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With the baseball world's eyes trained on Orlando, Fla., over the next few days for the Winter Meetings, it's a great time to have a look at each team's biggest need heading into the annual event, one which often serves as a catalyst for Hot Stove action.

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ST. PETERSBURG -- In many ways, the match between Cedric Mullins and the Rays makes perfect sense. This past season, Tampa Bay’s outfield combined for only 29 home runs, fewest in the Majors. Mullins has hit between 15 and 18 homers each year since his breakout, 30-homer campaign in 2021.

Adam Berry, MLB.com’s Rays beat reporter, held an “Ask Me Anything” this week on Reddit with Rays fans at r/tampabayrays. This mailbag features excerpted questions and answers from that chat, with some lightly edited for clarity. The full AMA is available to read here. With the addition of Cedric Mullins,

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

With executives from all 30 teams set to descend on Orlando, Fla., for the annual Winter Meetings, the Hot Stove may be on the verge of heating up. Though some clubs have already made some moves this offseason, every team still has plenty of questions to answer between now and

TAMPA -- Brandon Hyde has some history with the Rays. His first game as a Major League manager came at Tropicana Field on June 19, 2011. He remembers the 2-1 loss to Joe Maddon’s Rays well. Marlins manager Edwin Rodríguez abruptly resigned that Father’s Day morning, and Hyde -- then

This page will be updated throughout the offseason with all the latest Rays injury news and transactions. Players who finished the season on the 60-day injured list must be added back to the 40-man roster after the World Series ends, but we will keep track of any long-term injury concerns

It might only be December, but there’s a serious case of Draft fever ranging. The root cause is the release of MLB Pipeline’s new 2026 Top 100 Draft Prospects list. The fans are definitely aflame, though, by the upcoming MLB Draft Lottery, which will determine the order of who gets

TAMPA -- The Rays have plenty of starting pitchers on their roster. They have some upside to dream on, especially with the expected return of Shane McClanahan. They have reason to believe their pitching staff will fare better next year back in the friendlier confines of Tropicana Field. Still, there

The Rule 5 Draft can be a fascinating, if imperfect, process, and you only need to look at last year’s edition to see why. On one hand, the White Sox selected Shane Smith from the Brewers and watched him blossom into an All-Star before finishing with a 3.81 ERA and

Rays prospect Xavier Isaac revealed Friday that he underwent “life-saving” brain surgery over the summer. Isaac posted on Instagram that he had a brain scan, which led to “the scariest moment of my life” and season-ending surgery in July. The 21-year-old first baseman, Tampa Bay’s No. 5 prospect according to

In a sport that is constantly changing and following new trends, we’ve seen one emerging development in baseball in recent years: relievers converting into starting pitchers. To be more specific, we’ve seen more established relievers in the Majors switching to the rotation, as our own Mike Petriello explored last year

TAMPA -- The Rays added former Orioles manager Brandon Hyde to their front office, hiring Hyde as a senior advisor in their baseball operations department. Hyde is expected to offer support throughout the organization in his new role. The talks between the Rays and Hyde were first reported last Wednesday,

When I was a kid, one of my favorite activities during long road trips with my family was Mad Libs. Remember that one? Every page was a story with a number of blank spaces, requiring players to fill those spaces in with different words to create the whole story. With

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In the words of a great bird I once met, “Gobble, gobble.” Thanksgiving is not a holiday traditionally associated with baseball, but if you’re reading a baseball site on Thanksgiving Day, you know that in a just world, every holiday is one associated with baseball. So today,

TAMPA -- In the span of three weeks, Jake Fraley has come and gone and come back to the Rays. The Rays on Tuesday officially re-signed Fraley, the 30-year-old corner outfielder, capping a run of transactions in which they claimed him off waivers from the Braves on Nov. 6, designated

TAMPA -- Whenever an issue arises, Feeding Tampa Bay president and CEO Thomas Mantz can count on the Rays reaching out to offer their help quickly. Very quickly. They’ve proven that, through everything from hurricanes to the COVID-19 pandemic to everyday issues creating food insecurity in the Tampa Bay area.

ST. PETERSBURG -- As the club’s new owners are looking for their “forever home,” the Rays’ excitement is building for their return to Tropicana Field. Opened in 1990 as the Florida Suncoast Dome before a stint as the ThunderDome and eventually renamed Tropicana Field in 1996, the dome has been

ST. PETERSBURG -- Two moments defined the first successful era of Tampa Bay baseball, two iconic images that will live forever in the hearts and minds of Rays fans. And they’ll likely live forever in physical form, too, having been honored with a pair of statues outside Tropicana Field in

ST. PETERSBURG -- Friday’s non-tender deadline came and went without any surprises from the Rays. Tampa Bay officially non-tendered outfielders Christopher Morel and Jake Fraley, which was expected after they were designated for assignment ahead of Tuesday’s reserve deadline. Both were eligible for salary arbitration but found themselves squeezed out

ST. PETERSBURG -- Tropicana Field has its signature look back. The 24th and final roof panel was put in place atop The Trop on Thursday, restoring the tilted white roof in what the Rays called “a massive step forward for us, The City of St. Pete and Rays fans everywhere”

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TAMPA -- The Rays added three talented prospects to their 40-man roster, made three trades to bolster their pitching depth at all levels and cut ties with Christopher Morel as they trimmed their surplus of outfielders amid a flurry of transactions involving 14 players on Tuesday night.