Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press. You’re going to see Major League Baseball in a small environment.” Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Rays-Yankees deal is good for the sport and the Tampa Bay region. “This outcome meets Major League Baseball’s goals that Rays fans will see their team play next season in their home market and that their players can remain home without disruption to their families,” Manfred said in a news release. The fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of Florida.

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Exiled from the Trop, the Rays might have MLB’s best home clubhouse at Yankees’ spring training site
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Exiled from the Trop, the Rays might have MLB’s best home clubhouse at Yankees’ spring training site

Associated Press  

Fla. — “Extreme Makeover: Baseball Edition” is about to premiere. When Tampa Bay players leave Steinbrenner Field following the New York Yankees’ spring training home finale on March 23, their staff will launch a 120-hour transformation of the ballpark for the Rays’ season in exile from storm-damaged Tropicana Field. Concluding the ballpark couldn’t be repaired quickly, Tampa Bay found an …

Red Sox-Yankees spring game time moved because of expected rain, foreshadowing Rays’ season
1 month ago

Red Sox-Yankees spring game time moved because of expected rain, foreshadowing Rays’ season

Associated Press  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The start time for Monday’s spring training game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been moved because of expected heavy rainfall, foreshadowing what the Tampa Bay Rays might have to deal with this year as they play a season outdoors. The Red Sox announced on Sunday that Monday’s game at JetBlue Park …

Rays prepare for uncertain future, playing home games at Steinbrenner Field this season
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rays prepare for uncertain future, playing home games at Steinbrenner Field this season

Associated Press  

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The Rays are used to uncertainty as they prepare for a regular season with home games at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, the spring training base of the New York Yankees. “For us, this is what we’ve known,” Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said Tuesday at the team’s spring training complex. “We’ve had different types of …

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

CNN  

St. Petersburg, Florida AP — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to …

Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to the …

Rays manager Kevin Cash embraces unusual home arrangement after roof damage to Tropicana Field
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rays manager Kevin Cash embraces unusual home arrangement after roof damage to Tropicana Field

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Rays manager Kevin Cash returned to the Tampa Bay area the morning after Hurricane Milton struck the Florida coast in October and saw the extensive damage to the roof of his home ballpark, Tropicana Field. “Like many people, I didn’t think it was real,” Cash said at the winter meetings near downtown Dallas on Tuesday. “Your mind just …

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.

New York Times  

DALLAS — As the baseball world awaits the decision on which team superstar outfielder Juan Soto will sign with in free agency, the New York Yankees announced the details of their partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2025 season. Due to damage sustained by Tropicana Field in October from Hurricane Milton, the Rays will play their home games …

St. Petersburg backs a new $1.3B ballpark for the Rays. Now it’s up to Pinellas County
3 months, 3 weeks ago

St. Petersburg backs a new $1.3B ballpark for the Rays. Now it’s up to Pinellas County

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ potential new ballpark got a boost Thursday when the St. Petersburg City Council voted to approve the bonds necessary to finance the $1.3 billion stadium. Meanwhile, the Rays will play this season in the New York Yankees’ spring training site, Steinbrenner Field in Tampa because of hurricane damage to Tropicana Field. The …

Rays will play 19 of their first 22 games at home as MLB switches series to avoid summer rain
4 months ago

Rays will play 19 of their first 22 games at home as MLB switches series to avoid summer rain

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball switched a pair of series involving the Tampa Bay Rays to the first two months of the season in an attempt to avoid summer rain at open-air Steinbrenner Field, their temporary home following damage to Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay is scheduled to play 19 of its first 22 games at home and 37 of …

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation
4 months, 1 week ago

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays’ ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation. “Given the devastation in that area, it’s kind of only fair to give the local governments in the Tampa Bay region …

Tampa Bay Rays say new St. Pete stadium is unlikely to be ready for 2028 season, if at all
4 months, 1 week ago

Tampa Bay Rays say new St. Pete stadium is unlikely to be ready for 2028 season, if at all

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A combination of severe hurricane damage to Tropicana …

Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 MLB season at AL East rivals’ George M. Steinbrenner Field
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 MLB season at AL East rivals’ George M. Steinbrenner Field

CNN  

CNN — The Tampa Bay Rays will play next season in a New York Yankees-owned ballpark. The Tampa-based George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees and their Low-A minor league affiliate, Tampa Tarpons, will serve as the Rays’ home field in 2025, the team announced on Thursday. 🩵 — Tampa Bay Rays November 14, 2024 The …

Rays to play 2025 home games at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa after hurricane damage to Trop
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rays to play 2025 home games at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa after hurricane damage to Trop

New York Times  

The Tampa Bay Rays, for the first time in their history, will actually play their home games in Tampa. Tropicana Field, the Rays’ home facility, was “significantly damaged” during Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, with the roof being ripped off. “We deeply appreciate that the Yankees have graciously allowed us to play at Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 season,’’ Rays …

Manfred: Rays expected to have stadium situation figured out by Christmas
5 months ago

Manfred: Rays expected to have stadium situation figured out by Christmas

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has late December in mind as a target for the Tampa Bay Rays to know what stadium they’ll call home to open 2025. “I think by Christmas they gotta have a pretty good plan in place, and there’s a lot to that,” Manfred said during batting practice before Game 2 of …

Tampa Bay Rays’ 2025 stadium unclear, but unlikely to be Nashville or Salt Lake City: Source
5 months ago

Tampa Bay Rays’ 2025 stadium unclear, but unlikely to be Nashville or Salt Lake City: Source

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball and the Players Association just worked through the last remaining big-ticket item for the A’s move to Sacramento, a playing surface to combat the heat: MLB is going with grass, not turf as it originally planned. Two possibilities are Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training facility, in Tampa, and the old spring training home …

Hurricane Milton rips off Rays’ Tropicana Field roof. It was built to withstand 115-mph winds
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane Milton rips off Rays’ Tropicana Field roof. It was built to withstand 115-mph winds

LA Times  

The dome of Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, in St. Petersburg, Fla., was torn open by Hurricane Milton. Tropicana Field lost most of its roof Wednesday night as Hurricane Milton came and brought winds up to 120 mph to parts of Florida. 💙 pic.twitter.com/X9fwjZdcRX — Tampa Bay Rays October 10, 2024 Earlier this week, the …

Rays’ Wild Card opener draws 19,704, lowest since 1919 for non-pandemic MLB postseason
1 year, 5 months ago

Rays’ Wild Card opener draws 19,704, lowest since 1919 for non-pandemic MLB postseason

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The AL Wild Card Series opener between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays drew an announced crowd of just 19,704 to Tropicana Field on Tuesday, the lowest for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Game 7 of the 1919 World Series …

Plan outlined for new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, redevelopment
2 years, 1 month ago

Plan outlined for new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, redevelopment

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays will be built near the current one under plans unveiled Monday as part of a massive redevelopment project that also includes affordable housing, office space and retail in what was once a thriving Black neighborhood. Mayor Ken Welch, of St. Petersburg, Florida, chose a partnership between the Rays …

MLB’s Manfred says sense of urgency in Rays’ ballpark search
3 years, 1 month ago

MLB’s Manfred says sense of urgency in Rays’ ballpark search

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball officials “have a sense of urgency” to find a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays after scrapping a plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal when the team’s lease at Tropicana Field expires following the 2027 season. It hampers the ability of the business to operate and the club to operate the most effective …

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