Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Tampa Bay Rays - March 01, 2024

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Cedric Mullins brings the Rays within one 👀

DeLuca Adds on Another Run ✌️

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Jonny DeLuca drives in Junior Caminero to pad the Rays lead!

Caminero Drives in Rays' 1st Run 💪

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Junior Caminero and the Rays strike first in the ALCS!

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ALCS Game 1 GDT: Small Ball All DayNow watch this be a 8-6 final score…

Bleacher Report•15h

Family Bikes to 30 MLB Parks ❤️Dad and son covered nearly 10,000 miles to every team's stadium for charity 🎥

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David Bednar's free agency creates awkward dilemma for Pirates after Mason Montgomery breakoutThe Pittsburgh Pirates have an opportunity to bring back one of their most beloved players this offseason. Unfortunately for David Bednar, they might have alrea

Rays' Game 1 Lineup 📋

Ryan Bass

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@Ry_Bass

Kevin Cash’s lineup today in Game 1 of the ALCS, which features a ton of right-handed bats against LHP Griffin, including Fortes and Williamson’s postseason debuts for #Rays. Cash said he called Chandler Simpson last night and told him he’ll continue to play huge part.

Guardians' Game 1 Lineup 📋

Cleveland Guardians

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@CleGuardians

Vibes are good, hbu? #GuardsBall | #StandGuard

Messick Starting ALCS Game 2

Tim Stebbins

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@tim_stebbins

Parker Messick is the Guardians’ starter for Game 2 of the ALCS.

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Tampa Bay Rays ALCS roster finalizedBrody Hopkins replaces Garrett Cleavinger

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ALCS Game One PreviewYour best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

All 4 Teams Chasing History 🏆

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Whoever comes out on top, baseball fans are in for a historic finish 👀

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Should the Rays be scared of Guardians?Low-scoring, one-run games are very much on the table in this series.

Ranking Top 25 Trade Chips For Offseason 🔢Why Griffin Jax and Shane McClanahan could be on the move ➡️

Guardians' ALCS Roster ✨

Cleveland Guardians

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@CleGuardians

Our roster for the American League Championship Series is set. #GuardsBall | #StandGuard

MLB Postseason Winners/Losers 📊Biggest takeaways from first two rounds 📲

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Brewers' latest playoff win exposes the Pirates' most frustrating unfinished businessThe Milwaukee Brewers are once again showing the Pittsburgh Pirates what a legitimate postseason contender looks like. And this time, the lesson has less to do

Rays' ALCS Roster ⚡

Rays Communications

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@RaysPR

The Tampa Bay Rays have announced their American League Championship Series roster.

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Carl Crawford to throw ALCS Game One first pitchYour best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

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Bob Nutting may be pushing for an MLB lockout that could force Pirates to spend moreFor years, Pittsburgh Pirates fans have begged Bob Nutting to spend more money. Ironically, the very labor battle that could threaten the 2027 MLB season might

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Henry Davis’ arbitration projection strips away Pirates’ easiest excuseHenry Davis is about to get a raise, but the Pittsburgh Pirates shouldn't pretend it's the kind of financial burden that complicates their offseason plans. If a

Umpires for NLCS and ALCS 📝Crews revealed for both championship series 📲

Bleacher Report•2d

ALCS & NLCS Predictions 🔮4 teams competing for a World Series berth. Brewers can stop the 3-peat 📲

Wild Dodgers Payroll Stat 😵LA spending more than every postseason team left combined 📲

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Murf Gray breakout could force Pirates to spend Brandon Lowe money elsewhereThe Pittsburgh Pirates may have found their most convenient excuse yet to let Brandon Lowe walk in free agency. Fortunately, this one might actually come with a

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Pirates’ rising arbitration bill is about to test whether ownership was ever serious about winningFor years, the Pittsburgh Pirates have sold their fans on the idea that financial flexibility would eventually translate into meaningful investment once their y

Bleacher Report•3d

Latest World Series Odds 🎲Fan and expert predictions ahead of Guardians-White Sox Game 5 📲

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Trent Grisham Landing Spots 📍10 destinations for Yankees OF next season after disappointing season 📲

Pirates have an obvious offseason need after bullpen games exposed major flawWhile there are some talented arms in the Pittsburgh Pirates' rotation, it was clear in 2026 that more depth was needed. Bullpen games became the norm down the

Reds gave Pirates the clearest reason yet why Brandon Lowe is worth the qualifying offerAs the Pirates look to 2027, finding a way to retain Brandon Lowe’s services should be a top priority. Not only was the second baseman Pittsburgh’s best player,

Paul Skenes and Pirates' young core have more to lose from MLB's looming lockout than fans realizeThe Pittsburgh Pirates have spent years asking fans to be patient while their young talent develops. Now, just as the franchise finally appears to be assembling

Bleacher Report•4d

10 Greatest MLB Divisional Series Upsets 😮Reflecting on the most unexpected triumphs ➡️

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Pirates 2026 season in review: OutfieldersSolid years from Cruz and Reynolds led the way for the outfield this season.

