TNWN: Rays vs Royals — a series preview, part deux

After a very successful road trip in which Tampa Bay swept both the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays, the Rays return home to the friendly confines of Tropicana Field where they will start a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Rays 5/22/21 pregame notes

After a come from behind, 9-7 extra-inning win over the Blue Jays on Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays look to extend their eight-game win streak tonight, in Dunedin. Last night’s win was the Rays’ first extra-inning “W” of the season. Tampa Bay has scored 72 runs over the life of its eight-game win streak and …

In Shane McClanahan, the Rays have brilliance

Shane McClanahan has taken Tampa Bay Rays baseball, and quite frankly the whole MLB community, by storm in just two starts. The undersized lefty, who flew through the minor league system at a rate Rays pitchers usually don’t from the time he was drafted in 2018, famously made his big-league debut in the postseason, but …