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STEVEN SOUZA CRUSHES A BASEBALL
Sometimes you don't need to look. You just know. pic.twitter.com/SW3NDda8vO
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 31, 2017
Steven Souza Jr just absolutely crushed a pitch from Clay Bucchholz.
Botched intentional walk “embarrassing”
Enny Romero fails to execute a free pass to Gary Sanchez, resulting in a near home run
The Hidden Ball Trick!
The last, and until tonight, the only time the Rays played a series at Dodgers Stadium, the Rays infield pulled off the hidden ball trick with Evan Longoria tagging out Juan Uribe
Rays sign Kevin Jepsen
Per Chris Cotillo, the Rays have signed Kevin Jepsen to a major league deal. No word on the corresponding move yet.
Video: Steven Souza Sends One to the Upper Deck
Steven Souza gives the Rays a one run lead with a enormous three run blast off of Ervin Santana
Evan Longoria on Andrew Friedman's departure, two years later
"You have to go where you feel the best fit and the opportunity — well, maybe not the best fit — but the best opportunity is... All things equal, I think he would have stayed here. I think money ha...Rays Tales: Architect Andrew Fri...
Souza's Superman Catch
Steven Souza makes an incredible, leaping catch to rob Chris Davis a laser shot hit.
Video: Blake Snell Records 1st MLB Strikeout
Blake Snell struck out Brian McCann in the bottom of the second with a beautiful curveball that froze the Yankees' backstop
The Rays 25-man roster eats dinner together
A photo posted by Tim Beckham (@t_beckham1) on
A great sign of comraderie early in the season.
Steven Souza Jr gives the Rays the lead, with a no-doubt 3-run HR!
Into the Ducky's!
Baseball Savant is now on mlb.com
The new beta Baseball Savant is now up on MLB! Please, test it out and let me know if you have any issues! https://t.co/CIoFiZcioK
— Daren Willman (@darenw) April 6, 2016
Because MLBAM is the best
Evan Longoria calls Mookie Betts his "favorite player right now"
Hey @markdero7, @mookiebetts is my favorite player right now! He's a baller. Hop on the #Mooktrain
— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) April 6, 2016
Not sure how many Rays fans are on the #MookTrain, but objectively he certainly is a good baseball player. The tweet was sent to Mark DeRosa, who had just finished a segment on Mookie Betts for MLB Network
Video: Corey Dickerson Hits One to the Scoreboard
Corey Dickerson launched his second Rays home run as he mashed a ball over the seats in right and to the base of the videoboard
Rays Announce Starting Rotation
#rays rotation is Archer, Smyly, Odorizzi, Moore. Ramirez starts year in 'pen
— Roger Mooney (@RMooneyTBO) March 29, 2016
The Rays are going with a 4-man rotation, allowing them to keep more position players
Forsythe launches a leadoff home run
After leaving the game early on Tuesday, Logan Forsythe launched a lead off homer today.
Video: Jaff Decker Robs Brignac of HR
Jaff Decker robs former Rays top prospect, Reid Brignac of a three run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning
Video: Johnny Field Propels Rays to Victory
Johnny Field finally found a gap for one of numerous hard hit balls this spring, resulting in both of the Rays runs during their victory over the Yankees
DAN JOHNSON UPDATE: Pumpkin clears physical, heads to MiLB camp
He passed, will be in minor league camp all spring learning a delivery so don't think we'll see him in a game https://t.co/MFHmC62w9A
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 9, 2016
As the unofficial president of the unofficial Dan Johnson Fan Club, I am happy to report that Marc Topkin is reporting that Dan Johnson is reporting to minor league camp. Seeing him in a Spring Training game is pretty optimistic for even a Fan Club devotee, so let's squelch that little flicker right now. The Great Pumpkin does not rise for meaningless games.
Video: Kyle Roller Launches One
Non-roster invitee, Kyle Roller, launches one over the left center field wall for his first homer of the spring
Dan Johnson is Back, so Relive the Greatest Night in Baseball History
Without Dan Johnson, Game 162 would be known as the night that Boston held onto the AL Wildcard.
Corey Dickerson's Mammoth Home Run
We know where it ended up, but now watch it travel!
Corey Dickerson's first Rays HR went 569 feet
Dickerson's HR landed on the roof of Charlotte Sports Park's clubhouse building—rolling an estimated 569' from home. pic.twitter.com/q4ZLKxp51S
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 3, 2016
It's also now two inches taller.
Archer's Determination To Be Great
Great read on Archer's drive to be great and expect the same from his teammates.
Ben Lindbergh: Why the Rays traded for Hank Conger
...the Rays seem to be banking on one of this decade’s central catcher-defense discoveries: Throwing just doesn’t matter that much, relative to other aspects of the position that Conger can handle....http://fivethirtyeight.com/featu...
Chris Archer added to ESPN broadcast team for AL Wild Card
Hey guys, I’ll be contributing to ESPN’s #ALWildCard Game telecast, plus appearing on @BBTN and @SportsCenter before the game. Can’t wait!
— Chris Archer (@ChrisArcher42) October 5, 2015