Rays The Roof

IT IS HERE Do not scratch your eyes. Opening Day is officially here and we're here to bring you another season preview podcast, this time, the 2023 edition! Make sure to give us your predictions and we hope you're as excited about the 2023 MLB season as we are! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB and subscribe to the podcast! As always, Ray...

Randy Arozarena stole the show at the World Baseball Classic for Team Mexico, showing just why playoff Randy is a force to be reckoned with on any stage. We talk about Randy, the WBC as a whole and general excitement for baseball with Opening Day coming up quickly! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB and subscribe to the podcast! As always, Rays Up...

It's been two weeks or so since the passing of longtime Rays radio broadcaster Dave Wills and we wanted to honor him in the best way we knew how. To do so, we invited on Dave's broadcasting partner on Rays Radio since 2005, Andy Freed, and longtime pre & postgame host and new play-by-play commentator Neil Solondz onto the podcast to talk about Dave and the impact that he had on the Ray...

The Rays are back at it for spring training, having played their first few games already between both the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex and now at Tropicana Field. We welcomed on WTSP's Sports Director, Evan Clotsky, to talk about what he's seen up close and in person, plus more about what to expect with the Rays in this unique spring training situation leading up to the regular season...

We're incredibly honored and grateful to have had the privilege of talking with the President and Director of  the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick, as we celebrate Black History Month here at Rays The Roof. Bob is an incredible person, a great curator of history, and to have been able to talk with him was truly an honor. Make sure to follow Bob on social media @nlbmprez and the NLB...

We like doing things big here at Rays The Roof, so for our college softball preview podcast, we went out and got the best pitcher in college softball last season. Lucky enough, she's right in our backyard in Georgia Corrick, a legend and current graduate assistant at the University of South Florida. We thank Georgina so much for coming on the podcast and talking to us about her career and what...

College baseball season is upon us and it's time to show some love to two fantastic baseball programs in the Tampa Bay area! We had on University of Tampa head coach Joe Urso and University of South Florida head coach Billy Mohl to talk about the college scene in the area and give a bit of insight to their teams this season. A big thanks to both of them for coming on and be sure to head over t...

St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch had his State of the City address on Monday where he announced his pick for the redevelopment of the site of which Tropicana Field sits on, giving his good graces to the Rays/Hines joint project as things hopefully are looking forward toward finding a  new, permanent home for the Rays in Tampa Bay. We had on St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney to talk about the events of Mond...

Jeffrey Springs has deservedly signed a four-year extension after a fantastic 2022 season and Hall of Fame voting has been released to the public! It's time to talk about that and more on our newest and first Rays The Roof episode of 2023! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB and subscribe to the podcast! As always, Rays Up! See omnystudio.com/liste...

What more can you ask for with an insane Winter Meetings, one that included two $300 million signings and tons of more chaos. We recap that all, plus the return of Bri to the podcast for now, and more on this latest episode of Rays The Roof. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB! As always, Rays Up! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

We're sticking to our word with these postgame reaction podcasts and our first one for this playoffs comes after Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, a 2-1 loss for the Rays in what seemed like a record time. We discuss everything with the game and look forward to Game 2 on Saturday with special guest Amita Singh.  Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofT...

The Rays are back in the playoffs and our pods are back too! What a better time to get the pod going again than just before the start of the Wild Card Series against the Cleveland Guardians. We talk about the end of the regular season and preview what should be a great series in Cleveland on this latest episode of RTR. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysThe...

The Rays have won three straight series, we finally recorded a podcast again and we got Bally Sports Rays sideline reporter Tricia Whitaker on for her second appearance on the pod! What more could you ask for this Monday?? Listen to us talk with Tricia about the team's performance recently, the injury bug and recovery for the Rays, plus a look to the future, starting with this week's serie...

