TAMPA, Fla. -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on Tuesday morning in support of the Rays’ plans for a new ballpark and surrounding mixed-use development on the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough College in Tampa, with both reiterating their belief that “baseball belongs in Tampa

ST. PETERSBURG -- The preseason predictions and analytical projections won’t be in the Rays’ favor this year. The rest of the American League East is loaded with splashy signings, big stars and high hopes. Tampa Bay will report to Spring Training coming off consecutive losing seasons for the first time

The long offseason gives players plenty of time to heal up and prepare for the following season. That's especially important for players who were hurt for large chunks of the previous campaign. Sidelined prospects can lose valuable time to develop and prove themselves. Sometimes there are lingering issues, but often

ST. PETERSBURG -- This year will bring a new way to watch Rays baseball. The Rays announced Monday that their local television broadcasts will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball, starting this season. According to the team, fans across Florida will be able to watch the Rays play

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays found the versatile, defensive-minded infielder they had been looking for on Monday, acquiring slick-fielding Ben Williamson from the Mariners in their third three-team trade of the offseason.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The fun fact lit up Erik Neander’s phone a few times Monday night, and the Rays' president of baseball operations couldn’t help but admit a little surprise. There have been six three-team trades in Major League Baseball since the start of the 2023-24 offseason, and the Rays

This page will be updated throughout the offseason with all the latest Rays injury news and transactions.

ST. PETERSBURG -- In a few weeks, some of the Rays’ top pitching prospects will get a chance to show their strikeout stuff in Spring Training.

Before every season, we like to peruse the various player projections for stat lines that stand out. Let's take a look at some of the most interesting ones for 2026, using the Steamer projections hosted at FanGraphs -- one of the chief baseball projection systems. Obviously, players like Aaron Judge

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MLB Network recently completed the annual reveal of its Top 100 Players Right Now list. Surprise, surprise: Shohei Ohtani was at the top. Ohtani has ranked No. 1 in four of the past five seasons, dropping to No. 4 in 2024, when rehab from elbow surgery turned him from two-way

ST. PETERSBURG -- Even after trading Josh Lowe, Jake Mangum, Kameron Misner, Everson Pereira and Tristan Peters, and cutting ties with Christopher Morel, the Rays are not hurting for outfield options heading into Spring Training. The competition is so crowded that president of baseball operations Erik Neander recently joked it

The MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects list is out for another season, and the 2026 edition – released Friday night – is topped by shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) and Jesús Made (Brewers). Twenty-nine of the 30 Major League farm systems have at least one representative on the

A Top 100 list is never enough. Every year after we release a Top 100 prospect ranking -- as MLB Pipeline did last Friday -- we always get the simple two-word question from the public: who’s next? Let’s get you started on who could crack future editions of the Top

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When you peruse the 2026 Top 100 Right Now list, which was unveiled fully on Thursday, you probably notice that there are a bunch of players who took huge leaps up from their 2025 rank. There is an even greater number of players -- 37 to be exact -- who

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Rays have officially identified their preferred location for a new ballpark, the first step in a process that they hope will secure their long-term future in the Tampa Bay area. The Hillsborough College District Board of Trustees on Tuesday afternoon voted unanimously to approve a non-binding

Could a golden era of shortstops be dawning? Konnor Griffin (Pirates) has the best tools in the Minors and is MLB Pipeline's reigning Hitting Prospect of the Year. Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) is the best pure hitting prospect in the game, with JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals) right behind. Jesús Made (Brewers) and

The Top 100 Players Right Now have been revealed by MLB Network, with the conclusion airing Thursday night. This year, all 30 teams were represented on the Top 100, which starts with a global, two-way phenom and ends with a pitcher who signed a big contract with a new team

ST. PETERSBURG -- Last month, the Rays made a pair of trades focused primarily on their future. They shipped out starter Shane Baz, second baseman Brandon Lowe, outfielder Jake Mangum and lefty reliever Mason Montgomery for six prospects, only one of them Major League-ready, and a 2026 Draft pick. Last

Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced start times for its entire 2026 calendar of games, including the regular season, Spring Training and the third annual Spring Breakout.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Since the franchise’s “Rays” era began in 2008, Tampa Bay’s best teams have often been built on a foundation of excellent pitching. Homegrown starting pitching, specifically.

Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones have gone from center field to center stage. Beltrán and Jones were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in results revealed Tuesday night on MLB Network. The game’s highest individual honor went to Beltrán in his