BOSTON — Manny Rodriguez, one the Rays’ top relievers, will be sidelined for at least two weeks due to a right forearm strain. Rodriguez, 28, has made a team-high 31 appearances this season, often in high-leverage situations and serving as the set-up man to closer Pete Fairbanks.

In a recent article, former MLB GM Jim Bowden paired the Tampa Bay Rays and Dodgers as potential trade partners. In his piece for The Athletic, Bowden floated Dodgers’ top prospect, Dalton Rushing ( MLB Pipeline’s no. 15 prospect ), as a potential target for the Rays.

By reaching 25 steals against the Red Sox on Tuesday, José Caballero achieved a feat the Rays had only seen from Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton and Josh Lowe.

Yandy Díaz hit a tying two-run homer in the fifth inning and his double in the eighth led to the eventual winning run as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 3-2.

Walker Buehler is set to take the mound Wednesday as the Red Sox look to pick up the series victory against the Tampa Bay Rays.

If Chandler Simpson is smarting after the Tampa Bay Rays sent him to Triple-A Durham, he isn’t showing it. Simpson, 24, went 5-for-5 Sunday as the Durham Bulls routed the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Miami Marlins affiliate) 10-2.

Ryan Pepiot could have been done for the night. He had already thrown 91 pitches over five innings. The Rays were down a run. Pepiot was feeling under the weather, congested and hoarse. But when Pepio