Tampa Bay Rays Podcast

Neil chats with LHP Jeffrey Springs and Erik Neander about signing Springs to a 4-year, $31M contract through the 2026 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil chats w/ Michael Johns, Blake Butera, Jared Sandberg, Jim Paduch & Alberto Bastardo about changes to 2023 Rays Minor League staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil chats with Rays President Erik Neander about arbitration and Director of Int'l Scouting Steve Miller about 24 signings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil is joined by Rays General Manager Peter Bendix, broadcaster Andry Freen and does broadcast coordinator Becca Carney for a fan mailbag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Neil is joined by pitcher Zach Eflin who just signed a 3-year contract with the Rays. He also talks to General Manager Erik Neander about what went into the singing of Eflin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wrapping up with some of the last interviews from the Winter Meetings. Neil is joined by Kevin Ibach to talk about his new role, Nelson Cruz and Blake Butera about their roles in the World Baseball Classic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ray's President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander and Manager Kevin Cash sit down with Neil to discuss the Winter Meetings. Fred McGriff also joins the show to talk about his election into the Hall of Fame. Dave and Andy round things out with their reactions to all the deals being made and what they expect from the Rays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tampa native and former Devil Ray Fred McGriff sits down with Neil to discuss being elected to the Hall of Fame 2023 Class, what his career meant to him and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil previews the upcoming Winter Meetings and reacts to the Rays recent acquisition. He chats with Rays General Manager Peter Bendix, Head of Minor League Operations Jeff McLarren, Community Development Manager William Wetzel and does a mailbag segment with Broadcast Coordinator Becca Carney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erik Neander on a busy week of transactions, plus prospect Curtis Mead joins the show after being added to the Rays roster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday was decision day (6 p.m.) for MLB teams to protect players from the Rule 5 draft and the Rays were pretty active. Neil chats with Peter Bendix, as well as recent additions to the 40-man Taj Bradley and Colby White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rays have formally announced coaching staff moves with Rodney Linares from 3B to bench coach, Brady Williams from Durham Manager to 3rd base coach and Tomas Francisco from catching coordinator to MLB Field Coordinator. Neil caught up with each of them to talk about their new roles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Senior Advisor Jon Daniels joins Neil to chat about him joining the Rays front office. Plus, GM Peter Bendix discusses additional promotions in the Baseball Operations department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erik Neander joins Neil to talk about the moves the Rays made on November 10th to reset the 40-man roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rays Off-Season and World Series Review With Dave Wills, Andy Freed and Chuck Ricci - 11/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Topkin joins the show to preview the World Series with Neil, and they take a look toward the Rays offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing New Bullpen Coach Jorge Moncada Featuring Rays Pitching Coach Kyle Snyder - 10/18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil sits down with Erik Neander to talk about the Rays 2022 season and with Jeff McLerran to discuss the season in the minors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil is joined by Rays Pitching Coach Kyle Snyder, 3rd Base Coach/Infield Instructor Rodney Linares, Hitting Coach Chad Mottola & Reliever Brooks Raley to talk all about preparing for the Wild Card series vs the Guardians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Bendix, Stan Boroski, Paul Harker, Miles Mastrobuoni, Marc Topkin & Mason Auer - This Week in Rays Baseball 10/2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil live from the Rays clubhouse as the champagne flows following Tampa Bay clinching a postseason spot in Houston! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane McClanahan, Kyle Snyder, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas, Blake Butera, Jeff Smith, Carson Williams & Junior Caminero - This Week in Rays Baseball 9/25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Aranda, Toni Ramirez, Doug Waechter, Alejandro Freire, Kevin Ibach, Paul Hoover & Kyle Snyder - This Week in Rays Baseball 9/18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian Bethancourt, Brian Anderson, David Hamlett, Osleivis Basabe, Brandon Lowe & Rodney Linares - This Week in Rays Baseball 9/11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices