Seems like Tampa Bay Rays fans who chanted “sell the team” Opening Day at Steinbrenner Field may receive their wish thanks to a group of Jacksonville-based investors.

The Athletic also reports: "Zalupski is expected to keep the team in the Tampa Bay area, with a strong preference to be in Tampa rather than St. Petersburg, the source said." Sternberg, who originally took control of the team in 2005,

The Tampa Bay Rays will be sold to developer Patrick Zalupski and his group for approximately $1.7 billion, with the sale possibly finalized before the end of t