Darby Robinson

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Senior Writer at DRays Bay

Senior Writer for @DRaysBay, Co-host of @RYVpodcast and Who's On Worst? podcasts.

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Rays 1, DBacks 5: (No) Good Luck, Babe

3 weeks ago | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Rays are in such a weird spot right now. It’s easy to claim that they are just a bad team. It’s easy to just lament this is the same song and dance from 2024. But the reality is far stranger. Tonight, much like the rest of the season, the Rays hit extra base hits, they had RISP, they got a quality start from the starter, and they had ample opportunities to flip the script. That’s the way the 2025 Rays have played! this is not the 2024 Rays.
TB 3, TEX 4: Rays rally late, but can’t break the Texas Curse

1 month ago | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images The Rays will have to wait a long while longer to get a victory in Arlington, Texas. Whatever is in the water in Texas (and judging by their increasingly poor environmental regulations, probably a LOT of things) the Raangers are able to find just enough, every game, to be able to get by with a W vs the Rays. For years now, the Heart of Texas Lowes that the Rangers call a stadium has been a house of horrors.
Rays 6, Pirates 1: Tropicana East elects a new Mayor

1 month ago | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Baseball is a game of unrelenting failure. At the very best, at a Hall of Fame level, you are still failing the majority of the time. That’s the beauty of this game. Much like life, there’s failures, you get knocked down, and when you persevere and find yourself back on your feet, it all makes each moment of success all the more sweet.
TB 3 SEA 2: Siri Springs Rays to a late night win

Aug 27, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Jose Siri loves a spotlight. For the third time on this very road trip, Siri came through with the hero bat with a miraculous and monster HR that he and the rest of Rays fans got to watch sail into the night to swipe victory from the jaws of defeat. Rays fight to return to .500 again was not easy. They still didn’t get a hit with a runner in scoring position.
Rays 3 Dodgers 7: Ohtani joins the 40-40 club

Aug 23, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The good from tonight’s game: The Rays offense had a few more hits, got two nice HRs from players who are going to be a part of the near future, bullpen continued to be exciting, and they made the much, MUCH better Dodgers team sweat. The bad: they ultimately got beat because Enrique Hernandez, who has not had a positive impact since he went full Barry Bonds vs the Rays in the 2021 ALDS, had a game tying 3 run HR.
Dylan Carlson is part of the Rays future

Aug 20, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson |Daniel Russell

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Dylan Carlson was a last second deal for the Rays at the 2024 trade deadline, as the Rays dealt from their veteran bullpen depth to round out the roster needs after Randy Arozarena was traded to Seattle, but the timing of the deal does not mean it was an afterthought.
Rays 8, D-Backs 7: Extra Inning Exhaustion

Aug 18, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images I had to double check, but in the official rules of Major League Baseball both teams cannot be awarded a loss for the same game. Although, the game tape of this will be submitted to federal courts to review and maybe we can get that changed. But until the Supreme Court rules, the Rays officially did indeed get the W and complete the most unlikely sweep of the season, maybe for any team.
Rays Your Voice: Rays trade Randy Arozarena and Zach Eflin

Jul 27, 2024 | draysbay.com | Brett Rutherford |Darby Robinson

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Darby is back! Just in time to react to two major trades, as the Rays sent All-Star “face of the franchise” Randy Arozarena to the Seattle Mariners, and Opening Day starter Zach Eflin to the Baltimore Orioles. We debate whether or not the timing was right to trade Randy, and what these moves for the rest of this season.
Rays 3, Pirates 4: Jones beats Eflin (and Rays batters) as Pirates take game 2

Jun 22, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Rays had one inning today where it seemed like maybe, just maybe, this offense would actually be able to challenge Jared Jones and his elite arsenal. But much like how the 1st ended with but a whimper, the Rays would mount no serious threat vs Jones at any point the rest of the afternoon. Adding injury to insult, the Rays quickly suffered a few big losses at the hands of Jones wild fastball command.
2024 Sunburst Awards: Minnesota Twins games 73-75

Jun 20, 2024 | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images “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. This edition will be covering the 24th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Minnesota Twins from June 18 to June 20, a three game series at Target Field.