Pirates' new scouting director faces a draft challenge Pittsburgh hasn't had to worry about in yearsFor years, the Pittsburgh Pirates have enjoyed one significant advantage when it comes to building their future: premium positioning in the MLB Draft. That luxu

Bleacher Report•4d

Each Team's Biggest Roster Hole to Fix in Offseason ⚾The one personnel flaw the Pirates needs to address in 2027 📲

Pirates’ Endy Rodríguez decision will reveal how much faith they still have in his futureFor a few fleeting weeks in 2026, it looked like the Pittsburgh Pirates were finally getting the version of Endy Rodríguez they'd been waiting years to see. The

Bryan Reynolds’ bizarre 2026 stat may completely change how Pirates view his down yearFor much of the 2026 season, Pittsburgh Pirates fans were left wondering what happened to Bryan Reynolds' power. The veteran outfielder finished the year with j

Pirates' roster crunch could make Spencer Horwitz the odd man out in 2027The Pirates acquired Spencer Horwitz via trade two years ago, and Pittsburgh still isn’t quite sure what kind of player he is. Before he took the field for a re

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Pirates 2026 season in review: BullpenIt was an up-and-down year for the ‘pen.

Jazz Chisholm Landing Spots📍FA fits for All-Star 2B with Yankees stint likely over 📲

Bleacher Report•4d

🚨MLB Proposes Less GamesReturn of 154-game season. Opponent selection in postseason. Full MLB proposal to MLBPA here 📲

Best Fits for Michael King and Casey Mize ⚾Why the Nationals should look to sign one of San Diego's free agents ➡️

Pirates offseason rotation plan starts with one massive Mitch Keller decisionThinking long and hard about the Pittsburgh Pirates' offseason wishlist brings about several key needs. The top of that list is headed by retaining Brandon Lowe

World Series 2026 Picks from MLB ExpertsReviewing the most notable predictions for the remainder of the postseason

Payrolls for Remaining Playoff Teams 💰Dodgers almost as high as the other four teams combined. Tap for rankings 📲

Rays' Clubhouse Music 😏Only one choice after eliminating Yankees. Tap to watch 🎥

Boone: Yankees Clubhouse 'Broken'Manager describes emotional state of team after ALDS sweep

Paul Skenes’ imperfect 2026 season may have taught him more than his dominant ones ever couldPaul Skenes entered the major leagues without much experience being ordinary. He dominated college baseball. He tore through the minor leagues. He arrived in Pi

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Ball don’t lie: Rays 4, Yankees 3Your best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

Division Series Recap 🍿Yankees, Padres and Braves all eliminated. Tap to catch up on all the action 📲

AL and NLDS Overreactions 🗣️Can anyone beat the Dodgers? Time to trade Acuña Jr.? 📲

Rays Sweep Yankees in ALDS 🧹

Tampa Bay hits 2 HRs off Fried to advance to ALCS

MLB Lays Out Lockout PlansNew details emerge on 34-page memo with team owners and high-ranking execs (The Athletic)

Rays Hang On vs. Yankees 🤏Tampa Bay advances to ALCS for 1st time since 2020 after Volpe HR controversy

Rays Star Trolls Yankee After Sweep 🧹

Junior Caminero wasted no time after the final out

Volpe HR Taken Away 🙅

B/R Walk-Off

@BRWalkoff

ANTHONY VOLPE HITS GAME-TYING HOMER THEN HAS IT OVERTURNED AFTER FAN INTERFERENCE 🤯 OMG.

Mesa Jr. No-Doubter in 6th 💣

Rays OF knocks Fried out of game with Yankees on the brink of elimination 🎥

Mesa Jr. Got All of This One 🫡

VICTOR MESA JR. NO-DOUBT Rays go back in front!

Vilade's Solo Shot 💥

RYAN VILADE INTO THE FIRST ROW Rays lead!

