Originally Will Warren, Drew Rasmussen Were Starting For New York, Tampa Bay Sunday In Bronx New York Though, Instead Ryan Weathers, Drew Rasmussen Are Starting
Originally Will Warren, Drew Rasmussen were starting for New York the team that wears the wears pinstripes Sunday though, instead Ryan Weathers, Drew Rasmussen are starting.
Where?
On the mound!
Ryan Weathers, Drew Ramussen are starting following postponement Saturday that is going to be made up on Tuesday September 22, 2026 will be first game as part of a split admission doubleheader.
New York the team that wears the pinstripes announced on social media as of 8:05pm that gates were going to open on time at 12:00pm today.
Though,
Could mother nature still be a factor prevent Ryan Weathers, Drew Rasmussen from starting on schedule from New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay from getting the game in.
There is a strong possibility because when the first pitch is supposed to be thrown the weather forecast is calling for 84 % chance of rain because at 2:00pm 3:00pm the forecast is calling for 60% chance of rain before it turns cloudy chances decrease to 49% at 4:00pm 5:00pm before rain gets heavy again at 6:00pm 7:00pm.
According to ESPN App
Ryan Weathers, Drew Rasmussen are different because Ryan Weathers is a left handed starting pitcher while Drew Rasmussen is a right handed starting pitcher!
Ryan Weathers comes into the game with Tampa Bay with record of 2-2 with an earn run average of 3.58 because on when opposing Toronto Saturday May 17, 2026 in Bronx New York Ryan Weathers pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 5 earned runs.
To who?
Earnie Clement who is shortstop who hit home run to left center scoring first baseman Vladmir Guerrero Jr. Kazuma Oklamoto giving Toronto a 3-1 lead in top of 4th inning George Springer who was designated hitter who hit home run to left top of 4th inning giving Toronto a 4-3 lead in top of 5th inning before Earnie Clement grounded out to fielders choice to shortstop scoring Lenyn Sosa giving Toronto 5-3 lead.
Drew Rasmussen comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 4-1 with an earn run average of 3.19 because on Sunday May 17, 2026 pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks.
To who
Xavier Edwards who is second baseman who singled to center scoring Owen Caissie evening score 1-1 before Otto Lopez singled to right scoring Xavier Edwards.
According to ESPN App
New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into Sunday’s game with record of 30-22 is second in American League East 5.5 games behind Tampa Bay who is leading the American League East because they lost the first of what was supposed to be three game series 4-2 on Friday May 22, 2026 when Gerrit Cole returned to mound from recovering, rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery.
What is Tommy John Surgery?
UCL reconstruction is a surgery commonly used to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament inside the elbow by replacing it with a tendon from elsewhere in the body. The goal of the surgery is to stabilize the elbow, reduce or eliminate pain and restore stability and range of motion. This procedure was introduced and first performed by Frank Jobe, M.D., on baseball pitcher Tommy John in 1974—hence the colloquial name Tommy John surgery.
In Gerrit Cole’s return from Tommy John Surgery for New York the team that wears the pinstripes Gerrit Cole pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs, 3 walks pinstripes while striking out 2 Tampa Bay batters. Gerrit Cole was offensively supported by Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman who tripled to right scoring left fielder Cody Bellinger cutting into Tampa Bay’s lead trimming New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit to 4-2 in bottom of 8th inning Though, Gerrit Cole shutout Tampa Bay offensively in return though Jazz Chisholm Jr. tripled. Austin Wells who is catcher who hit home run to center 392 in bottom of 5th inning putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Tampa Bay. 1-0. In the top of 8th inning though reliever Tim Hill who came on in relief Fernando Cruz surrendered 3 runs, 3 hits a walk.
To who?
Jake Aranda who is first baseman who doubled to center scoring Chandler Simpson who is left fielder evening score 1-1 advancing Junior Caminero to third base before Richie Palacios who is second baseman who singled to center scoring Jake Aranda who is first baseman giving Tampa Bay , Junior Caminero 3-1 lead before Ryan Vilade who was pinch running was right fielder hit sacrfice fly to left scoring Carson Williams who was pinch runner, designated who is shorstop extending Tampa Bay’s lead yet again over New York the team that wears the pinstripes this time, 4-1.
