Steve Carney talks about how injury has allowed Nate Lowe to show off how he can help the club in its playoff push. Also, baseball needs to be concerned with mother nature if it's planning a bubble for southern California.
After being swept in the nation's capital last week, the Rays will look to pay back the Washington Nationals beginning tonight at the Trop. Plus, the latest on the proposed bubble for the playoffs.
Steve Carney talks about the day off for the Rays and the final push for the postseason.
It's the 400th episode of The Inside Pitch Podcast! Steve Carney discusses getting out of a slump at the plate, and Nate Lowe, who hit a pair of home runs Friday night to get out of his, reveals the advice a brand new teammate gave him.
Steve Carney fills you in on changes coming to The Inside Pitch Podcast
Steve Carney remarks at how quickly some of the keyboard warriors who love to bash the Tampa Bay Rays for every minor thing return when the team loses consecutive games for the first time in five weeks.
The Rays could not pull out a victory in Washington, DC facing the Nationals' ace, but Steve Carney says there are still plenty of positives that come from their matchup with Max Scherzer.
The Rays increase their lead in the American League East with a victory over the Marlins, and we hear from Seminole's Brett Phillips, who joined his hometown team Friday after being traded for at the deadline.
Steve Carney discusses how he feels the Tampa Bay Rays are poised to get some of the most important pieces they've lost to injury back soon, and how that could help propel them to a deep postseason run.
Steve Carney debunks the reasons that Yankees fans like to give for why their team went 2-8 this year against the Rays
Steve Carney talks about the shenanigans that went down in Tuesday's loss in the Bronx, and how he feels New York continues to act in that matter because they feel they won't be punished for it.
The Rays continue their regular season dominance over the New York Yankees by handing Gerrit Cole his second consecutive loss. Steve Carney also discusses the Rays only move at the deadline and who was the "winner" in acquisitions
Steve Carney goes through a wild weekend in South Florida, plus breaks down the three biggest names still available as we inch closer to the 4:00 pm trade deadline today.
Steve Carney takes you through the timeline leading up to Thursday's game between the Rays and Orioles being postponed.
Steve Carney starts today's show by discussing not Wednesday's win over the Baltimore Orioles, but just how close the Rays and Orioles may have come to not playing Wednesday after the shooting of Jacob Blake and the decision by the NBA and MLS to postpone most if not all of their games.
The Rays start a new series on their homestand with a win, defeating the Baltimore Orioles for their 20th victory on the year, but Jalen Beeks joins the ranks of the walking wounded in the process. Steve Carney brings up a familiar name to Rays fans who could be looking to make a comeback.
Steve Carney breaks down Monday's loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, and he goes over three things he believes the Rays must have happen if they want to not only make the postseason but also have a chance at a deep playoff run.
Steve Carney breaks down Josh Fleming's major league debut leading to another win over the Blue Jays, plus with today being officially the midway point of the 2020 regular season, we get your superlatives on the year as well as those of Fox Sports Sun's Doug Waechter
The Rays use an extra-inning victory over the Blue Jays to get back into first place in the American League East. Steve Carney breaks down Saturday's win, plus we hear from pitcher Josh Fleming, who will make his Major League debut starting Sunday's contest, and another reliever hits the injured list with an elbow issue, but it may not be as bad as you think.
Tampa Bay's five-game winning streak comes to an end Friday in a 6-5 ten-inning defeat to Toronto. And we also discuss the first of what could be many deals made before the August 31 trade deadline
Steve Carney breaks down the Rays ten-game road trip they just completed going 9-1, and a listener e-mail about the trade deadline brings our first look at what Tampa Bay could be looking for in the next ten days.
One night after handing the New York Yankees their first home loss of the year, the Rays handed them a second straight defeat in the Bronx, though they were unable to end Gerrit Cole's unbeaten streak. Steve Carney also discusses Yonny Chirinos' return to the injured list and Trevor Bauer's tension with Major League Baseball over a set of cleats.
The New York Yankees were unbeaten in the Bronx coming into Tuesday, but that came to an end when the Rays emerged with a 6-3 victory. Steve Carney broke down the positives from Tuesday's win, plus Blake Snell, Brandon Lowe and Austin Meadows talk about playing in an empty Yankee Stadium, and Fox Sports Sun's Doug Waechter breaks down a minor trade and why it led to Daniel Robertson being designated for assignment.
The Rays begin a three-game series in the Bronx against the Yankees tonight, and Steve Carney discusses some of the aspects that make this one of the biggest series Tampa Bay will play this year because it will show them exactly where on the pecking order they stand.
The Rays leave Buffalo with a series win by taking both halves of Sunday's suspended game and regularly scheduled contest against the Blue Jays and ensure themselves a winning ten-game road trip. Steve Carney also answers an email about the end of the 2008 World Series.
Tampa Bay sees its six game winning streak come to an end in Buffalo, and Steve Carney compare the Rays' play against the Jays Friday to what we saw from the Boston Red Sox the previous four days. Plus, one team looks to return from COVID-19, another has fears of its own outbreak, and two players who violated health and safety protocols learn their fate
The Rays finish off a four-game series sweep of the Boston Red Sox for the first time since 2010, and Steve Carney thinks the key to ensuring that Rays hitters never go into another slump again is to just envision a Boston pitcher on the mound every time their hitters come to the plate.
Steve Carney starts today's show by going through the bright points in Wednesday's win over the Boston Red Sox, specifically how Blake Snell looked close to being back to his Cy Young Form from 2018. Then we get into Joe Kelly's incident with the Houston Astros, and hear the Dodgers reliever explain exactly why he does not like them, echoing a statement you'd likely hear from many players around the league
The Rays lost another pitcher to injury in Tuesday's win overt the Boston Red Sox, and saw their top pityching prospect get shut down at their training site in Port Charlotte, so Steve Carney begins to wonder aloud if the Rays pitchers can stay healthy enough to get through the 42 remaining games of the season and get this team into true contention in the postseason.
Steve Carney talks about Monday win in Boston and why it seems like the Rays and Red Sox always have to play these marathon games. Plus, could Major League Baseball hold their playoffs in a bubble location?
