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Tampa Bay Rays pick up their $10.5 million club option on INF Brandon Lowe
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have exercised their $10.5 million club option on Brandon Lowe after the infielder hit a team-high 21 homers this season. The Rays announced the move on Friday. The 30-year-old Lowe hit .244 with 58 RBIs in 107 games in...
City approves $6.5M to clean up and protect Rays stadium after Hurricane Milton
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The city of St. Petersburg will spend about $6.5 million to clean up and guard against any further harm to Tropicana Field, the home of baseball's Tampa Bay Rays that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Milton. The translucent fiberglass dome of the...
Rob Manfred wants to have Tampa Bay Rays' 2025 plans set by Christmas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to find a 2025 home for the Tampa Bay Rays by Christmas. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said both the major and minor league schedules could be altered to create room for the Rays, whose Tropicana Field was damaged by Hurricane...
MLB wants the Tampa Bay Rays to play in the area if hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field is unfit
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball hopes to find the Tampa Bay Rays a temporary home near their fanbase at least for the start of the 2025 season if the damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time. The translucent fiberglass dome at the...
Safe! Florida Aquarium's stingrays ride out Milton in MLB Rays' ballpark tank
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seven cownose stingrays made it safely to a habitat at The Florida Aquarium after riding out Hurricane Milton in a touch tank at Tropicana Field, home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays. The stingrays, named for their cow-shaped snouts, were relocated Monday from...
MLB spring training facilities spared extensive damage from Hurricane Milton
Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton. Unlike two years ago when Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage that shut down the Tampa Bay Rays’ spring home in Port Charlotte, no...
Rays say it may take 'weeks' to fully assess damage at Tropicana Field, after Milton struck region
The Tampa Bay Rays said it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across much of Florida. The team said no one was injured when the St. Petersburg...
MLB will air local games for Guardians, Brewers and Twins next season
Major League Baseball announced Tuesday it will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins next year. All three teams had contracts with Diamond Sports Group that expired at the end of the regular season. The Texas...
Bally Sports owner could have rights to only Atlanta Braves in baseball next season
Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, could be down to broadcasting only one Major League Baseball team's games next season. During a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston on Wednesday, the operator of the Bally Sports regional sports networks...
Grissom has RBI double to help Red Sox beat Rays 3-1
BOSTON (AP) — Vaughn Grissom had an RBI double and scored a run to help Boston beat Tampa Bay 3-1 on Sunday in the teams’ season finales, earning the Red Sox third place ahead of the Rays in the AL East. The Red Sox finished the season with a record of 81-81, missing the playoffs...
