Tag: Rays
about 1 year ago
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Jays snap Rays’ record-tying streak on big night for Bo Bichette

Bichette goes 5 for 5, including career hit No. 500. The Rays were 13-0 before arriving at the Rogers Centre on Frida...

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about 1 year ago
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Blue Jays face toughest test yet in red-hot Rays

Tampa Bay rolls into town Friday night riding a perfect 13-0 start, tied for the longest unbeaten streak to open a se...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Why the Jays should hope they’ve seen the last of the Trop after series split

Tampa Bay’s home park is no treat for any opponent, but especially the Jays over the years. The roof, the field quirk...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | One Blue Jay isn’t haunted by Tampa’s house of horrors, and he’s heating up at just the...

Whit Merrifield, no longer a luxury with Santiago Espinal hurt, hits better at Tropicana Field than any other park, i...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | The Jays passed the test against the Rays, but not with flying colours

Taking three of five with the top AL wild-card spot in the balance somehow still feels like the Jays left something o...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Ailing Alek Manoah guts it out before Blue Jays rally to split doubleheader with Rays

The Jays’ ace is scratched from Game 1 with a stomach bug, but declares himself fit to start Game 2.

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almost 2 years ago
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Kevin Gausman was a one-hit wonder for the Jays in win over Rays

The Jays right-hander allowed just one hit, a single in the sixth, and fanned 10 Rays in Tuesday night’s series opene...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | The Jays were due to lose a series. How they respond will decide their wild-card fate

The Jays finished the Rays series no longer in control of their own fate. However, with two series looming against me...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Ryan Borucki’s pitch had a purpose. The Jays know it. The Rays know it. This might not ...

The Toronto reliever is a lock for a suspension after plunking Kevin Kiermaier, the Rays outfielder who walked off wi...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | There’s bad blood between the winning Jays and first-place Rays, and it might just spil...

The drama is fun to watch from afar. Internally, the Jays shouldn’t be wasting their time with any of it. Forget abou...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Blue Jays ace Robbie Ray stumbles against Rays, and the Cy Young race just got tighter

It was missed opportunity by Ray to separate himself from Yankees ace Gerrit Cole in the competitive battle to be nam...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Robbie (Cy) Ray is money in the bank for the Blue Jays: ‘He was just nasty today’

Ray, who handled the first-place Rays with ease on Wednesday, has become the ace of this team and surely the starter ...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | The Blue Jays have emerged as the most feared team in the American League. Timing is ev...

What’s more important than anything else in baseball is getting hot at the right time. The Jays are proving that this...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | The Blue Jays are hitting the all-star break softly — and the rotation suddenly needs a...

The Jays need Ross Stripling to revert to recent form if they’re entertaining any idea of making a wild-card push ove...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | ‘Obviously, we don’t feel good right now.’ The sliding Blue Jays have suddenly reached ...

A battered and bruised Jays team appears to be falling apart, with a losing skid now at six games. Per FanGraphs, wit...

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over 3 years ago
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James Paxton? Jake Odorizzi? The Blue Jays’ next pitching move could decide the AL East

In another division, adding George Springer to a young core that’s already making a name for itself might be enough f...

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