As New York, Tampa Bay Are Continuing Three Game Series Saturday Night At Tropicana Field In St. Petersburg Florida Max Fried, Nick Martinez Are Starting

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are continuing three game series Saturday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg Florida.

As New York, Tampa Bay are continuing three game series Saturday night at Tropicana Field Max Fried, Nick Martinez are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Max Fried, Nick Martinez are different because Max Fried is a left handed starting pitcher while Nick Martinez is a right handed starting pitcher

Max Fried is 5-0 record with 0.77 earn run average against Tampa Bay!

Max Fried comes into the game with a record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 1.35 because on Sunday April 5, 2026 when opposing Miami batters, hitters Max Fried pitched 6.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 3 eaed runs while striking 4 Miami batters.

Nick Martinez comes into the game with record of 0-0 with an earn run average of 2.25 because on the same Max Fried got the win Nick Martinez took a no decision at Minnesota pitching 6.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run 1 walk while striking out 4 Minnesota batters.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/max-fried-608331

https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-martinez-607259

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Could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay from starting their series as scheduled from Max Fried, Nick Martinez from making their starts as scheduled? That isn’t going to be the case because Tropicana Field roof was repaired following Hurricane Milton.

Tropicana Field long home for baseball teams during spring training the city of St. Petersburg built a domed stadium in 1990 to lure regular season resident . The city got it’s wish in 1998 when the expansion Devil Rays came to town . Originally known as the Suncoast Dome and then the ThunderDome while it served as home to NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning. Tropicana Field was fully renovated for the arrival of Devil Rays . It has several features modeled after Ebbets Field including the large entrance rotunda and the oddly configured , asymmetrical outfield. In addition to these nods baseball tradition , the stadium is filled with restrauants , shops other fan amenities that have led to some calling it mallpark . A restaurant is located in straight away, center field with a dark screen that allows diners to watch the action on the field while providing a good hitters background . The beach is a section beyond left field that includes palm trees and sand -colored seats in truly Floridan style . Though, cable supported necessitates an artificial playing surface . Tropicana Field has the modern incarnation Astroturf, more closely simulating natural grass , and it has the rare feature of an all dirt infield . Though, the team won only 69 games the first two seasons at Tropicana Field . Devil Rays Fans were treated to a historic moment when, August 7 , 1999 Wade Boggs became first player ever to have his 100th hit be a home run.

According to book Take Me Out To the Ballpark.

An Illustrated Tour Of Baseball Parks Past and Present featuring every Major League Park , Stadiums from the past and Famous Minior and Negro League Parks by Josh Leventhal.

New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into the second game of three game series with Tampa Bay with record of 8-5 is leading the American League East is looking even up the series because they lost the first game of the series 5-3 because In the 1st inning Cody Bellinger who is left fielder who was playing center field hit sacrifice fly scoring Aaron Judge who is captain, right fielder for New York the team that wears the pinstripes putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Tampa Bay 1-0 before Amed Rosario who is third baseman tripled to left scoring designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead on Tampa Bay 2-0 before Yandy Diaz who is first baseman for Tampa Bay hit 2-run home run to right center 377 feet scoring Jonathan Arranda who was playing first base evening the score at 2-2 before Tampa Bay scored three time once in the bottom of 2nd inning when Chandler Simpson grounded to fielders choice to Jazz Chisholm Jr. scoring Taylor Walls who is shortstop who was playing shortstop giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead before Tampa Bay would go on to extend the lead 4-2 5-2 in bottom of 6th inning as Chandler Simpson who is left fielder singled to center scoring Ben Williamson who was playing second base who is third baseman extending Tampa Bay’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 4-2 before Jonathan Aranda grounded out to Jazz Chisholm Jr. scoring Taylor Walls before New York the team that wears the pinstripes would get the last laugh as first baseman Ben Rice who hit home run to center making final score 5-3 Tampa Bay.

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Cody Bellinger hit sacrifice fly scoring Aaron Judge though, Amed Rosario tripled scoring Giancarlo Stanton New York the team that wears the pinstripes lost 5-3 to Tampa Bay Friday.

Where?

On the diamond in St. Petersburg Florida because Paul Goldschmidt who like Ben Rice is first baseman was 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Randal Grichuk who was playing left field who is right fielder was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jose Cabellero who is shortstop who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Trent Grisham who was pinch hitter who was center fielder who 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.

New York the team that wears the pinstripes was unable to produce enough runs offensively to support Luis Gil who started who pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 3 earned runs while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters . Jake Bird who relieved Luis Gil who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters . Brent Headrick who relieved Jake Bird who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run , 0 walks while striking out 1 Tampa Bay batter . Camilo Doval who relieved Brent Headrick who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters . Ryan Yarbrough who relieved Camilo Doval who pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters.

According to ESPN App

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-3 loss to Tampa Bay Friday in St. Petersburg Florida manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts by saying There’s going to be ebbs and flows of that,”We’ve got to get some guys clicking and obviously get that big hit,”We’re not hitting a ton of long balls right now. … It’s going to happen sometimes from the offense. They’ll get it rolling and some people will pay the price.”

