Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

The Rays can go for a record 14-0 start on Friday at Toronto when they open a three-game series at Rogers Centre.

The Tampa Bay Rays have won 12 in a row, the most to start a season since the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers opened 13-0.

The wins just keep coming for the Tampa Bay Rays, who improved to 11-0 after Tuesday night’s win over the Boston Red Sox.

Three years after a pandemic reduced baseball in the USA to a 60-game MLB season, it’s clear a handful of young players benefited greatly from 2020.

The Rays became baseball’s first team to start 9-0 since 2003, slugging an MLB-best 24 home runs in the process.

The Orioles were a nice little surprise last year, crawling out of the darkness with 83 wins and a minor threat to win a playoff berth.

Tampa Bay pioneered use of the “opener” but this year’s starting rotation has an air of permanence for the AL contender.

Anthony Rendon had his suspension reduced to four games after the Los Angeles Angels third baseman said that he is dropping his appeal.

The average nine-inning game is already 25 minutes quicker than the full-season 2022 edition, and a 32 minutes ahead of 2021’s torturous 3:10 rate.

Video showed Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon in a heated confrotation with a fan after his team’s opening day game in Oakland.