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MIAMI, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays have owned the''Citrus Series'' for years, and this year is no different. The Rays are 3-0 so far this year against the Miami Marlins, and they'll go for the sweep in Wednesday night. Tampa Bay has won the series four years in a row now, and 11 times in the last 15 years since 2008. They've won six straight games…

Joc Pederson has enjoyed a successful MLB career, considering he was drafted in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Since then, the slugging outfielder has won two World Series titles, while also receiving two selections to the All-Star team. "Mickey Mantle has the most home runs in WS history with 18. Here are the top 5 active players in HRs in…

When drafting Tampa Bay Rays players for a fantasy team I usually go by this principle: do I have to? Like in years past, the Rays have a core group of players that need to be drafted and started in all formats. Wander Franco (80 ADP), Tyler Glasnow (86), Shane McClanahan (33), Randy Arozarena (38), Jeffrey Springs (186), and Drew Rasmussen (187)…

Rays officials couldn't have been much more pleased with how the 2019 season turned out. They made it to the playoffs for the first time in six seasons as the core of young players they cleared room for in previous roster reshaping developed into impact players, and they boasted openly about how well set up they were for the future. "There's so…

The Angels come into play having won four of their past five games, after walking off Washington on Sunday. Now, they have their newest addition in Noah Syndergaard on the mound, though they're just 2-2 in his outings this season. Meanwhile, the Rays lost their only game of the week on Sunday, 2-1, when the Mariners walked them off. These are two…

The Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to win the four-game series as they finish the set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Sunday. It's time to go to Mo Town and continue our MLB odds series with a Rays-Tigers prediction and pick. The Tigers devoured the Rays 9-1 on Saturday to get their first win of the series. It started badly for them when…

Randy Arozarena has been one of the more vital players to the Tampa Bay Rays' operation of late. That narrative is furthered by the Rays trading Austin Meadows to the Detroit Tigers. One way or another, Tampa Bay traded away one of its best players and has to find a way to make up for his departure (the players they received from Detroit, Isaac…

The Tampa Bay Rays have been making a strong case year after year that they are the real Moneyball team in Major League Baseball. Despite annually having one of the lightest payrolls in baseball, they still manage to put up a competitive product on the field, and that's looking to be the same case again this 2022 MLB campaign. The Rays have…

Welcome to playoff baseball, where the "best" team wins the championship far less often than in other sports. To wit: According to Baseball Prospectus odds, no team in the 2021 playoff field has better than a 20 percent chance to win the World Series. With eight deserving teams ready to do battle, let's dive into the reasons each particular team…

With Gerrit Cole and Shane McClanahan on the mound for this inner-division series-opener, MLB odds are showing a tiny 6.5-run total. However, we're still backing the Under - find out why in our MLB betting picks and predictions. The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will meet for a three-game series with both sides looking to rebound after losses…

The Tampa Bay Rays remain in playoff position, despite a franchise-matching single-game 17 players on the injured list. That number, of course, does not include players now recovered from injury, like the team's top hitter Brandon Lowe, who is working with doctors to stave off stress fractures in his back. Overall, it's a precarious position for…

Hello, all you beautiful people. I'm feeling amazing this Friday. I'm 6-1 in my last seven picks, highlighted by a perfect sweep yesterday. In our bread and butter game, we took the Reds vs. Guardians under through the first five innings, one of the easiest wins of the season. Both pitchers shoved as I predicted, only allowing two runs in five…

The World Series is set to begin, and now the experts' picks are in. The 2020 Fall Classic between the Dodgers and Rays starts Tuesday with Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field in Arlington (watch on FOX). It's a clash of the top team of each league -- the Dodgers were the No. 1 playoff seed in the National League and the Rays were the No. 1 in…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Manuel Margot has had one hot bat lately, but he's also had a minor hamstring issue flare up. But after missing the final two games of the West Coast trip and getting more treatment on Thursday's off day, he's back in the lineup on Friday night when the Rays take on the Toronto Blue Jays. "I feel good. (Thursday) on the off…

It's finally here. After the grind of the 162 game season, 19 head-to-head matchup, and an epic Red Sox-Yankees upset in front of the home crowd at Fenway for the Wild Card, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox will meet for the American League Division Series, starting on Thursday. The series is a tale of two underdogs - the Rays lost their two…

The Tampa Bay Rays (4-5), led by the red-hot Randy Arozarena and his two-game homer streak, are -250 favorites to pick up a win over the Texas Rangers (3-6) on Monday at 7:10 PM ET, live from Tropicana Field. Tyler Glasnow takes the mound for Tampa Bay while Dane Dunning is Texas' starter for the contest. The betting insights and predictions in…

The Tampa Bay Rays had a positive 2021 season in which they finished with a 100-62 record, which was the best in the AL East. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the AL Division Series to the Boston Red Sox, sending them home earlier than the team had hoped. The core of this unit has remained mostly intact and will be geared up for a run this…

The Rays do a lot of things differently. And that includes how they are defending their first American League championship since 2008. Since losing to the Dodgers in the World Series, the Rays have parted ways with two of their top three starting pitchers, Blake Snell and Charlie Morton, along with a few other players, while making only moderate…

