TAMPA, Fla. — Big risk by the Padres. Currently two games out of the wild-card picture, and they drained what was left of a once-impressive farm system to bolster their anemic starting rotation. Big, big risk by the Red Sox. They dealt three of their top ... See more
TAMPA, Fla. — Let’s begin with this premise: The Tampa Bay Rays could have gotten Tarik Skubal. We don’t know that for certain, but it seems like a reasonable assumption. The Los Angeles Dodgers gave up the No. 55 prospect in baseball and a couple other i... See more
TAMPA, Fla. — You could never really count on an explosive offense. You could not count on double-digit victories, reaching the playoffs or winning a division title. As a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan, there were a lot of seasons when you could not count on mu... See more
Happy anniversary, Tampa Bay! Fifty years ago, on July 31, 1976, the bay area officially joined the ranks of major-league sports markets when the Bucs played their first preseason game against the Rams in the Los Angeles Coliseum. (Yes, the exhibition sch... See more
When it came to Chandler Simpson’s defense in the outfield in 2025, you could pick your own adjective. Painful? Surprising? Inexplicable? Awful? Sadly, they all fit. Statcast had him at minus-5 in its outs-above-average metric, which put him near the bott... See more