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Manager Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts as Luis Gil who was his first start of 2026 season who pitched 3 hits, 3 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters did as well by saying They told me, and I took it easy,through interpreter Marlon Abreu. “I kept with my routine and kept working so that I could stay on pace to come back up here and pitch today.”

While catcher Austin Wells who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in shared his thoughts by saying We’re told to be aggressive and use them,”There’s been some really, really close ones that haven’t gone our way, but I think that’s just the game.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-gil-makes-2026-debut-in-yankees-loss-to-rays

Tampa Bay comes into the second game of the three game series with record of 6-7 is third in the American League East though they won the first game of the three game series 5-3 because Yandy Diaz who is first baseman for Tampa Bay hit 2-run home run to right center 377 feet scoring Jonathan Arranda who was playing first base evening the score at 2-2 before Tampa Bay scored three time once in the bottom of 2nd inning when Chandler Simpson grounded to fielders choice to Jazz Chisholm Jr. scoring Taylor Walls who is shortstop who was playing shortstop giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead before Tampa Bay would go on to extend the lead 4-2 5-2 in bottom of 6th inning as Chandler Simpson who is left fielder singled to center scoring Ben Williamson who was playing second base who is third baseman extending Tampa Bay’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 4-2 before Jonathan Aranda grounded out to Jazz Chisholm Jr. scoring Taylor Walls.

Supporting who?

Steven Matz who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 2 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Griffin Jax who relieved Steven Matz who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking 2 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Ian Seymour who relieved Griffin Jax who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Hunter Bigge who relieved Ian Seymour who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter. Bryan Baker who relieved Hunter Bigge who started who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters .

Following Tampa Bay’s 5-3 win over New York the team that wears the pinstripes Friday night manager Kevin Cash shared his thoughts Chandler Simpson , Yandy Diaz by saying Chandler's a very talented young hitter. And Yandy, I think he probably can hit anywhere,”“We'll continue to mix [and] match. But I didn't think either one of them was going to think too much of it, and it didn't feel like they did.”

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Kevin Cash wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts as Yandy Diaz, Chandler Simpson did as well by saying He said a ball was going to fly out today,”Definitely thought we just relied on each other, just passed the baton, one after the other,”Didn't really try to do too much. Really just AB by AB, trying to get runs in.”

According to Adam Berry’s MLB articlehttps://www.mlb.com/rays/news/yandy-diaz-homers-as-rays-win-opener-vs-yankees

The game is going to be televised on Yes Network, Rays TV!

On the Yes Network the broadcast is likely going to include Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits!

Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

Since 2023, Marakovits has hosted special Batting Practice All-Access shows from the Yankee Stadium field prior to select Yankees games. These All-Access shows consist of game previews, player interviews, pre-taped features, the answering of fan questions and more.

Marakovits has won nine New York Emmy Awards while covering the Yankees at YES, including two in 2023: one for her Yankees reporting duties and one for being an integral member of YES’ Yankees pre-game coverage. She also won an Emmy in 2024 for playing a vital role in YES’ season-long Yankees game coverage. In 2019, she was named to the “Top Women in Sports” list by the trade organization Cynopsis. The Cynopsis list recognizes female trailblazers in the sports industry; Marakovits was named in the On-Air Talent category.

Marakovits also appears on YES’ special Yankees programming and contributes to YESNetwork.com, the network’s Emmy Award-winning website, as well as YES’ various social media platforms. In January 2016, she travelled to the Dominican Republic to interview a number of Yankees players for YES’ Yankees Access show. She also hosted the weekly Joe Girardi Show on YES while Girardi managed the Yankees.

Marakovits frequently appears as a guest on MLB Network shows such as The Rundown and MLB Now.

Prior to joining the YES team, Marakovits worked for several Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks including SNY in New York, where she was an anchor and also contributed to SNY programs The Wheelhouse, Daily News Live and GEICO Sportsnite. At Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Marakovits was a Philadelphia 76ers sideline reporter, as well as a contributor to Toyota Sportsnite. She was also a fill-in anchor at Comcast SportsNet New England.

On the radio side, Marakovits covered the Yankees and Mets for 1050 ESPN and contributed elsewhere to WFAN radio in New York. Preceding her work in New York, Marakovits served as the Phillies reporter for 950 ESPN Radio/97.5 the Fanatic in Philadelphia. While there, she covered back-to-back World Series, contributed to ESPN and ESPNews, and appeared on MLB’s first reality series, The Pen.

Earlier in her career, Marakovits served as the pre- and post-game host and field reporter for the Emmy Award-winning Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Television Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania; the IronPigs are the Phillies’ AAA affiliate. She also covered the Reading Phillies (AA affiliate) while there. Marakovits also worked for Service Electric 2’s sports division as a sideline reporter for college football, basketball, and indoor football broadcasts.

In December 2013, Marakovits’ alma mater, Allentown (Pa.) Central Catholic High School, inducted her into its Rockne Wall of Fame, for her athletic exploits. A Northampton, Pa. native, Marakovits is a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, where she played volleyball and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Communications.

According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters

On Rays TV the game going to be televised with Dewayne Staats , Brian Anderson , Ryan Bass , Kendra Douglas commentating!

