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Injuries to big name players crushed the hopes and dreams of many MLB franchises in 2024. Many notable players who sat out in 2024 are expected back for 2025. Here are 10 that fans may have forgotten about.

Infielder Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1.4 million, one-year contract.

The Rays and shortstop Taylor Walls avoided arbitration on a one-year deal that contains a 2026 club option. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

Even though Brandon Lowe is no longer considered a top five second baseman in baseball, his most recent season with the Rays got him back in the conversation.

If the owner can't get the team's proposed new ballpark built, it may be time for him to sell to someone in the Tampa Bay area who can.

While the Rays may not see a return in 2025, they've made a shrewd addition to bolster their bullpen for the long haul.

The Yankees recently renovated the Steinbrenner Field complex, and the Tampa Bay Rays will benefit greatly from it in 2025.

Baylor School graduate Cooper Kinney is living up to his billing, with the former first-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Rays hitting a breakthrough last year in his second full Kinney sprayed line drives all over the field for High-A Bowling Green in 2024,

The Toronto Blue Jays have traded LHP Brandon Eisert to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations.

The Toronto Blue Jays completed a trade with a divisional rival today, but it isn't likely to turn into a blockbuster deal.