Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

The Tampa Bay Rays went from hitting a brick wall in Boston to obliterating the New York Mets.

Entering the series as the best team in baseball, the Mets were swept away by the Rays over the three game series. Now the Rays are 39-32 with the top wild card spot; the Rays are now just 3.5 games back of the Yankees for the division lead. The Rays will now travel back home to Tampa where they’ll take on the last place Baltimore Orioles.

To say the 2025 season has been a disappointment for the Orioles would be a massive understatement. Baltimore is currently 30-40 on the season, 12 games back in the division and 6 games back of the 3rd Wild Card spot.

Entering the year, the Orioles had an exciting…