The Rays will get a glimpse of their future in Spring Training. And that future may not be far away. The Rays announced on Thursday that 30 players on Minor League contracts have been invited to Major League camp.
The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that 30 players on Minor League contracts have been invited to Major League Spring Training in 2025. The following is a positional list of the non-roster invites joining the Rays in Port Charlotte,
Carson Williams, Xavier Isaac, Brayden Taylor and Tre' Morgan will join the Rays down in Charlotte County, setting them up for a taste of the Grapefruit League.
The state's spring training sites come alive once again. And Rays fans get a brief respite from stadium talk while the team preps for a entire season played outdoors in Tampa.
The offseason has not deviated from the typical tinkering and cash saving maneuvers. Indeed, the almighty dollar is always on the front burner with the front office.
The Rays have extended Isaac an invitation to big-league camp during spring training, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Isaac slashed .264/.370/.480 with 18 home runs and 15 stolen bases over 102 games between High-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery in 2024.
Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg told the Tampa Bay Times that a decision on whether to proceed with a $1.3 billion stadium in St. Petersburg will come "well before" a March deadline on public funding.
The Rays signed Hernandez to a minor-league contract Thursday that includes an invitation to spring training, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Hernandez, 28, posted a 5.40 ERA and 39:28 K:BB over 43.
Junior Caminero, who helped lead Leones del Escogido to a Dominican Winter League championship this week, is drawing rave reviews from those around him.
The Rays are counting heavily on Caminero — who hit .248 with a .724 OPS in 43 games last season — to bolster an offense that was one of the majors' worst last season and made only one significant addition, signing free-agent catcher Danny Jansen.
With just weeks ahead of the start of Spring Training, another utility infielder that the New York Yankees were linked to is now off the market. As first report
ST. PETERSBURG — As the Tampa Bay Rays face a March deadline that could decide the fate of a $1.3 billion baseball stadium and surrounding development, principal owner Stuart Sternberg said Monday they are still deciding what to do.