2018 Tampa Bay Rays | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Stuart Sternberg | |
Managers | Kevin Cash | |
Television | Fox Sports Sun Fox Sports Florida (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson) | |
Radio | Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) | |
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2018 season was the Rays' 21st season of Major League Baseball, and the 11th as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The Rays played this season with few starting pitchers. Many games were started by pitchers normally used in relief, referred to as openers. [1] This approach saw the Rays set MLB single season records for most no decisions by starters (91) [2] and most wins by relievers (55). [3] They finished the season with a 90–72 record, their first winning season since 2013; however, for the fifth consecutive year, they failed to make the postseason. This was because the Red Sox had 108 wins for the division title, while the Yankees had 100 wins and the Athletics had 97 wins for the wild card.
On December 11, 2017, the Rays acquired Joey Wendle in a trade in exchange for a player to be named later. One day later, the Rays traded minor leaguer Deion Tansel to the San Diego Padres for Ryan Schimpf. [4]
On December 20, 2017, the Rays traded longtime franchise player Evan Longoria to the San Francisco Giants for Denard Span, Christian Arroyo, and two other prospects. [5]
On February 21, 2018, the Rays were involved in a three team trade, trading Steven Souza Jr. to the Arizona Diamondbacks and receiving Anthony Banda and two players to be named later, from the Diamondbacks and Nick Solak from the New York Yankees. [6] The next day, the Rays traded Corey Dickerson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Daniel Hudson, minor leaguer Tristan Gray, and $1 million. [7]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | 0.667 | — | 57–24 | 51–30 |
New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | 8 | 53–28 | 47–34 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 18 | 51–30 | 39–42 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 35 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | 0.290 | 61 | 28–53 | 19–62 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | 0.667 |
Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | 0.562 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | +3 |
Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 7 |
Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 8 |
Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 17 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 19 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 24 |
Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 30 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 33 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 35 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | 0.358 | 39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | 0.290 | 50 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 16–3 | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 15–4 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 4–3 | — | 5–14 | 7–12 | 0–7 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 4–3 | 14–5 | — | 13–6 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 6–13 | — | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
Houston | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
Kansas City | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–14 |
Los Angeles | 5–1 | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 10–10 |
Minnesota | 6–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
New York | 12–7 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 11–9 |
Oakland | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 3–3 | — | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 7–0 | 12–8 |
Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–9 | — | 6–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–14 |
Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 7–13 |
Texas | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 13–7 |
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March: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April: 12–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–7)
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May: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)
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June: 13–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 2–10)
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July: 13–12 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–9)
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August: 17–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 6–6)
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September: 19–9 (Home: 10–6; Away: 9–3)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Rays team member |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Matt Duffy | 132 | 503 | 59 | 148 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 47 | .294 | .366 |
C. J. Cron | 140 | 501 | 68 | 127 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 1 | 37 | .253 | .493 |
Joey Wendle | 139 | 487 | 62 | 146 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 16 | 37 | .300 | .435 |
Mallex Smith | 141 | 480 | 65 | 142 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 40 | 47 | .296 | .406 |
Carlos Gómez | 118 | 360 | 42 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 12 | 25 | .208 | .336 |
Kevin Kiermaier | 88 | 332 | 44 | 72 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 10 | 25 | .217 | .370 |
Jake Bauers | 96 | 323 | 48 | 65 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 54 | .201 | .384 |
Wilson Ramos | 78 | 293 | 30 | 87 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 22 | .297 | .488 |
Willy Adames | 85 | 288 | 43 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 31 | .278 | .406 |
