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Ben Rortvedt
Tampa Bay Rays
C: 31 DH: 1
2024 Projected Value: $0
2024 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $0
Based on 10-team AL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2024 proj	39	6	4	1	3	4	12	0	0.154	-0.6
2024	274	62	26	3	30	33	84	1	0.226	4.7
2023	68	8	6	2	4	11	19	0	0.118	-2.5
2021	89	15	8	3	7	6	29	0	0.169	-0.5

Player News

Date	News
8/24/24	Rays reinstate Rortvedt from emergency list. The Tampa Bay Rays reinstated catcher Ben Rortvedt from the family emergency list in advance of a road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, while catcher Rob Brantly was designated for assignment. Rortvedt originally was on the paternity list then switched to the family emergency list to have more time away following the birth of his child. Rortvedt, 26, was batting .247 with three home runs and 28 RBIs in 87 games this season. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40979389/rays-...
7/02/24	Health scare behind him, Ben Rortvedt makes sure Rays are having fun. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In addition to what Ben Rortvedt does for the Rays behind the plate and in the batter’s box, he leads the team in providing humor, energy, entertainment — and the occasional dugout scream. “He’s been great to have around. I don’t think I could say enough good things about him. He cares so much about the game of baseball,” starting pitcher Zach Eflin said. “But he’s also just ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/health-scare-behind-him-b...
6/26/24	Ben Rortvedt homers, drives in 4 runs as the Rays beat the Mariners 11-3 for 7th win in 9 games. Ben Rortvedt hit a two-run homer and finished with four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Seattle Mariners 11-3 for their seventh win in nine games. The Rays, at 40-40, returned to the .500 mark for the first time since June 7. Seattle got homers from Ty France and Mitch Garver. The AL West-leading Mariners dropped to 2-6 on a nine-game trip. Rortvedt had a two-run homer in the sixth inning and drove in a pair with a single in the seventh. Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/ben-rortvedt-...
6/25/24	Ben Rortvedt homers, drives in 4 runs as the Rays beat the Mariners 11-3 for 7th win in 9 games. Ben Rortvedt hit a two-run homer and finished with four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Seattle Mariners 11-3 on Tuesday night for their seventh win in nine games. Seattle got homers from Ty France and Mitch Garver. In a span of six pitches from reliever Mike Baumann, the Rays scored four times in the sixth inning to take a 6-2 lead. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/ben-rortvedt-homers-drive...
6/24/24	Rays Use Eighth Inning Rally To Beat Mariners. The Tampa Bay Rays (39-40) defeated the Seattle Mariners (45-36) 4-3 on Monday night at Tropicana Field. The Rays used a three-run eighth inning to beat Seattle. Tied 1-1 after four, Seattle scored two in the seventh to take the lead. In the eighth inning, Ben Rortvedt hit a ground-rule double to pull within 3-2. Moments later, Yandy Diaz hit a two-run single to give the Rays a 4-3 lead that would prove to be the final score. Taj Bradley got the start for the Rays and allowed just one earned run on two hits while striking out eight and walking four and five and one-third innings of work. Phil Maton (1-2, 5.04) earned the win out of the bullpen before Pete Fairbanks earned his 12th save after Source: https://969thegame.iheart.com/content/2024-06-24-r...
5/17/24	Relentlessness helps former Verona star reach starting role with MLB's Tampa Bay Rays. It was a good thing for Ben Rortvedt to have a distraction, so at a Costco in the Tampa Bay area he became fixated on a 90-inch flat screen television. Rortvedt — contrary to where he is now, as a near-every day starting catcher hitting .300 for the Tampa Bay Rays — was in a bit of a career crossroads halfway through spring training this year. The Yankees had three rostered catchers as it prepared for the 2024 campaign: former All-Star Jose Trevino, top prospect Austin Wells and Rortvedt. Source: https://kenoshanews.com/sports/professional/mlb/ve...
5/16/24	Relentlessness helps former Verona star reach starting role with MLB's Tampa Bay Rays. It was a good thing for Ben Rortvedt to have a distraction, so at a Costco in the Tampa Bay area he became fixated on a 90-inch flat screen television. Rortvedt — contrary to where he is now, as a near-every day starting catcher hitting .300 for the Tampa Bay Rays — was in a bit of a career crossroads halfway through spring training this year. The Yankees had three rostered catchers as it prepared for the 2024 campaign: former All-Star Jose Trevino, top prospect Austin Wells and Rortvedt. Source: https://lakegenevanews.net/sports/professional/mlb...
5/10/24	Rays' Taj Bradley set for season debut vs. Yankees. Sitting at .500 and in fourth place in the American League East, the Tampa Bay Rays have a chance to make up some ground in the ultra-competitive division. On a 5-1 hot streak to begin a nine-game homestand, the Rays will open a three-game weekend series against the second-place New York Yankees on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tampa Bay acquired catcher Ben Rortvedt from New York in a three-team trade that also involved the Miami Marlins on March 27. The 26-year-old Wisconsin native has stepped in and earned the starting job behind the plate. Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/rays-taj-b...
5/01/24	Verona native Ben Rortvedt appears to have found a permanent home with Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt, a native of the Madison area, got to play at American Family Field for the first time in his MLB career. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/verona-native-ben-rortved...
