Rays Stadium Plans in Place? - RaysUp with Mat Gemain

Mat Germain joins BaseballBiz On Deck and takes a look at the
Tampa Bay Rays stadium plans


Tampa Bay Rays new stadium plan

Downtown development plan omits a Rays Stadium in Ybor City

St. Pete Mayor, Ken Welch, announces acceptance of Hines
& Tampa Bay Rays proposal

Benefits for St. Pete, Rays, and fans

Brian Auld's excitement about the new stadium plan but
uncertainty about who will pay for what

Decisions to be made before the first shovel of dirt is
tossed

MLB catching up with Mat Germain's proposal for a balanced
schedule

World Baseball Classic and the possibility of it becoming
like the Soccer World Cup

Possibility of Mike Trout facing Ohtani in the WBC

Impact of star players participating in the WBC on young
players making it to spring training

Jason Adam's current status

Extensions signed for Yandy Diaz, Pete Fairbanks, and Jeffrey
Springs

Yandy Diaz delivering nightmares to opposing pitchers with
his strike zone awareness

Potential starting lineup for the Rays (Yandy Diaz, Randy
Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Isaac Paredes, Josh Lowe)

Mat's breakdown of starting pitchers and their expected
playing time

Who will be the Rays' "clubhouse guy" bringing positivity to
the team

Rays Fan Fest on Saturday, February 18

Spring Training games in air conditioning at the Tropicana

New faces that may be seen at Fan Fest (Kevin Kelly, Coby
White, Zach Eflin, Curtis Mead, Kyle Manzardo). 
(show notes by ChatGPT)



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Sources & Links:


Rays Fan Fest - https://www.mlb.com/rays/fans/fan-fest 

St Pete Mayor announces moving forward with Hines & Tampa
Bay Rays proposal, Channel 10 Tampa Bay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG8VDa2Dmm8 

Brian Auld - Tampa Bay Rays what needs to go right and who
will pay for what, Channel 10 Tampa Bay: 
 https://www.youtube.com/live/VFjOWs7cxxM?feature=share