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Tampa Bay Rays

Latest publications and updates first. Earlier reporting keeps its original date.

MLB · Most Valuable Players

Alvarez and Crow-Armstrong sweep the MVP votes

Two first-time winners, all 60 first-place votes. Alvarez’s bat and Crow-Armstrong’s power, speed and center-field value produced the same unanimous verdict.

  • Houston Astros
  • Chicago Cubs
  • New York Yankees

MLB · Awards night

Alvarez’s three honors lead a crowded MLB awards night

All-MLB selections, the Hank Aaron and comeback awards, separate relief honors and the evening’s softball recognition complete Wednesday’s results.

  • Houston Astros
  • Chicago Cubs
  • New York Yankees

Team analysis · 2027 roster planning

Build the Rays' next margin

Tampa Bay won 98 games, but two departing pitchers supplied 235 1/3 innings. Our full analysis tests a Martinez return, a narrow platoon purchase and the internal alternatives.

  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • MLB
  • Roster construction

World Series · Game 2

Brewers 5, Rays 4: eight zeros give the comeback room

Sal Frelick tied it in the sixth, Cooper Pratt put Milwaukee ahead in the seventh and Aaron Ashby finished it. The Brewers lead the World Series 2-0.

  • Milwaukee Brewers
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • World Series

Opinion · Baseball

What baseball owners owe the fans

A cap deserves a fair hearing. Fans should also ask what enforceable commitments every owner would accept in return.

  • MLB
  • MLBPA
  • Salary cap

Yankees · ALDS Game 2

Schlittler gets the ball. The Yankees need more than belief.

Cam Schlittler starts ALDS Game 2 with New York down 1-0 and Aaron Judge off the roster. His road numbers invite confidence. Freddy Peralta's finish demands respect.

  • Cam Schlittler
  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays

Yankees · After the final

Rasmussen dominated. Wells made the Yankees' one opening disappear.

Tampa Bay took ALDS Game 1 by a 1-0 score. Drew Rasmussen struck out 10 and carried a no-hit bid into the eighth; Austin Wells broke it up, then ignored a stop sign and was thrown out at third.

  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • Austin Wells

MLB · Division Series

Cole and Rasmussen set for Yankees-Rays ALDS opener in Tampa Bay

Gerrit Cole faces Drew Rasmussen in Saturday's 6:30 p.m. Eastern opener. Aaron Judge is not on New York's ALDS roster as his right calf recovers.

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  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • Gerrit Cole

AL East · Postseason

The Yankees delayed the party. The Rays held it anyway.

New York won the opener 2-0, then managed one run in a 6-1 nightcap loss. Tampa Bay clinched the AL East, while the Yankees secured a home Wild Card Series.

  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • AL East

Yankees · AL East and injury update

The Yankees gained a game. Judge's October outlook got tougher.

New York shut out Tampa Bay 2-0 in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader. The AL East gap is five games, while Aaron Boone says Judge is not expected for a potential Wild Card Series.

  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • Aaron Judge

Yankees · AL East race

The Yankees have four games to keep the AL East alive. Two come today.

Tampa Bay needs one win in the four-game series to clinch the division. New York is already in the postseason, but its only route to the AL East title begins with a split doubleheader in the Bronx.

  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • AL East