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• Brian Auld takes over @raysbaseball for #Rays Twitter Tuesday at 2:15! Tweet your questions using #AskThePrez. https://t.co/gjWUGCNjBu

  20-09-2016 19:01 via twitter.com
  
  Brian Auld takes over @raysbaseball for #Rays Twitter Tuesday at 2:15! Tweet your questions using #AskThePrez. https://t.co/gjWUGCNjBu
  
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• Wander Franco trial delayed until June, 2025

  12-12-2024 19:35 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images Key witnesses were absent and the trial could not proceed Wander Franco’s trial for his alleged involvement with a minor in the Domincan Republic has been postponed until June 2nd, 2025.
  The trial had been slated to begin earlier today. The reported reason for the postponement is that only three of the 36 witnessed called upon to testify in the case were present in the courtroom. Among the missing witnesses, according to Diario Libre, were the medical and
  
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• Rays acquire Mets starting prospect RHP Mike Vasil from Phillies

  12-12-2024 00:38 via draysbay.com
  
  Vasil was Baseball America’s No. 9 prospect in the Mets system. After the dust had settles from today’s Rule 5 draft, the Rays surprised this afternoon with the news that they had acquired RHP Mike Vasil from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for cash considerations.
  The 24-yera old Vasil was selected by the Phillies in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft from the New York Mets, making this two unproven Metropolitan prospects heading to Tampa next season. Both Vasil and L
  
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• Rays add LHP Nate Lavender in 2025 Rule 5 draft

  11-12-2024 20:34 via draysbay.com
  
  Jim Rassol-Imagn Images They also lose RHP Even Reifert.The Rule 5 draft serves as the unofficial ending of the Winter Meetings with teams getting an opportunity to select unprotected players from each team’s roster.
  Many teams choose to pass on taking a player during the Major League phase of the draft as the rules require that any player taken during that phase must stick in the big leagues for the entire duration of the following regular season. However, there have been many success sto
  
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• Rays add C Liam Hicks, LHP Nate Lavender in 2025 Rule 5 draft

  11-12-2024 20:34 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rays add two prospects, lose one in 2025 Rule 5 draft The Rule 5 draft serves as the unofficial ending of the Winter Meetings with teams getting an opportunity to select unprotected players from each team’s roster.
  Many teams choose to pass on taking a player during the Major League phase of the draft as the rules require that any player taken during that phase must stick in the big leagues for the entire duration of the following regular
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #2 Carson Williams

  11-12-2024 14:55 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Williams is a future Gold Glove candidate and possible MVP Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Draysbay will begin t
  
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• Rays Your Voice: Winter Meetings Update

  11-12-2024 13:34 via draysbay.com
  
  Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Erik Neander, your work is not done.On this week’s episode, we catch you up on the moves made thus far by the Rays front office, and discuss the work they still have to do. The catcher position seems done, after signing Danny Jansen to a one-year, $8.5 million contract (with a mutual option for a second). The Rays have also traded Jose Siri which points to Jonny DeLuca becoming the primary centerfielder, but it seems like the Rays are positioned to add to their out
  
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• Rays share information on Steinbrenner Field agreement

  09-12-2024 22:02 via draysbay.com
  
  Set Number: X157891 TK1 R1 F21 Not the “sister city” plan the Rays had imagined Evicted from Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton, on November 14, the Tampa Bay Rays announced that the team would play the 2025 Major League Baseball season at George M. Steinbrenner (GMS) Field in Tampa, the spring training home of the New York Yankees and regular season home of their Lo-A minor league team. We are starting to get some information about what the 2025 season in Tampa will look like.
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• Rays Opening Day 2025 moved to Friday, March 28

  09-12-2024 19:09 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images MLB moved Opening Day from Thursday March 27 to Friday March 28, to provide additional time to prepare the ballpark for the Rays home opener. The Tampa Bay Rays have delayed opening day to Friday March 28 at 4:10 pm in order to allow the team an additional day to decorate the stadium accordingly. For further information check the press release below.Via team Press Release:The countdown to the 2025 Tampa Bay Rays season begins in 63 days with pitchers and catchers
  
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• 2024 Winter Meetings Open Thread

