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.
ST. PETERSBURG — A lot has changed since the Rays and the Red Sox last met. Tampa Bay entered the teams' three-game series on May 24 off to a dominant 32-12 start, while Boston had sputtered out of the gate with a 24-21 record. And after the Red Sox came into Tropicana Field and easily [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Carl Crawford fell one spot in the most recent All-Star balloting, but he and Evan Longoria are still on pace to be in the American League starting lineup in the Midsummer Classic this year. Longoria has been in a slump at the plate lately, but he leads the team in RBIs and [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Wade Davis made short work of the D-backs the first time through the lineup, and he got through the team's top hitters, thanks to a little help from his defense. But the bottom of the order gave him trouble in the fifth, and the Rays' hitters couldn't do anything to capitalize on [...]
Crawford not in starting lineup Sunday Maddon pleased with Rodriguez at plate Joyce excited for his return ST. PETERSBURG — Triple-A Durham manager Charlie Montoyo was selected to coach the World Team in the Futures Game on July 11 in Anaheim. The Bulls manager, who joined the Rays' organization in 1996 and is in his [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — After Edwin Jackson recorded the final out of his no-hitter on Friday night, a 1-0 win for his D-backs, James Shields stood on the top step of the Rays' dugout along with pitching coach Jim Hickey and first-base coach George Hendrick. "[We] were standing out there until he saw us," Shields said. [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — B.J. Upton and his brother Justin stood next to each other prior to Friday night's game between the Rays and the D-backs, and the closeness between the brothers was evident. The brothers had visited with one another the night before, with Justin getting to see his nephew — B.J.'s son — who [...]
TAMPA — John Jaso could tell that bullpen coach Bobby Ramos was excited about the chance to strut his stuff down the runway just from watching him try on his clothes. "When I went and did my fitting, I was there with Bobby Ramos, and the clothes he was wearing were pretty good," Jaso said. [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — The Upton brothers will compete against each other for the first time in any organized sport Friday night when the Rays host the D-backs at Tropicana Field. B.J. Upton, 25, plays center field for Tampa Bay, and Justin Upton, 22, plays right field for Arizona. "It will be fun to get a [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Padres on Thursday afternoon at Tropicana Field. The Rays moved to 43-29 while avoiding being swept for the second time this season. B.J. Upton led off the Rays' half of the first by hitting a 1-1 pitch from the [...]
Joyce called up; Navarro sent to Triple-A Crawford leaves game with sore shoulder Kapler set to play four games in Class A Home run drought doesn't concern Rays Rays go old school with new uniform socks Walk-up music links Longoria, Tantric ST. PETERSBURG — Rays manager Joe Maddon was ejected from Thursday afternoon's 5-3 win [...]