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Six Short-Term Free Agent Options for the Tampa Bay Rays

Dec 31, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

Per usual, the Tampa Bay Rays have released and/or lost a lot of position players to free agency: Avisail Garcia, Travis d'Arnaud Matt Duffy, Eric Sogard, and Jesus Aguilar. The Rays also executed a multi-playe...

Rays’ Pham-Renfroe Trade Epitomizes Team’s Cutthroat, Production-Grinding Ways

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 15, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays recently made a trade with the San Diego Padres that's generally perceived as a fair swap. The deal sent outfielder Tommy Pham and two-way prospect Jake Cronenworth to San Diego and outfielde...

The Unique Construction of the Tampa Bay Rays Offense

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 10, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have forced a win-or-go-home Game 5 against the Houston Astros in the American League Division Series, winning Games 3 and 4 at Tropicana Field. The story throughout this series has been T...

By Embodying Unpredictability, the Tampa Bay Rays Have Become Pennant Contenders

Tom Dorsa

May 2, 2019

Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

Heading into the 2019 Major League Baseball regular season, the American League East was expected to be as competitive as any division in the game. The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox and 100-win...

Despite Bullpenning Trend, the Prototypical Ace Will Never Fade Into the Dark

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 26, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Trends can be cool, but they can also be annoying. In Major League Baseball, the reliance on bullpens, more specifically bullpen day, is a trend that has generated mixed reviews. It's unconventional and somewha...

The Tampa Bay Rays are Going to be a Dangerous Playoff Threat

Robbie Stratakos

Jan 18, 2019

Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the busiest teams in Major League Baseball this offseason. And while it has involved lots of moving parts, make no mistake about it: the Rays are going to be an extremely dan...

Rays’ Kevin Cash Deserves to Win the AL Manager of the Year Award

Jason Kelly

Sep 19, 2018

American League, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

The regular season is just two short weeks away from coming to an end, and it will signal the end of play for the 14 teams around baseball that will not make the playoffs. One of those 14 teams will be the T...

The Rays’ Bullpen Strategy Won’t Catch on, but their Young Talent Will

Jason Kelly

Aug 20, 2018

Opinions & Predictions, Statistics, Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash became the subject of much debate around baseball this year when he introduced his concept of using relief pitchers as, "openers" to start games. The concept was simple: send a...

How Much Impact Does a Manager Have?

Patrick Brewer

Sep 22, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball

Following my work on a previous article I wrote on which teams need new managers in 2015, it got me thinking about what really makes a good manager and when it is necessary to make that change. With all the wor...

The Rays Hit the Jackpot with Cash

Evan Marinofsky

Jun 29, 2015

American League, American League East, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

If you had told me in March that the Tampa Bay Rays would be tied for first place come June 29th, I would have laughed in your face. I also probably would never respect your baseball opinion ever again. Back...

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