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Speedster Chandler Simpson is racing through the system with an early season promotion to Double-A

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A match up of Tanner Houck, Boston’s impressive 27-year old righty, against Taj Bradley, the Rays 23-year old righty on the verge, we hope, of greatness, was likely to be a good (if low-scoring) game.

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Taj vs the Right Handed Chris Sale

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Rays advance to 25-23 after three game series at the Rogers Centre

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Alek Manoah dominates Rays to hand them their only loss of the series.

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Go Rays!

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This is a likable team.

The 2024 iteration of the Tampa Bay Rays may not be the most talented, but man are they fun. It was two veteran starters on the mound on Saturday, Zach Eflin for the good guys and Kevin Gausman for the Blue Jays, but it was one of the the younger Rays who came through to clinch a series victory in Toronto.

There were nine right-handed hitters in the Rays’ starting lineup against a right-handed pitcher in Gausman, which may have come as a surprise to fans. Читать дальше...

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Go Rays!

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Tyler Alexander flirts with perfection in series-opening win against the Jays.

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Tom Dakers of Bluebird Banter, our sister site for the Toronto Blue Jays, did a quick Q&A with each other ahead of this weekend’s series.