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The Tampa Bay Rays will meet the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their three-game MLB series on Tuesday (October 4) at Fenway Park. This series will mark the end of the regular season for both teams. The Red Sox leads 1-0, winning the first game 4-3. Both teams play in the American League East division. Tampa (86-74) is third in the division but has…

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)…

TORONTO - Wander Franco is back in the lineup on Tuesday afternoon as the Tampa Bay Rays get ready to tangle twice with the Toronto Blue Jays. It's a day/night doubleheader as the two teams try to make up games lost during the first week of the season before the lockout was settled. Franco, who came off the injured list on Friday, had three hits…

The Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers will send Jeffrey Springs and Drew Hutchison, respectively, to the mound when the two squads square off on Thursday at Comerica Park, at 7:10 PM ET. The Rays average 0.9 home runs per game to rank 24th in baseball with 94 total home runs. Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.04 ERA this year, which ranks…

A vital AL East showdown is on tap this evening as the Toronto Blue Jays travel to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays for wild card supremacy. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Blue Jays-Rays prediction and pick will be revealed. Sitting with a record of 84-66 heading into the weekend, the Blue Jays remain only one game up on the Rays…

The 2022 season had its fair share of devastating injuries. Especially those who make a significant impact on the field. If we were to compose a list of every notable injury, things would get ugly. Now that we've mentioned injuries, which is quite a broad term, here are the most valuable players returning in 2023. Despite the season being months…

Each day, one of our experts at Bet.NOLA.com will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks in Louisiana are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. For those who haven't signed up yet: Caesars is now offering a deal through Bet.NOLA.com in which one can…

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…

There's a sign on the wall, but we want to be sure. 'Cause you know, sometimes, words have two meanings. … The "Gun Free Zone" signs are up in Times Square. Joe from Brooklyn offers his perspective. "Criminals don't play by the rules." And Joe, most of them don't know how to read. The hot Rays host the lukewarm Yankees. Tampa Bay is six games back…

MLB odds series for our Rays Rangers prediction and pick. Jeffrey Springs gets the ball for the Rays, while Jon Gray goes to the bump for the Rangers. Jeffrey Springs has a 1.62 ERA. He was a short reliever in April, typically making one-inning appearances with an occasional two-inning stint. In May, he has moved to a spot starter, going four to…

The New York Yankees will host the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of their series in the American League East from Yankee Stadium on Friday night. The weather is expected to be mildly humid with a 0% chance of rain and 4.3 miles per hour winds. The New York Yankees are coming off of a 1 run loss against the Minnesota Twins in their last game. The…

Another winning day! We have been positive or even in five of the last six days. We swept the main card, but unfortunately, our bonus pick was lost. We had the over in Dodgers vs. Rockies, which was just the Dodgers as they put up 13 runs. We had the Reds through the first five innings, which ended in a walk-off. We had the Cubs as an underdog…

Let's get one thing out of the way right off the top: if the Tampa Bay Rays do not make the postseason in 2022, it will be a big disappointment. The Rays currently hold the top Wild Card spot. They have a 1.5 game lead over the Blue Jays and the Mariners, and a comfortable four-game lead over the Orioles, who are on the outside looking in. They are…

At Tropicana Field on Thursday, the Seattle Mariners (11-7) play the Tampa Bay Rays (10-8), with first pitch at 1:10 PM ET. The Rays are a home favorite (-135) versus the Mariners (+114). The Rays will start Jeffrey Springs (1-0) against the Mariners and Chris Flexen (1-2). These clubs meet again following the Rays' 3-2 victory over the Mariners…

This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. PETERSBURG -- We'll spend plenty of time this offseason looking at what the Rays can do to improve next season at first base, at the back of the rotation and, above all, at the plate. But during this…

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…

The Tampa Bay Rays (53-46) host the Cleveland Guardians (50-48) to kick off a three-game series at Tropicana Field, with first pitch at 7:10 PM ET on Friday. The Rays are on the back of a series defeat to the Orioles, and the Guardians a series split with the Red Sox. The Rays are a tight favorite (-113 to win on the moneyline) when they meet the…

