2019 Tampa Bay Rays season

The 2019 Tampa Bay Rays season was the Rays' 22nd season of Major League Baseball, and the 12th as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The Rays clinched a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2013 and defeated the Oakland Athletics in the Wild Card Game 5-1. They then lost in the Division Series to the Houston Astros 3-2.

2019 Tampa Bay Rays
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Stuart Sternberg
Manager(s)Kevin Cash
Local televisionFox Sports Sun
Fox Sports Florida
(Dewayne Staats, Kevin Burkhardt, Brian Anderson)
Local radioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 57–24 46–35
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593 7 48–33 48–33
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 19 38–43 46–35
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 49 25–56 29–52

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 10755 0.660
New York Yankees 10359 0.636
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593 —
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 3
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 12
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 18
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 23½
Los Angeles Angels 7290 0.444 24
Seattle Mariners 6894 0.420 28
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 29
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 37
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 42
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 48½
Rays celebrate on the field in Toronto after winning a wild card spot, September 27th.

Record against opponents
2019 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 —7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–7—5–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–5—11–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–11—18–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–18—1–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–1—5–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–5—2–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–2—1–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–1—2–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–2—2–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–2—10–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–10—2–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–2—3–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–3—3–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–3—3–17

Game log

Regular season
2019 Regular Season Game Log: 96–66 (Home: 48–33; Away: 48–33)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rays team member

Postseason
2019 Postseason Game Log

Roster
2019 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 Brady Williams
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Morgan Ensberg
A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs Florida State League Jeff Smith
A Bowling Green Hot Rods Midwest League Reinaldo Ruiz
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 Rafael Valenzuela
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 1 Dominican Summer League Esteban Gonzalez
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 2 Dominican Summer League Julio Zorrilla

Major League Baseball draft
Main article: 2019 Major League Baseball draft

The 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on Monday, June 3, 2019, and ended June 5. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams.

2019 Tampa Bay Rays complete draft list
Round Pick Name Pos School Date sgnd.
1 22 Greg Jones SS UNC Wilmington TBA
CBA 36 J.J. Goss P Cypress Ranch HS TBA
CBA 40 Seth Johnson P Campbell University TBA
2 61 John Doxakis P Texas A&M TBA
3 99 Shane Sasaki CF Iolani HS TBA
4 128 Graeme Stinson P Duke TBA
5 158 Ben Brecht P UC Santa Barbara TBA
6 188 Colby White P Mississippi State TBA
7 218 Jake Guenther 1B TCU TBA
8 248 Nathen Wiles P Oklahoma TBA
9 278 Evan McKendry P Miami TBA
10 308 Johnathan Embry C Liberty University TBA
11 338 Ben Troike SS Unisersity of Illinois TBA
12 368 Nick Sogard SS Loyola Marymount University TBA
13 398 Zach Huffins CF Arizona Western College TBA
14 428 Logan Allen OF U Arkansas FT Smith TBA
15 458 Brett Wisley 2B Hulf Coast CC TBA
16 488 Joe Gobillot P Vanderbilt TBA
17 518 Trevor Brigden P Okanahan College TBA
20 608 Cam Shepherd SS Georgia TBA
21 638 Andrew Petters P John A. Logan College TBA
22 668 Ben Peoples P Giles County HS TBA
23 698 Jayden Murray P Dixie State TBA
24 728 Duke Kinamon SS Stanford TBA
25 758 Garret Hiott CF Eckerd College TBA
26 788 Robbie Peto P Stetson University TBA
27 818 Mitchel Parker P San Jacinto College North TBA
28 848 Hill Alexander RF Lubbock Christian TBA
29 878 Zach Bravo P Butler County CC TBA
30 908 Michael Carpentier C Yucaipa HS TBA
31 938 Brannon Jordan P Cowley County CC TBA
32 968 Kody Huff C Horizon HS TBA
33 998 Carson Coleman P Kentucky TBA
34 1,028 Carter Bach P Wake Forest TBA
35 1,058 Mitchel Walters P Wichita State TBA
36 1,088 Shay Smiddy P Louisville TBA
37 1,118 Addison Moss P Rice TBA
38 1,148 Angelo Armenta SS San Diego State TBA
39 1,178 Andrew Gross P University of Texas Arlington TBA
40 1,208 Luis Trevion C Abilene Christian TBA

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