According to ESPN App
With the 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes now has a record of 30-22 is 5 .5 games behind Tampa Bay who improved their record to 34-15.
Following Gerrit Cole shutting out Tampa Bay offensively in return New York the team that wears the pinstripes losing 4-2 to Tampa Bay though Jazz Chisholm Jr. tripled, Austin Wells homered because Tim Hill surrendered runs manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts by saying With what we’re going through, you hate losing the game,” said manager Aaron Boone, whose team has lost 10 of 14,We’ve got to find a way to beat that club.”
Following Gerrit Cole shutting out Tampa Bay offensively in return New York the team that wears the pinstripes losing 4-2 to Tampa Bay though Jazz Chisholm Jr. tripled, Austin Wells homered because Tim Hill surrendered runs Gerrit Cole shared his thoughts on his first start since 2024 World Series by saying Putting the fastest guy in the league on two pitches in, that’s tough,”But we worked on controlling the running game a lot over the last few weeks. It came to fruition in the first and was a huge out for us.”I kept the team in the game, got deep into the game and pitched efficiently. I had some good sequences.”It really was a special night,”My boys were excited, and obviously preventing runs at a strong clip puts the cherry on top. Unfortunately we couldn’t close it off, but it’s a good step forward. I’m looking forward to the next one.”
Though,
Gerrit Cole wasn’t the only New York the team that wears the pinstripes player to share his thoughts on his first start since 2024 World Series since having, rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery as captain, right fielder Aaron Judge who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in did as well saying know he’s been itching to get back out there,”He’s been down in this tunnel every single game, helping out our young starters, helping our guys out -- motivating them, talking through different stuff.”
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Tampa Bay comes into Sunday’s game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 34-15 is leading the American League East because they won the first of the series 4-2 because Jake Aranda who is first baseman doubled to center scoring Chandler Simpson who is left fielder evening score 1-1 advancing Junior Caminero to third base before Richie Palacios who is second baseman who singled to center scoring Jake Aranda who is first baseman giving Tampa Bay , Junior Caminero 3-1 lead before Ryan Vilade who was pinch running was right fielder hit sacrfice fly to left scoring Carson Williams who was pinch runner, designated who is shorstop extending Tampa Bay’s lead yet again over New York the team that wears the pinstripes this time, 4-1.
Off who?
New York the team that wears the pinstripes reliever Tim Hill who came on in relief of Fernando Cruz.
Offensively supporting who?
Nick Martinez who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 9 hits , 1 earned run 1 walk. Ian Seymour who came on in relief of Nick Martinez who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run.
To who?
Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman who tripled to right scoring left fielder Cody Bellinger cutting into Tampa Bay’s lead trimming New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit to 4-2 in bottom of 8th inning Though, Gerrit Cole shutout Tampa Bay offensively in return though Jazz Chisholm Jr. tripled. Austin Wells who is catcher who hit home run to center 392 in bottom of 5th inning putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Tampa Bay. 1-0.
Kevin Kelly who came on in relief of Ian Seymour who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters. Bryan Baker who came on in relief of Kevin Kelly who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter.
According to ESPN App
Following Tampa Bay’s 4-2 win Friday night in Bronx New York manager Kevin Cash shared his thoughts by saying . “One-nothing ballgame, it can go a lot of different ways, but really impressed.”
Though,
manager Kevin Cash wasn’t the only to share his thoughts on Tampa Bay’s 4-2 win as Nick Martinez who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 9 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter did as well saying That's who we are. I think everyone's bought into our style of play, how we play,”We don't give up, man. We're not down until it's over.”It's early, but it's still a big series,”They're a very good team, and to get the first one is huge for us.”
According to Adam Berry MLB article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/rays-extend-al-east-lead-over-yankees-behind-4-run-8th
First pitch is set for 1:35pm from Yankee Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on Yes, Rays. TV!
On Yes Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits are going to be commentating!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.
On Rays. TV 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.
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