Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the Rays recent successes, fueled by the best lineup in baseball over the last month. Junior Caminero, Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe, and Jonathan Aranda have powered an incredible run since the end of May, one that has left Rays fans dreaming of catching the Yankees in the race for the AL East. Now that the Rays find themselves as one of the frontrunners in the American League, will they go for a big splash at the deadline, make multiple small acquisitions...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the recent demotion of Chandler Simpson and what it means for his development. The Rays also made a move to acquire catcher Matt Thaiss, designating the struggling Ben Rortvedt for assignment. This move, along with the decision to send Simpson down signal how the Rays front office feels about the team and their chances to compete right now. Brett and Darby also discuss the news that Evan Longoria will be signing a ceremonial one-day contract to officia...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the recent struggles of Shane Baz and Taj Bradley and what that means for the Rays rotation. Also, what is Christopher Morel's role on this team? Less than a year after the Rays traded All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes to acquire Morel, the young slugger has been reduced to a bench role for most of this season. Brett and Darby discuss his potential paths to more playing time. Ha-Seong Kim is inching closer to his return from shoulder surgery, and co...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss where the team has fallen short so far this season, and debate if they have the answers in-house to bring them back into contention. While the wins have not come consistently, there are some signs of life in the way this team has hit and played defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss a frustrating homestead in which the Rays lost three of four series against the Angels, Braves, Red Sox, and Yankees. While they have some work to do after a sluggish start, there's a lot to look forward to this season, including the emergence of players like Jonathan Aranda, Kameron Misner, and Chandler Simpson, with plenty of other young players ready to contribute. And while this episode was recorded during the first round of the NFL Draft and a fir...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the first six games of the Rays' 13-game homestand, which saw them lose a series to the Angels before taking the series against the Braves. Brett and Darby talk about Zack Hample's antics, Jonathan Aranda's breakout, Jose Caballero's role in the present and the future, and if Joe Boyle has the goods to crack the starting rotation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson break down what has gone wrong for the Rays during this four-game losing streak, and which slow starters need to turn things around quickly before the Rays dig themselves into too big of a hole. Also, with Richie Palacios and Josh Lowe on the mend from their injuries, what will the Rays do when they need to make a decision on Jake Mangum and Kameron Misner? Is there another player on this team who is in danger of losing their roster spot? Brett also has notes ...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson break down the Rays' Opening Weekend series victory over the Colorado Rockies, and some important notes they made after getting their first looks at the team in regular season action. Josh Lowe picked up a Grade 2 right oblique strain on Opening Day, and Jake Mangum is the man to replace him on the roster for the time being. Brett and Darby discuss how the Rays will look to make up JLowe's production during his absence. Also, what's the deal with these torpedo...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the injury to Shane McClanahan, and the major decision to have Curtis Mead start the season with the big league club and send Eloy Jimenez to AAA Durham. Those two bits of news have a lot of implications for the roster composition heading into the 2025 season. After a disappointing 2024 that saw the team miss the postseason for the first time in six years, can the Rays bounce back in 2025? Brett and Darby make their season predictions, including stando...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Ashley MacLennan and Darby Robinson review Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!!, starring Glenn Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the latest in Rays news from Spring Training. There are a couple of roster bottles to keep an eye on, specifically Curtis Mead and Eloy Jimenez. Also, Brett and Darby discuss whether or not Chandler Simpson can force his way onto the Opening Day Roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the Rays' most-shocking move of the offseason, signing Ha-Seong Kim to a two-year, $29 million deal to play shortstop. It seemed as if the Rays offseason was mostly done and Taylor Walls was set to be the club's shortstop in 2025, but after a larger market failed to develop for Kim, the Rays swooped in and made a deal. The team wasn't done there; they acquired local product Alex Faedo in a trade with Detroit the very next week. Faedo has spent his enti...
