It’s the holiday season, and while it sure seems like Black Friday was a dud for many retailers, Cyber Monday is here in full force. Here’s three Rays related deals to assist your stocking stuffing this holiday season: 1. Holiday 3-Packs The Tampa Bay Rays are offerings a sweet deal on tickets, allowing fans to purchase a three pack for next season, and includes a free Rays beanie. Fans have multiple options when building holiday packs: - Select one game from each of the three holiday pack groups. - Each pack is good for one (1) ticket to three games. You can purchase up to six (6) packs for ..read more

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports That’s right, I said WHEN not IF The Rays trading their ace Tyler Glasnow, who has one year remaining on his contract, is being treated as a foregone conclusion by reporters both in Tampa Bay and nationally. Lots of trade chatter about Tyler Glasnow this offseason. Two execs told me they believe Tampa Bay will “definitely” move its ace, who is set to earn $25 million in 2024. — Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) November 21, 2023 So when can we expect such a deal to go down? There are three important factors to consider: 1. The Winter Meetings The 2023 Baseball Winter ..read more

The Rays star’s profile continues to grow. Rays left fielder Randy Arozarena, arguably the face of the franchise, has been announced as a finalist for GQ’s Man of the Year award in Mexico in an article titled, via translation, “Randy Arozarena and how he has made history in Mexican baseball.” Baseball is once again a force in national sports thanks to figures like Randy Arozarena and the efforts of managers and coaches dedicated to a single passion. The GQ article lays out the case for Randy Arozarena’s notoriety in Mexico, beginning with his performance on March 16th in the quarterfinals o ..read more

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been announced, and among the 26 former players listed there are a few who played for the Rays. The most notable among the Rays contingent is James Shields, who is appearing for the first time on the ballot; alongside him are Jose Bautista and Manny Ramirez, both of whom had very short stints with Tampa Bay and then Bobby Abreu, who had the shortest tenure of them all. James Shields The fact that James Shields managed to make his way onto the Hall of Fame ballot is an amazing accomplishment considering how his career ..read more

Warning: reviewing the return for Snell may induce nausea. After a stellar final season of his contract with the San Diego Padres, former Rays ace Blake Snell has won his second Cy Young award, and this time by unanimous decision. He is the 22nd player in MLB history with two Cy Young awards, and only the seventh to do so in both leagues. To celebrate his second Cy Young Award, Blake Snell’s girlfriend gifted him custom Air Jordan 1 Lows inspired by the Rays and Padres. pic.twitter.com/1BuUfAKxzw — Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) November 16, 2023 A first round pick by the Rays in 2011 ..read more

Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The former Rays GM’s first trade in charge of the Marlins is with his former team. Earlier today we noted former Rays GM Peter Bendix’s first move in charge of the Marlins was to sign a member of the Rays 2023 short stop depth chart. Now his first trade in charge is to acquire a member of the Rays 2023 short stop depth chart. We’re sensing a trend! In the deal the Tampa Bay Rays have acquired prospects INF Erick Lara, RHP Andrew Lindsey and a player to be named later in exchange for INF Vidal Bruján and RHP Calvin Faucher, with the latter being designated off the 4 ..read more

Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports After a troubling year for depth at short stop, the Rays will be without one of their long serving prospects in 2024. In his first move as the President of Baseball Operations at the Miami Marlins, the Rays former General Manager Peter Bendix has signed... SS Tristan Gray. Promoted in September 2023, Gray had been an org soldier through the Rays system as part of the return for traded OF Corey Dickerson. He was given a single-digit jersey, and stuck around long enough to hit his first career homerun before being sent back to the minors and designated off the 40 ..read more

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Eleven Rays players are arbitration eligible this year As they entered the offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays had 16 arbitration-eligible players on their roster. Now in the three weeks since the World Series concluded and moves could officially be made, the Rays have already trimmed that number down to 11. Raimel Tapia was outrighted off the roster and elected to become a free agent, while Cole Sulser accepted his assignment to Triple-A Durham. Jalen Beeks, Josh Fleming, and Christian Bethancourt were all claimed off of waivers. The Rays did m ..read more

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays are going to trade veteran outfielder Manuel Margot, it’s just a question of where to and who for. Margot, who turned 29 in September, came to the Rays in a trade prior to the 2020 season. Since that time, Margot has been an invaluable part of the Rays roster, both due to his on the field performance and his off the field mentorship of the team’s younger players. Performance wise, he has been very consistent, hitting .264/.317/.375 with 19 HR over four seasons with Tampa Bay, accruing 4.9 fWAR. He seemed well on his way to breakout campaign ..read more

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images As is the case every off-season, the well stocked Rays system has various prospects that are strong contenders for a major league roster, and Tuesday Nov. 14 is the deadline to protect those prospects by putting them on the 40-man roster. In other words, trades could be incoming! Ahead of tonight’s deadline, here are five hitters the Rays will need to consider for protecting or trading. Heriberto Hernandez, OF Projecting as a DH for a roster like the Rays, MLB Pipeline rated Hernandez as the Rays “hardest roster decision” ahead of the Rule ..read more