The 2025 season is going to be a long, hard year for the Tampa Bay Rays.
The team’s offseason was Murphy’s Law in motion. Hurricane Milton destroyed Tropicana Field’s roof. The Rays will play home games at the Yankees’ George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, but hot Florida summers mean a second half with an inordinate amount of road games.
On the baseball side, it’s another non-playoff year for the Rays unless manager Kevin Cash overachieves them into a Wild Card. Enough pitchers are coming back from major injuries that his usual aggressive pitching strategy won’t be as doable.