Jake McGee

MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays don't seem to know exactly what to do about their struggling bullpen except hope it improves. "We've got to keep putting the guys out there at the appropriate times and wait for it to work,''...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The trip back to Toronto provided the Rays a further look at the Yunel Escobar experience. The talented shortstop who came to the Rays with a reputation of being moody, careless and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays knew it was next to impossible for closer Fernando Rodney to have the same kind of success this season as he did in a record-breaking 2012. But they were hoping he would...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: fixes Ortiz details in 13th graf, rewords lede Rodney comes through, saves Rays' win over Jays TORONTO -- Tampa Bay Rays closer Fernando Rodney is not off to a strong start to the season. He has three blown saves already...

The Sports Xchange Rays 4, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO -- Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings hit home runs, and right-hander Alex Cobb pitched 6 1/3 innings as the Tampa Bay Rays hung on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday. Cobb (5-2) held the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH Having ace lefty David Price on the disabled list is obviously bad, but the Rays felt pretty good about their options to replace him. They chose Jake Odorizzi from a group that also...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH Left hander Matt Moore has been pretty good this season, and he was on his game again Sunday, becoming the first major-leaguer to get to eight wins. But Moore hasn't been necessarily...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays' short-term move in replacing injured David Price was calling up lefty Alex Torres from Triple-A to work as the long man in the bullpen that had to cover 6 2/3 innings on...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH If there can be a positive vibe after having your Cy Young Award-winning ace walk off the mound in the midst of seeking his second win in his ninth start and end up in an MRI tube and...

The Sports Xchange Middlebrooks' clutch hit in ninth lifts Red Sox ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks was torn. Fernando Rodney had just blazed a 100 mph fastball by him and was one strike from closing out the game at Tropicana Field on...

The Sports Xchange Red Sox 4, Rays 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks' two-out, bases-clearing double off closer Fernando Rodney in the ninth inning lifted the Boston Red Sox to a stunning 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night at...

Lefty David Price has had his problems on the mound. But it may be something in the Rays' laundry room that had been part of his problem. Price, who allowed four runs on five hits in Wednesday's 9-2 loss to the Red Sox before leaving in the third inning...