While much of the Tampa-St. Petersburg area avoided the worst of Hurricane Milton. The same couldn’t be said for Tropicana Field, and the Rays were forced to look for a new home in 2025 as a result. That decision has been made, and it comes courtesy of an AL East rival.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 season at the New York Yankees pre-season training facility in nearby Tampa, the Major League Baseball club announced on Thursday.

The Tampa Bay Rays will be relocating to Steinbrenner Field — the spring training home of the division rival New York Yankees — for the 2025 season, after their ballpark sustained significant damage when Hurricane Milton struck the region in October.