After dream season, Rays' World Series wishes crash back down to earth
ST. PETERSBURG -- For seven months, this season felt like a dream come true for the Rays. Despite being widely projected to finish last in their own division, they spent most of the year with the American League’s best record. They clinched a playoff spot for the first time in
Presenting the 2026 All-Postseason Team
The 2026 postseason is in the books, and it ended in a way we’d never seen before. The Brewers laid waste to the baseball landscape and romped to the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5
The best moment from each series during the playoffs
The postseason is momentous. It is a collection of stories and stats and, most of all, snapshots. After the long, slow grind of the regular season, these great teams and elite athletes have to summon something extra within themselves to come through in the clutch while the rest of us
Rasmussen lauds Rays, ponders 2027 after starting Game 5 on short rest
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays went out of their way this season, right up through the beginning of the World Series, to make sure that Drew Rasmussen made as many starts as possible with extra rest. But Wednesday night was Game 5 of the World Series, and Tampa Bay’s season
A look at what went wrong in Fall Classic, as Rays met their match in Brewers
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays won 98 games, a division title and an American League pennant this season by simply being better than their opponents in so many facets of the game. They played cleaner baseball. They were better in situational hitting. Their pitchers frustrated opposing lineups. Then they ran
'Rock of our clubhouse': Martinez reflects on season with Rays, future
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays can tell you plenty of stories to show what kind of a teammate Nick Martinez has been inside their clubhouse. The team dinners. The postgame celebrations. The inside jokes and moments of been-there, done-that leadership. If you wanted to see it for yourself, you could
Latest Rays injuries & transactions
This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates.
Caminero returns for season-ending Game 5 after late scare in Game 4
ST. PETERSBURG -- Junior Caminero may have given fans a scare when he hobbled into the dugout in the decisive 12th inning of the Rays’ Game 4 win to extend the World Series on Tuesday night, but as expected, he was back in the lineup for Wednesday night's 4-1 loss
Rays' 'next man up' attitude serves them well in comeback win
ST. PETERSBURG -- As the Rays’ rally unfolded in the 12th inning of Game 4 at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night, manager Kevin Cash turned to Ben Williamson with a simple message: “Get ready to hit.” Cash specifically meant that Williamson would pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr., who was due
'We’ve got one more day': Rays walk it off to force Game 5
ST. PETERSBURG -- For once, the ball bounced their way. It bounced through the right-hand side. Into the outfield. Into the safety of artificial turf and fair terrain. And perhaps, if these Tampa Bay Rays can somehow build off one of the wildest extra innings October has ever seen, into
Watch Rays prospects in Arizona Fall League action
The World Series is over but you can still watch live baseball featuring many of baseball's top up-and-coming players. The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is in full swing, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout November as AFL matchups are once again streaming
Battle-tested 'pen proves Rays 'never out of the fight' in gritty Game 4
ST. PETERSBURG -- Through three games, the bullpens had been the biggest mismatch of this World Series, seeing the Rays follow a pair of one-run losses with an absolute clunker upon their return to Tropicana Field. Bryan Baker said he knew this team had more in the tank, and it
Rallying Rays join rare company by forcing Game 5 facing 3-0 deficit
ST. PETERSBURG — Game 4 of the World Series at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night was a great encapsulation of why baseball is the best. Twelve tight innings. Multiple potential heroes. Records set. This wild game had everything. And in the end, the result – a 4-3 Rays win over
Key takeaways as Rays stay alive with thrilling Game 4 walk-off
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays understood the long odds against them when they arrived at Tropicana Field on Tuesday afternoon, well aware that no team has ever come back from the situation they currently face in the World Series. But they also had no interest in rolling over and letting
Longoria tosses first pitch ahead of Rays' must-win Game 4
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays needed some magic Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. They brought in just the guy to make it happen.
After two 1-run losses, blowout at Trop puts Rays' season on brink
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays could find some solace, at least, in the fact that they lost the first two games of this World Series by just one run apiece. They had a chance to win until the final out of both games at American Family Field. They didn’t play
Key takeaways after the Rays fall into 3-0 hole in World Series
ST. PETERSBURG -- The top of the fifth inning looked like it was over. Christian Yelich had been called out sliding into second base on a fielder’s choice, the Rays were moving off the field, and Tropicana Field’s warning track was being prepared for a mascot race.
Brewers' 8-run 5th in Game 3 a 'knife in the chest' to Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- It took three pitches to turn World Series Game 3 from a competitive contest into a laugher. But there was nothing funny about it for the Rays.
Simpson's speed actually costs him SB -- then enables SPECTACULAR catch
ST. PETERSBURG -- Chandler Simpson’s elite speed led to a couple of eventful moments in the first couple of innings for the Rays in their 10-1 loss to the Brewers in World Series Game 3 on Monday night at Tropicana Field. There was one moment he’d probably like to forget,
Maddon takes hill for first pitch ... then calls to bullpen for Shields
ST. PETERSBURG -- The World Series has returned to Tropicana Field, and so has Joe Maddon. Maddon, the longtime manager whose boldly innovative tactics and refreshingly different style led the Rays to their first American League championship in 2008, strode toward the mound wearing a No. 70 Devil Rays jersey