ST. PETERSBURG — Randy Arozarena has turned out to be good with numbers. The Rays outfielder set a goal of joining the 20-20 club (20 homers and 20 steals) and did so in 2021. He repeated the feat last year, joining superstar Mike Trout as the only players to do so both as rookies and again the following season. While 30-30 would be the next step, Arozarena is eyeing a different target: 100 .
ST. PETERSBURG — Having spent 20-plus years playing and working in the Rays’ organization, including the past five on the big-league coaching staff, Matt Quatraro is looking forward to seeing plenty of familiar faces when he returns to Tropicana Field this week in his new gig as Royals manager. Except, he joked, for the pitchers the Rays will have on the mound for the four-game series, .
In their admittedly and overtly biased clubhouse, support for Rays players going to Seattle next month is understandably broad. “We’ve got a lot of guys that I hope are in All-Star consideration,” manager Kevin Cash said. Starter Tyler Glasnow ticked off an expansive list. “I feel like half our team should go to the All-Star Game,” he said. “There’s so many people. Basically, like the starting .