Inside Pitch Podcast

Tampa Bay grinds out a third straight win over Toronto and four consecutive overall to maintain their lead atop the wild card standings. Daniel Robertson drove in both the tying run and the insurance run late Saturday, and he discusses how he's feeling at the plate. And Tyler Glasnow talks about making his first start since May 11 today.

The Rays throw a combined two-hit shutout Friday against Toronto, and Steve talks about the importance of seeing Brendan McKay get back to pitching the way he did before the shoulder ailment, plus getting Tyler Glasnow back Sunday. And Mike Zunino on getting a Gator chomp from Kevin Kiermaier and how good it felt to break the game open with a home run.

The Rays earn a win in the opener of a four-game series against the Blue Jays. Steve discusses how Austin Meadows has feasted on Toronto pitching, plus Tommy Pham becomes the second 20-20 player in franchise history, but he tells us how he is not resting on his laurels and already preparing to be even better in 2020.

The Rays begin a weekend series with the Toronto Blue Jays tonight, but Steve answers an email asking about the possibility of Brandon Lowe and Yandy Diaz playing, and Tyler Glasnow possibly starting, in the postseason. Plus, the reason why today's game is the only contest not on Fox Sports Sun this season.

Steve discusses the split of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles, and how pitching plays such an important factor in success playing twin-bills, and we hear from manager Kevin cash about the long day of baseball.

The Tampa Bay Rays will wrap up their series with the Baltimore Orioles with two games at Tropicana Field, an unusual occurrence. We also look at the positives and negatives of Monday's 5-4 10-inning win over the Orioles, and the possibility of Tyler Glasnow pitching at the Trop this weekend,

What seemed to be a difficult task gets accomplished as Tampa Bay take all three games from the Indians, and hear from both infielders Nate Lowe and Daniel Robetson about returning to the big leagues for this playoff push.

We've reached September, which means the roster expands from 25 to as many as 40 players. The Rays will start by expanding to 30 after calling up five to begin the month. Hear from infielders Nate Lowe and Daniel Robertson, both back with the big club for the final month. Steve also explains why Ricardo Pinto was used for a second inning Saturday in Tampa Bay's win over Cleveland and what to expect for Sunday's finale as the Rays look to finish off a three-game sweep.

After a rough end to the road trip for the pitching staff, things got back tonormal in Friday's win over the Indians. Hear from manager Kevin Cash about the victory, and Steve discusses contingencies that could be made if Hurricane Dorian were to make its way to the Tampa Bay region.

The Rays manage to salvage the finale of their series in Houston, and now open up a ten-game homestand with the first of three against the Cleveland Indians. Also, Blake Bivens makes his first public statement since the murder of his wife and son.