Steve Pearce was enjoying an All-Star caliber season before going down with a hamstring injury on June 20. Since May 1, he had been hitting .341 with eight homers over 132 AB. On the year, he is still slashing an impressive .322/.393/.540 with nine homers, 23 R and 25 RBI. The 33-year-old is expecte[...]

The Rays placed two more offensive players — infielder Steve Pearce (hamstring) and outfielder Mikie Mahtook (hand) — on the disabled list on Tuesday. As a result, infielder Nick Franklin and right-hander Ryan Garton will rejoin the club. Pearce was batting a robust .322/.393/.540 with nine home[...]

After exiting last night’s Rays game early with an apparent hamstring injury, outfielder Steve Pearce will not see action tonight. The 33-year-old, who's developed into a perennial designated hitter will give way to Corey Dickerson, who’ll hit sixth tonight. Pearce has really turned the corner a[...]

Steve Pearce went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in Friday’s win over the Astros. All three of his hits came against righties, and he has now permanently escaped the “platoon” stigma that has followed him for most of his career. He is batting .390 vs. left-handers and .309 vs. right-hand[...]

Three key members of the Rays lineup will be out tonight. Evan Longoria, Steve Pearce, and Steve Souza will all be out against Zack Greinke and the Diamondbacks. Taylor Motter will start at third base for Longoria. Longoria has had little success in his career against Greinke, hitting a mere .182/.1[...]

After making his season debut last night, Rays’ closer Brad Boxberger is once again hurt. Hurting his oblique against the Royals, he’s been sent right back to the disabled list. In his performance, he hit a batter, surrendered home run and gave up two runs on two hits. In other news, Steve Pearc[...]

Steve Pearce finished 1-for-2 with a base hit, one run batted in and two walks on Monday night against the Royals. Pearce has a hit in 10 out of the last 12 contests. He’s walking in 11.6% of his at-bats and he’s batting .405 and slugging .833 against lefties this season, but he’s only managin[...]

Steve Pearce collected two of the Rays’ four hits on Friday night, including a ninth-inning solo shot that put the only run on the board for the Rays. The home run came against Kirby Yates, who is right-handed. It was his third of the year against such pitchers. Pearce hasn’t stopped ripping the[...]

Steve Pearce went 2-for-4 on two singles in a loss against the Tigers on Sunday afternoon. He hit cleanup and manned second base. Since May 1st, he’s hit .340 with six homers and only five strikeouts. There’s some concern surrounding his .212 against right-handers, but he’s still getting on ba[...]

As part of the platoon with Logan Morrison, Steve Pearce has slashed .370/.433/.667 with two home runs and seven runs batted in over 27 AB against left-handed pitching. Over the next six games, the Rays are scheduled to face three left-handers in [...]