The list of contenders for the fifth spot in the Rays' starting rotation is growing practically by the hour. ...more

February 27, 2009

The addition of free agent designated hitter Pat Burrell has Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon contemplating a lineup that would drop second baseman Akinori Iwamura out of the lead-off spot. ...more

February 26, 2009

The games that count are still a ways off, but the Rays will take another significant step toward Opening Day as they begin their Grapefruit League schedule this afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds. ...more

February 25, 2009

How far did the Rays stretch their payroll to reel in Pat Burrell and the others they signed this winter? Pretty much to the limit, according to Stuart Sternberg. ...more

February 25, 2009

All Tim Beckham could do was sit back and take it. One day last week, the youngest Ray was subjected to a carefully choreographed verbal beating from a man who has been handing them out for years, wisecracking Tampa Bay first base coach George Hendrick. ...more

February 23, 2009

Once he recovered from the shock of being unceremoniously dumped by the Cardinals just before spring training began, Adam Kennedy knew he at least had his pick of where to sign. ...more

February 21, 2009

Joining any other team after spending his entire professional career in the Philadelphia Phillies organization would have been a bit strange for Pat Burrell. But the fact that the locker room he now calls home is filled mostly with players he helped beat in the World Series last fall adds a bit of a twist to the whole situation. ...more

February 16, 2009

The Rays host their annual Fan Fest today, and with it comes a newfound symbol of success: Tampa Bay's first American League championship trophy, which will be on display for photographs. ...more

February 13, 2009

The big stories in baseball the last couple of months have happened in places other than Tampa Bay, which only shows that while a lot has changed for the Rays, some things never will. ...more

February 13, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays LAST SEASON: 97-65, first place, lost to Phillies in World Series ...more

February 8, 2009