The 2025 Major League Baseball Spring Training season is underway on the Suncoast. The Tampa Bay Rays made the short driver over to North Port from Punta Gorda well worth it. The Tampa Bay Rays win four to two at the Atlanta Braves home away from Georgia on the Braves opening day of Grapefruit league action.

Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen got the start against the Atlanta Braves on Monday right on the heels of Shane McClanahan and Shane Baz's debuts.

Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy has a cracked rib and is expected to miss four to six weeks. Manager Brian Snitker told reporters on Monday before the Braves game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The injury gives top prospect Drake Baldwin the chance to start the season as the starting catcher.

Let’s break down what it means for the Braves and how each of these out-of-options players fits into the team’s plans. Mar 10, 2023; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Atlanta Braves pitcher Ian Anderson (36) throws a pitch in the first inning of a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

The Minnesota Twins play again this afternoon against the Atlanta Braves at 12:05 p.m. On Sunday, Minnesota kept its win-loss record at 3-4 after tying with the Tampa Bay Rays 5-5. The Twins had losses in their prior three games against Pittsburg,

The first weekend of Spring Training is behind us, and the Atlanta Braves sit at 0-2. After picking up Grapefruit League losses against the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays, Brian Snitker’s squad has to take a look at what’s not working as they prepare for Opening Day on March 27.

A catcher for a large part of his nine seasons in the minors, Ricardo Genoves was filling in at first base for the Rays in the late innings of Monday’s exhibition game to get some at-bats. In the top of the ninth,

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Ricardo Genovés, who hit a walk-off single in a spring training game against the Braves on Monday, said he is open to doing whatever the Rays ask him to do.

Even the Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker tells ABC7 Sports how much he enjoys playing against the Tampa Bay Rays during Spring Training.

Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen got the start against the Atlanta Braves on Monday right on the heels of Shane McClanahan and Shane Baz's debuts.

“I think it’s wonderful,” Rays baseball ... against the Atlanta Braves Monday at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte. Taylor went on to score the winning run in Tampa Bay's 5-4 victory.