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Key Position Surprisingly Named as a Need for the Rays This Offseason

The Tampa Bay Rays are seeking to have a strong offseason and get back into contention in 2026 after missing the playoffs last year. It was a bit of a frustrating campaign for the team in 2025, with the campaign being a bit of a tale of two seasons.

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Rays Rightfully Receive Strong Power Ranking Heading into This Offseason

The Tampa Bay Rays have started up their offseason with the goal of improving for the 2026 campaign. Coming into the winter, there is still a lot to like about the Rays.

MLB News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 8

Giants Make Sense as Potential Trade Partner for Star Slugger

The Tampa Bay Rays have started up their offseason, and they have already started to see their roster take shape for 2026. To start the winter, the Rays knew that they would have a couple of important decisions to make regarding key players with options on their contracts.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 8

Rays Make Sense as Potential Fit for Reunion With Free Agent This Offseason

The Tampa Bay Rays have entered the offseason and are already making some significant changes to their roster. As expected, this was a team that figured to be active during the winter, and that has proven to be true.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 8

Rays Predicted To Make Splash in Free Agency, Signing Yankees Outfielder

One of the positions that the Tampa Bay Rays are focused on upgrading this offseason is the outfield. President of baseball operations Erik Neander was not shy when discussing what the team was looking for out of the positional group.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 8

Rays Receive Overly Harsh Critique Being Placed Too Low in Too Early Power Rankings

The Tampa Bay Rays have already been making some changes to their roster this offseason. A myriad of moves were made to clean things up on the 40-man roster to open up spots for players needing to be activated off the 60-day injured list.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 8

Rays Have Been Actively Canvassing League for Trades To Upgrade This Position

The Tampa Bay Rays have already had a very busy offseason and free agency hasn’t even gotten underway yet. Under new ownership, some people around the league believe that the Rays will be more active this winter than in years past.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Last Word On Sports / November 7

Rays Surprisingly Decline Option on Veteran Closer

Well, that registers as a bit of a surprise. The Tampa Bay Rays declined the contract option on veteran reliever Pete Fairbanks minutes before the deadline on Thursday.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 7

Rays Not Picking Up Option for Star Relief Pitcher Was Wrong Decision

With the offseason now fully underway for the Tampa Bay Rays, the team has already had to make a number of moves to kick off the winter. This offseason is figured to be an interesting one for the franchise with new ownership taking over, which always brings a bit of uncertainty.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 7

Rays All-Star Slugger Seen As Potential Fit for Tigers This Winter

With the offseason starting to heat up for the Tampa Bay Rays, the team has begun the process of shaping what their team is going to look like for 2026. Even though the 2025 campaign might not have finished the way the Rays would have liked, there were a lot of positives to take away from the year.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Last Word On Sports / November 6

Rays Pick Up Contract Options on Two Middle Infielders

The Tampa Bay Rays executed the most straightforward part of their offseason. There will be plenty of difficult decisions in the upcoming months. They picked up the contract options of two infielders, which give them plenty of flexibility in determining the best path forward.

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The 25 greatest pitching seasons from the modern MLB era

America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.

MLB News / New Baseball Media / November 7

2025 Transactions: Lowe & Muncy Have Options Exercised, Fairbanks a Free Agent

Free agency has arrived, and with it came many club option decisions on November 6. The Dodgers retained two major pieces from their 2025 team, while Brandon Lowe — who hit 31 home runs in 2025 — had his team option for 2026 picked up.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 6

2 Rays Prospects Representing American League in Fall Stars Game

The Tampa Bay Rays sent several prospects to participate in the Arizona Fall League this year. And a few of their players have been standout performers thus far in the desert.

Tampa Bay Rays News / MLB on ClutchPoints / November 6

Rays let $11 million closer hit free agency

The Tampa Bay Rays are hoping to evade this shell of mediocrity. This is a team that has been one of the above-average squads in the league over the last decade; however, they only have one World Series appearance to show for it.

MLB News / MLB Trade Rumors / November 6

Rays claim Jake Fraley off waivers amid frenzy of roster moves

The Rays claimed outfielder Jake Fraley off waivers from the Braves.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 6

Rays Shockingly Don't Pick Up Option on Star Relief Pitcher

The Tampa Bay Rays have now started up their offseason, and there has already been a significant amount of news surrounding the team. This is a franchise that got off to a very hot start in 2025 and looked like they were going to be a contender based on their early performance.

Pete Fairbanks News / MLB Trade Rumors / November 6

Rays decline option on reliever Pete Fairbanks

Fairbanks has been one of the better late-game arms in the sport over the past six seasons. He carries a 2.87 earned run average in nearly 250 innings going back to the start of the 2020 season.

Tampa Bay Rays News / MLB on ClutchPoints / November 6

Rays news: Tampa Bay makes option decisions on Taylor Walls, Brandon Lowe

After missing the playoffs for the second straight season, the Tampa Bay Rays are now plotting out their offseason. Those plans started with a pair of crucial contract decisions.

Tampa Bay Rays News / Tampa Bay Rays on SI / November 6

Rays Make Easy Decision Regarding Option of All-Star Slugger

The Tampa Bay Rays are getting prepared for what could be a wild offseason for the franchise with the potential to shake things up a bit. In 2025, this was a team that was a contender in the first half of the year, in what became one of the most challenging divisions in baseball this year.

Brandon Lowe News / MLB Trade Rumors / November 6

Rays to exercise option on two-time All-Star

The Rays have informed second baseman Brandon Lowe that they’ll exercise his $11.5MM club option for the 2026 season, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

Taylor Walls News / MLB Trade Rumors / November 6

Rays exercise option on veteran infielder

The Rays and infielder Taylor Walls are in agreement on a deal for the 2026 season.

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MLB News / Yardbarker / November 5

Yankees offseason blueprint: Best-case lineup scenario features Bo Bichette, Kyle Tucker

The New York Yankees learned a hard truth this postseason: building an offense around pure power doesn’t always lead to consistent run production. Against elite playoff pitching, that approach often produces more strikeouts than scoring.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Fastball on SI / November 3

Rays Cut Ties With 6 Players In Offseason Roster Shakeup

The Major League Baseball offseason is beginning in earnest, and the Tampa Bay Rays have quickly begun a roster overhaul. Every team typically ends the season with a handful of players on the 60-day injured list.

Junior Caminero News / Yardbarker / November 3

Why the Phillies could ditch Alec Bohm and target Rays star Junior Caminero

Entering the offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies must shake things up after running mostly the same roster back for three consecutive years and suffering three straight exits short of the World Series.

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Tampa Bay Rays News / Fastball on SI / November 2

Rays Lose 29-Year-Old Infielder To Free Agency After Short Stint

The Tampa Bay Rays' season has been over for a month at this point, but the offesason business can truly begin later this week. Five days after the World Series concludes (which happened on Sunday), teams can begin signing major league free agents.