# 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. This approach saw the Rays set MLB single season records for most no decisions by starters (91) and most wins by relievers (55). 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.

## 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.
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.
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. The next day, the Rays traded Corey Dickerson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Daniel Hudson, minor leaguer Tristan Gray, and $1 million.

## Season standings
### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 51‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | 8 | 53‍–‍28 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 18 | 51‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 35 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 61 | 28‍–‍53 | 19‍–‍62 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 |
| Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | +3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 35 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 50 |

### Record against opponents

2018 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 :
| 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 |

## Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 7-2 | 4-6 | 11-8 | .579 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5-5 | 3-6 | 8-11 | .421 |
| New York Yankees | 6-4 | 3-6 | 9-10 | .474 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 7-2 | 6-4 | 13-6 | .684 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | - | - | - | |
| | 27-13 | 16-22 | 43-35 | .551 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Detroit Tigers | 3-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | .667 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | .667 |
| Kansas City Royals | 4-0 | 3-0 | 7-0 | 1.000 |
| Minnesota Twins | 3-0 | 1-3 | 4-3 | .571 |
| Chicago White Sox | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-4 | .333 |
| | 12–4 | 9–7 | 21–11 | .656 |
| AL West |||||||
| Oakland Athletics | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | .714 |
| Houston Astros | 3-1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | .571 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 3-0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | .857 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | .143 |
| Texas Rangers | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | .833 |
| | 11–6 | 10–7 | 21–13 | .618 |
National League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. |
| Washington Nationals | 2-0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | .500 |
| New York Mets | - | 2–1 | 2–1 | .667 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1–3 | .250 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0-3 | - | 0-3 | .000 |
| Miami Marlins | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2–4 | .333 |
| | 3–8 | 4–5 | 7–13 | .350 |

