When the Rays faced Paul Skenes six weeks into his dazzling major-league debut last season, they got off to a great start. Yandy Diaz swung at the 99.5-mph fastball Skenes opened the game with and hit it off the rightfield foul pole at PNC Park for a home run.

Rays third. Jake Mangum singles to shallow infield. Curtis Mead walks. Kameron Misner out on a sacrifice fly to right field to Jack Suwinski. Curtis Mead to third. Jake Mangum scores. Danny Jansen pops out to Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Taylor Walls strikes out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 4, Pirates 0.

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Archer, who fizzled out quickly with the Pirates, is now retired. Austin Meadows, who had an .826 OPS with Tampa Bay, is all but retired even if he hasn’t announced it. And Tyler Glasnow has moved on to Los Angeles with a $136 million contract. The only player directly involved in the trade who is still hanging around is Shane Baz.

Pittsburgh Pirates No. 3 overall prospect Thomas Harrington made his MLB debut Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays and struggled, allowing six earned runs in four innings. Manager Derek Shelton pulled him after four innings with Tampa Bay leading 6-0.

Details of Yandy Diaz’s $22 million, two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays: 2025 salary: $10 million 2026 salary: $12 million 2027 club option: $10 million (would become guaranteed at $13 ...