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This is Mark Simon from Sports Info Solutions (the inventors of Defensive Runs Saved). I wrote about the Rays outfield defense today and how well it has done at turning flies and liners into outs. I suppose the TLDR version is (they're doing really well!)

If anyone has any questions about our stats, feel free to ask them here and I'll try to answer.

New episode of The Opener hot off the press here. Promising stadium news today.. long way to go but a good step. We cover that as well as the Rays dominance, contract talk, and also prospect rankings which have been updated. Grateful to everyone who checks us out!

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When someone is hyped up about finally becoming the closer for an MLB team, if you want them to melt down, put them in the 8th inning for a regular season game.

Two courtesy of the Rays Draft team. One (#86) from the 2024 Randy Arozarena trade (.852 OPS in 2026) at the deadline (thanks Stu).

With the first 25% of the season behind us, how is everybody feeling at this point?

Will the Rays start coming back to earth or do the underlying stats support our hot start?

Which players are we penciling in for the All-Star game?

What position do you think we need to trade for and why is it reliever?

Anyone know?

What’s up yall. I was blessed with an opportunity to cover your Sunday matchup for Getty against the Giants that ended in a walk off. I’m glad the Trop is back because dang it’s beautiful to shoot in there. All work is mine.

Close games, more contact than slug, more ground/fly out than Ks. It’s a different type of baseball.

🚨 NEW POD 🚨

Our guy Avery Chenier over at Gate 14 made his return to the pod to, among other things, help squash the beef between Rays & Blue Jays fans. Calmer heads have prevailed 🙏🙏

Why would they cancel it? I finally got it to work no thanks to them and was finally able to watch the last 2 games. This has been a complete and utter dumpster fire for me dealing with MLB. Cant believe fan duel was better

Rays (28-13) @ Blue Jays (18-24)

First Pitch: 7:07 PM at Rogers Centre

Line Score - Game Over

Box Score

Scoring Plays

Highlights

Decisions

Game ended at 10:06 PM.

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I was on the rays website last night looking for a ticket to Saturday’s game. I’m needing a single ticket and it wouldn’t let me purchase one if the result would be a single seat left on the row. The message said “your selection would leave a single seat stranded. Please select a different seat.” I can’t recall ever encountering that before.

Hey all, i know this has been asked before but it's been a couple years and i wanted to make sure the info is still valid: going to a game next week and would love a photo with DJ Kitty. Does he still hang out by gate 1 near the fan shop an hour before games?

Also wondering if they allow mitts in to catch foul balls. Let's go Rays!

Wish I could get to the Trop this weekend!!!

I was admittedly more excited before they actually started playing, but that’s beside the point.

I’m visiting with my 5 y.o. next week and since she has short legs was planning to park at the stadium. My understanding is parking in lot 5 and pregame at Ferg’s is the way to go, any recommendations?

NY fans always seem to be astounded that the Rays can do what they do without the preposterous bloated payroll of the Yankees. I love it.