## Game log

Legend :
| | Rays win |
| | Rays loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Rays team member |
2018 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 51–30; Away: 39–42) :
March: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
1March 29Red Sox6–4Pruitt (1–0)Smith (0–1)Colomé (1)31,0421–0W1
2March 30Red Sox0–1Price (1–0)Roe (0–1)Kimbrel (1)19,2031–1L1
3March 31Red Sox2–3Porcello (1–0)Kittredge (0–1)Kimbrel (2)17,8381–2L2 :
April: 12–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
4April 1Red Sox1–2Velázquez (1–0)Alvarado (0–1)Kelly (1)14,2561–3L3
—April 2@ YankeesPostponed (snow); Makeup: April 3
5April 3@ Yankees4–11Kahnle (1–0)Pruitt (1–1)—46,7761–4L4
6April 4@ Yankees2–7Severino (2–0)Snell (0–1)—40,0281–5L5
7April 5@ Red Sox2–3 (12)Poyner (1–0)Kittredge (0–2)—36,1341–6L6
8April 7@ Red Sox3–10Porcello (2–0)Faria (0–1)—31,8211–7L7
9April 8@ Red Sox7–8Smith (1–1)Colomé (0–1)Kimbrel (3)31,9791–8L8
10April 9@ White Sox5–4Archer (1–0)González (0–2)Colomé (2)10,3772–8W1
11April 10@ White Sox6–5Snell (1–1)Fulmer (0–1)Colomé (3)10,0693–8W2
12April 11@ White Sox1–2Rondón (1–0)Pruitt (1–2)Jones (1)10,4313–9L1
13April 13Phillies1–2Ramos (1–0)Colomé (0–2)Neris (2)13,3723–10L2
14April 14Phillies4–9Arrieta (1–0)Archer (1–1)—20,9343–11L3
15April 15Phillies4–10Ríos (1–0)Yarbrough (0–1)—19,8413–12L4
16April 16Rangers8–4Snell (2–1)Pérez (1–2)—9,3634–12W1
17April 17Rangers2–7Moore (1–3)Chirinos (0–1)—8,9724–13L1
18April 18Rangers4–2Faria (1–1)Hamels (1–3)Colomé (4)8,6575–13W1
19April 20Twins8–7 (10)Colomé (1–2)Duke (1–1)—9,7866–13W2
20April 21Twins10–1Snell (3–1)Gibson (1–1)—10,1067–13W3
21April 22Twins8–6Colomé (2–2)Reed (0–1)—12,5158–13W4
—April 24@ OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 12
22April 25@ Orioles8–4Kittredge (1–2)Cobb (0–3)—8,7309–13W5
23April 26@ Orioles9–5Archer (2–1)Bundy (1–3)—9,59610–13W6
24April 27@ Red Sox4–3Snell (4–1)Pomeranz (0–1)Colomé (5)32,62011–13W7
25April 28@ Red Sox12–6Yarbrough (1–1)Price (2–3)—35,79512–13W8
26April 29@ Red Sox3–4Kimbrel (1–1)Colomé (2–3)—32,88812–14L1
27April 30@ Tigers3–2Faria (2–1)Grene (1–2)Alvarado (1)19,39813–14W1 :
May: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
28May 1@ Tigers1–2Boyd (1–2)Archer (2–2)Greene (5)17,25513–15L1
29May 2@ Tigers2–3 (12)Saupold (1–0)Andriese (0–1)—20,86613–16L2
30May 4Blue Jays6–2Yarbrough (2–1)Happ (4–2)—11,11714–16W1
31May 5Blue Jays5–3Faria (3–1)Sanchez (2–3)Colomé (6)16,29715–16W2
32May 6Blue Jays1–2Tepera (2–1)Colomé (2–4)Osuna (9)14,03215–17L1
33May 8Braves0–1Newcomb (3–1)Snell (4–2)Vizcaíno (5)15,38215–18L2
34May 9Braves2–5Teherán (3–1)Yarbrough (2–2)Vizcaíno (6)12,08215–19L3
35May 11@ Orioles4–9Gausman (3–2)Faria (3–2)Brach (5)28,17015–20L4
36May 12 (1)@ Orioles3–6Hess (1–0)Archer (2–3)Givens (1)24,53415–21L5
37May 12 (2)@ Orioles10–3Romo (1–0)Cobb (0–5)—24,53416–21W1
38May 13@ Orioles1–17Bundy (2–5)Snell (4–3)—25,25716–22L1
39May 14@ Royals2–1Yarbrough (3–2)Skoglund (1–3)Colomé (7)14,17417–22W1
40May 15@ Royals6–5Venters (1–0)Herrera (1–1)Colomé (8)21,50018–22W2
