Rays extend Wander Franco to a record-setting contract

Seventy games into his big-league career, the Tampa Bay Rays and shortstop Wander Franco have agreed to a precedent-setting 11-year, $182-million contract extension that will keep him in a Rays’ uni for the foreseeable future.

LBWMF: Rays blank Sox in game one of the ALDS, 5-0

Shane McClanahan posted five scoreless innings, while playoff Randy Arozarena arrived in spades on Thursday, as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox in the first game of the 2021 ALDS, 5-0.