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BaseballBiz On Deck - RaysUp - Neil Solondz & the Tampa Bay Rays

RaysUp - Neil Solondz & the Tampa Bay Rays

BaseballBiz On Deck

01/13/23 • 33 min

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RaysUp! Neil Solondz, pre-game, post-game announcer, podcast host & occasional play by play guy for the Tampa Bay Rays

  • Working with Andy Freed & Dave Wills
  • “Living in Life’s Candy Store” – Dave Wills
  • Tampa Bay Rays strength of Finding, Evaluating & Teaching Young Players
  • Team has been strong and in the running 4 years in a row
  • Change with loss of Zunino, Kiermaier . . .
  • Rays 2023 Potential Rotation – Shane McClanahan, Tyler Glasnow, Drew Rasmussen, Jeffrey Springs & Zach Eflin
  • Zach Eflin – hometown boy – most of career with Phillies – Now 3 year contract with the Rays
  • Rays Minor League players on the cusp to rise this year include Curtis Mead, Taj Bradley & Colby White & Kyle Manzardo
  • Great Minor League team partners
  • Post- Hurricane Ian damage - Spring Training – in Orlando for the first few weeks and then move to Trop for most of the home games.
  • New 2023 Rays interleague printable schedule
  • Rays have one of the longest & most tenured group of broadcasters
    • Neil praises Dave & Andy 19 years as Rays broadcasters as being 2 of the best broadcasters & kudos to the entire broadcasting team
    • Broadcasters Enrique Oliu & Ricardo Taveras - Spanish Radio Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manny Navarro translator for the team
  • What preparations Neil takes in preparing for the upcoming season
  • What will the 2023 roster look like
  • How will new schedule impact Rays “It’s not who you play it’s when you play them” - reflecting on Reds & Rays games in July 2022
  • Tampa Bay Rays Podcast news & interviews with Neil Solondz
  • Neil's Advocacy on Pancreatic Cancer Awareness. We all can help you can reach Neil on Twitter @neilsolondz

Notes:
Dave Wills & Andy Freed - Tampa Bay Times Story
Twitter: @AndrewFreed33 & @davewills34
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Neils Advocacy: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?fr_id=2692&pg=entry

General: https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?px=1274265&pg=personal&fr_id=2692
Neil Solondz website
Rays Radio: https://www.mlb.com/rays/fans/radio
Twitter @neilsolondz
Photo of Neil Solondz used in Social Media
courtesy Will Vragovic – Tampa Bay Rays

BaseballBiz is also on iheartradio, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google podcasts
You can reach Mark @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & Brandon @SportsBlitzPod
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

01/13/23 • 33 min

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