  09-12-2024 16:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Jerome Miron-Imagn Images An open thread for all MLB winter meetings discussion The MLB offseason has seen rampant action all around the league with several notable free agents already signing with new teams. However, the busiest week of the MLB offseason has just arrived as the annual Winter Meetings are taking place in Dallas Texas.
  Most recently, Juan Soto reached a 15-year, $765M deal with the New York Mets. Prior to that, Willy Adames signed a 7-year, $182M contract with the San Francisco G
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #3 Shane Baz

  09-12-2024 15:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Shane Baz returned from Tommy John surgery and flashed glimpses of his former self Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ran
  
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• Rays close to signing AL East stalwart catcher Danny Jansen

  06-12-2024 19:21 via draysbay.com
  
  John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images With a fairly obvious need for quality back stops above and beyond the system depth, the Rays are reportedly close to finalizing a deal with long time Toronto and recent Boston catcher Danny Jansen on a one-year, $8.5 million deal.The Rays emerging as the highest bidder for the oft-injured back stop in a year with a dearth of catching options is a win during an off-season that seems unlikely to have many.Jansen’s salary will make him the fourth highest paid
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #4 Xavier Isaac

  06-12-2024 15:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Isaac enjoyed a tremendous season before stalling in Double-A Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Dray
  
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• St. Pete City Council calls Rays bluff, rushes approval of their new stadium bonds

  05-12-2024 23:53 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Rays might still leave St. Pete, but it won’t be the City’s fault.The St. Petersburg City Council surprised all by adding their share of the $600 million in new stadium bonds to todays agenda, approving the debt in a 4-3 vote, and putting the responsibility for killing the new stadium deal on either the County, which has their own bond approval meeting scheduled for Dec 17, or the Rays themselves, who have repeatedly
  
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• Rays have 1.5% chance of top pick in 2025 draft

  05-12-2024 20:20 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The lottery will occur December 10 at 5:30 pm. The 2025 MLB Draft will begin on July 13, 2025, in Atlanta as part of MLB’s All-Star Week festivities, and in preparation for the event, MLB will be holding its third lottery, the first that the Rays will have participated in.The Draft Lottery, in its third year, will take place on Tuesday, December 10th at 5:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (CT) during the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas and will be carried li
  
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• Rays Your Voice: The Stadium Standoff

  05-12-2024 15:24 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Where do we go from here?I try to keep stadium news off of the podcast as much as possible, but at this point there’s nothing more paramount to discuss when it comes to the Rays. When Hurricane Milton ripped the roof of Tropicana Field, everything we knew about this stadium deal was blown away. So for the latest episode of Rays Your Voice, we are joined by Danny Russell to discuss the latest news surrounding the stadium saga,
  
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• St. Petersburg City Council to discuss new stadium bonds December 5

  04-12-2024 21:01 via draysbay.com
  
  Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Last minute agenda item was unexpectedThe city of St. Petersburg has added the Rays new stadium bonds to the agenda for tomorrow’s City Council meeting.
  It’s not immediately clear why this has been added to the agenda, but if any attitudes or perspectives have changed regarding the Rays new stadium debacle, it’s sure to be news. As things stand, even staunch supports of the Rays on the currently
  
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest

  04-12-2024 17:33 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays roster churn may continue as two core members of the team’s pitching staff, also two of the team’s highest paid players, are generating trade interest. The Rays are sure to be active on the trade market as they have several players that teams would love to add to their respective rosters. The MLB Winter Meetings take place next week and there is always a frenzy of activity, so we’ll only see the Rays rumor mill turn e
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #5 Curtis Mead

  04-12-2024 15:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It’s a been a struggle for Mead at the Major League level Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Draysbay will b
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #6 Brayden Taylor

  03-12-2024 15:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Gabriella Ricciardi/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 2023 first rounder has performed quite well Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Draysbay
  
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• Rays admit new stadium deal remains “in effect.” Here’s what that means.

