All-Star Home Run Derby runner-up Junior Caminero went deep twice, Yandy Díaz hit a grand slam and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

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The Athletic also reports: "Zalupski is expected to keep the team in the Tampa Bay area, with a strong preference to be in Tampa rather than St. Petersburg, the source said." Sternberg, who originally took control of the team in 2005,

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The Orioles filled the opening on their 26-man roster by signing reliever Corbin Martin to a one-year major league contract.Martin was designated for assignment Sunday before the Orioles knew that reliever Scott Blewett would go on the injured list with right elbow discomfort.

A Jacksonville group led by billionaire Patrick Zalupski have agreed to buy the Rays for an estimated price of $1.7 billion, according to The Athletic. The deal is expected to be finalized by September after negotiations took place over the past weeks. The Rays' principal owner, Stu Sternberg, bought the franchise in 2004 for $200 million.

A group led by developer Patrick Zalupski is reportedly working to keep the team in Tampa rather than moving to St. Petersburg.

Shane McClanahan made a rehab start for the Triple-A Durham Bulls on Friday and didn’t get the results that neither he nor the Tampa Bay Rays wanted to see. The