It’s on the Rays to show by March 31 that they have met a checklist of obligations that would unlock public funding for the project, including whether the team has its share of $700 million. If ...

There’s growing pressure for Rays owner Stu Sternberg to sell the ballclub amid consideration that he may back out of a stadium deal in St. Petersburg. Both MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and ...

PORT CHARLOTTE — As spring training baseball kicks off this week with pitchers and catchers reporting in Florida and Arizona, no team is dealing with off-field issues like the Tampa Bay Rays.

PORT CHARLOTTE — Now that the last of the big-name free agents have come off the board, here’s a question you do not often hear: Did the Rays finish near the top in value added? Sounds goofy, no?

For the second straight spring, the Rays will train at Charlotte Sports Park. The team’s spring training home since 2009, the venue was hit by Hurricane Ian in September 2022, forcing the Rays ...

Key additions: Ha-Seong Kim is the most significant, slotting in at shortstop (once healthy, perhaps in May) as the Rays still seek to replace Wander Franco. Jansen brings a strong defensive ...