  30-11-2024 20:36 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement-Imagn ImagesDespite claiming that new stadium deal is dead, the Rays admit that legally it survives. The Tampa Bay Rays have responded to the letter from Pinellas County Commission chair Kathleen Peters, which insisted the Rays must either indicate in writing that they intend to move forward under the Agreement as executed, or provide a clearer Notice of Termination no later than December 1, 2024.In the Rays response, President Matt Silverman admits the new stadium deal remains &ldqu
  
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• Rays admit new stadium deal remains “in effect”

  30-11-2024 20:36 via draysbay.com
  
  Kim Klement-Imagn Images Despite multiple statements publicly and in writing the new stadium deal is dead, the Rays admit that legally it survives. The Tampa Bay Rays have responded to the letter from Pinellas County Commission chair Kathleen Peters, which insisted the Rays must either indicate in writing that they intend to move forward under the Agreement as executed, or provide a clearer Notice of Termination no later than December 1, 2024.In the Rays response, President Matt Silverman admits
  
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• Pinellas County Commission requests Rays terminate new stadium deal by Dec. 1

  27-11-2024 19:57 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images The letter also illustrates that the county has not missed any deadlines thus far, despite the Rays “fallacious” claims. The Pinellas County Commission’s leader, Chairperson Kathleen Peters, has responded to the letter issued by Rays co-Presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman with her own scathing response via a latter, with three important takeaways:The county’s bonds are not late, as Rays have not met their prerequisites to receive t
  
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• Baseball America’s top 10 Rays prospects for 2025

  27-11-2024 15:38 via draysbay.com
  
  Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Carson Williams headlines an exciting crop of Rays prospects Baseball America has released their rankings of the Tampa Bay Rays top 10 prospects entering the 2025 season, as well as indicating which players have the best tools in the system.
  Here is the the top ten:Carson Williams, SS
  Brayden Taylor, 3B
  Tre’ Morgan, 1B
  Xavier Isaac, 1B
  Gary Gill Hill, RHP
  Trevor Harrison, RHP
  Santiago Suarez, RHP
  Chandler Simpson, OF
  Brailer Guerrero, OF
  Theo Gillen, OFHere
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #7 Yoniel Curet

  25-11-2024 15:05 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Two elite pitches but poor command encapsulate Curet Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Draysbay will begin t
  
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• How the Rays Lost Their New Stadium Deal: A Timeline

  23-11-2024 00:03 via draysbay.com
  
  VividSeatsHere’s how it all went wrong. It seems like the death of the Tampa Bay Rays is finally upon us, with the City of St. Petersburg requesting the team formally withdraw from an agreed upon new stadium project.
  How did we get here?
  The efforts of Rays ownership to find a home field other than Tropicana Field goes back at least to 2008, when the team first proposed building on the site of Al Lopez Park (now the Rowdies home pitch). The section of DRaysBays articles chronicling these e
  
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• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timeline

  23-11-2024 00:03 via draysbay.com
  
  VividSeats It seems like the death of the Tampa Bay Rays is finally upon us, with the City of St. Petersburg requesting the team formally withdraw from an agreed upon new stadium project.
  How did we get here?
  The efforts of Rays ownership to find a home field other than Tropicana Field goes back at least to 2008, when the team first proposed building on the site of Al Lopez Park (now the Rowdies home pitch). The section of DRaysBays articles chronicling these efforts, which are all grouped into
  
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• DRB Prospect Review: #8 Jonny DeLuca

  22-11-2024 15:00 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images Jonny DeLuca looks to have a bright future with the Tampa Bay Rays Over the offseason, the Draybay community takes part in an exercise in which we compile a list of 30 prospects in the Rays system based on popular vote.
  Now that the 2024 season has concluded, we can look back at these rankings and see how each individual player performed.
  Reminder, this is a review of the prospects ranked heading into the 2024 season. This is not an updated ranking. Draysbay wil
  
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• UPDATE: St. Petersburg City Council rescinds approval of funds to repair Tropicana Field’s roof

  22-11-2024 00:10 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The city’s commitment is not to exceed $23,726,567, and is intended to simply make the field playable. This does not include cosmetic items that impact fan experience, such as food or acoustics. The St. Petersburg City Council met this afternoon to discuss two important matters regarding the Rays future:
  Whether to fund $55 million to initiate repairs to Tropicana Field’s roof
  Whether to initiate $287.5 million in bonds
  
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• UPDATE: St. Petersburg City Council approves, rescinds funds to repair Tropicana Field’s roof

  22-11-2024 00:10 via draysbay.com
  
  Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Yes, it’s been that kind of day The St. Petersburg City Council met this afternoon to discuss two important matters regarding the Rays future:
  Whether to fund $55 million to initiate repairs to Tropicana Field’s roof
  Whether to initiate $287.5 million in bonds toward the new Rays stadium in St. PetersburgUnlike the funds being discussed by the Pinellas County Commission, these funds are unrestricted in nature, which mean
  
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