Sizing up the Tampa Bay Rays ahead of the 2025 season

Ladies and gentlemen: the Tampa Bay Rays. For as profitable as MLB franchises are, Tampa Bay continues to bring up the rear in terms of its finances. The 1998 expansion franchise has been largely competitive for the last 15 years or so,

For much of the past decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have been baseball’s great anomaly—a team that wins despite payroll limitations, roster turnover, and playing in a division stacked with financial heavyweights.