{"id":331396,"date":"2026-07-07T02:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331396\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:05:25","slug":"where-to-watch-yankees-vs-rays-for-free-today-7-6-26-start-time-tv-channel-live-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331396\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch Yankees vs. Rays for free today (7\/6\/26): Start time, TV channel, live stream"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees are eager to break out of their slump as they begin a four-game road series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, July 6 at 6:40 p.m. ET<\/a>. New York is four games back in the AL East, and have lost nine of their last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Yankees vs. Rays airs in-market on YES Network and Rays.TV, and out-of-market nationwide on MLB.TV. Stream the game on DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n

What: MLB regular season<\/p>\n

Who: New York Yankees<\/a> vs. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

When: Monday, July 6, 2026<\/p>\n

Time: 6:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida<\/p>\n

TV: YES Network, Rays.TV, out-of-market on MLB.TV<\/p>\n

Live stream: fuboTV (free trial)<\/a>, DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>, out-of-market with MLB.TV via ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

Record: Yankees 49-40, 2nd AL East; Rays 52-35, 1st AL East<\/p>\n

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Yankees vs. Rays schedule<\/p>\n

Monday, Jul 6: NYY @ TB, 6:40 p.m. on YES (STREAM<\/a>)Tuesday, Jul. 7: NYY @ TB, 6:40 p.m. on TBS (STREAM<\/a>)Wednesday, Jul. 8: NYY @ TB, 6:40 p.m. on Prime Video<\/a>Thursday, Jul. 9: NYY @ TB, 1:10 p.m. on YES (STREAM<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a recent NY Yankees story via The Associated Press:<\/p>\n

New York Yankees (49-40, second in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (52-35, first in the AL East)<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler (8-5, 2.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 123 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax (4-5, 3.45 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 58 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rays -117, Yankees -104; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the New York Yankees looking to extend a five-game home winning streak.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay is 52-35 overall and 31-12 at home. The Rays have a 38-13 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n

New York has a 49-40 record overall and a 26-20 record in road games. The Yankees have the sixth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .419.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Rays are ahead 4-1 in the season series.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 26 home runs, 49 walks and 56 RBIs while hitting .288 for the Rays. Chandler Simpson is 13 for 36 with four doubles and an RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Trent Grisham has 12 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 37 RBIs for the Yankees. Amed Rosario is 7 for 30 with three home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .274 batting average, 2.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 33 runs<\/p>\n

Yankees: 1-9, .155 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored by 35 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rays: Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Steven Matz: 15-Day IL (ankle), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n

Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (toe), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees are eager to break out of their slump as they begin a four-game road…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-331396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}