Tampa Bay Rays News and Rumors

Myers' prospects not dampened by soggy debut

Mike Bauman, MLB.com

It was a nondescript, not to mention damp, Major League debut for Wil Myers, the No. 1 prospect of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

David Ortiz drove in three runs and the Boston Red Sox opened a day-night doubleheader by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Tuesday in a game delayed nearly three hours by rain.

Mike Oz, yahoo.com

Given the context of raw sewage stewing in the Oakland Athletics clubhouse, it's a good time to re-examine something that Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price tweeted Friday. Yep, that's his famous dog, Astro, on Tropicana Field, unleashing something raw …

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Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line drive.

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Injured AL Cy Young Award winner David Price says he is making progress but is not ready to start a minor league rehab assignment.

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Alfredo Aceves threw six solid innings, Daniel Nava homered and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Wednesday night.

David Brown, yahoo.com

Your browser does not support iframes. The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays combined for so many runs Sunday, it might be easy to overlook at least one run that didn't score. Infielder Alexi Casilla of the Orioles made perhaps the nicest tag of the …

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Chris Archer pitched seven strong innings and Desmond Jennings hit a two-run homer to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

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Max Scherzer struck out nine in seven innings to remain unbeaten, and Victor Martinez homered and drove in three runs to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.

Mark Townsend, yahoo.com

In 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays selected shortstop Tim Beckham with the first overall pick in Major League Baseball’s Amateur Draft. And just like any other player selected in that coveted position, Beckham seemed to be on the fast track to the big leagues …

Mark Townsend, yahoo.com

Your browser does not support iframes. If you're a fan of franchises like the Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies, when someone asks you how long you've been following that particular team, chances are you could honestly respond with the lifelong fan cl…

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Ubaldo Jimenez pitched eight scoreless innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Saturday.

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Matt Joyce and James Loney homered to support pitcher Alex Colome in his major league debut Thursday night and helped send the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Miami Marlins, who lost their ninth straight.

Jason Collette, yahoo.com

Have a baseball road trip coming up? Well, in a bid to help you with your upcoming journeys, Big League Stew has solicited the help of the locals. Over the next month or so, we'll be hitting up our usual guest blogger crew to feature 10 tips for enjoyin…

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A deep reservoir of quality arms has the Cardinals in contention again, but the real secret to St. Louis' success is catcher Yadier Molina. Who says? His pitchers, writes Ben Reiter.

Mark Townsend, yahoo.com

Credit the Miami Marlins when it's due, the appearance of Transformers characters Optimus Prime and Bumblebee at Wednesday night's home game against the Tampa Bay Rays was one of the cooler and more well thought out promotions they've put together in re…

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

Yesterday, we drew your attention to former first-round pick and über-brah Joshua Sale's Facebook page, which included a recent a status update about throwing loose change at strippers. Now it's being reported that the Tampa Bay Rays have suspended Sal…

Mike Oz, yahoo.com

The Tampa Bay Rays have suspended prospect Josh Sale, their 2010 first-round draft pick, indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to organization," according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. That's fancy talk for "acting like an idiot …

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Kelly Johnson hit a pair of three-run homers Monday and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Miami Marlins their sixth straight loss, 10-6.

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Alex Cobb took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning and CC Sabathia's winless streak reached five starts Sunday in the Tampa Bay Rays' 8-3 win over the New York Yankees.

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Lyle Overbay homered with two outs in the 11th inning, and the New York Yankees rallied late to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Saturday.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The New York Yankees have put outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a broken knuckle on his left pinky finger and recalled outfielder Brennan Boesch from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira expects to play in his first game since hurting his right wrist in early March, suiting up for a minor-league game with Double-A Trenton on Wednesday.