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Rays 2B Brandon Lowe (oblique) lands on injured list
Lowe was hurt on Tuesday swinging a bat in preparation to enter as a pinch hitter. Injuries limited Lowe to 68 games in 2022 and 109 last year. He hit 39 homers and drove in 99 runs during the 2021 season. “The only time frame that I have is that he feels remarkably better than […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingKevin Cash on speculation he’ll join Guardians: ‘Very happy’ with Rays
“I’m very happy here,” Cash said Monday at the season wrap-up news conference. “I’m under contract here and looking forward to next year, for sure.” The 64-year-old Francona recently stepped down as Cleveland manager. He has been slowed by major health issues in recent years. Cash played for Francona with the Boston Red Sox and […]
Continue reading2023 MLB playoffs: World Series odds, postseason preview
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan and Xavier Scruggs assess the Houston Astros’ chances for another World Series appearance in 2023. (1:56) Let the 2023 MLB playoffs begin! Starting with this week’s wild-card series (beginning Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC), it’s sure to be another thrilling October of postseason baseball. We’ve got you […]
Continue readingRangers’ Max Scherzer out for regular season with muscle strain
Texas Rangers ace Max Scherzer will miss the remainder of the regular season and is “unlikely” to pitch in the postseason after straining a muscle in his upper arm, general manager Chris Young said Wednesday. Scherzer, 39, was the Rangers’ prized trade-deadline acquisition, landing him in a deal with the New York Mets for infield […]
Continue readingRays’ Shane McClanahan out for season with left arm injury
The Rays moved the left-handed ace from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL before Saturday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians. He was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 4. McClanahan is scheduled to see Dr. Keith Meister on Monday. Options under consideration include Tommy John surgery. He missed the 2016 collegiate season […]
Continue readingTyler Glasnow’s back improving, but Rays push back start 2 days
Glasnow played catch, including long toss, for 11 minutes and then had a 14-pitch bullpen session Friday He was scratched from a start last weekend because of the spasms and was shut down until Wednesday after getting an injection. “He looked good,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “He could go tomorrow, but trying to […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 19: Who are biggest risers and fallers?
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan and Brad Doolittle break down recent surge into the top 10 for the Phillies and Mariners in the Power Rankings. (2:42) With a little less than two months of regular-season baseball left to play, the postseason picture is slowly starting to take shape. While certain teams look like they’re […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Five pitchers to salvage your 2023 season
It’s been one rough week on the pitching injury front — as if any week can’t be described as that — with the news that both Shane McClanahan, a top-25 positional point scorer at the time of his IL placement, and Joe Musgrove, a top-25 points-per-start performer for the season, will miss most (if not […]
Continue readingShane McClanahan ‘highly unlikely’ to pitch again in 2023, Kevin Cash says
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays All-Star left-hander Shane McClanahan might not pitch again this season. Rays manager Kevin Cash said before Tuesday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals that McClanahan will have his injured left forearm evaluated by another specialist soon but it is “highly unlikely” that he will pitch again this […]
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