Tampa Bay did not have a pick in the first three rounds but took Pressley 132nd overall. Early Wednesday, Pressley donned a Devil Rays uniform bearing his name and number (13) and took batting ...

We continue today with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays! The expansion franchise that has been playing ball since 1998 got off to a rather inauspicious beginning, as the "Devil Rays" persisted as a ...

The Tampa Bay Rays are going ... MLB's rejection that forced the Rays to look for solutions in and around Tampa. Since the Rays joined MLB as an expansion team in 1998, they've played their ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are gone. Trying to reinvent itself, the perennial last-place team officially shortened its nickname to simply "Rays" during a celebration that ...

Formerly known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the club started as an expansion team in 1998. On March 31st of that year, they played their first ever Opening Day game against the Detroit Tigers.

The Devil Rays had swept the Athletics just once in their eight-year history, with that coming in the third series between the teams from July 24-27, 1998. Prior to this season, Tampa Bay had ...