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the contracts given out to Drew Rasmussen and Taylor Walls, and break down the 2025 Hall of Fame class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Ashley MacLennan and Darby Robinson review Hardball, directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves. While Hardball is nowhere near the worst movie reviewed on Who's on Worst, there are a lot of moving parts in this film that just don't mesh together, and the payoffs are not earned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the latest Rays news, including the minor league signing of Eloy Jimenez. While this isn't a guaranteed MLB deal, Brett and Darby think that there is a fit for Jimenez on the roster, although it might change the outlook of the Rays depth chart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the trade of Jeffrey Springs to the Athletics for a very interesting turn including 6'7" flamethrower Joe Boyle. Is he the next Tyler Glasnow, or will the other pieces in this trade end up being more valuable in the long run? We also discuss the recent Rule 5 draft and the moves made by the Rays to fill out the 40-man roster. Patreon YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson get you caught up on all of the Rays offseason moves thus far, including signing veteran catcher Danny Jansen and trading center fielder Jose Siri. With the Winter Meetings well underway, they discuss what moves the Rays might and probably will make before the start of the season. We also have an update on the Rays stadium saga, after the St. Petersburg City Council approved the issuance of bonds for the Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment in their last ...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Brett Rutherford, Darby Robinson, and Danny Russell discuss the latest in the Rays stadium saga, after the historic deal approved in July by St. Petersburg and Pinellas County seems to be dead. They discuss how we got here and what's next for the team. DRaysBay Tampa Bay Stadium Saga page How the Rays Lost Their New Stadium Deal: A Timeline Rays Your Voice Patreon Rays Your Voice YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss how the Rays will approach the offseason to try and improve offensive numbers at the catcher, shortstop, and center field positions, three spots that President of Baseball Ops Erik Neander said they will look to adjust. Brett and Darby also provide updates on the Rays stadium, which was left destroyed after Hurricane Milton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson try to dissect the difference between bad process and bad results in the lead-up to the 2024 season, and which decisions by the front office had the most adverse effects on the team's performance. We focus on the trade that brought the Rays Jose Caballero in exchange for Luke Raley, and why the trade seemed like a win for both teams, Kevin Cash's insistence on playing Taylor Walls at shortstop when healthy makes this a puzzling move. Learn more about your ad c...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss recent Rays news, including Alex Jackson being designated for assignment and Logan Driscoll replacing him as the team's catcher, Taj Bradley's recent struggles, and the decision to play Taylor Walls nearly every day as the team's shortstop. While the Rays are all but out of the postseason race, there is still plenty of reasons to watch, as the front office begins to look ahead to the 2025 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson have finally given up hope on the 2024 season, and begin to look ahead to what the 2025 roster may look like. Despite a disappointing season, many players may have some strong job security as we near the offseason. Brett and Darby go through the position players currently on the active roster and discuss which they'd like to see the team keep, and which spots they'd like to see Erik Neander go out and find improvements on. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson break down every trade the Rays made ahead of the Tuesday, July 30 deadline. While many are classifying this as a fire sale, Brett and Darby have some different thoughts as to how these moves continue to help the Rays compete this year and next. They discuss the energy that Christopher Morel brings to the Rays clubhouse and the potential that top prospect Dylan Lesko brings into the farm system. To end the show, Brett and Darby celebrate the news that the Rays...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson break down the trade of Randy Arozarena to the Mariners, and Zach Eflin to the Orioles. Why neither trade was completely unexpected, the timing, the returns, and the teams which they were made with are interesting to say the least. Brett and Darby discuss what they like about the return, and debate what these decisions mean for the rest of this season and the future of the franchise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Brett Rutherford and Danny Russell break down the news that the redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District will move forward with the Rays/Hines plan to center it around a new ballpark that will keep the Rays in St. Petersburg for generations to come. This is a long time coming for the franchise, whose goal it's been to build a new stadium since Stuart Sternberg took over the team in 2005. Brett and Danny debate what this deal means for the future of the Rays. They also preview the start o...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Brett Rutherford is joined by Danny Russell and Ian Malinowski, going live right after the final out was recorded in a 5-4 win over the Yankees on Thursday. They discuss everything wacky that happened during a tense three-game set with the Bronx Bombers. Since the last time you heard from us the Rays traded two veteran pitchers, sending Aaron Civale to Milwaukee and Phil Maton to the New York Mets. Ian and Danny share their insight and break down what these trades mean for the Rays pitching staf...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss how the Rays have begun to right the ship in their 2024 season, getting back to .500 and winning three consecutive series (at the time of recording). The last time you heard from us, we said this team wasn't good enough. While we still think there are some holes in the roster, the Rays are starting to prove us wrong. They may be just good enough to give us hope and stay in the Wild Card race through the summer. Now that we are heading into July and the...
Jul 02, 2024•56 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the malaise that hangs over the 2024 season as the Rays sit in last place in the AL East, despite high expectations at the beginning of the season. They debate where it all went wrong, and if there's still any hope or reason to be excited for the rest of the season (spoiler alert: there is!). While many players on the team are putting together career-worst seasons, one player that has stood out recently is Jose Siri, who seems to be regaining the form ...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Ashley MacLennan and Darby Robinson review Draft Day, starring baseball movie darling Kevin Costner. While we intended to record and release near the NFL Draft life got in the way, but our next episode is finally hear. This flick takes us into an NFL front office on draft day, and this movie isn't all that bad. Costner and Chadwick Boseman shine as they are used to doing and carry most of this movie. However, some silly logic throughout doesn't land this movie towards the top of our list. Learn ...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson break down the Rays sweep of the Marlins as the team finally starts getting healthy. They discuss why having Taylor Walls back deepens the roster in all facets of the game, and how they can use him and Jose Caballero to keep some of their star players fresh through the summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2024•56 min
