Tampa Bay Rays – Call to the Pen https://calltothepen.com MLB News, Rumors, Prospects, and more Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:33:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 A review of the St. Louis Cardinals trade that sent Randy Arozarena to the Tampa Bay Rays https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/09/randy-arozarena-trade-st-louis-cardinals-tampa-bay-rays/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/09/randy-arozarena-trade-st-louis-cardinals-tampa-bay-rays/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:33:54 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=530070 With the Tampa Bay Rays hosting the St. Louis Cardinals this week, here’s a timely review of the Randy Arozarena trade. The Tampa Bay Rays are hosting the St. Louis Cardinals for a three-game set Tuesday through Thursday this week. It’s also a convergence of his pro baseball life for Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena, who […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/09/randy-arozarena-trade-st-louis-cardinals-tampa-bay-rays/feed/ 0 AL East: 1 screw up the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays and Blue Jays can make at the MLB trade deadline https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:00:59 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=529106 With less than two weeks until the trade deadline, decisions are going to have to be made by all 30 teams across baseball. Are they going to be buyers, sellers or stuck in the middle and just stand pat? Decisions, decisions, decisions. The one division with the most questions is the American League East, where […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/feed/ 0 Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays: 1 July bold prediction for every AL East team https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=528035 Three months down, three more to go for the 2023 regular season. In the American League East, things continued to trend through the month of June as they did for the first two months. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to be the class of the division and the American League. The Atlanta Braves are setting […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/feed/ 0 Neander, Bendix and the 2023 Tampa Bay Rays: A mid-term grade https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/26/neander-bendix-2023-tampa-bay-rays-mid-term-grade/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/26/neander-bendix-2023-tampa-bay-rays-mid-term-grade/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:05:43 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=527954 The Tampa Bay Rays completed the first half of their 2023 season Sunday afternoon and, by most accounts, it’s been a highly successful first half. Under the leadership of team president Erik Neander and general manager Peter Bendix, the Rays stand 54-27 at the 81-game mark. They lead the challenging AL East by 4.5 games. […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/26/neander-bendix-2023-tampa-bay-rays-mid-term-grade/feed/ 0 MLB hot take: 5 disappointing players on contending teams https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/22/mlb-5-disappointing-players-contending-teams/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/22/mlb-5-disappointing-players-contending-teams/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:00:05 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=527725 There are seemingly more contending teams this MLB season compared to last. Clubs like the Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles are just a few that come to mind. With these teams stepping up, some teams have fallen off a bit. That is in large part due to some of their top players not […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/22/mlb-5-disappointing-players-contending-teams/feed/ 0 Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays: The good, bad and injured https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/05/al-east-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-good-bad-injured/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/05/al-east-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-good-bad-injured/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:00:23 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526992 June is here, and the MLB is heading into the dog days of summer. This is the time of year when baseball gets intricate. Teams have established themselves and shown who is who. Now in June, they start to make adjustments, buyers and sellers become evident, and the top teams will get targets painted on […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/05/al-east-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-good-bad-injured/feed/ 0 AL East June check-up: Rays run but Yankees, Orioles lead pack behind them https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/june-yankees-rays-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/june-yankees-rays-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles/#respond Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:00:31 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526822 The American League’s East Division is considered to be the most competetive in the league. It’s the only division that features five teams with winning records, and five teams with positive run differentials. The AL East also features the Tampa Bay Rays, so any team looking to climb the division ladder (including the New York […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/june-yankees-rays-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles/feed/ 0 Tampa Bay Rays: Robert Stephenson another underrated pickup? https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/rays-robert-stephenson-another-underrated-pickup/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/rays-robert-stephenson-another-underrated-pickup/#respond Sat, 03 Jun 2023 15:15:32 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526902 The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-handed reliever Robert Stephenson from the Pittsburgh Pirates for shortstop Alika Williams, the team’s first-round pick in 2020. Stephenson had struggled in his limited time with Pittsburgh, with a 5.14 ERA in 14.0 innings. Meanwhile, Williams had bashed 11 doubles with a .731 OPS in Double-A. Williams was a contact-oriented […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/03/rays-robert-stephenson-another-underrated-pickup/feed/ 0 The Tampa Bay Rays are baseball’s best team, and here’s why https://calltothepen.com/2023/05/30/tampa-bay-rays-best-baseball-reasons/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/05/30/tampa-bay-rays-best-baseball-reasons/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 21:00:05 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526723 The Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in baseball record-wise. Entering play on May 30, the ball club down in Tampa has a 39-17 record (including an amazing start to the season), with a 4.0-game cushion over second-place Baltimore. I am here to detail why this Rays team is no joke, and why I […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/05/30/tampa-bay-rays-best-baseball-reasons/feed/ 0 Tampa Bay Rays on pace for greatest power-speed season in MLB history https://calltothepen.com/2023/05/30/tampa-bay-rays-pace-greatest-power-speed-season-mlb-history/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/05/30/tampa-bay-rays-pace-greatest-power-speed-season-mlb-history/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 12:58:55 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526716 The Tampa Bay Rays lead the majors in most home runs and most stolen bases. The Rays have 101 home runs and 72 steals in their first 55 games. Their 101 home runs are 12 more than the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers, who each are second in this stat with 89 home runs. […]

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