The New What Next: Rays vs. Red Sox, Part Four — A Series Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays head to the sardine can like confines of Fenway Park, on the heels of a series win against another fringe contender, the Detroit Tigers. If the Rays have any hopes of playing relevant baseball through September, and into October, they will need to continue playing as they had the in the previous three games — if not a cut above. There is no better time to start than now, when they’ll begin a three game set against a very beatable Boston Red Sox.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Orioles, Part Four — A Series Preview

Two struggling teams will take on one another, when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Baltimore Orioles on Friday to open a three-game set. Both squads are 2-4 since the All-Star break after Tampa Bay dropped two of three at Philadelphia — which owns the worst record in baseball — while Baltimore was swept in three games in the Bronx.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Guyer and Casali Power Rays to a 3-2 Victory

The Tampa Bay Rays hit a pair of homers against the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen late, and held on to beat Toronto 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Rays moved back over .500 in the W/L column, and has split the first two games of the series against their AL East foe.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall to the Blue Jays, 6-2

Well that certainly was an inauspicious start to the ceremonial second half of play. The Tampa Bay Rays finally saw first hand what the highest scoring team in the majors can do on Friday, as the Blue Jays scored five times in the fifth, knocking out Jake Odorizzi en route to a 6-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Blue Jays, Part Four — A Series Preview

After being hampered by the injury bug in the first half — in which the team both over and underperformed for stretches of the season — the Tampa Bay Rays will resume play on Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays with a winning 46-45 record and the confidence they can remain in contention for a postseason berth.