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As the calendar flips to May, Major League Baseball's 2024 season is coming into focus.

Nathan Eovaldi struck out eight in seven shutout innings. Corey Seager homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Wednesday. Eovaldi (1-0) scattered four hits and walked one, throwing 103 pitches.

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Randy Arozarena homered and drove in two runs, celebrating his solo shot by signing autographs for fans after returning to the dugout, to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Right-hander Zack Littell (1-0) allowed four singles over six scoreless innings for the Rays, who've won two straight after losing by six runs to their AL East rivals on opening day. Arozarena, a first-time All-Star a year ago, had a RBI single off Yusei Kikuchi (0-1) in th...

The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 during opening day for MLB at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Thursday. The Blue Jays scored five runs in the sixth inning to take control of the game.

The Tampa Bay Rays will take on a new turf and the Toronto Blue Jays to start the season on Thursday.

ST. PETERSBURG — Though some of the government officials with a vote, among others, have taken swings at the merits of the Rays’ new stadium project, principal owner Stuart Sternberg said Thursday that he is confident they will get the deal approved. More so than ever. “As we sit here today, the end of March, I feel as positive as I have at any point in time,” Sternberg said before the season ...

The Minnesota Twins acquired outfielder Manuel Margot, minor league shortstop Rayne Doncon and cash on Monday from the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league shortstop Noah Miller. In conjunction with the trade, the Dodgers announced a $4 million, one-year contract to keep Kiké Hernández. The 29-year-old Margot just joined the Dodgers two months ago with starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow in a trade with Tampa Bay.

Reliever Phil Maton and the Tampa Bay Rays finalized a $6.5 million, one-year contract on Wednesday, a deal that includes a 2025 club option and could be worth $14 million over two years. Maton gets a $6.25 million salary this season, and the Rays have a $7.75 million option with a $250,000 buyout. A 30-year-old right-hander, Maton was 4-3 with a 3.00 ERA with 74 strikeouts over 66 innings last year for Houston, his 89 mph average fastball velocity down 2 mph from 2022.

Right-hander reliever Naoyuki Uwasawa will receive a $25,000 signing bonus as part of his minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, who must pay a release fee of $6,250 to the Pacific League’s Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. If added to the Rays' 40-man major league roster, Uwasawa would get a $2.5 million salary while in the major leagues and a $225,000 salary while assigned to the minors.