The commencement of MLB’s 2023 regular season has shown to be a good one for the Tampa Bay Rays. With 34 wins in their corner and 13 losses, the Rays are at the top of their division and are led by their pitching staff, which has the lowest ERA in the American League. If the Rays were to remain this consistent, then they are looking forward to making playoffs for the fifth time in a row.?
The Devil Rays, a young team full of talent, are showing their potential in the ballpark. And now, when the team is performing this well, they have started to garner the attention of multiple potential buyers from both local and outside of the Tampa Bay area.?
Tampa Bay Rays are looking up!
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Even though the Rays have multiple buyers lined up for a possible purchase of the franchise, the primary focus of the team right now is to settle the ongoing stadium issue.?
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Even so, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Chandler Rome, one of the top potential buyers is Dan Doyle Jr., CEO of a local company DEX Imaging. The Rays’ lease of their current ballpark, the Tropicana Field, is about to expire following the 2027 season. If the team is unable to secure funding for the ballpark, they are likely looking at the potential purchase of the team.?
Rays attracting potential buyers, sources tell @TheAthletic. Story with @Chandler_Rome: https://t.co/uVn65E6k14
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) May 21, 2023
Meanwhile, as it happens, the news of potential buyers eyeing the Tampa Bay Rays has brought a ray of hope among the fans for the team’s future.? ?
What are the fans saying about the Rays?
Ever since the team Tampa Bay Rays, formerly known as the Devil Rays, got enacted in March 1998, the side has entered the playoffs twenty times but has never once won a World Series. Their fans, however, are longing for the team to win one. And considering their play this season, this news is only giving more hope for the team’s future and its fans.?
Here’s how the fans are reacting to potential buyers eyeing to buy the franchise:?
Badly needed for them. There's great potential in the team!
— Andrew Leahy (@AndrewLeahy9) May 21, 2023
YESSS!! YESSS YESS YES https://t.co/rHoIjKdY46
— Jonathan Popp (@poppj01) May 21, 2023
https://twitter.com/dean_geno/status/1660275502802714625?s=20
Meanwhile, there are some who think that leaking this piece of information is just a leverage play and nothing else.?
This could be a leverage play … or it could not. We’re nearing the end on time to break ground in Tampa/St. Pete and we’re at the point where new potential buyers interested in moving the team holds real weight. Will be interesting to see where we sit by end of 2023. https://t.co/mouf3Li61P
— Dan Slaubaugh (@DanSlaubaugh) May 21, 2023
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Ah, yes … the classic leverage move. “Leaking” information to get a last minute local stadium/development deal to limp its way across the finish line.
They’ll get this done somehow. They aren’t leaving. They stay in Tampa, also hurts Orlando expansion. #SportsBiz https://t.co/KhBN78VBuH
— Steve Giglio (@stevegiglio) May 21, 2023
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