DALLAS — As the baseball world awaits the decision on which team superstar outfielder Juan Soto will sign with in free agency, the New York Yankees announced the details of their partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2025 season.
Due to damage sustained by Tropicana Field in October from Hurricane Milton, the Rays will play their home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field — the Yankees’ spring training home since 1996.
Once Yankees spring training concludes, the team will be treated as any other visiting club at the Tampa, Fla., facility. Yankees players will use the visitors’ batting cages and training areas when they play the Rays. Players on rehab assignments will be prohibited from using GMS Field’s facilities and will instead train at the club’s player development complex nearby.
In return, the Rays will use the Yankees’ home clubhouse and training facilities, including the team’s new multistory baseball operations building set to open before the start of spring training. This state-of-the-art building will feature an expanded weight room, training room, locker room for women, players’ lounge, dining area, family lounge and new offices for baseball operations staff.
However, the Rays will not have access to any Yankees equipment, technology or…