Daniel Robertson | 87 | 282 | 46 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 43 | .262 | .415 |
Adeiny Hechavarria | 61 | 217 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 12 | .258 | .332 |
Jesús Sucre | 73 | 182 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 9 | .209 | .253 |
Johnny Field | 62 | 169 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 7 | .213 | .373 |
Ji-man Choi | 49 | 160 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 24 | .269 | .506 |
Brad Miller | 48 | 156 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 16 | .256 | .429 |
Tommy Pham | 39 | 143 | 35 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 25 | .343 | .622 |
Denard Span | 43 | 143 | 27 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 28 | .238 | .385 |
Brandon Lowe | 43 | 129 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 16 | .233 | .450 |
Rob Refsnyder | 40 | 84 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | .167 | .274 |
Michael Pérez | 24 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .284 | .392 |
Christian Arroyo | 20 | 53 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .264 | .396 |
Nick Ciuffo | 16 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .189 | .297 |
Austin Meadows | 10 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .417 |
Adam Moore | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .444 |
Andrew Velazquez | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .400 |
Brandon Snyder | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .333 |
Justin Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .150 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5475 | 716 | 1415 | 274 | 43 | 150 | 664 | 128 | 540 | .258 | .406 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Blake Snell | 21 | 5 | 1.89 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 180.2 | 112 | 41 | 38 | 64 | 221 |
Ryan Yarbrough | 16 | 6 | 3.91 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 147.1 | 140 | 70 | 64 | 50 | 128 |
Chris Archer | 3 | 5 | 4.31 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 96.0 | 102 | 50 | 46 | 31 | 102 |
Yonny Chirinos | 5 | 5 | 3.51 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 89.2 | 84 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 75 |
Austin Pruitt | 2 | 3 | 4.65 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 69.2 | 72 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 42 |
Sergio Romo | 3 | 4 | 4.14 | 73 | 5 | 25 | 67.1 | 65 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 75 |
Ryne Stanek | 2 | 3 | 2.98 | 59 | 29 | 0 | 66.1 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 81 |
Jake Faria | 4 | 4 | 5.40 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 65.0 | 60 | 39 | 39 | 33 | 50 |
José Alvarado | 1 | 6 | 2.39 | 70 | 0 | 8 | 64.0 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 29 | 80 |
Matt Andriese | 3 | 4 | 4.07 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 59.2 | 55 | 32 | 27 | 18 | 59 |
Nathan Eovaldi | 3 | 4 | 4.26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 57.0 | 48 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 53 |
Diego Castillo | 4 | 2 | 3.18 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 56.2 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 65 |
Tyler Glasnow | 1 | 5 | 4.20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 55.2 | 42 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 64 |
Chaz Roe | 1 | 3 | 3.58 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 50.1 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 53 |
Jalen Beeks | 5 | 0 | 4.47 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 44.1 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 37 |
Hunter Wood | 1 | 1 | 3.73 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 41.0 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 42 |
Andrew Kittredge | 3 | 2 | 7.75 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 38.1 | 54 | 34 | 33 | 17 | 30 |
Adam Kolarek | 1 | 0 | 3.93 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 34.1 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 19 |
Vidal Nuño | 3 | 0 | 1.64 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
Jaime Schultz | 2 | 2 | 5.64 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 30.1 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 35 |
Wilmer Font | 2 | 1 | 1.67 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
Alex Colomé | 2 | 5 | 4.15 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 21.2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
Anthony Banda | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Jonny Venters | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Chih-Wei Hu | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
Ryan Weber | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Hoby Milner | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Daniel Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jesús Sucre | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Field | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Carlos Gómez | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 90 | 72 | 3.74 | 162 | 162 | 52 | 1448.1 | 1236 | 646 | 602 | 501 | 1421 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Jared Sandberg |
AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | Brady Williams |
A-Advanced | Charlotte Stone Crabs | Florida State League | Reinaldo Ruiz |
A | Bowling Green Hot Rods | Midwest League | Craig Albernaz |
A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Blake Butera |
Rookie Advanced | Princeton Rays | Appalachian League | Danny Sheaffer |
Rookie | GCL Rays | Gulf Coast League | Tomas Francisco |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 1 | Dominican Summer League | Esteban Gonzalez |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 2 | Dominican Summer League | Julio Zorrilla |
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