The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field.

The Tampa Bay Rays, for the first time in their history, will actually play their home games in Tampa. The team’s home slate will take place at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the New York Yankees.

Sims, known for signature calls such as “Hey now” and “Giddy up, baby,” has been the Mariners’ television play-by-play man since 2007. The Philadelphia native will now join the 78-year-old Suzyn Waldman, Sterling’s longtime broadcast partner, in the Yankees’ radio booth. WFAN is close on a deal to hire Dave Sims as John Sterling’s replacement.

Dave Sims, who has spent the past 20 years calling Mariners games, will replace John Sterling as Suzyn Waldman's play-by-play partner on Yankees radio broadcasts.

The Mariners will have a new voice in the broadcast booth next season. Dave Sims is finalizing a deal to become the new radio voice of the New York Yankees, a source has confirmed to The Times. Sims,