St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays acquired catcher Ryan Hanigan from the Cincinnati Reds and relief pitcher Heath Bell from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team trade on Tuesday. Tampa Bay sent minor league pitcher Justin Choate […]
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays signed catcher Jose Molina to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on Monday. Molina, 38, started a career-high 87 games at catcher last season, his second with the Rays. He appeared in […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Wil Myers gave the Sunshine State a sweep of the 2013 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Awards, which were announced Monday by the […]
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a two-year contract with outfielder David DeJesus. The Rays made the announcement on their Twitter feed on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Tampa Bay Times […]
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays have exercised the 2014 contract options on shortstop Yunel Escobar and second baseman Ben Zobrist. Escobar, who turned 31 on Saturday, hit .256 with nine homers, 56 runs batted in and […]
Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays finalized their roster for the American League Division Series against Boston and, as expected, added a pair of pitchers. The Rays kept only nine pitchers for the wild card game against Cleveland, […]
Only two teams were worse than Boston in the AL in 2012, leading to the dismissal of manager Bobby Valentine after just one season. So, out with the old and in the new, as the team hired John Farrell away […]
Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays set their roster for Wednesday’s American League wild card game against Cleveland and will keep nine pitchers active. Six of those pitchers are relievers, while rotation members Chris Archer and Matt Moore […]
Prior to the Indians, the last team to do it was the 1971 Orioles. Cleveland also went a major-league-best 21-6 in September. It was the first time Cleveland won 20 games in a month since doing so twice in 1995, […]
New York, NY (Sports Network) – Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Wil Myers has been named the American League’s Rookie of the Month for September. Myers, 22, has batted .317 with four homers, 13 doubles and 14 RBI in 27 […]