PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Last summer, Xavier Isaac's concerns were bigger than baseball. As the Rays’ first-base prospect shared in an Instagram post in November, he had “life-saving” brain surgery in July. What he thought was dehydration turned out to be the result of a brain tumor that led to,

This year will bring a new way to watch Rays baseball. The Rays announced on Feb. 2 that their local television broadcasts will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball, starting this season. Subscriptions to Rays.TV, the new direct-to-consumer streaming platform for in-market games, went on sale on Tuesday.

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Shane McClanahan was in the car with Drew Rasmussen the other day, leaving Charlotte Sports Park and heading home, when the left-hander was hit with a rush of appreciation for the wonders of a normal day of Spring Training. Playing catch on a back field. Hanging

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The scene looked familiar on Wednesday morning at Charlotte Sports Park. There was Kevin Kiermaier, dressed in Rays gear, going to work on the back fields. The 35-year-old practiced throws from the outfield, making catches at the wall and reading balls off the bat with the

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays rounded out their starting staff, built a comfortable amount of rotation depth and gave themselves some pitching flexibility in one move, signing free-agent right-hander Nick Martinez to a one-year contract on Tuesday. The contract is worth $13 million guaranteed, according to a source. Martinez

This page will be updated throughout the offseason with all the latest Rays injury news and transactions.

The point of prospecting is to gaze into our collective crystal ball and predict who will be the best and most productive Major Leaguers years down the line. But every winter, we also take another tack: We gaze into that same crystal ball and predict who will be the best

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The call was a surprise, but the response came quickly for Griffin Jax. Not long after returning to his Phoenix-area home for the offseason, the Rays reliever heard from Mark DeRosa. He wanted to know if Jax, the first Air Force Academy graduate to play in

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- There are plenty of current players featured in the promotional schedule the Rays released on Monday night, but the real highlights are focused on the greatest player in franchise history. The Rays will honor longtime third baseman Evan Longoria with a weekend of events dubbed “Longo’s

The nastiest pitchers in the world are about to be back on the mound. With pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training this week, let's highlight some of the arms who are worth keeping an eye out for. These could be the top pitching prospects in the Majors, stars with

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Finally, Spring Training is here. Rays pitchers and catchers are reporting to Charlotte Sports Park this week, with those scheduled to take part in the World Baseball Classic due Monday and others expected to filter in over the coming days before the full squad arrives next

With pitchers and catchers set to report to Spring Training in the coming days and full-squad workouts beginning shortly thereafter, the beginning of the baseball season continues to get that much closer. Spring Training provides the opportunity for players to potentially earn spots on the Opening Day roster. Additionally top

After a long and busy offseason, in a matter of days, all 30 clubs will have their full Spring Training squads on hand and the official push to Opening Day will begin. With all that in mind, it's a good time to take stock of where everyone stands. To warm

The Rays’ overhauled outfield mix added another new player on Friday afternoon. Tampa Bay acquired Victor Mesa Jr. in a trade with Miami that sent infielder Angel Brachi to the Marlins. The Rays also designated infielder Brett Wisely for assignment to make room for Mesa on their 40-man roster.

Twenty years ago, the first World Baseball Classic in history began, forever reshaping the global game. Plenty of superstars and future Hall of Famers took the field that year, with Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltrán (the latter two being elected to the Hall of Fame

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Rays on Thursday released the first renderings of their proposed ballpark and mixed-use district on the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough College. The images, depicting the exterior of the stadium as well as a “Champions Quarter” neighborhood and a reimagined Hillsborough College building, offer what the

Below is a list of the players in every Major League organization who have been included on the rosters for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Pitchers denoted with ^ are part of the Designated Pitcher Pool (DPP), a reserve of up to six pitchers per federation that can be called

ST. PETERSBURG -- This has been an offseason of change for the Rays. The club is under new ownership and again pursuing a new ballpark of the future. The roster has been overhauled, with several familiar faces on the way out and new players on the way in. But soon,

Frosty weather may be gripping much of the nation, but Spring Training is right around the corner. Players start officially reporting to camps next week and the exhibition schedule kicks off with seven games on Feb. 20. To further whet your appetite, we're going to highlight an interesting prospect from

The full rosters for the 2026 World Baseball Classic were revealed Thursday on MLB Network, so let's take a deeper dive into the top young talent who will be representing their roots on the world stage in a few weeks. There will be 30 prospects from organizational Top 30 Prospects

For all the focus on massive homers and red-hot fastballs, it’s far too easy to forget the absolutely critical role of defense in baseball. As Spring Training nears, let’s take a minute to ensure that we don’t do that. It’s important. Really important. After, all, last year, we noted that

TAMPA, Fla. -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on Tuesday morning in support of the Rays’ plans for a new ballpark and surrounding mixed-use development on the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough College in Tampa, with both reiterating their belief that “baseball belongs in Tampa