The Tampa Bay Rays (86-74) face the Boston Red Sox (76-84) in the second of a three-game series Tuesday night. Jeffrey Springs (9-4) is the projected starter for the visiting Rays, while righty Nathan Eovaldi (5-3) is scheduled the start for the Red Sox. The first pitch is slated for 7:10 ET. Below we continue our MLB odds series with a Rays-Red…

The Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to salvage the three-game series as they finish up with the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Rays-Twins prediction and pick. The Twins defeated the Rays 6-5 on Saturday. First, the Twins were trailing 3-0 in the third inning when Luis Arraez crushed a 96-mile-per-hour…

Happy Friday folks! To celebrate this special day, the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays will square off for the second straight day at Tropicana Field. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Yankees-Rays prediction and pick will be revealed. Further extending their division lead, New York now sits at 5.5 games up on Tampa Bay at 32-13…

The master pitching plan, at least on the development side, appears to be taking shape for the Rangers. Three pitchers selected out of high school in the 2018 draft-Cole Winn, Owen White, and Mason Englert-have put themselves in the nearly immediate picture. Had they gone to TCU, South Carolina, and Texas A&M, which were their intended college…

The Tampa Bay Rays have dropped three consecutive games and sit 1.5 games out of the No. 2 spot in the American League wild card with just two games to play. If the Rays finish in the No. 3 spot, they will be faced with a matchup against the Cleveland Guardians in the wild card round. Tonight, Tampa is on the road against the last place Boston Red…

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022 Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD TV: MASN Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-140) Baltimore (+120) The Baltimore Orioles (15-24) will compete against the Tampa Bay Rays (23-15) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has the…

The Toronto Blue Jays wrap up their three-game set at Tropicana Field on Sunday after snapping their five-game losing skid with a 5-1 win yesterday. The pregame narrative: Toronto will turn to Alek Manoah for the series finale a day after receiving strong pitching from Hyun Jin Ryu and four relievers to get back in the win column. Manoah has a…

The Milwaukee Brewers will be hosting the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. The Brewers lost 2-0 to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, bringing their record to 58-50 on the year. Meanwhile, the Rays are also at 58-50 on the season after their 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Milwaukee has taken nine of their last 11 interleague matchups…

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…

When the Guardians welcome the Rays to Cleveland this weekend, there won't be much fanfare. As fun and competitive as this series will be, it does not feature a team from one of the largest media markets in North America, nor does it have a particular narrative surrounding it that the media can latch onto. While both teams have plenty of talented…

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 prize for winning an AL Wild Card Series is being an underdog against either the Yankees or Astros, but we still have four interesting teams set for best-of-three series in the first year of MLB's new postseason format. The Rays and Guardians actually met in 2013, which was the second year of the winner-take-all, one-game wild-card "round."…

Shane McClanahan hasn't had his best swing-and-miss stuff since returning from a shoulder injury four starts ago and as such, we're going Under his strikeout total for Game 1 of the Wild Card round. Read more in our MLB picks and predictions below. The Cleveland Guardians host the Tampa Bay Rays as short -125 home favorites in the early game Friday…

Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox 10/5/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Tampa Bay Rays will go against the Boston Red Sox in MLB action in Fenway Park, MA, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 4:10 PM ET. The Rays were undoubtedly the favorites to represent the AL in the World Series entering the postseason last year with 100 victories. Instead, the…

We have just two days left in the MLB regular season, so get your picks on some of these teams while they are still around! Tonight, we're looking at a few of these teams that won't make the playoffs, such as the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins. Here are some of the top picks from Peter Dewey and Josh Yourish on Tuesday: Both…

There's value on today's MLB slate, with multiple player props to target in the American League. Below, you can find some of tonight's best to target on the MLB slate from FanDuel Sportsbook. It hasn't been a season to remember for the Boston Red Sox, but that doesn't mean there aren't still players to target on their team in the final regular…

The Tampa Bay Rays had tarps on the lockers and champagne ready, but an eighth inning rally by the Cleveland Guardians put the party on ice and the champagne back in the fridge. With six games left to play, the Rays have not officially clinched the playoffs, even though their FanGraphs odds are now at 100%. The only teams other than the Rays that…

Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros 9/30/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Tampa Bay Rays (85-70) will be at Minute Maid Park to take on the Astros (102-54) in the series opener of the AL Inter-Division in Houston on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 8:10 PM ET. Tampa Bay fell to 3rd place at 85-70 in the American League East Division with a.548 team…

