The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.
Apparently another piece has been put in place for the Rays’ 2011 bullpen, as ESPN’s Buster Olney reported Thursday that the club has agreed to a deal with right-hander Joel Peralta. According to the report, the Rays have signed the 34-year-old to a one-year deal worth approximately $900,000. Tampa Bay has not confirmed the signing. [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Matt Joyce will be at the grand opening of the Rays Store at the Pam and Les Muma JA BizTown in Tampa on Monday. The right fielder, along with Rays officials, will be part of the festivities at noon ET. JA BizTown is a dynamic, experiential learning system that provides a hands-on [...]
What do you think the chances are that the Rays will sign any of their big three free agents — Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano or Carlos Pena? — Don, St. Petersburg It’s a hard question to answer. On the surface, you’ve got to think all three will be gone, because the team plans to cut [...]
BOSTON — The Rays are built on pitching and defense, with the former being the biggest component of the team’s success over the past three seasons. “Our pitching has carried us all year, if you ask me,” B.J. Upton said. “They set expectations for themselves in Spring Training, and so far, they’ve lived up to [...]
BOSTON — Don't count the Red Sox out just yet. That seemed to be their message Wednesday night as they erased a four-run deficit to take an 11-5 win over the Rays at Fenway Park with 37,756 watching. By losing, the Rays fell to 2 1/2 games behind the American League East-leading Yankees, who defeated [...]
BOSTON — The Rays got exactly what they needed Tuesday night: A laugher. After falling behind by two runs, the Rays began scoring and didn't quit until they had sufficiently punished Red Sox pitchers in a 14-5 blowout win at Fenway Park. By winning, the Rays snapped a three-game losing streak while picking up a [...]
Peers vote Crawford fastest player in Majors Struggling Niemann to make next start Ekstrom earns promotion from Triple-A BOSTON — Jeremy Hellickson has been named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year for 2010. While at Triple-A Durham, the right-hander led the International League with a 2.45 ERA. "Like I've been saying from Day [...]
James Shields is this year's Rays nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevy. Shields will be recognized before the Sept. 13 game against the Yankees at Tropicana Field. "I think it's a pretty prestigious thing to be nominated for an award named for [Clemente]; he did a lot of things for the community," [...]
BOSTON — Normally lopsided games are quickly forgotten inside the losing clubhouse, but the Rays' 12-5 loss to the Red Sox on Monday night at Fenway Park might not be so easily dispatched given the nature of what transpired. Starting pitching has been the straw that's stirred the drink for Tampa Bay. Now there are [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Hellickson felt comfortable in relief appearance Maddon was on hand for Ripken's milestone BALTIMORE — The Rays had just lost a tough 8-7 game to the surging Orioles in the middle of a pennant race on Sunday, yet there was one [...]