ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 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, Rays executives told The Associated Press.

The Phillies’ BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla., was also under consideration by the Rays, who said the Yankees' "was the least difficult" field to get up to major league standards.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play next season in a New York Yankees-owned ballpark. The Tampa-based George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees and their Low-A minor league affiliate, Tampa Tarpons, will serve as the Rays’ home field in 2025, the team announced on Thursday.

The Tampa Bay Rays will reportedly play their entire 2025 home schedule at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa due to the damage sustained by Tropicana Field after Hurricane Milton in October. According to the Tampa Bay Times' Marc Topkin, an official announcement is expected sometime on Thursday.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field.

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 will host 2025 regular-season games at George Steinbrenner Field -- the New York Yankees' spring training site -- because of damage Hurricane Milton caused to Tropicana Field, the team said Thursday.

The Rays will play their 2025 home games at the Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about Tropicana Field.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at Steinbrenner Field, the team announced Thursday. Steinbrenner Field is the spring training home of the New York Yankees, as well as the host of the Yankees' A-ball affiliate Tampa Tarpons.