TAMPA — After Yandy Diaz took ball four in the bottom of the fifth inning, he faced the crowd as he unbuckled his shin guard and headed toward first base. His glare was aimed at a man wearing New York Yankee pinstripes seated in the first row near home plate, who Diaz said crossed a line by saying something about his family.

The commissioner acknowledged that the team will not move to a larger, neutral site should they host postseason games in 2025.

In baseball, there are moments that are bigger than the sport itself. For the Tampa Bay Rays and right fielder Josh Lowe, one of those moments was on full displ

TAMPA — When Hurricane Milton shredded Tropicana Field’s roof last fall, it made Rays home games susceptible to Florida’s summer weather for the first time in franchise history. On Sunday afternoon at Steinbrenner Field, the elements made themselves known with a signature Floridian combination.

Preview the July 23 matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

Sternberg has been under pressure to sell the team after a deal to build a new stadium in St. Pete, at the site of the current Tropicana Field, fell through. The deal collapsed after Tropicana Field was badly damaged by Hurricane Milton in October.

The Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles are in a rain delay. We'll have updates from Steinbrenner Field on the rain delay and weather forecast.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their entire 2025 home schedule at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida, due to the damage sustained by Tropicana Field after Hurricane Milton in October. Steinbrenner ...

Tampa Bay Rays grounds crew members prepare the field for a practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field during a stadium tour Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

The Tampa Bay Rays will play the 2025 MLB season at Steinbrenner Field, spring training home of the New York Yankees, as Tropicana Field gets repairs.