41May 16@ Royals5–3Andriese (1–1)Hammel (0–5)Colomé (9)19,61119–22W3
42May 17@ Angels7–1Archer (3–3)Skaggs (3–3)—30,48720–22W4
43May 18@ Angels8–3Snell (5–3)Tropeano (1–3)—40,06721–22W5
44May 19@ Angels5–3Yarbrough (4–2)Heaney (2–3)Colomé (10)37,23222–22W6
45May 20@ Angels2–5Ohtani (4–1)Andriese (1–2)Parker (2)38,56022–23L1
46May 22Red Sox2–4Sale (5–1)Faria (3–3)Kimbrel (14)10,64222–24L2
47May 23Red Sox1–4Kelly (3–0)Colomé (2–5)Kimbrel (15)10,19422–25L3
48May 24Red Sox6–3Snell (6–3)Porcello (6–2)Colomé (11)12,46823–25W1
49May 25Orioles0–2Hess (2–1)Romo (1–1)Brach (8)11,35423–26L1
50May 26Orioles5–1Banda (1–0)Cashner (2–6)—14,74424–26W1
51May 27Orioles8–3Nuño (1–0)Gausman (3–4)Pruitt (1)13,31125–26W2
52May 28@ Athletics1–0 (13)Stanek (1–0)Hatcher (3–2)Venters (1)10,88126–26W3
53May 29@ Athletics4–3Snell (7–3)Gossett (0–3)Romo (1)7,52127–26W4
54May 30@ Athletics6–0Eovaldi (1–0)Manaea (5–6)—6,70528–26W5
55May 31@ Athletics3–7Mengden (6–4)Stanek (1–1)Treinen (13)12,07028–27L1 :
June: 13–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 2–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
56June 1@ Mariners3–4 (13)Elías (1–0)Andriese (1–3)—22,63628–28L2
57June 2@ Mariners1–3Gonzales (6–3)Archer (3–4)Díaz (20)28,59928–29L3
58June 3@ Mariners1–2Hernandez (6–4)Alvarado (0–2)Díaz (21)26,56728–30L4
59June 5@ Nationals2–4Scherzer (10–1)Eovaldi (1–1)Doolittle (15)32,16528–31L5
60June 6@ Nationals2–11Roark (3–6)Venters (1–1)—33,10628–32L6
61June 7Mariners4–5Leake (6–3)Pruitt (1–3)—10,34228–33L7
62June 8Mariners3–4Gonzales (7–3)Font (0–3)Díaz (22)12,43528–34L8
63June 9Mariners7–3Snell (8–3)Hernandez (6–5)Roe (1)12,25829–34W1
64June 10Mariners4–5Paxton (6–1)Alvarado (0–3)Díaz (23)10,51229–35L1
65June 11Blue Jays8–4Yarbrough (5–2)Gaviglio (2–2)—10,76930–35W1
66June 12Blue Jays4–1Pruitt (2–3)García (2–5)Romo (2)11,16231–35W2
67June 13Blue Jays1–0Castillo (1–0)Tepera (3–2)—10,84732–35W3
68June 14@ Yankees3–4Germán (1–4)Snell (8–4)Chapman (19)45,06632–36L1
69June 15@ Yankees0–5Loáisiga (1–0)Eovaldi (1–2)—45,11232–37L2
70June 16@ Yankees1–4Severino (10–2)Yarbrough (5–3)Chapman (20)46,24932–38L3
71June 17@ Yankees3–1Roe (1–1)Sabathia (4–2)Romo (3)46,40033–38W1
72June 18@ Astros4–5McHugh (2–0)Romo (1–2)—34,15133–39L1
73June 19@ Astros2–1Snell (9–4)Rondón (1–2)Romo (4)37,41434–39W1
74June 20@ Astros1–5Morton (9–1)Eovaldi (1–3)—43,40934–40L1
75June 22Yankees2–1Yarbrough (6–3)Sabathia (4–3)Romo (5)27,25235–40W1
76June 23Yankees4–0Font (1–3)Gray (5–5)—29,83136–40W2
77June 24Yankees7–6 (12)Yarbrough (7–3)Shreve (2–2)—23,66737–40W3
78June 25Nationals11–0Snell (10–4)González (6–5)—13,62438–40W4
79June 26Nationals1–0Eovaldi (2–3)Scherzer (10–4)Romo (6)14,28939–40W5
80June 28Astros0–1McCullers Jr. (9–3)Yarbrough (7–4)Rondón (5)12,30539–41L1
81June 29Astros3–2Font (2–3)Cole (9–2)Alvarado (2)40–41W1
82June 30Astros5–2Nuño (2–0)Verlander (9–4)Romo (7)18,37841–41W2 :
July: 13–12 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
83July 1Astros3–2Snell (11–4)Morton (10–2)Romo (8)19,33442–41W3
