Inside The Rays
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<p>Covering everything Rays baseball. From in-depth postgame breakdowns, to roster analysis, trade/free agency rumors, farm system evaluation, and more. We cover every angle of Rays baseball!</p>
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July 17, 2026
Rays 2026 Draft Class Overview, All-Star Game, Organization Thoughts.
<p>The Rays had a really interesting draft. It consisted of high upside prep arms, tall college RHP flirting with triple digits, and tooled up athletes. They killed it, especially with polished mechanical pitchers that are good movers while being able extremely projectable. However, their draft was headlined by Gatorade Male Player of the Year, Grady Emerson. He displays a connected swing & stays extremely balanced with his lower half. He stands 6'3" with more physical projection left and makes excellent In-Zone Swing decisions. He's an easy plus defender, great athlete, & has a knack for the balls to the opposite field. He's also trending towards 200 lbs now. We also touched on the trade deadline, the organization as a whole, and talked about the upcoming Red Sox series.</p>
July 10, 2026
2026 MLB Draft Preview.
<p>The MLB Draft is tomorrow, and it is maybe the most exciting part of an MLB season, especially when you are the best team in the American League. We highlighted the top three consensus names and broke down some advanced data from their 2026 seasons.</p><p>Roch Cholowsky is a premium defender at shortstop who, in 61 games, hit 21 home runs with 36 walks to 36 strikeouts while slashing .320/.452/.636 with a 1.088 OPS and a 146 wRC+. He has been the consensus first overall pick for the last several months up until the last couple weeks, depending on which outlet you look at. It is really hard to find a flaw in his game on either side of the ball.</p><p>Grady Emerson brings an extremely smooth left-handed swing, with the ability to let the ball travel and shoot offerings the other way into the gap. He is a fluid mover at shortstop with lateral range that projects to improve as he develops physically. Already standing at 6'3"/185, he has plenty of room to add strength once he enters an MLB development program. Emerson has an advanced understanding of the strike zone with a high contact floor, and as his body matures, the game power should follow.</p><p>Vahn Lackey looks to be one of the most complete catchers to enter the draft since Buster Posey. In 61 games, he hit 20 home runs with 50 walks to just 38 strikeouts while slashing .397/.519/.772 with a 1.291 OPS. He stole 15 bases as a catcher and is a well-rounded defender with consistent pop times under 1.90. By all accounts, he is a great person, a hard worker, and one of the best characters in this draft class.</p><p>It is hard to decide which direction the Rays will go, but you really cannot go wrong with any of these top three options.</p>
July 10, 2026
Rays Split Yankees Series, All-Star Selections, and More.
<p>The Rays were able to split the series against the Yankees with strong pitching performances from Shane McClanahan, Ian Seymour, and Griffin Jax. For McClanahan, it was a season-high in innings and the most emotional he has been on a mound this season. His Changeup had a 60% whiff%, and he held an Avg EV of just 73.4 MPH. He is now tied for second in Rays history for most starts with six or more innings pitched, four or fewer hits allowed, five or more strikeouts, and no walks. Ian Seymour collected a career-high 12 strikeouts and had Whiff rates over 45% on his 4-Seam and Changeup. It was the first time in Yankees history they have struck out 12 times against one pitcher through the first five innings of a game. Griffin Jax, aside from one mistake pitch, also had a strong outing with 10 strikeouts over 16 whiffs.</p><p>On the offensive side, Yandy Díaz had a four-hit game in Game 3, his 11th career game with Tampa Bay with at least four hits, the second-best mark in Rays history. It was also his 290th career game with the Rays in which he recorded a multi-hit effort, the third-best mark in franchise history. In Game 4, Junior Caminero hit his 27th home run of the season on a pitch that isn't a strike; he sends it 438 feet the other way at 108.3 MPH. There are players who won't pull a ball 438 feet in their career, let alone go the other way. Chandler Simpson has been swinging the bat better over the last couple of weeks, and after his second triple yesterday, he was hitting .362 over his last 16 games with four walks and just three strikeouts.</p><p>The Rays now take on the Seattle Mariners for their final series before the All Star break, with Yandy Díaz, Junior Caminero, Bryan Baker, and Drew Rasmussen representing them in Philadelphia.</p>
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