Dewayne anchors Rays TV this year, his 51st season broadcasting major league baseball and 29th with the Rays. Dewayne has also handled play-by-play for FOX Sports national baseball coverage. He has broadcast more than 7,000 MLB games in his career, including 10 no-hitters. Before joining the Rays, he spent three years calling play-by-play for a variety of ESPN sports broadcasts. He began his major league play-by-play career on the radio and TV for the Astros from 1977-84, then for the Cubs from 1985-89. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the Yankees from 1990-94, and spent the 1994-95 seasons calling the action for The Baseball Network (ABC/NBC). Dewayne began his baseball career as the radio voice of the Oklahoma City 89ers (1973-74). In 1975-76 he won an Emmy Award as the sports director at KPLR TV in St. Louis. Dewayne began his sports career with WSIE Radio before graduating from SIU-Edwardsville in 1975. He earned Distinguished Alumnus of the Year honors in 1987 and was inducted into its Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010. Dewayne was named a finalist for the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2019. He was named the 2013 Florida Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. In 2015, Dewayne authored Position to Win: A Look at Baseball and Life From the Best Seat in the House, which chronicles his life and career in sports broadcasting. In 2018, Dewayne was inducted into the Tampa Bay Sports Club Hall of Fame, and he received a Suncoast Sports Emmy Award in 2021. He and his wife, Carla, support a number of causes, including military combat veterans via their 501(c)(3) charity W.A.R. (Warriors at Rest). He has two daughters, Stephanie Wheeler and Alexandra, and three grandchildren: Gabriel, Zachary, and Evie.

Brian enters his 18th season as the full-time television color analyst on Rays TV. Brian previously served on the major league staff as assistant to the pitching coach, working under Jim Hickey from March 2008 through the 2009 season. He also filled in as a broadcaster for Cleveland on Sports Time Ohio and hosted a weekly highlights show while recovering from injury in 2007. Brian spent 13 seasons pitching in the majors with the Angels, Cleveland, Royals and Diamondbacks, and was a member of the latter’s 2001 World Champion team. He was selected third overall by the Angels in the 1993 First-Year Player Draft and the following season was named the Sporting News AL Rookie of the Year. He was also selected by the Diamondbacks as their first pick in the 1997 Expansion Draft. Brian was inducted to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame on September 30, 2015 and made his acceptance speech by phone during the Rays broadcast. He is a member of the inaugural class of the Summit League Conference Hall of Fame, as well as a member of the Wright State Hall of Fame, where he had his number 34 retired. He was most recently inducted into the Buffalo Bisons (Triple-A affiliate of Toronto Blue Jays) Hall of Fame in 2025. In 2021, he received a Suncoast Sports Emmy Award for his work on the Rays broadcast. He resides in Tampa. Brian has four children: Rylyn Mae, Jackson James, Harper Marie and Baker James.

Ryan enters his fifth season with the Rays TV broadcast team, serving as the club’s in-game reporter and pre- and postgame host. A familiar presence in Tampa Bay sports for nearly a decade, he previously served as sports director and lead anchor at CBS affiliate WTSP-TV, and as a reporter, host, and play-by-play broadcaster with Bright House Sports Network, telling the stories of teams across the region. 

In addition to his role with the Rays, Ryan is also a national correspondent for NewsNation, where he covers major stories spanning news, politics, weather, and sports. He also serves as the Media Director for Otter PR and freelances for CBS Sports HQ, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and other major networks. Before returning to Tampa Bay in 2016, he hosted national programs for CBS Sports in Fort Lauderdale, anchoring popular shows including Fantasy Football Today and Daily Fantasy Live.

Originally from Miami, Ryan has strong ties to Tampa Bay — his father, Steve, attended St. Petersburg High School — and he is a proud UCF Knight, earning his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida.

Kendra Douglas is a two-time Edward R. Murrow Award winner and team reporter and host for the Orlando Magic on FanDuel Sports Network. She also leads coverage through a podcast and pregame show across the team’s digital platforms and serves as a fill-in in-game reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays. In addition, Kendra has worked as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s college football coverage on the ACC Network. Previously, Kendra was the weekend sports anchor and reporter at WESH 2 News in Orlando, where she covered Tom Brady’s Super Bowl run with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Orlando Magic’s journey from the NBA bubble to Paolo Banchero’s Rookie of the Year season, and a wide range of Central Florida sports. Her reporting earned a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for a feature on former NFL player HaHa Clinton-Dix and his hometown of Eatonville. Before moving to Florida, Kendra was the weekday sports anchor at KSN News 3 in Wichita, Kansas, covering the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl season and award-winning high school football coverage. She began her career in Wilmington, North Carolina, reporting on high school athletics and UNC Wilmington’s NCAA basketball tournament run. In 2016, she worked as a flash quote reporter for the Olympic News Service at the Rio Olympic Games. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Media and Journalism, Kendra has been recognized with an NABJ Sports Reporting Award and was honored by the Governor of Kansas in a 2025 proclamation recognizing women in sports broadcasting.

According to https://www.mlb.com/rays/team/broadcasters