4/25/24	Rays’ Ben Rortvedt will return home to Wisconsin with new lease on career. ST. PETERSBURG — Ben Rortvedt doesn’t have to send his mom a birthday card this year. The Rays catcher will be able to hand it to her and celebrate the occasion with a large group of family and friends next week. For the first time as a major-leaguer, Rortvedt will have the chance to return to his native Wisconsin and play in the park where he watched Brewers games as a boy when the Rays visit ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-ben-rortvedt-return-...
4/23/24	Ben Rortvedt: A hit with Tampa Bay Rays. Ben Rortvedt came in under the radar to the Tampa Bay Rays. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/ben-rortvedt-hit-tampa-ba...
4/06/24	Rays Rally To Even Series With Rockies. The Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) defeated the Colorado Rockies (2-7) 8-6 on Saturday night in Denver. The win evens the three game series at one game apiece after Colorado won their home opener on Friday night. The Rays got a run in the first, but the Rockies had a huge answer, building a 6-1 lead going into the seventh inning. Tampa Bay got two in the seventh thanks to a two-run double from Ben Rortvedt before flipping the game in the eighth inning. Tampa Bay put five runs together in the eighth inning to take an 8-6 lead that would prove to be the difference. The Rays will now look to win the series against the Rockies when the two teams meet in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. First pitch Sunday Source: https://969thegame.iheart.com/content/2024-04-06-r...
2/27/24	Ben Rortvedt trying to hit his way into Yankees' plans … and so far, so good. Yankees catcher Ben Rortvedt hates being known as a good receiver who can't hit. It's not true, he'll tell you, even though the left-handed hitter sports a career .147 average in 157 at-bats over two seasons after hitting .118 in 32 Yankees games last year. “Oh absolutely, I'm a better hitter than I've shown,” Rortvedt said. Rortvedt has shown that he can be a productive hitter in the minors and he looked good at the plate Monday going 2-for-2 with two hard singles in the Yankees' 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2024/02/ben-rortvedt-tr...
11/16/23	Yankees 2023 Roster Report Card: Ben Rortvedt. Before May of this past season, there was a joke around here and other parts of Yankees internet that Ben Rortvedt did not actually exist. The third piece of the trade with the Twins that brought Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to New York, Rortvedt was seemingly acquired to be the backup catcher in 2022. In his place, the Yankees acquired Jose Trevino, who took the bull by the horns and put in an All-Star first half. Rortvedt suddenly found himself as the third string catcher, and playing in Triple-A in 2022 and the start of 2023. Source: https://www.pinstripealley.com/2023/11/16/23959614...
8/23/23	New York Yankees mired in longest losing streak in over 40 years. The nine-game losing streak puts the team in their deepest slump in over four decades. The Yankees last won a game on August 11 against the Miami Marlins. No player on the Yankees' active roster was alive when the team last lost nine games in a row from September 13 to 21, 1982. A sputtering offense was once again at fault Tuesday, as the Yankees' batters mustered only two hits in the game, both coming from Ben Rortvedt, including a solo home run. Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/23/new-york-yankees-...
8/23/23	Yankees look to avoid historic mark of futility vs. Nats. The New York Yankees are in the midst of their longest losing streak in more than 40 years. Standing in their way are the Washington Nationals, whom the Yankees will host Wednesday night while searching for their first win since Aug. 11 -- a stretch of nine straight losses. In that time, New York has gone from four games over .500 to five game under -- getting outscored 53-21 along the way. The Yankees lost 2-1 to Washington on Tuesday night, with Ben Rortvedt homering and collecting both of the club's two hits. Source: https://www.newyorkcitynews.net/news/273940769/yan...
5/23/23	Yankees fans joked he didn't exist ... and he loved the internet gag. Ben Rortvedt, the internet joke went, doesn't actually exist: He was a catching Sidd Finch, Yankees fans joked — a legend of the minor leagues whose career was always derailed by injuries just as he was about to make his pinstripe debut. Called up from Triple-A Scranton with starting catcher Jose Trevino nursing a hamstring strain, Rortvedt was in the Yankees' lineup in Cincinnati and went 2-for-4 with a double in a 7-4 victory on Saturday. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/05/yankees-fans-jo...
5/22/23	We can confirm: Ben Rortvedt is real! (And he had a good debut). No content provided Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/ben-rortvedt-finally-make...
3/31/23	Yankees, thin behind the plate, add a catcher for insurance. With Ben Rortvedt's return still uncertain, the Yankees need catching depth, so the club signed José Godoy to a minor league contract on Thursday, according to Baseball America's Chris Hilburn-Trenkle. Godoy was released by the Angels this month. Jose Trevino and Kyle Higashioka were the only healthy catchers on the 40-man roster, but now Godoy joins Nick Ciuffo as non-roster players with MLB experience. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/03/yankees-thin-be...
3/22/23	Ben Rortvedt recovering and progressing after aneurysm. TAMPA — Ben Rortvedt has seen the jokes. The Yankees catcher is not big on social media these days, but he’s aware that a portion of fans playfully question his existence online. They do so because injuries have prevented the 25-year-old from seeing too much action since the Yankees acquired him, Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa last March in the trade that sent Gary Sanchez and Gio ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/ben-rortvedt-recovering-p...

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