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6 days ago | mlb.com | Adam Berry

TAMPA -- Shortly after officially coming off the injured list Thursday afternoon, Richie Palacios promised that he was “ready to go.”He backed up his words in the batter’s box. Palacios had a career-high-tying three hits, stole a base and scored a run in the Rays’ 6-3 loss to the Yankees on Thursday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa Bay’s third straight defeat. “He looked really good. Very comfortable at the plate. Swings looked good,” manager Kevin Cash said of Palacios.

1 week ago | mlb.com | Adam Berry

TAMPA -- The Rays’ first matchup of the season against an American League East rival couldn’t have started on a more promising note. And it couldn’t have ended with a more frustrating finish. On Monday night, the Rays smacked the ball around George M. Steinbrenner Field and cruised to a 16-1 win over the Red Sox, matching the largest margin of victory in franchise history. But after that triumph came a 7-4 loss and Wednesday night’s 1-0 defeat, dropping them to 8-10 on the year.

1 week ago | mlb.com | Adam Berry

TAMPA -- Jake Mangum got the ball. The wall got his batting gloves. With two outs in the ninth inning of the Rays’ 1-0 loss to the Red Sox on a windy Wednesday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Mangum tracked a Carlos Narváez fly ball straight back to the warning track, ditched his hat and made a quick cut toward right field to record the out. The 29-year-old rookie’s momentum led him to spin and bounce off the fence.

1 week ago | mlb.com | Adam Berry

This story was excerpted from Adam Berry’s Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TAMPA -- What Jonathan Aranda has done to start the season is impressive. The Rays' first baseman finished Monday’s rout of the Red Sox with a .395/.460/.698 slash line, good for a 1.158 OPS that ranked second among all qualified hitters at the end of the night. The only hitter ahead of him? Reigning American League MVP Aaron Judge.

1 week ago | mlb.com | Adam Berry

TAMPA - Lo que Jonathan Aranda ha hecho para comenzar la temporada es impresionante. El inicialista mexicano de los Rays terminó la paliza del lunes a los Medias Rojas con una línea ofensiva de .395/.460/.698, lo que le deba un OPS de 1.158 que ocupaba el segundo lugar entre todos los bateadores calificados al terminar la jornada. ¿El único bateador por delante de él? El reinante Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Americana, Aaron Judge.