Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: A great day for the Rays

Last night, the Tampa Bay Rays seemed on their way to another late inning loss.

Alex Cobb was absolutely fantastic and held a no-hitter for most of the game. He would shutdown the Pirates offense for eight innings before yielding to Alex Colome, who promptly gave up two runs in the ninth to tie the game. The Rays offense would answer back immediately though and scored two runs of their own in the 10th inning. Tommy Hunter would work a perfect bottom half of the inning to close it out.

The Rays victory improves their record to 41-38 and they’re now three games back in the division race, trailing the new division leaders, the Boston Red Sox. The Rays also moved back into a tie for the second wild card spot.

• The Rays have signed their first round pick (4th overall), Bredan McKay, he will report to Hudson Valley
• The Rays made a bunch of moves, including bullpen personnel changes:

• New SS Adeiny Hechavarria made an incredible play last night, and Kevin Cash thinks it might be the best play you see this year:

• Miguel Montero is fed up with getting the blame for stolen bases and he called out his pitching staff
• The Yankees created a charity over a decade ago as an olive branch for the community in which they built their new ballpark, only problem is that the charity has not helped that community
• Later this Summer, the Seattle Mariners will be hosting a “Celebrating Women in Baseball” night.
• A Washington Nationals minor league team has announced an “Ode to Tommy John Bobble Head” promotion, it comes with a removable UCL!
• The Florida Gators are the 2017 College World Series champions, which means Rays 38th round draft pick JJ Schwarz is available to sign...