Rays Strike First ⚡️

Jonathan Aranda opens the scoring in Game 3! #Postseason

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ALDS Game 3 GDT: Para bailar Bronx bambaOne win away…

Jackson Merrill’s old Paul Skenes quote has aged painfully for PiratesTwo years ago, Paul Skenes beat Jackson Merrill for National League Rookie of the Year. The Pittsburgh Pirates can keep that one. Because when Merrill reflecte

Pirates may regret Oscar Marin decision if Reds hand him a promotionThe Pittsburgh Pirates decided last offseason that Oscar Marin had taken their pitching staff as far as he could. Now, one year later, a division rival might de

Yankees Game 3 Lineup

New York Yankees

@Yankees

Game 3 in the Bronx. #RepBX

Rays Game 3 Lineup ⚡

#Rays lineup vs. #Yankees, with Vilade in vs LH Fried and with Simpson out:

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ALDS Game Three Preview: Rays seek to complete Yankees humiliationYour best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

11 years after Pirates’ 98-win heartbreak, 82 wins shouldn’t be treated like a breakthroughEleven years ago today, more than 40,000 fans packed PNC Park expecting the Pittsburgh Pirates to begin another October run. Instead, Jake Arrieta and the Chica

MLB Postseason Buzz 🗣️

😬 Yankees defensive struggles ♨️ Padres-Brewers drama 📳 LIVE with insider Jon Heyman

Bleacher Report•6d

Predicting the Outcome for Each Team's Top Free Agent 🔮How the Rays will decide to keep or let go of their most coveted available player ➡️

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The greatest MLB player from every stateBaseball is America’s pastime for a reason. It remains the one sport kids play from a young age and remain active in through high school in many cases. There ar

Wilber Dotel looks like a Pirates success story but still comes with one huge questionThe Pittsburgh Pirates' pitching was a mixed bag in 2026, providing both optimism and concern for 2027. The bullpen was a major issue in the first half, but the

Pirates should be embarrassed watching MLB’s smallest markets dominate OctoberThe Pittsburgh Pirates have spent years explaining all the ways baseball's economic system makes their job harder. Then October arrives, and teams facing many o

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Rays announce new Ballpark and District Experience Center for 2027A lengthy press release on a new in-person Stadium preview experience, to be located behind the Marriott on Westshore.

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Build a World Series Champ 🎮Tap to play. Share your record in the comments ⬇️

Spencer Horwitz’s Super Two status quietly makes Pirates’ offseason math more complicatedThe Pittsburgh Pirates knew their young core was eventually going to become more expensive. For some of that core, “eventually” is starting to arrive a little e

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How every MLB owner made their fortune, from Stan Kroenke to Steve CohenMLB owners are worth billions of dollars. This is nothing new. While most are in the business of private equity or even gain net worth courtesy of their team al

Pirates giving Brandon Lowe qualifying offer will be their easiest (and most fruitless) offseason callThe Pittsburgh Pirates' biggest Brandon Lowe decision this offseason should also be their easiest. Give him the qualifying offer. Lowe is headed for free agency

Ranking MLB's Top 50 Rookies 🔢Where Tampa Bay's first-year players stand across the league 📲

NY Post Trolls Yankees 🫠...with a Taylor Swift reference. See it here 📲

Pirates should be watching Milwaukee’s 2-0 lead as an offseason blueprintThe Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from the NLCS, and the Pittsburgh Pirates should be paying very close attention to how they got there. Thre Brewers didn’

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Mason Montgomery is Pirates breakout star for 2026Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Mason Montgomery is coming off an excellent 2026 campaign.

ALDS Game 2: Rays 5, Ben Rice 2Your best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

Rays' Big 4-Run Inning 🧨

Richie Palacios delivers clutch 2-RBI hit in 5th to help team to 2-0 lead vs. Yankees

Rays Radio Roasts Schlittler 😭

FOX Sports: MLB

@MLBONFOX

The radio call from Tampa Bay when Cam Schlittler was pulled from the game

Yankees Sloppy in Game 2 Loss 😬Rays out pitch Yankees, Schlittler in 5-2 ALDS win

Baker Slams the Door on Yankees 👊

The Rays are one win away from the ALCS! #Postseason

#RaysUp! Tampa Bay takes a 2-0 lead in the ALDS!

Simpson's BIG Infield Hit 💨

Chandler Simpson brings in another run for the Rays 💨

Hicks' Go-Ahead Hit 😤

ALDS Game 2 GDT: Rock the Trop!Primetime, baby!

Rays Strike First vs. Schlittler ⚡

The Rays score first in ALDS Game 2!

Andrew McCutchen’s MLB Network gig offers an intriguing glimpse at his post-Pirates futureAndrew McCutchen has spent nearly two decades making himself one of baseball’s most recognizable players. His latest October assignment offers a pretty convinci

Nick Martinez to Pitch Game 3

#Rays are planning to start RH Nick Martinez in ALDS Game 3 vs. #Yankees

Fried Expected to Pitch Game 3

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

Yankees are planning to start Max Fried in Game 3

White Sox’s stunning playoff run makes Pirates’ endless rebuild look even worseThe Chicago White Sox lost 121 games two years ago. It was the most losses by an MLB team in the Modern Era, the kind of season that ordinarily becomes shorthan

Rays Game 2 Lineup 📝

#Rays ALDS Game 2 lineup vs. #Yankees, RH Schlittler, with DeLuca over Mullins again:

