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# Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays secured the 2nd overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft after a favorable lottery outcome. Steven Matz is reportedly signing a multi-year deal with the team.

### About Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida.  

### Insights
- rays engagements is up XXXXXX% from the previous week.
- rays posts created is up XXXXX% from the previous week.

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXX (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:rays/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/rays/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: XXXXXXXXX  
Daily Average: XXXXXXXXXX  
X Week: XXXXXXXXX +249%  
X Month: XXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
X Months: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +2.60%  
X Year: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +26%  
1-Year High: XXXXXXXXXX on 2025-10-26  
1-Year Low: XXX on 2025-11-20  

Engagements by network (24h):
News: XXXXX
Reddit: XXXXXX
TikTok: XXXXXXXXX
X: XXXXXXXXX
YouTube: XXXXXXXXX

  
  
### Mentions: XXXXX (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:rays/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/rays/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: XXXXX  
Daily Average: XXXXX  
X Week: XXXXX +1.10%  
X Month: XXXXXX +109%  
X Months: XXXXXXX +5.90%  
X Year: XXXXXXX +4.40%  
1-Year High: XXXXX on 2025-07-31  
1-Year Low: XX on 2025-11-20  

Mentions by network (24h):
News: XX
Reddit: XXXXX
TikTok: XXXXX
X: XXXXX
YouTube: XXXXX

  
  
### Creators: XXXXX (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:rays/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/rays/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXXXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Rays in the last XX hours which is up XX% from XXX in the previous XX hours
Daily Average: XXXXX  
X Week: XXXXX -XXXX%  
X Month: XXXXX +6.50%  
X Months: XXXXXX +2.60%  
X Year: XXXXXXX +9.80%  
1-Year High: XXXXX on 2025-07-31  
1-Year Low: XX on 2025-11-20  

The most influential creators that mention Rays in the last XX hours

| Creator                                               | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                               | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@RaysBot](/creator/reddit/RaysBot)                   | X    | XXXXXX    | XX    | XX          |
| [@BlueJaysBaseball](/creator/reddit/BlueJaysBaseball) | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XX          |
| [@McJumbos](/creator/reddit/McJumbos)                 | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XX          |
| [@yurikaRBLR](/creator/reddit/yurikaRBLR)             | X    |           | X     | XX          |
| [@BrewersBot](/creator/reddit/BrewersBot)             | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XX          |
| [@TwinsGameday](/creator/reddit/TwinsGameday)         | X    |           | X     | XX          |
| [@Yankeebot](/creator/reddit/Yankeebot)               | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XX          |
| [@KCRoyalsBot](/creator/reddit/KCRoyalsBot)           | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XX          |
| [@RedSoxGameday](/creator/reddit/RedSoxGameday)       | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XX          |
| [@BaseballBot](/creator/reddit/BaseballBot)           | XX   | XXXXXXX   | X     | X           |

[View More](/list/creators/rays/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:rays/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/rays/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: XX%  
Daily Average: XX%  
X Week: XX% -X%  
X Month: XX% -X%  
X Months: XX% -X%  
X Year: XX% -X%  
1-Year High: XXX% on 2025-11-17  
1-Year Low: XX% on 2025-06-06  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Blake Butera Hiring: (15%) Blake Butera has been hired as the new manager for the Nationals, previously working with the Rays.
- New Stadium Developments: (10%) The Tampa Bay Rays are planning new stadium developments.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Loss Against Blue Jays: (5%) The Rays experienced a recent loss against the Toronto Blue Jays.
  

### Top Rays News
Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

*Showing a maximum of X news posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*  

"Rays CEO Ken Babby sells Jumbo Shrimp RubberDucks - Tampa Bay Business Journal"  
[News Link](https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2025/12/09/ken-babby-minor-league-sale.html) [@bizjournals](/creator/x/bizjournals) 2025-12-10T10:45Z 228.6M followers, XXX engagements


"White Sox win No. X overall pick in 2026 draft; Rays get 2nd pick - ESPN"  
[News Link](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47260251/white-sox-win-no-1-overall-pick-2026-draft-rays-get-2nd-pick) [@espn](/creator/x/espn) 2025-12-09T23:11Z 228.6M followers, 2473 engagements


"New trial ordered for Tampa Bay Rays Wander Franco after sexual abuse conviction The Independent"  
[News Link](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/wander-franco-tampa-bay-rays-sexual-abuse-trial-b2881052.html) [@Independent](/creator/x/Independent) 2025-12-09T17:18Z 228.6M followers, 2269 engagements


"Tampa Bay Rays trade James Shields Wade Davis to Kansas City Royals for Wil Myers - ESPN"  
[News Link](https://www.espn.com/mlb/hotstove12/story/_/id/8731167/tampa-bay-rays-trade-james-shields-wade-davis-kansas-city-royals-wil-myers) [@espn](/creator/x/espn) 2025-12-09T16:11Z 228.6M followers, 4285 engagements



### Top Rays Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

*Showing only X posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*

"TIL that on XX December 1901 Wilhelm Rntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering X-rays. He refused to give a Nobel lecture refused to patent the discovery and even refused to name the rays after himself - yet many countries still call X-rays Rntgenstrahlen"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1piya9z) [@Upstairs_Drive_5602](/creator/reddit/Upstairs_Drive_5602) 2025-12-10T09:27Z X followers, 79.4K engagements


"HeymanKetel Marte market heating up: Red Sox Mariners Jays possibly Phillies and Rays. D-Backs seeking big package understandably for superstar 2B"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pis5r0) [@kyle_993](/creator/reddit/kyle_993) 2025-12-10T03:43Z X followers, XXX engagements


"Think hes just saying generically dont think a deal is imminent tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RafaelaEnjoyer/status/1998598662897938852) [@RafaelaEnjoyer](/creator/x/RafaelaEnjoyer) 2025-12-10T03:40Z 8751 followers, 11K engagements


"Please. I want Ketel Marte so bad. (Just dont trade Marcelo Mayer)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MayerIsKing/status/1998597983676543007) [@MayerIsKing](/creator/x/MayerIsKing) 2025-12-10T03:37Z 2110 followers, 10.5K engagements