The Yankees had an off day last night, traveling home for their final homestand of the regular season. They probably don't have much concern over what the rest of the league is doing anymore now that they've secured the AL East, but there is potential to scout out their possible opponents still and if nothing else it makes for something to watch…

There are just four teams remaining in the American League wild card race, the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles, entering Thursday's MLB action. In the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers have pulled to within half a game of the Philadelphia Phillies for the final wild card spot, making the stretch run of…

We needed a day like yesterday. A 2-0 sweep brings us to 40 units on the season. But that was yesterday, and today is a new day. I have one MLB pick here for you, but check out the podcast for my Thursday Night Football pick as well as plenty of prop bets to choose from. Jeffrey Springs (LHP, Rays) [9-4, 2.56 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 126.1 IP, 136 K, 30…

Have you noticed how none of the top running backs in fantasy football are living up to their draft position? While things went differently in leagues, by and large, the consensus top five picks in leagues were Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffery, Dalvin Cook, Austin Ekeler and Derrick Henry, in some order. Yet, three weeks into the season, none…

The Tampa Bay Rays will meet the Cleveland Guardians for the final time in their three-game series. The Guardians came right back in Game 2 to tie the series at 1-1. Game 3 will start on Thursday (September 29) at Progressive Field. This is a battle between teams from the American Central and East divisions. With only two wildcard spots left in the…

WagerTalk MLB handicapper Andy Lang offers his analysis of Wednesday's Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays clash at Progressive Field. The Guardians lead the season series with the Rays 3-2 as Tampa Bay attempts to tie it up in their last regular season meeting tonight. The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians meet for the rubber match of a…

It is a possible playoff preview as the Tampa Bay Rays wrap up their series against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. It is time to check out our MLB odds series and deliver a Rays-Guardians prediction and pick. The Guardians defeated the Rays 2-1 in 10 innings. The Rays struck first in the second inning when Christian Bethancourt…

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is almost assuredly winning the American League MVP this year, but his top competitor for the award makes his final start of the season this evening. Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani makes his final start of the regular season this evening from Angel Stadium in an AL West divisional matchup against…

The Tampa Bay Rays continue their quest for a wild card spot in the American League on Thursday when they take on the AL Central winner, the Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians have been red hot as of late, locking up the AL Central with a major win streak. That's a cause for concern for Tampa Bay, as the team is still fighting for position in the…

The Toronto Blue Jays look to bounce back at Tropicana Field after a 10-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. The pregame narrative: Jeffrey Springs has been sensational in September and will get the start for Tampa Bay tonight opposite Mitch White, who's been floundering. The Rays are just one game back of the Jays for the top wild-card spot…

After winning five straight heading into their series with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox need a win on Wednesday to avoid a sweep. Boston did get some good news, as Nick Pivetta (9-10, 4.37 ERA), who left his last start with a calf injury, is good to go for his start tonight. Jeffrey Springs (7-4, 2.62 ERA) gets the ball for Tampa Bay in…

After falling 10-5 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, the Toronto Blue Jays need a win on Friday to stay clear of their AL rivals in the standings. The pregame narrative: Jeffrey Springs has a chance to go deep into a game against Toronto for the second time in two weeks. Wander Franco has been putting the ball in play lately, and Bo Bichette is…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays have won nine of 16 games against the Toronto Blue Jays so far this season, and can clinch the season series on Friday night when the two teams get together at Tropicana Field. It's a very big deal. The Rays and Blue Jays are still battling for playoff positioning, though it's fairly clear that neither with…

Whit Merrifield leads the Toronto Blue Jays (84-66) into a matchup versus the Tampa Bay Rays (83-67), after his two-homer outing in a 10-5 defeat to the Rays, beginning at 7:10 PM ET on Friday. Tampa Bay's (to win) Jeffrey Springs gets the start versus Toronto's () Mitch White. The betting insights in the following article use the latest odds as of…

Slugger Aaron Judge resumes his pursuit of both the American League single-season home run record and the Triple Crown when he and the New York Yankees (91-58) take on the rival Boston Red Sox (72-77) on Friday. Judge just missed hitting home run No. 61 on Thursday, but he also leads the AL in RBI (128) and batting average (.316). New York is a…