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Regular season will be here before we know it and Rodon is still trying to figure it out.

The Rays won but the fans still are not showing up

Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz is now one step closer to the ultimate goal of reaching the Major Leagues. The right-hander has earned a spot on the AAA Durham Bulls of the Tampa Bay Rays system. Schultz dominated in AA a season ago, striking out 168 batters in just 135 innings for the Montgomery Biscuits...

With baseball season upon us and full squad workouts taking place this week, we also start to see the updated prospect lists for each Major League franchise. The Tampa Bay Rays are of particular interest to the Capital Region fan as they boast two 518 natives in their system in Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley and Maple Hill grad Jaime Schultz...

All week long on 'Levack' we have been helping to prep you for baseball fans by taking you on our 'Capital Region Spring Training Tour.' We have interviewed a different Capital Region ballplayer as they get ready to head off to Spring Training...

It's hard to believe we are just over one month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. While we are usually focused on the Mets and Yankees, we also have a keen eye on several Section II products who are in affiliated baseball...

We are still one month away from the start of spring training, when a number of Section II alums will head out to Florida and Arizona to find out their destinations for the 2016 season. Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley is a member of the Tampa Bay Rays system and he was recently named the No...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nick Franklin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL wild-card leading New York Yankees 6-3 on Tuesday night. Hobbled Alex Rodriguez and Greg Bird homered for the Yankees, who remain three games behind AL East-leading Toronto, which lost 3-2 at Atlanta...

Trailing 1-0 with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Alex Rodriguez tied the game with a double. Then, tied 1-1, Slade Heathcott hit a three-run home run that turned out to be the game-winner as the Yankees beat the Rays, 4-1, on Monday night...

Niskayuna native Garrett Whitley made his debut for the Hudson Valley Renegades on Thursday night, going 0-1 with a strikeout and a walk. Whitley was promoted to the Rays New York-Penn League affiliate on Thursday after playing 30 games in the Gulf Coast League...

Really exciting news for Niskayuna graduate and 2015 first-round MLB draft pick Garrett Whitley: Whitley had been playing with the Gulf Coast League Rays, where he had hit .188 in 30 games for the Rays affiliate. But he did have a .310 on-base percentage...

Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley is currently in his first professional baseball season in the Tampa Bay Rays system. Whitley was assigned to the Rays Gulf Coast League affiliate in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Rays have a video series on their website, called "Prospect Spotlight" in which they run features and packages on Rays prospects...