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Aranda homers, drives in 3 runs as Rays' offense awakens in 7-5 win over Yankees

Jonathan Aranda homered and added a two-run single, boosting Tampa Bay over the New York Yankees 7-5 to end the Rays’ eight-game stretch of scoring four runs or fewer

MAY 4, 2025 • Associated Press

Rays overcome Judge's 11th homer, steal 6 bases and rally past Yankees 3-2 to stop 4-game skid

Curtis Mead and José Caballero had RBIs in a two-run eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame Aaron Judge’s 11th home run to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 and stop a four-gam...

MAY 3, 2025 • Associated Press

Fading into part-time role Walls is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact Though the Rays have valued Walls' dependable glove at shortstop over the last few seasons, he's routinely struggled to make much of an impact at the plate. Walls has taken another step back with the bat so far in 2025, slashing just .155/.247/.197 with one extra-base hit (a home run) and a 24.7 percent strikeout rate across 81 plate appearances. While the Rays probably won't phase Walls out entirely, he seems to have moved into more of a part-time role of late, as he'll hit the bench for the fifth time in the last eight games. Jose Caballero may have overtaken Walls as manager Kevin Cash's preferred option at shortstop.

MAY 1, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Homers in win Walls went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Padres.

Impact Walls got the Rays on the board with a solo home run to center field. It was his first home run and first extra-base hit of the season. He's now driven in a run in consecutive games but is hitting just .164/.260/.209 with six RBI, nine runs scored and a 9:19 BB:K in 77 plate appearances.

APRIL 28, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Rookie Simpson has 3 hits as the Rays sweep the Padres with a 4-2 win

Rookie Chandler Simpson raced home to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning and had his first three-hit game for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the San Diego Pad...

APRIL 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Baz, Díaz lead the Rays to 1-0 win over the Padres, who suffer consecutive shutouts

Shane Baz pitched seven strong innings and Yandy Díaz hit a sacrifice fly for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat San Diego 1-0 to hand the Padres their fifth loss in seven games

APRIL 26, 2025 • Associated Press

Sitting again Thursday Walls is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

Impact Walls will not start for a second consecutive game Thursday, though he was able to go 1-for-2 after entering Wednesday's game as a pinch hitter. Jose Caballero will draw another start at shortstop and bat seventh.

APRIL 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Resting Wednesday Walls isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against Arizona, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact Walls has gone 0-for-9 over his last three games and will now grab a seat on the bench while Jose Caballero picks up a start at shortstop and bats ninth.

APRIL 23, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting Saturday Walls is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact Walls owns a .459 OPS across 30 plate appearances over his last eight games and will now take a day to recollect himself. Jose Caballero will fill the resulting void at shortstop and bat eighth.

APRIL 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Heading to bench Thursday Walls is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Angels.

Impact Walls will get a breather for the day game after he started in each of the Rays' last three contests. Jose Caballero will pick up the start at shortstop in place of Walls, who has produced a .143/.273/.143 slash line with three stolen bases, two runs and one RBI over 33 plate appearances.

APRIL 10, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Swipes bag in loss Walls went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Sunday's loss to the Rangers.

Impact Walls led off the fifth with a base knock and stole second for his second theft of the year. Walls has just three hits in 26 plate appearances thus far, as his hitting woes from past seasons has carried over into 2025 early on.

APRIL 7, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting down Saturday Walls is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against Texas, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

Impact After going 0-for-8 with four strikeous over his last three games, Walls will get a chance to regroup Saturday while Jose Caballero starts at shortstop and bats ninth.

APRIL 5, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Out of lineup Monday Walls is not in the Rays' starting lineup against the Pirates on Monday.

Impact Walls went 2-for-9 with two walks, one stolen base and one RBI across three games against the Rockies. He'll begin Monday's game in the dugout, with Jose Caballero starting at shortstop and batting ninth.

MARCH 31, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Doyle and Farmer help the Rockies beat the Rays 2-1

Brenton Doyle and Kyle Farmer each hit an RBI single to help the Colorado Rockies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1

MARCH 29, 2025 • Associated Press

A look inside the Tampa Bay Rays' 120-hour makeover of the Yankees' Steinbrenner Field

Left homeless after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9, the Tampa Bay Rays began their season as renters at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training headq...

MARCH 28, 2025 • Associated Press

Back in lineup Thursday Walls (quadriceps) is in the lineup for Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Nationals, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

Impact Walls will return to action for the first time since March 8, having turned the page on the quad issue. Known more for his glove than his bat, Walls is expected to serve as the Rays' primary shortstop until offseason addition Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) is ready to return. Kim is said to be targeting late May for his 2025 debut.

MARCH 13, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Battling quad injury Walls left Saturday's Grapefruit League game with a quad injury, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact The injury is expected to be minor, as Walls is projected to return to the lineup Thursday. He had a solid spring prior to being sidelined, collecting five hits across 16 at-bats -- albeit with only one extra-base hit. Walls is slated to begin the season as the Rays' starting shortstop with Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) sidelined.

MARCH 11, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Rays, INF Taylor Walls reach one-year deal to avoid arbitration The Tampa Bay Rays and light-hitting infielder Taylor Walls agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million contract on Wednesday to avoid arbitration.Th...

JANUARY 22, 2025 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

JANUARY 22, 2025 • THESTATE.COM

Infielder Taylor Walls and Rays avoid arbitration, agree to 1-year deal guaranteeing $1.4 million

Infielder Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1.4 million, one-year contract

JANUARY 22, 2025 • Associated Press

Avoids arbitration with Tampa Bay The Rays and Walls avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract with a club option for 2026 on Wednesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact The financial details aren't known, but the two sides had been less than $300,000 apart when arbitration figures were exchanged earlier this month. Walls, 28, slashed only .183/.282/.248 over 84 games for the Rays in 2024.

JANUARY 22, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Drew Rasmussen and Rays agree to $8.5M, 2-year deal that could be worth $28M over 3 seasons

Right-hander Drew Rasmussen and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided salary arbitration, agreeing to an $8.5 million, two-year contract that could be worth up to $28 million over three seaso...

JANUARY 7, 2025 • Associated Press

Sitting Sunday Walls is absent from Sunday's lineup against Boston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact Jose Caballero will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Tampa Bay's regular-season finale. Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Walls will end the year slashing .183/.282/.248 with 16 stolen bases, one home run and 14 RBI over 252 plate appearances.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Idle Friday Walls is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Red Sox.

Impact Walls will yield to Jose Caballero at shortstop for the second time in three games. In September, Walls is 12-for-50 (.240) with five stolen bases, eight runs and seven RBI.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Heading back to bench Wednesday Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

Impact Walls will hit the bench after a stretch of three consecutive starts and five starts in the past six games. The infielder has produced a weak .546 OPS in September, but that mark is actually an improvement over his season-long OPS of .519. He continues to see semi-regular playing time largely because of his defensive work.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

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