2018 Tampa Bay Rays season

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.

2018 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Stuart Sternberg
Manager(s)Kevin Cash
Local televisionFox Sports Sun
Fox Sports Florida
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson)
Local radioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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Offseason

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 PTBNL 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]

Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667 — 57–24 51–30
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 8 53–28 47–34
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 18 51–30 39–42
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 35 40–41 33–48
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 61 28–53 19–62

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667
Houston Astros 10359 0.636
Cleveland Indians 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 +3
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 —
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 7
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 8
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 17
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 19
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 24
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 30
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 33
Chicago White Sox 62100 0.383 35
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 39
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 50

Record against opponents
2018 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Detailed records

Game log
Legend
 Rays win
 Rays loss
 Postponement
BoldRays team member
2018 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 51–30; Away: 39–42)[8]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rays team member

Roster
2018 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 98 Mayo Acosta (bullpen catcher)
  • 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

References
  1. Chastain, Bill. "Rays excited to implement 'bullpen day' plan". mlb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  2. "Pitching Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Recorded no decision, as Starter, sorted by greatest Performances matching selected criteria by a Team". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. "Pitching Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Pitcher Won, as Reliever, sorted by greatest Performances matching selected criteria by a Team". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. Chastain, Bill. "Rays get Schimpf from SD for Minor Leaguer".
  5. "Evan sent! Longo goes West, fills Giant void".
  6. Gilbert, Steve. "D-backs get Souza from TB, trade Drury to NYY".
  7. Berry, Adam. "Pirates acquire All-Star OF Dickerson from Rays".
  8. "2018 Tampa Bay Rays Sortable Schedule". Tampa Bay Rays.
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