Manager Joe Maddon is so enamored of OF Matt Joyce's power that he sees him as a potential heart-of-the-order hitter in the Rays lineup one day, he said Sunday. ...more

March 30, 2009

Evan Longoria might get his chance to play in the World Baseball Classic after all. ...more

March 17, 2009

RHP Troy Percival wrote a check Thursday, and his body cashed it. ...more

March 13, 2009

Tuesday was Matt Garza's first chance to get into a game and try out some of the things he has been working on in his bullpen sessions the last few weeks, but the Blue Jays wouldn't play along. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Rays got encouraging news about one of their starters before Saturday's 15-7 Grapefruit League thrashing of the Red Sox. ...more

March 7, 2009

Rays OF Pat Burrell $7M RP Joe Nelson $1.3M OF Gabe Kapler $1M Orioles RHP Koji Uehara $5M ...more

January 27, 2009

RHP Josh Beckett did not tear his oblique muscle in his final regular-season start as Tom Verducci reported on SI.com on Thursday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said before Game 5. ...more

October 17, 2008

A day after suffering through easily the worst outing of his extraordinary postseason career, a testy (more than usual) Josh Beckett insisted Sunday he isn't injured. ...more

October 13, 2008

The Rays recalled speedy OF Fernando Perez from Durham on Sunday night in a brief flurry of moves designed to set up their roster for maximum flexibility should they make the playoffs. ...more

September 1, 2008

The news was about as good as could have been expected Friday regarding Troy Percival's right knee, but the closer still will miss at least the next two weeks, and possibly a month. ...more

August 16, 2008