The trade deadline has passed, and the dog day of August is on us. The Dodgers made only some changes to their team, most notably sending Dustin to Boston, shipping James Outman to Minnesota, and welcomed the return of relief pitcher Brock Stewart. Now, we ride. Live for this.
First of all, in the months that the Dodgers hoped better than July were the Tampa Bay Light. The Rays don't have the best season, and their dilemma begins all the time in the fall.
Hurricane Milton damaged the Tampa/St.Pett area and damaged roofs in Tropicana fields. Work on fixing the roof will eventually begin this month and is scheduled to be completed in April 2026.
Meanwhile, the rays have been at George Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees Spring Training Facilities and the location of Florida State League single A Tampa Tarpons. The maximum capacity is 10,046, which makes it the smallest of all MLBs.
This is the stadium compared to the current MLB baseball field.
The rays are slightly below .500 and the speed is 54-56. They are 4-9 since the All-Stars' break. They were busy with the trade deadline and traded a bunch of players, including rescuer Zack Littell. They also found one of the best relief players in the trade market of Griffin Jax. They stick to the core players in Pete Fairbanks, Yandy Díaz and Brandon Lowe.
The Dodgers did attract some players from the rays, including Paul Gervase, who will be the top member of the 6'10 once he is called. The Dodgers also sent receiver Hunter Fedducia to the Rays, part of the three team deals. Rays fans hope they will still get better, even if they are four games in the wildcard, the front desk thinks the Rays still have a lot of battles in it.
Friday's game will be at 7:35 pm local time, but the other two will be in the afternoon, the weather will be in the mid-90s, and the real feeling is the 100s.
Clayton Kershaw will take over the Dodgers mound on Friday night, and he will face Shane Baz, a rightist with 8-7 with a 4.61 ERA. Kershaw stood out from his worst outing of the season, having four runs to the Boston Red Sox in a 4-inch inning.
During Buzz's last outing, he played five innings against the Cincinnati Reds and allowed two runs. However, during this previous outing, he only played four innings against the Chicago White Sox, allowing eight runs. In the previous outing, there were only 6-inch games against the Boston Red Sox. He only had 12 strikeouts in that 15-inch joint inning. Long story short, who knows what version the Dodgers will get.
The series will also return on Saturday with Blake Snell and welcome his old team, The Rays.
Friday game information
- Team: The Dodgers of the Ray
- Stadium: Stanbrenner Stadium in Tampa
- Start time: 4:35 pm pt
- TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network (Blur)
- Broadcast: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)