This fella hit his first big-league homer in the season finale versus Toronto. (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After finishing the regular season with a series win in Toronto, the Tampa Bay Rays return to the friendly confines of the Trop, where they will start the best of three AL Wildcard Series against the Rangers on Tuesday. The Rangers dropped three of four against the Mariners over the weekend. At 99-64 on the season (including the playoffs), the Rays enter play Wednesday 35 games above .500. They also set franchise records in runs scored (860) and home runs hit (230). Tampa Bay won fou ..read more

The next time you’ll see this roof lit up, it will be during the AL Wildcard Series. After dropping two of three to the Blue Jays, the Tampa Bay Rays departed the friendly confines of Tropicana Field for Fenway Park, where they will start one last series against the Red Sox on Tuesday. The Red Sox dropped two of three to the White Sox over the weekend. At 95-62 on the season, the Rays enter play 33 games over .500 with five games left to play. Given that the path to an AL East title has narrowed, the team’s focus has shifted (albeit unofficially) to remaining competitive in the final five re ..read more

The Tampa Bay Rays made a flurry of roster moves on Saturday to compensate for a deluge of injuries, placing Jason Adam (left oblique strain) on the 15-day IL, Brandon Lowe (right kneecap fracture) on the 10-day IL — although he’s expected to miss 4-6 weeks — Luke Raley (cervical strain) on the 10-Day IL, and Calvin Faucher (biceps tendinitis) on the 60-day IL. To compensate for the moves, the team recalled RHP Chris Devenski, and selected the contract of OF Raimel Tapia. As mentioned above, Lowe will miss 4-to-6 weeks of action after suffering the fracture when he fouled a ball off his knee ..read more

Manny Margot with a walk-off in the series finale? Stop me if you’ve heard that one before! (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After taking two of three from the Angels, the Tampa Bay Rays will cap their final regular season home stand with a three-game set against the Blue Jays, starting Friday. Toronto most recently took two of three from the Yankees. At 94-60 on the season, the Rays enter play 34 games above .500 with eight games left to play. They will try to create a little more distance between themselves and the third-place Blue Jays over the weekend. The Rays locked up a playoff berth la ..read more

(Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After splitting a four-game set against the Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays return home to the friendly confines of the Trop where they will open a three-game series against the Angels on Monday. The Angels were swept by the Tigers over the weekend. At 92-59 on the season, the Rays enter play 33 games over .500 with 11 games left to play (including six at home). Tampa Bay was unable to gain ground on Baltimore this past weekend after splitting their four-game series, although they managed to clinch a playoff spot for the fifth consecutive season — a franchise recor ..read more

My dude! (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After taking two of three from the Twins, the Tampa Bay Rays will cap their seven-game road trip with a four-game set in Charm City, starting Thursday. Stop the presses, the Orioles dropped their first series since the middle of August, losing two of three to the Cardinals. At 90-57 on the season, the Rays enter play a season-high-tying 33 games over .500, and just two games back of the Orioles with 15 games left to play. Tampa Bay took advantage of Baltimore’s series loss to gain two games on the Orioles in the AL East. They are in a good spot heading ..read more

Yandy go boom! (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After a 3-2 road trip, the Tampa Bay Rays return to the friendly confines of the Trop, where they will start a three-game series against the Red Sox on Monday. The Red Sox bounced back from a blowout loss to take two of three from the Royals over the weekend. At 83-54 on the season, the Rays enter play 29 games over .500 with 25 games left to play. Despite two frustrating losses to start the series in Cleveland, the Rays offense stepped up to the challenge in a winnable series, putting up 15 runs (and averaging five runs per game) against a solid ..read more

Just Isaac Paredes doing Isaac Paredes things. (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After sweeping the Marlins in Miami, and winning eight of the last 10 games, the Tampa Bay Rays make their way to Cleveland, where they start a three-game series against the Guardians on Friday. The Guardians most recently took two of three from the Twins. At 82-52 on the season, the Rays enter play a season-high 30 games over .500 with 28 games left to play. The Guardians enter play at 64-70, barely holding onto their slim, 7.6% chance of a postseason berth. It was a tale of two games in Miami. In the first game o ..read more

Randy broke the Yankees on this play. (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After taking two of three from the Yankees, and apparently breaking every fan donning a NY hat along the way, the Tampa Bay Rays head to Miami, where they will start a brief, two-game set against the Marlins on Tuesday. The Marlins most recently dropped two of three to the Nationals. At 80-52 on the season, the Rays enter play 28 games above .500 with 30 left to play. Meanwhile, the Marlins enter play one game over .500 and 2.5 games back in the NL Wildcard chase. Tampa Bay has won eight of the last ten contests, keeping wi ..read more

452 feet later, Josh Lowe put the Rays ahead in the series finale. (Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Rays) After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in three games, the Tampa Bay Rays play host to the bummers from the Bronx in a three-game series, starting Friday. The Yankees, most recently, dropped two of three to the Nationals. At 78-51 on the season, the Rays enter play 27 games over .500 with 33 games left to play. The Yankees, uhh…snapped their nine-game losing streak. Tampa Bay is thriving at the moment, winning five of the last series. They scored 23 runs in the series against the Rockies, and are 8 ..read more