Tuesday, 4 a.m. Here’s a thought. On trading deadline, with all of these hitters changing teams, perhaps the Tampa Bay Rays should have thought about one or two. Or three. Or four. The Rays played another game without bats on Monday night, losing a 3-1 game to Toronto in which they got only two hits […]

Monday, 4 a.m. Here’s the realization that will put into perspective just how miserable things are for the Tampa Bay Rays in recent days. Some days, not even Shane McClanahan can save them. McClanahan, the starter for the American League in this year’s all-star game, had his worst outing of the season in Sunday’s 5-3 […]

Saturday, 4 a.m. They are playing as if they were not playoff contenders. Soon, they might not be. The Tampa Bay Rays, in their worst slump of the season, dropped another game Friday night. That’s not news — the Rays have dropped a lot of games lately. But this one was 4-1 to Cleveland, meaning […]

Thursday, 4 a.m. He can be an unbridled colt, wild and reckless. He is an adventure on the base paths, an untamed force at the plate. But, really, how many Rays do you want at the plate when the game is on the line? Arozarena doubled to right field with the bases loaded in the […]