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

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 at George M. Steinbrenner Field — the Yankees’ spring training home since 1996. In return, the Rays will use the Yankees’ home clubhouse and training facilities, including the team’s new multistory baseball operations building set to open before the start of spring training. The Rays’ scoreboard and game presentation teams will take on their usual roles at GMS Field, and groundskeepers from the Yankees will manage the park’s upkeep. Though insurance will cover the majority of expenses incurred by the Rays in renting the Yankees’ spring training facility, the Rays are responsible for the costs of upgrading an adjacent field, where the Yankees’ Low-A affiliate, the Tampa Tarpons, play their regular-season games.