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The Rays are an organization that is filled with pride about its pitching depth.

The Sunday night broadcast on ESPN pits the Nationals against Braves in Atlanta at 8 p.m. ET, and features two of the hottest pitchers in baseball: Gio Gonzalez and Brandon Beachy.

Red Sox pitching coach Bob McClure grabs the jersey of the Rays' Carlos Pena as benches clear in the ninth.

Wells coach Bob Stoddard earned his 400th career victory as Wells rallied for a 12-7 Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference win over Indian Lake-Long Lake on Wednesday.

Like the freshman jinx or senioritis, it seems like just a convenient excuse for a genuine problem.

Tampa Bay rookie starter Matt Moore fared better than his Toronto counterpart Drew Hutchison as the Rays blasted three home runs in an 8-5 victory on Tuesday.

Blue Jays 5 Rays 8 Drew Hutchison has had 7 major league starts now. In the first four it seemed like he would have a good game, expect for 1 bad inning.

Batting out of the leadoff spot, the Rays' Carlos Pena launches a three-run homer that traveled an estimated 452 feet.

There are many different ways to bail on a player, and it's much more complicated that whether to drop them for That Next Hot ThingTM.

The Rays would love for 22-year-old Matt Moore to show improvement for a second start in a row.

The Blue Jays kick off what could very well be their toughest 12-game stretch until the summer tonight against the Rays, so I brought in Robbie Knopf, editor of FanSided's great Rays site Rays Colored Glasses , for a couple of questions before tonight's series opener at Tropicana Field.

On Hellickson: He has won a career-high six consecutive decisions, dating to Sept.

Brett Lawrie returns to the Jays' lineup on Monday following his four-game suspension for hitting an umpire with a batting helmet ... The Jays won four-straight games following the incident ... Last year's A.L. Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson is undefeated through eight starts ... Teammate Matt Moore, projected to be one of the top rookies ... (more)

The Cobb salad may have been invented in Los Angeles, but the Rays served one up this afternoon in the Trop.

On Cobb: Called up to replace injured RHP Jeff Niemann, Cobb went 3-2 with a 3.42 ERA in nine starts for the Rays last year.

When it comes time in mid September for talking heads to start complaining about unbalanced inter-league schedules, don't let anyone say that the Rays had it easy.

But as years turn into weeks and week into days, the spotlighted careers of today's best will ultimately dwindle.

Don't look for Bryce Harper on the below lists of the current top five Rookie of the Year candidates in each league.

Mendoza burst* onto the professional baseball scene in 2006 with the Boston Red Sox , zig-zag-zig-zagging his way through the Red Sox and Rangers minor leagues in 2006 and 2007, somehow ending the 2007 campaign on the Texas major league roster where he appeared in 6 games, making 3 starts, and picking up 1 win with a 2.25 ERA in 16 innings of work.

On Wednesday night, looking ahead to Thursday's game against the Rays, Gonzalez said via mlb.com , "I'll start hitting home runs.