Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays' ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation. “Given the devastation in that area, it's kind of only fair to give the local governments in the Tampa Bay region an opportunity to sort of figure out where they are, what they have available in terms of resources, what's doable,” Manfred said Wednesday at a news conference after a Major League Baseball owners meeting.

Jose Siri batted .187 with 18 home runs, 47 RBIs and a .620 OPS in a career-high 130 games this year for the Rays, who obtained him from Houston in August 2022.

A combination of severe hurricane damage to Tropicana Field and political delays on financing means it is highly unlikely the Tampa Bay Rays' planned new stadium will be ready for the 2028 season, if at all, the team said Tuesday. Rays top executives said in a letter to the Pinellas County Commission that the team has already spent $50 million for early work on the new $1.3 billion ballpark and cannot proceed further because of delays in approval of bonds for the public share of the costs. "The Rays organization is saddened and stunned by this unfortunate turn of events" said the letter, signed by co-presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman, who noted that the overall project was previously approved by the County Commission and the City of St. Petersburg.

The Seattle Mariners have acquired infielder Austin Shenton from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash. In a corresponding move, right-hander JT Chargois was designated for assignment by the Mariners. The 26-year-old Shenton made his major league debut March 31 with the Rays and batted .214 with one home run and three RBIs in 19 big league games.

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A former Hopewell pitcher and one of the top 25 prospects in the Tampa Bay Rays system was added to the team's 40-man roster Monday.

After more than 20 years of ballpark problems for the Athletics and Rays, the situation has reached critical mass for these vagabond Major League Baseball clubs. Both teams will play the 2025 season in minor league facilities, for vastly different reasons. The A’s chose to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, where a new ballpark …

The repairs to Tropicana Field are projected at $55.7 million and would not be finished until after the 2025 season.

The Rays' stadium can be repaired — but will it?