Vero Beach Devil Rays

Jackson Brennan playing for the Vero Beach Devil Rays in 2007.Vero Beach, Florida: For over 25 years, Vero Beach has been represented in the Florida State League. Their most recent club to call the city home is the Vero Beach Devil Rays, the Class A-Advanced Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. A few famous alumni to make the major leagues from the Vero Beach D-Rays include Rocco Baldelli and David Price.

The franchise entered the Florida State League in 1980 as an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Vero Beach Dodgers remained a part of the league until the end of the 2006 season when the Los Angeles Dodgers moved their franchise to the California League.

After the Dodgers moved, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays stepped in and moved their minor league team from California to replace the departing Dodgers. The Vero Beach Devil Rays play their 70 game home schedule at historic Holman Stadium.

The Vero Beach Devil Rays will play just two seasons in Vero Beach before being sold and relocated across the state to Port Charlotte, the spring training home of the parent club, Tampa Bay Rays. The move left minor league team move combined with the Dodgers moving spring training to Arizona in 2008 left Vero Beach without a professional baseball team for the first time since 1953.

Click on the photo above to view the Vero Beach Devil Rays photo gallery feature player and game photos.

Updated November 13, 2010

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