Monday, 4 a.m. To put it into perspective, David Price was never this good. Neither was James Shields. Or Blake Snell. Or Charlie Morton or Matt Moore or Scott Kazmir or Alex Cobb or anyone else in the pitching heavy history of the Tampa Bay Rays. Drew Rasmussen flirted with perfection Sunday afternoon. He took […]

Sunday, 3 a.m. Shane McClanahan was slipping. The Tampa Bay Rays were falling. For the day, at least, both of those slumps were stopped. The Rays won an 8-2 victory, their most runs in a month, over the Baltimore Orioles to recapture the third and final wild-card slot in the standings. McClanahan, who had lost […]

Friday, 4 a.m. For the most part, preseason football is less exciting than watching a fishing show. Apologies to the fish, of course. No matter how you wrap it, no matter how many highlights from the previous season they show, it’s dress-rehearsal football. It’s a bunch of guys who will be selling cars in two […]

Wednesday, 4 a.m. They didn’t pitch well enough. They didn’t hit well enough. They weren’t smart enough. Why, then, should anything about the Tampa Bay Rays’ 5-3 loss to a sliding Milwaukee team surprise you? The Rays simply weren’t good enough Tuesday night in their loss to the Brewers. They didn’t throw well enough, allowing […]