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World Series 2020: Ranking all 56 players in the Los Angeles Dodgers-Tampa Bay Rays Fall Classic

Some years the World Series comes down to the most famous player on the roster, and some years it comes down to the least famous. If we knew which it would be this year, we could narrow our attention to that one part of the field. But the nature of baseball is just the opposite: […]

World Series 2020: Randy Arozarena shines brightest in Tampa Bay Rays’ no-star approach to owning October

Let us all, as fans of America’s game, mull over the ramifications of what we have just seen: The Tampa Bay Rays are going to the World Series. And Randy Arozarena was the MVP of an American League Championship Series that featured Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, George Springer and Zack Greinke. Even as […]

MLB playoffs 2020: Breaking down bad blood in all four division series

I don’t expect Fernando Tatis Jr. to hit a triple, slide into third base, get tangled up with Justin Turner and then pop up and try to punch Turner in the face, like what happened with George Brett and Graig Nettles in the 1976 American League Championship Series. I don’t expect the Yankees and Rays […]

Tampa Bay Rays include rookie LHP Shane McClanahan, Ji-Man Choi on first-round roster

McClanahan was a first-round pick in the amateur draft two years ago who pitched at Class A and Double-A in 2019. He joined first baseman Ji-Man Choi and infielder Yandy Diaz, who have been on the injured list, in being added to the active roster before Game 1 of the best-of-three series. To make room […]

Yankees’ Aroldis Chapman, Aaron Boone, Rays’ Kevin Cash suspended

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman and manager Aaron Boone and Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash have all been suspended for their roles in an incident Tuesday night in New York. Chapman received a three-game ban, while Boone and Cash were suspended one game each. All received undisclosed fines. “I don’t think I should […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday’s games

Elsewhere, it’s a great night for fans of young pitching, as four rookies continue their freshman campaign. In fact, they all made the pitching recommendations. Finding batters in favorable spots was a bit of a chore. A lot of credit goes to the ESPN fantasy managers, as they’ve been on top of all emerging players […]

Benches empty after Aroldis Chapman’s brushback pitch as Yankees finally defeat Rays

NEW YORK — Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman threw a 101 mph fastball near the head of pinch hitter Michael Brosseau while closing out his first save of the season, prompting the benches to empty after New York ended a six-game losing streak against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night. Chapman’s first […]