It allows them to stay in the Tampa Bay area. To play in the ballpark with the ... With only three days between the Yankees’ March 23 spring finale and the Rays’ regular season opener, the Rays could have benefited from an adjustment to the schedule ...

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees' nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press.

The Rays found a place to play for the 2025 season without having to go too far — Tampa’s George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the rival New York Yankees. The Rays had been looking for an interim home since Hurricane Milton caused extensive damage to Tropicana Field last month.