BEN RORTVEDT NEWS

Bellinger hits 3-run homer in the 7th, Neris struggles again in 9th before Cubs beat Rays 4-3

Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs held off the Tampa Bay Rays for a 4-3 victory

JUNE 13, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brandon Lowe hits a game-ending homer as the Rays rally past the slumping Cubs 5-2

Brandon Lowe capped Tampa Bay’s four-run ninth inning with a three-run homer, lifting the Rays to a 5-2 victory over the struggling Chicago Cubs

JUNE 12, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Idle against lefty Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics.

Impact The Rays are finishing off their series with Oakland with a day game after a night game and are facing off against a lefty starter (Hogan Harris), so the lefty-hitting Rortvedt will get a breather. Alex Jackson will step in behind the plate after Rortvedt caught six innings of Wednesday's 4-3 win while going 0-for-2 at the dish.

MAY 30, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Rays lament costly lapse on double steal in 8th ST. PETERSBURG -- With runners on the corners and two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday night, Red Sox star Rafael Devers took off for secon...

MAY 22, 2024 • MLB.COM

Duran homers and steals home as Red Sox beat Rays 5-2

Jarren Duran homered and stole home as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2

MAY 22, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Taking seat Tuesday Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox.

Impact Despite right-hander Cooper Criswell being on the mound for Boston, the lefty-hitting Rortvedt will give way to righty Alex Jackson behind the dish. Rortvedt has two hits in his last 23 at-bats.

MAY 21, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Alek Manoah fans 7 in first victory of season as Blue Jays avoid sweep, beat Rays 5-2

Daniel Vogelbach homered and scored three runs, Alek Manoah struck out seven in seven innings to win for the first time since last August and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided their fi...

MAY 19, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tyler Alexander takes perfect game into eighth inning as Rays beat Blue Jays 4-3

Tyler Alexander took a perfect game bid into the eighth inning before Danny Jansen blooped an opposite-field, one-out single, and the Tampa Bay Rays hung on to beat the Toronto Blu...

MAY 18, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cash takes blame after Rays lose track of mound visits and are forced to change pitchers in 9th

Rays reliever Jason Adam was forced out of Thursday night’s game at Fenway Park in the ninth inning when pitching coach Kyle Snyder headed to the mound with Tampa Bay out of visits

MAY 17, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rays forced to change pitchers in 9th after losing track of mound visits, beat Red Sox 7-5

Erasmo Ramírez retired Romy González on a game-ending groundout with two on after the Rays were forced to remove Jason Adam because they lost track of mound visits, and Tampa Bay b...

MAY 17, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Red Sox nab Ben Rortvedt at home | 05/14/2024 The Red Sox connect to nab Ben Rortvedt out at home for the second out of the 11th inning

MAY 15, 2024 • MLB.COM

Taking seat Wednesday Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Impact The White Sox are bringing a right-hander (Chris Flexen) to the mound, but he's been far more effective against lefties (.314 wOBA) than righties (.372 wOBA) for his career, which likely explains why the lefty-hitting Rortvedt is on the bench. Alex Jackson will fill in for Rortvedt behind the plate.

MAY 8, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Arozarena hits tying homer off Díaz in 9th, DeLuca's 2-run triple in 10th lifts Rays over Mets 7-6

Randy Arozarena hit a tying homer off Edwin Díaz with two outs in the ninth inning, Jonny DeLuca lined a two-run triple in the 10th and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Mets 7-...

MAY 5, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Benintendi hits 2nd home of game in 10th, White Sox beat Rays 8-7 for 5th win of season.

Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning for his second homer of the game and the season, giving the Chicago White Sox an 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on...

APRIL 28, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rays' Ben Rortvedt will return home to Wisconsin with new lease on career The catcher was squeezed out of a spot on the Yankees roster this spring, but he’s shown in Tampa Bay that he is more than just a pitch-fram...

APRIL 25, 2024 • TAMPABAY.COM

Mead hits 1st homer of the season and Rays beat Tigers 7-5 to avoid the 3-game sweep

Curtis Mead hit his first homer of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep

APRIL 25, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Caballero's tiebreaking double in the 10th lifts Rays past Yankees 2-0

José Caballero hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 2-0

APRIL 20, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Takes seat against southpaw Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

Impact The lefty-hitting Rortvedt will give way to the righty-hitting Rene Pinto behind the plate while southpaw Reid Detmers takes the hill for the Angels. Rortvedt appears to have secured a strong-side platoon role at catcher after posting an .852 OPS through his first 31 plate appearances of the season.

APRIL 17, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Logan Webb goes 7 strong innings and Thairo Estrada homers twice as Giants rout Rays 11-2

Logan Webb allowed one run over seven innings, Thairo Estrada homered twice and the San Francisco Giants cruised past the Tampa Bay Rays 11-2

APRIL 13, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

McMahon hits walk-off grand slam, Rockies rally to beat Rays 10-7 after blowing late lead

Ryan McMahon hit a walk-off grand slam after committing an error in the ninth inning that allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to score the go-ahead run, and the Colorado Rockies rallied for...

APRIL 5, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ernie Clement nabs Ben Rortvedt at first after review | 03/31/2024 Ernie Clement throws out Ben Rortvedt at first base after the original call stands following a challenge in the bottom of the 7th

MARCH 31, 2024 • MLB.COM

Banged-up Yankees get infielder Jon Berti from Marlins in 3-team trade sending Rortvedt to Rays

Jon Berti could be at third base in the banged-up Yankees’ opener at Houston after New York acquired the infielder as part of a three-team trade with Miami and Tampa Bay

MARCH 27, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rays acquire Rortvedt (source), name Shenton to OD roster ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays all but officially finalized their Opening Day roster on Wednesday afternoon, naming infield prospect Austin Shen...

MARCH 27, 2024 • MLB.COM

Sitting in fourth straight Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

Impact Rortvedt will be on the bench for the fourth game in a row and is unlikely to be anything more than the Yankees' No. 2 catcher over the final month of the season after New York called up prospect Austin Wells from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Wells will make his third straight start Sunday and is expected to get a long look as the team's top backstop down the stretch. Since receiving a call-up of his own from Triple-A on July 21, Rortvedt has slashed an abysmal .087/.192/.217 over 22 games.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting again Monday Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Tigers.

Impact Rortvedt will take a seat for the second straight day while the Yankees reward Kyle Higashioka with another turn behind the dish after he slugged a home run in Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Rays. Expect the Yankees to deploy Rortvedt and Higashioka in a roughly even timeshare as the season winds down.

AUGUST 28, 2023 • ROTOWIRE