Inside Pitch Podcast

The Rays went and took three of four games from the Yankees over the weekend, and Steve Carney discusses how Tampa Bay stood up to the team known for being a bully in the American League East. Plus, Doug Waechter of Fox Sports Sun joins him to talk about the upcoming ten-game road trip.

Steve Carney discusses how many Rays fans thought there would be no way that the team would have an opportunity to finish off a series win over the Yankees with a victory, but that's exactly where they are after splitting Saturday's doubleheader.

Steve Carney discusses the good and the better in Friday's 1-0 besting of the Yankees.

With 20 percent of the season now in the books, you might think that seeing the New York Yankees coming to town with Masahiro Tanaka, Gerrit Cole, and James Paxton getting starts as a bad omen. But Steve Carney explains how the Rays can use this weekend and make it an advantage.

The Rays have lost six of seven, and Steve Carney explains why fans may be jumping the gun in wanting to send catcher Mike Zunino packing as the scapegoat for the team's hitting woes.

The Tampa Bay Rays not only saw their five-game losing streak come to an end against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night, but Austin Meadows, making his 2020 season debut, was a big part in the victory. Plus, Steve wishes good luck to a member of the baseball reporting community who is on to his next chapter.

Steve Carney explains why he believes the day off game at the exact right time for the Tampa Bay Rays as they get ready to start their next homestand taking on the Boston Red Sox. And we break down Derek Jeter's comments after the Miami Marlins owner finally broke his silence about his team's outbreak of COVID-19.

Steve Carney talks about the three words you didn't want to hear on the last road trip for the Rays, and how the day off Monday could not have come at a better time.

Steve Carney starts the show by going through Saturday's extra-inning loss in Baltimore, then talks about Kevan Smith passing protocols to be cleared from COVID-19 quarantine, and Austin Meadows being close to returning.

Steve Carney discusses the additional COVID-19 positive tests for the St. Louis Cardinals, and his concern for those ancillary people who aren't making millions or billions for playing the game. He then goes through the frustrations of losing on the road to the Baltimore Orioles, and we hear Blake Snell talk about how frustrated he was giving up a pair of home runs on his fastball.