Luke Raley

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Luke Raley recaps his team's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and analyzes his two stellar defensive plays.

Tampa Bay Rays' outfielder Luke Raley made a leaping grab at the wall to rob Los Angeles Dodgers' Austin Barnes of extra bases.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Luke Raley felt unnerved pitching against the Toronto Blue Jays during Tuesday's blowout loss."Everyone, you might think it's fun to be out there. But it's scary at the same time," Raley said postgame following a 20-1 defeat, according to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. "I'm not a pitcher. I can leave the ball over the plate, and those guys hit the ball really hard and it can get back to the pitcher's mound real quick. "So, I don't envy pitchers in general, and I don't envy myself being out there. But I'll do whatever the team needs me to do and keep us healthy and fresh for tomorrow to continue to win games."Raley, who surrendered seven earned runs on eight hits over 1 2/3 innings after entering in the eighth inning, did manage to record his first career strikeout, which came against All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Luke Raley bamboozles Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a 50 mph curveball...... and ducks out of the way just in case pic.twitter.com/VxBInVnuaH Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 24, 2023 "I was just smiling because I struck out Vlad, honestly," Raley added. "That's something I can honestly say I never thought I would do. Yeah. At least I have one strikeout in the books and we move on."Guerrero got his revenge with a grand slam in the ninth inning: Grand #PLAKATA \_( )_/ pic.twitter.com/yNRGyXWVWu Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 24, 2023 Copyright © 2023 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Luke Raley felt unnerved pitching against the Toronto Blue Jays during Tuesday's blowout loss."Everyone, you might think it's fun to be out there. But it's scary at the same time," Raley said postgame following a 20-1 defeat, according to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. "I'm not a pitcher. I can leave the ball over the plate, and those guys hit the ball really hard and it can get back to the pitcher's mound real quick. "So, I don't envy pitchers in general, and I don't envy myself being out there. But I'll do whatever the team needs me to do and keep us healthy and fresh for tomorrow to continue to win games."Raley, who surrendered seven earned runs on eight hits over 1 2/3 innings after entering in the eighth inning, did manage to record his first career strikeout, which came against All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Luke Raley bamboozles Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a 50 mph curveball...... and ducks out of the way just in case pic.twitter.com/VxBInVnuaH Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 24, 2023 "I was just smiling because I struck out Vlad, honestly," Raley added. "That's something I can honestly say I never thought I would do. Yeah. At least I have one strikeout in the books and we move on."Guerrero got his revenge with a grand slam in the ninth inning: Grand #PLAKATA \_( )_/ pic.twitter.com/yNRGyXWVWu Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 24, 2023 Copyright © 2023 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Luke Raley admitted Monday that a recent rant on a New York sports radio station questioning the legitimacy of his team's hot start to the season is serving as motivation for the club."Everyone gets the message ... That video, it hit us", Raley said, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. "We wanted to own it Keep doubting us; we're going to come out and keep playing good baseball."Evan Roberts, a host at WFAN 660 in New York City, took to the airwaves two weeks ago and said there was "something suspicious" about Tampa Bay's 28-7 record at the time. Something fishy is happening in Tampa pic.twitter.com/23RM7fQz1w Evan Roberts (@EvanRobertsWFAN) May 9, 2023 Roberts also questioned how certain players like Christian Bethancourt and Taylor Walls were producing the best numbers of their careers.The Rays enter play Monday with a 34-14 record and lead the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games for first place in the AL East. Copyright © 2023 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.