Danny Jansen clobbers a solo shot in his first at-bat for the Rays in spring training vs. the Twins.

The start time for Monday's spring training game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been moved because of expected heavy rainfall, foreshadowing what the Tampa Bay Rays might have to deal with this season as they play a season outdoors.

Carl Crawford patrolled left field for the Tampa Bay Rays for nine seasons. The Rays moved their spring training home to Charlotte Sports Park in 2009, when Crawford was toward the end of his tenure with the team and his son Justin was 5 years old.

The Woodson African American Museum of Florida is pulling its request for $10 million from Pinellas County due to uncertainty surrounding the redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District and plans to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium.

The Rays won’t have many more days like this at George M. Steinbrenner Field. When the team bus rolled in from Charlotte Sports Park on Friday morning, players and staff piled out and took a quick left turn into the visitor’s clubhouse.

So far in his return from a second Tommy John elbow surgery, Rays ace lefty Shane McClanahan has been saying pretty much all the right things, which is his first W of the year. McClanahan on how vexing it was to sit out all of 2024 recovering and rehabbing: “Last year sucked.

The New York Yankees open up Spring Training play against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 (2/21/25) at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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The Rays got their first look during Friday’s exhibition opener at the automated ball-strike challenge system Major League Baseball is experimenting with throughout the spring. Catcher Ben Rortvedt figured he might as well give it a try,

When Brandon Lowe went home to Tennessee after last season, he didn’t know which of two important events might happen first: his second child being born or the Rays deciding on his $10.5 million contract option.

It’s been over a month since the opening two rounds of the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin at Daytona International Speedway.