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Rays strand eight more runners in loss to Toronto Blue Jays

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The Tampa Bay Rays have been stranded. Pretty much, that sums up the team’s 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night.  The Rays drove in only one of nine runners in scoring position, and they’ve driven in only one of 26 on the homestand. “We’re going to get going offensively. We just didn’t,” manager Kevin Cash said. “Hopefully, we’ll turn it around. We know we’re better than what we’ve done the last couple of nights offensively. The guys…

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Bullpen has kept the Tampa Bay Rays afloat early in the season

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In the beginning of the season, a large question mark hovered over the bullpen of the Tampa Bay Rays. More and more, it looks like an exclamation point. Through 21 games, the bullpen for the Tampa Bay Rays has been excellent. Consider their seven wins. Consider their five saves. Consider the life in the arms. This was supposed to be a weak position, remember? Jake McGee was traded, and Brad Boxberger was hurt, and no one was quite sure how…

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Spring Training baseball draws record crowds in Florida

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More fans than ever watched Spring Training baseball in Florida this year, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. For the first time in more than 100 years, more than 7,000 fans per game showed up, which is a lot of Cracker Jack. “I am proud to announce that Florida’s Spring Training reached a 100-year record high per game attendance this season,” Scott said. “Spring Training and Major League Baseball are a major attraction for families and visitors, and have an incredible economic…

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Blue Jays homer their way to second straight 5-3 victory over Rays

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When does a slow start become a troubling one? When do stranded baserunners come back to haunt a team? Both questions may soon have to be answered by the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost a 5-3 game to Toronto for the second straight night on Monday night. Tampa Bay left nine runners on base, and they were only 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position. “I thought Drew was good,” manager Kevin Cash said. “He just got beat up by the…

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Minnesota bashes Tampa Bay Rays in spring training game

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For a day, Drew Smyly had little to smile about. Smyly gave up five earned runs in six innings of work Friday as the Tampa Bay Rays lost 6-2 to the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota’s Ervin Santana worked six innings and gave up only three hits, walking one. For Tampa Bay, outfielder Brandon Guyer had two hits, one of them a home run, to bolster his argument to make the team. Guyer is hitting .500 with five home runs. Minnesota’s Trevor…

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Forbes: Rays the least profitable major league baseball team again

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The Tampa Bay Rays are worth less money than any team in baseball, according to Forbes Magazine. Forbes ranks the team 30th, or last, among major league teams for the second straight season. The magazine said the Rays were worth $650 million. Last year, it said the team was worth $625 million. The Rays were last in attendance for the fourth straight season at 15,403 per game. Revenue in 2015 was $193 million, with $8 million in 2015 operating income,…

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Rays win much-hyped game against the Cuban Nationals, 4-1

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Capitalism 4, Communism 0. The most significant preseason baseball game in Tampa Bay Rays history ended up in an easy victory of the Rays Tuesday, as Tampa Bay beat the Cuban National team, 4-1. Matt Moore threw six shutout innings, and James Loney drove in three runs on a single and a home run to beat the Cubans in a game that often seemed more impressive by the dignitaries who attended. Besides U.S. President Barrack Obama, those in attendance included…

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