Inside Pitch Podcast

Steve Carney breaks down the Rays ten-game road trip they just completed going 9-1, and a listener e-mail about the trade deadline brings our first look at what Tampa Bay could be looking for in the next ten days.

One night after handing the New York Yankees their first home loss of the year, the Rays handed them a second straight defeat in the Bronx, though they were unable to end Gerrit Cole's unbeaten streak. Steve Carney also discusses Yonny Chirinos' return to the injured list and Trevor Bauer's tension with Major League Baseball over a set of cleats.

The New York Yankees were unbeaten in the Bronx coming into Tuesday, but that came to an end when the Rays emerged with a 6-3 victory. Steve Carney broke down the positives from Tuesday's win, plus Blake Snell, Brandon Lowe and Austin Meadows talk about playing in an empty Yankee Stadium, and Fox Sports Sun's Doug Waechter breaks down a minor trade and why it led to Daniel Robertson being designated for assignment.

The Rays begin a three-game series in the Bronx against the Yankees tonight, and Steve Carney discusses some of the aspects that make this one of the biggest series Tampa Bay will play this year because it will show them exactly where on the pecking order they stand.

The Rays leave Buffalo with a series win by taking both halves of Sunday's suspended game and regularly scheduled contest against the Blue Jays and ensure themselves a winning ten-game road trip. Steve Carney also answers an email about the end of the 2008 World Series.

Tampa Bay sees its six game winning streak come to an end in Buffalo, and Steve Carney compare the Rays' play against the Jays Friday to what we saw from the Boston Red Sox the previous four days. Plus, one team looks to return from COVID-19, another has fears of its own outbreak, and two players who violated health and safety protocols learn their fate

The Rays finish off a four-game series sweep of the Boston Red Sox for the first time since 2010, and Steve Carney thinks the key to ensuring that Rays hitters never go into another slump again is to just envision a Boston pitcher on the mound every time their hitters come to the plate.

Steve Carney starts today's show by going through the bright points in Wednesday's win over the Boston Red Sox, specifically how Blake Snell looked close to being back to his Cy Young Form from 2018. Then we get into Joe Kelly's incident with the Houston Astros, and hear the Dodgers reliever explain exactly why he does not like them, echoing a statement you'd likely hear from many players around the league

The Rays lost another pitcher to injury in Tuesday's win overt the Boston Red Sox, and saw their top pityching prospect get shut down at their training site in Port Charlotte, so Steve Carney begins to wonder aloud if the Rays pitchers can stay healthy enough to get through the 42 remaining games of the season and get this team into true contention in the postseason.

Steve Carney talks about Monday win in Boston and why it seems like the Rays and Red Sox always have to play these marathon games. Plus, could Major League Baseball hold their playoffs in a bubble location?