Edwin Uceta won’t be ready for Opening Day, but he is making progress in his recovery from a right shoulder injury. Uceta threw a bullpen session at Charlotte Sports Park on Saturday, manager Kevin Cash said. It was his first time pitching on

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jake Fraley and his family had been waiting years for Thursday. It was a day of celebration. A day of gratitude. A day to rejoice. Fraley’s 7-year-old daughter, Avery, rang the bell at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, marking the end of her treatment program and

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Two weeks from now, the Rays will take the field at Busch Stadium in St. Louis to begin the 2026 season. That sounds soon, but there is still much to be determined over the final days of Spring Training. The Rays came into camp expecting more

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- The magnitude of the moment set in for Yoendrys Gómez last Saturday, when the Venezuelan team lined up at loanDepot park before taking on Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic. There stood Gómez, alongside his countrymen, listening to the Venezuelan national anthem with pride. “I

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Last offseason, the Rays decided Jonny DeLuca was their guy in center field. They moved on from Jose Siri after the 2024 campaign, clearing a spot in the middle of their outfield for the athletic DeLuca. On Opening Day last season, DeLuca took his place in

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Gavin Lux has been with the Rays throughout Spring Training, but it felt a little like he officially joined the team on Tuesday afternoon. Lux made his spring debut in the Rays’ 6-5 loss to the Twins at Charlotte Sports Park, playing five innings at second