The Tampa Bay Rays don't think like you and me, or any other team in baseball for that matter. The Rays sit with the 24th-highest payroll in baseball, right in between the Kansas City Royals and Arizona Diamondbacks at $88 million a year. As the kids would say, "they are built different," and the way they'll attack the deadline will undoubtedly be…

Don't overlook the 2022 Oakland A's. The rebuilding A's completed a series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, beating them 6-3 for their third win in four days at Tropicana Field. How well Oakland fares over the marathon of the next six months remains to be seen, but they're making some noise in the early going. One week into the season…

First, the good news: The Rays finished the last week before the All-Star Break with a 6-1 record, completing a four game sweep of the Red Sox and taking two of three from the suddenly relevant Orioles. They hold the top Wild Card spot, and are 13 behind the Yankees in the AL East. In addition, Pete Fairbanks finally made his season debut. Though…

The Rays will begin a 10-game road trip as they travel 2894 miles to Oakland to take on the Athletics. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Rays-Athletics prediction and pick will be made. Tampa Bay enters play slightly stumbling of late, with three runs or fewer in six of the past nine games. While this is a bit of a concern, RHP Drew…

The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays are set to get their 2022 season underway with an AL East rivalry battle at Tropicana Field. It's time to continue with our MLB odds series with an Orioles-Rays prediction and pick. *To claim, new users need to register, make a first deposit, and then simply place their first real-money wager on FanDuel…

We are now fewer than three weeks away from Opening Day, and for the most part, the transaction flurry has settled. While some teams may change in some ways before the start of the season, rosters are largely set and so we're going to take this opportunity to look at what the division looks like right now. For the next four days we'll look at the…

Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians AL Wild Card Game 2 10/8/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Tampa Bay Rays will go against the Cleveland Guardians in MLB action in Progressive Field, OH, on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at 12:07 PM ET. Although Jason Adam and Pete Fairbanks both have eight saves for the Tampa Bay Rays, the starting rotation is…

It's that time of year. With the MLB Postseason beginning this weekend, TWSN analysts Christian De Block, Tom Seipp, and Micheal Seitz break down all four matchups and who they have advancing to the next round. American League: Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Christian De Block: This series may not get the same amount of hype as the other…

The first round of the postseason begins this weekend, so naturally, that means it's time for some predictions. This year is the first with the expanded 12-team format, where the top two teams in each league get first-round byes, leaving the remaining clubs to play in the best-of-three Wild-Card Seres. The winner of the Guardians-Rays series will…

The Cleveland Guardians host the Tampa Bay Rays in the Al Wild Card! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rays-Guardians prediction and pick. The Rays end the regular reason as the final seed and will be thanking the playoff committee for allowing an extra team to join in on the fun. This isn't the same roster they had in 2020 when they…

The Guardians don't have much left to play for after they clinched the AL Central to secure the No. 3 seed in the postseason. But don't tell that to Triston McKenzie, who looks to sustain his rock-solid pace from the last two months during the game Wednesday against the Rays. Odds provided by BetMGM Spread: TB+1.5 (-225) vs. CLE -1.5…

The Blue Jays are in pretty good shape when it comes to October baseball. Per Fangraphs' postseason odds, the Jays have a 99.9% chance of making it to the MLB playoffs. It's not locked up yet, and won't be until they mathematically clinch, but all signs point to more than 162 Blue Jays games this year. That doesn't mean the Jays don't have anything…

Major League Baseball is back and optimism should be easy to find. Fans can overlook a few flaws. The pitching staffs look a little better. Offenses seem more potent. And if betting tickets are any indicator, there is plenty of hope to be found in Philadelphia. The Phillies made a huge splash before the season, signing slugger Nick Castellanos to a…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There's a lot at stake for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, and manager Kevin Cash is hoping for another nice boost from pitcher Shawn Armstrong, who was awesome in an emergency role last Tuesday. It was Armstrong who was pressed into duty in Miami when ace Shane McClanahan had trouble getting loose prior to his start against…

The Tampa Bay Rays look to gain even more ground on the New York Yankees in the second game of a three-game series. Read on for our Yankees-Rays MLB picks. On July 8, the Yankees had a 15.5-game lead in the AL East. After Friday night's 9-0 Rays victory in the series opener, that lead has been whittled down to five games. The pressure is starting…

ST. PETERSBURG - Chances are, the Rays are not going to repeat as American League East champs. Their upcoming schedule is too difficult, and there's not enough time. (Unless the Yankees continue to free fall.) The Rays remarkably have made up nine games in the standings in the past 29 days and are the AL's top wild-card contender, but they also…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - For the past couple of years, the Tampa Bay Rays have been plowing through National League competition during interleague play, but that's all changed in the past month or so. Last year the Rays went 15-5, and then the Rays started 10-1 in interleague play this year, reeling off 10 wins in a row after losing the interleague season…

Our MLB betting picks are siding with the Rays, as some slight advantages make them a valuable underdog. However, our best advice is to target the Over 7.5 - with both sides doing more than enough to get this Over the line. The Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers will wrap up an abbreviated two-game series at American Family Field on Wednesday…