The city of Tampa and Hillsborough County would have to pay the Bucs for parking spots not provided to the team.

The Tampa Bay Rays are seeking over $1 billion in public funds to help build a new stadium in Tampa. The total cost for the proposed 31,000-seat ballpark and surrounding district is estimated at $2.3 billion.

Eric Church helped welcome the Tampa Bay Rays back to their home of Tropicana Field yesterday. It was only right that Church was the one that sang "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Rays opened their ball park back up.

Olivares attended spring training with Tampa Bay as a non-roster invitee but ended up beginning the season at Triple-A Durham after failing to win a reserve outfield spot on the Rays' Opening Day roster. The 30-year-old went just 1-for-9 with six strikeouts over three games for Durham prior to being cut loose.

The county and Tampa need to act by June to keep pace with the Rays’ target of opening a new ballpark by 2029.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/rays/onsi as Kevin Cash Shares Brutal Injury Update on Rays Key Reliever. For the second season in a row, an expensive bullpen solution has gone off the rails for Los Angeles.

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten off to a strong start to the season, but even if they are a contender this year, that doesn’t mean that they won’t potentially mo

The Rays have shut down Edwin Uceta with a shoulder strain after a rehab setback, weakening their struggling bullpen.