If the Rays are to swing a significant trade during this week's winter meetings or later this offseason, chances are they'll be parting with a starting pitcher to make it happen. ...more

December 8, 2008

Starting pitcher Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh Willingham were traded by the Florida Marlins to the Nationals on Tuesday in a five-player deal that signals the start of Washington's efforts to revamp its roster after a major league-worst 59-102 season. ...more

November 11, 2008

Sunday was not kind to the Tampa Bay Rays. After losing Game 3 of the World Series in the early hours of the morning, the Rays lost Game 4 to the Phillies at night, 10-2. ...more

October 27, 2008

Joe Blanton hasn't been here before, and he almost never was. If not for a summer trade, the Phillies' starting pitcher for Game 4 could have been 3,000 miles away, stuck 241/2 games out of first place, watching the World Series from his living room along with the rest of the Oakland Athletics. ...more

October 26, 2008

Everyone is talking about the weather as we wait for Game 3 of the World Series to begin. It almost certainly won't start until at least a half-hour past its scheduled first pitch. ...more

October 25, 2008

Joe Maddon was pleased to discover nothing has changed in the Rays clubhouse prior to tonight's opening game of the World Series. That's just how he wants it. ...more

October 22, 2008

PLAYER TO WATCH: EVAN LONGORIA Seemingly born for the big stage, he'll be on it for the next week and a half. The likely AL Rookie of the Year figures to continue holding down the cleanup spot for the Rays, who will hope he can continue his run of production in the ALCS that included seven extra-base hits. ...more

October 22, 2008

BOSTON - How to explain the Rays' bullpen - rock solid throughout the postseason - blowing a seven-run lead in Game 5 of the ALCS Thursday night at Fenway Park? ...more

October 17, 2008

In the 1984 film "The Natural," Robert Redford played a gifted baseball player who approached the manager and asked for a chance to try out for the team. ...more

October 5, 2008

The question, the only one left it sometimes seems, is just which catwalk the World Series-winning homer will hit. ...more

September 18, 2008