The "second half" of the 2022 season is starting tonight and we were delighted to have on DRaysBay Managing Editor Danny Russell to talk about the "first half" of the season, the All-Star Game and what to expect the rest of the way! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB, our YouTube channel: Rays The Roof and continue to support and follow our podcas...

Maybe we jinxed it or maybe there were other factors in play, but the Rays were swept by the Cincinnati Reds to end an 11-game road trip with a 5-6 record heading back home to Tropicana Field. We welcomed on RBLR Sports's Ben Whitelaw to talk about what happened in Cincy, a new trade, some All-Star news and more on this latest episode of RTR! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow...

The Rays have won five of six and are back in sole possession of second place in the AL East with a weekend series in Cincinnati awaiting them. We preview the upcoming series, plus talk about the team's play over the last week or so on this latest episode of Rays The Roof! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB, our Twitch: RaysTheRoofTwitch and o...

It's a big week in the world of Tampa Bay Sports as WFLA's very own Paul Lamison will be throwing out the first pitch at Wednesday afternoon's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. We talk to him about that experience, plus a look back at the last week and a look forward to Milwaukee on this latest episode of RTR. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @Ra...

The Rays welcome the New York Yankees to Tropicana Field once again at the start of this week and slowly but surely, the injury bug has turn apart the Rays to shreds. Stars are out right now and the Rays are relying heavily on their best players from Triple-A Durham to make it through this rough patch. We welcomed on Sean & Enrique of The Hot Esquina podcast to talk Yankees/Rays, plus more! Th...

Things have been nothing short of crazy in the world of Tampa Bay sports recently, and the Rays are no strangers to that. We discuss last weekend's series against the Twins, preview this coming series against the Yankees, plus talk Bolts, college baseball and more! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheRoofTB, our YouTube channel: Rays The Roof and cont...

It took nearly two months for the Rays and Yankees to face off this season, but we're finally getting the marquee matchup in the AL East, starting with a four-game set at the Trop. We welcomed on Cole Mitchem AKA @RaysMetrics on Twitter to talk about this massive weekend series, plus answer some of your questions! Thanks so much for listening and be sure to follow RTR on social media @RaysTheR...

For the first time in quite some time, the Tampa Bay Rays have lost a series to the Baltimore Orioles. The bullpen looked off, the defense was poor and the hitting, while good, wasn't nearly supported enough. Several blown leads allowed Baltimore to win two of three, leading to a two-game tilt against the Miami Marlins at the Trop. Hear our thoughts, and the thoughts of Marlins fan Will Lynch...

The Rays finish up a solid home stand, taking 2 of 3 from the Detroit Tigers before heading to Camden Yards for the first time in 2022, a road series against the Baltimore Orioles. We talk about it with Rays The Roof analyst Max O'Toole and host of Rays Your Voice on DRaysBay, Brett Rutherford. Make sure to follow them both for more great baseball takes! Thanks so much for listening and be sur...

The Rays are currently finishing up a six-game homestand with a series against the Detroit Tigers after winning a weekend set against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tampa Bay went 3-3 against Toronto and the Los Angeles Angels before dropping the first game of this most recent series against Detroit. Here our thoughts about this series, plus some quick chatter about the Tampa Bay Lightning advancing past...

SeatGeek code "RAYSTHEROOF" for $20 off your first purchase! The Rays have been on a recent roll, winning six of nine games, including the franchise's first sweep of the Oakland Athletics in Oakland. Now, the team travels to our favorite city, Seattle, where last season, walk-offs for the Mariners were the story of the series. Hopefully, good things continue for Late Night With The Ray...

SeatGeek code "RAYSTHEROOF" for $20 off your first purchase! What a weekend series against the Red Sox, capped off on Saturday night by a walk-off home run from Kevin Kiermaier, the first in his Rays career. The Rays take 2 of 3 against Boston, sitting at 9-7 going into a three-game series against the current leaders in the AL West, the Seattle Mariners. We talk about that, plus news aroun...