The big bats at the top of the Tampa Bay Rays' lineup came through Saturday against the New York Yankees. The Rays will try for a similar result on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of the three-game series in St.
Randy Arozarena and Yandy Diaz combine for two home runs and six RBIs to beat the Yankees They say the man makes the clothes, the clothes don’t make the man.
Rays advance to 17-18 after three games series in Tropicana Field. “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series.
We were unable to cash a home run bet on Thursday, bringing our two-day winning streak to an end. Let's ride into the weekend with a new winning streak by targeting our three favorite home run props for Friday's MLB slate.
Three players in the American League who might be due to take a statistical step back this summer.
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz just won the American League batting title in 2023, and now he's being held up as one of the top players at his position heading into 2024.
You know the narrative by now. The free agent class is stacked with household names, but not on the offensive side of the ball (sans some guy named Ohtani).
The Tampa Bay Rays opened the season in stellar fashion and then endured a slew of injuries to their pitching staff. Taking a look back at their 2023 campaign.
The Tampa Bay Rays wrapped up the 2023 regular season on Sunday with a 12-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The win was the 99th of the year for Tampa Bay, which earned the No.
With the benefit of sitting out the final game of the regular season, the Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz won the American League batting title over the Texas Rangers' Corey Seager with a .330 average.
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz was injured in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays and removed two innings later in St.
Tampa Bay All-Star Yandy Diaz exited the Rays' Tuesday game due to a testicular contusion after fouling a ball off his groin. Manager Kevin Cash said postgame that Diaz is day-to-day.
Diaz was forced to exit Tuesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins in the fifth inning after suffering a highly unfortunate injury from a foul tip off his own bat.
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz will have an MRI on Wednesday for a groin injury. He was pulled from Tuesday's 4-1 win against the Miami Marlins in the third inning and was not in the lineup for Wednesday's series finale.
Tampa Bay Rays infielder Yandy Diaz hit a solo home run on Tuesday night in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle. Diaz, making his first All-Star Game appearance, hit his home run off of Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller.
The best stat to determine a player's worth is WAR (wins above replacement), an analytical metric that was not available until relatively recently. The formula for WAR differs for position players and pitchers, and I'll lay it out in layman's terms.
The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox gave us one of the best—or worst, depending on your viewpoint of these things—little league home runs in the Major Leagues this season.
Acquired in an offseason trade in 2018, first baseman Yandy Diaz has been one of the most consistent hitters on the Tama Bay Rays over the past four seasons and is off to his best start in 2023.
Taking a deeper dive into how Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz has developed into one of the best at his position.
Update: 10:10 a.m. ET: Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times says that Diaz will get an MRI on Monday and that Diaz has been bothered by the groin for a few days.
The issue didn’t begin with today’s game, as Diaz noted that he’d been dealing with some groin problems for the last few days.
The Rays expect to deploy Yandy Díaz frequently at first base during the upcoming season, manager Kevin Cash informed reporters.
For Diaz, the new contract locks in some long-term security and the first major payday for a player who turned 31 last August.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Diaz was packing his bags for the flight home from Cincinnati on Sunday when he reminded everyone that the world wasn't ending just because the Tampa Bay Rays had been swept by a lowly Reds team.
NEW YORK — As much as hot dogs and Cracker Jack and a cold beer on a hot sunny night, the New York Yankees getting the occasional break from umpires in a tight game at Yankee Stadium ranks right up there in baseball traditions, too.
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz seemed to lose his cool a bit during Game 6 of the ALCS at a very bizarre time.
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