AL East Sleepers: Tampa Bay Devil Rays

For a team that, in any given year, is a collection of sleepers, this team has a number of high-upside contributors looking for either a rebound or breakout season. For the Rays to compete, they will need every player on the roster firing at all cylinders as the 2010 season is going to be – in all likelihood – the most competitive it has been since the 1990s. Both the Red Sox and Yankees have restocked, the Rays have plugged up their disappointments and shored up their injuries, while the Orioles just got a serious infusion of young talent. The Blue Jays are still an NL West contender in any given year.

BOS 4, TAM 3: Dialed up

The Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics had already won their playoff games. So, It couldn't have been more fitting that Jonathan Papelbon had a chance to close out the Boston sports tri-fecta.

Know Thine Enemy 2009: Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off their first successful season in the history of the franchise. Finally, they're not considered doormats with no vision of the future. Now the Pirates stand alone there. (Even the Royals are much improved!)

This club is scary in the pool of young talent they already hold plus more on the way in the minor leagues. The Rays will compete for a very, very long time. But will they be able to withstand the Red Sox and Yankees assault in 2009?

TB 9, BOS 1: Upton, Baldelli ring out Sox

B. J. Upton and Rocco Baldelli both belted three-run home runs in the Rays 9-1 win over Boston to take…

Checking Up On The AL East

Since the AL East has been a loaded division in 2008 with zero easy opponents for the Red Sox, it

Know Thy Enemy: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays

When you’ve finished nine of the ten seasons in your franchise’s history in last place of your division and you’ve…

Mr. Clutch is back and just in time for the Yankees series

With no walk-off homers all season long David Ortiz hit a two-run walk-off homerun off of Tampa Bay Devil Rays’…

Upton ruins Dice-K’s night

One pitch was the difference as Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up a two-run homerun to B.J. Upton eventually losing the game…

No ninth inning rally this time

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Al Reyes did not allow this quote to…

Wakefield picks up slipping Red Sox

Tim Wakefield made Manager Terry Francona’s decision in how to use his bullpen in this game by pitching for 8…