Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: Rays are the division leaders

The Rays have the best record on the American League, Madison Bumgarner drills two HR, and a historic flash back

By Adam Sanford Apr 3, 2017, 9:00am EDT

MLB: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays

News and Links

The Rays burst out of the gate with a three run first and ultimately scored seven runs on Opening Day against Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees as they took home a 7-3 victory.
The Rays are off today, but they’ll be back Tuesday night as Jake Odorizzi will take the mound against CC Sabathia
Evan Longoria blasted the first homerun of the 2017 season and it was a flashback of the greatest night in baseball history
The Rays remain optimistic about Austin Pruitt, Stuart Sternberg updates the stadium situation, and Luke Maile was designated for assignement
The Toronto Blue Jays have released former Ray, Melvin Upton Jr
Madison Bumgarner clobbered two homeruns during the Giants first game yesterday on Opening DAy, becoming the first pitcher to do so
What have we learned from the first day of the regular season
The new intentional walk rule made its debut during last night’s contest between the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals
The Process Report previewed the 2017 Rays
Austin Pruitt was Jeff Sullivan’s (Fangraphs) favorite reliever of the month during spring training.
Which top prospects from around the league found their ways onto their respective team’s Opening Day rosters