Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price Kills, Luke Runs, and Hernandez Starts

The Rays left Ed Smith Stadium Thursday night with a 4-4 tie to Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles who they’ll face next week in the first three games of the season. David Price looked sharp in his final start of the spring, one last tune-up before Opening Day if you will. Posting a 4 …

The New What Next: Rays Beat the Pirates 6-2 and Head to Clearwater to Take on That Other Team From Pennsylvania

After dropping five consecutive games, the Rays got back on the right track Monday night, beating the Pirates by a score of 6-2. The Rays will make the hour and a half trek north today to take on the Phillies in Clearwater. Matt Moore had another shaky outing Monday night, lasting only 4-2/3 innings and …

Rays Option Three Players, Noteworthiness

  Note: I already wrote about the optioning of three more pitchers on our Tumblr page, but felt it might be worthwhile to re-post it here. The Rays have optioned three more pitchers to Triple-A Durham — Chris Archer, Alex Torres, and Jake Odorizzi. Rays beat writer Marc Topkin noted, “Archer initially was surprised to be …

This Week in Rays Baseball: 3/2/13-3/10/13

It’s time for the second edition of This Week in Rays Baseball. We’ll do our best to recap all of the happenings with your Tampa Bay Rays from the past week. The Rays made their first round of cuts Saturday, reassigning four players to minor-league camp: Nevarez, Paduch, Patterson, Schenk. They’re expected to make their …

The New What Next: Rays vs Phillies 3/8/13 (Starting Lineup Included)

The Rays head back to Port Charlotte Friday to face the Phillies, following a 4-2 win against the Pirates in Bradenton, Thursday. They’ll, again, take on the Phillies Saturday, this time in Clearwater. Alex Cobb had another impressive outing Thursday. The first Rays’ starter to be stretched out to four innings, Cobb allowed only one hit and walked …