Players Worse Than You Think 😖Analyzing which names were massive disappointments this year 📲

Every Playoff Team's October X-Factor ❌Each squad's key to crushing the MLB postseason

My five favorite pitches from Drew Rasmussen’s near no-noYour best source for quality Tampa Bay Rays news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

ALDS Game Two Preview: Must win for the YankeesCarlos Peña will throw out the first pitch as the Rays try to take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS

Manny Ramírez Wants to CoachLegendary slugger seeking hitting role in MLB or minors (Heyman)

Realistic Offseason Trade Ideas 💡Assessing how the Brewers and Pirates could make a move ➡️

Paul Skenes’ historic arbitration raise should eliminate Pirates’ favorite offseason excusePaul Skenes is about to get a massive raise. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, it still isn't massive enough to justify pinching pennies anywhere else. MLB Trade Rumo

Game 2 Doubleheader 🍿

TNT Sports U.S.

@TNTSportsUS

The ALDS rolls on with a pair of Game 2s 🔥 @whitesox vs @CleGuardians // 5pm ET @Yankees vs @RaysBaseball // 8pm ET

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Pirates urged to make trade with division rivalThe Pittsburgh Pirates could be busy on the trade market this offseason.

Braves just showed Pirates what a bullpen game is supposed to look like in masterclass vs. DodgersAfter the Pittsburgh Pirates spent the final weeks of the 2026 season trying to survive bullpen games, the Atlanta Braves just used one to beat the defending Wo

Oneil Cruz's surprising ranking adds sting to Pirates' lost opportunityAs the MLB playoffs rage on, the Pittsburgh Pirates sit home; it's hard not to stop and think about what could have been. After an embarrassing 71-91 campaign l

Pirates dumped Ke'Bryan Hayes before his bat made heinous history for the RedsThe Pirates have reveled in first-round pick success of late, seeing Paul Skenes, Konnor Griffin, Carmen Mlodzinski, and Nick Gonzales blossom, but that win str

Rays Hype Drew RasmussenPitcher's teammates say he 'threw the s--t out of it' after near postseason no-no

Don Kelly’s entire lifetime puts Pirates’ postseason drought into brutal perspectiveDon Kelly is no spring chicken. He has nine big-league seasons under his belt as a player and just wrapped up his first full season as Pirates manager, leading

MLB Division Series Game 1 Recap 🎬Results, top highlights and more from every matchup Saturday 📲

Wells on Getting Thrown Out 👀Yankees catcher says 'you have to take risks'

We all bow to Drew Rasmussen: Rays 1, Yankees 0Is this the best post season start in Rays history?

Rays Reveal Tomahawk Steak 🥩New concession item for postseason just dropped and it's a big one

Yankees' Historically Bad Game 1 📉Rasmussen holds NY to 1 hit or fewer for first time in postseason history 📲

Rasmussen Ties Franchise Record 💎

Rays ace had no-hitter spoiled in 8th but finished with 10 Ks in Game 1

Wells Makes Final Out at 3rd 😬

Yankees catcher breaks up Rasmussen’s no-hitter in 8th but makes baserunning blunder

ALDS Game 1 GDT: Troptober BeginsTime to show up, Drew!

Aranda Clobbers Solo Shot 😮‍💨

Jonathan Aranda ... WAY OUT OF HERE 🔥 @RaysBaseball strikes first in the ALDS!

Schlittler Shades the Trop 😬Yankees ace expecting home game energy at Rays' ballpark 🎥

Rays ALDS Game 1 Lineup ⚡

#Rays lineup vs. #Yankees, RH Cole, with DeLuca in CF:

Pirates' bold Kyle Schwarber offer could come back to haunt them with Brandon LoweThe Pittsburgh Pirates may have accidentally destroyed one of their own potential excuses for letting Brandon Lowe walk. Last offseason, Pittsburgh reportedly o

World Series Odds 🎲Breaking down final 8 teams' chances before divisional series begin ➡️

Judge Not On Yanks ALDS RosterGiancarlo Stanton will be available to play vs. Rays (multiple reports)

Pirates' first offseason signing rumor gets debunked in fittingly lame twistFor a few hours, it looked like the Pittsburgh Pirates had made their first move of the offseason. Somehow, the truth was even less exciting. A transactions log

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Jared Jones, Mason Montgomery earn National League award honors for SeptemberThe Pirates’ pitching staff received elite efforts from two of their hardest- throwing arms.

ABS Challenge Success Rate 📈How every MLB team did in first season with system 📲

Pirates insider predicts Brandon Lowe heartbreak fans are already fearingPittsburgh Pirates fans have known for months that Brandon Lowe’s looming free agency could end painfully. Now, one prominent insider is predicting exactly that

MLB Divisional Round Picks 🔮How the Rays will fare in October ➡️