84July 2@ Marlins2–3 (10)Rucinski (3–1)Stanek (1–2)—6,00442–42L1
85July 3@ Marlins9–6 (16)Nuño (3–0)Graves (0–1)Alvarado (3)6,25943–42W1
86July 4@ Marlins0–3Rucinski (4–1)Weber (0–1)Ziegler (10)7,57243–43L1
87July 6@ Mets1–5Familia (4–4)Roe (1–2)—24,23643–44L2
88July 7@ Mets3–0Snell (12–4)Matz (4–6)Romo (9)32,98644–44W1
89July 8@ Mets9–0Eovaldi (3–3)Flexen (0–2)—24,65345–44W2
90July 9Tigers10–9 (10)Andriese (2–3)Hardy (3–2)—14,22946–44W3
91July 10Tigers5–2Alvarado (1–3)Boyd (4–8)Romo (10)13,47847–44W4
92July 11Tigers4–2Yarbrough (8–4)Zimmermann (4–1)Romo (11)13,92248–44W5
93July 12@ Twins1–5Gibson (4–6)Snell (12–5)Rodney (21)25,28148–45L1
94July 13@ Twins8–11Hildenberger (2–2)Eovaldi (3–4)—28,75648–46L2
95July 14@ Twins19–6Schultz (1–0)Duke (3–3)—25,09449–46W1
96July 15@ Twins7–11 (10)Busenitz (3–0)Andriese (2–4)—25,56149–47L1
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
97July 20Marlins5–6Straily (4–4)Castillo (1–1)Conley (1)13,24849–48L2
98July 21Marlins2–3López (2–1)Yarbrough (8–5)Barraclough (10)13,80849–49L3
99July 22Marlins6–4Kolarek (1–0)Barraclough (0–4)—11,82850–49W1
100July 23Yankees7–6Andriese (3–4)Severino (14–3)Alvarado (4)14,67051–49W2
101July 24Yankees0–4Tanaka (8–2)Chirinos (0–2)—19,57951–50L1
102July 25Yankees3–2Castillo (2–1)Cessa (1–2)Romo (12)27,37252–50W1
103July 26@ Orioles4–3Yarbrough (9–5)Cobb (2–14)Pruitt (2)19,02553–50W2
104July 27@ Orioles5–15Cashner (3–9)Archer (3–5)—15,64953–51L1
105July 28@ Orioles2–11Gausman (5–8)Stanek (1–3)—21,52653–52L2
106July 29@ Orioles5–11Bundy (7–9)Chirinos (0–3)—22,45453–53L3
107July 31Angels10–6Yarbrough (10–5)Skaggs (8–7)—15,85854–53W1 :
August: 17–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
108August 1Angels7–2Faria (4–3)Tropeano (4–6)—9,13255–53W2
109August 2Angels4–2Beeks (1–1)Heaney (6–7)Romo (13)10,98856–53W3
110August 3White Sox2–3 (10)Danish (1–0)Alvarado (1–4)Santiago (1)16,14456–54L1
111August 4White Sox1–2Cedeño (2–0)Chirinos (0–4)Vieira (1)21,21456–55L2
112August 5White Sox7–8Santiago (4–3)Castillo (2–2)—14,73956–56L3
113August 7Orioles4–3Romo (2–2)Castro (2–6)—11,73457–56W1
114August 8Orioles4–5Wright Jr. (3–0)Romo (2–3)Givens (3)9,47457–57L1
115August 9Orioles5–4Chirinos (1–4)Carroll (0–1)Romo (14)10,25458–57W1
116August 10@ Blue Jays7–0Snell (13–5)Estrada (5–9)—23,08259–57W2
117August 11@ Blue Jays3–1Castillo (3–2)Gaviglio (2–5)Romo (15)38,79760–57W3
118August 12@ Blue Jays1–2García (3–6)Alvarado (1–5)Giles (13)33,74660–58L1
119August 14@ Yankees1–4Happ (13–6)Wood (0–1)Chapman (31)40,39360–59L2
120August 15@ Yankees6–1Yarbrough (11–5)Cessa (1–3)—42,71661–59W1
121August 16@ Yankees3–1Snell (14–5)Tanaka (9–4)Kolarek (1)41,03362–59W2
122August 17@ Red Sox3–7Johnson (4–3)Chirinos (1–5)—37,01262–60L1
123August 18@ Red Sox2–5Price (13–6)Glasnow (1–3)Kimbrel (37)36,65462–61L2
124August 19@ Red Sox2–0Beeks (2–1)Velázquez (7–1)Romo (16)37,24263–61W1
125August 20Royals1–0Yarbrough (12–5)López (0–3)Alvarado (5)10,03664–61W2
126August 21Royals4–1Snell (15–5)Sparkman (0–2)Romo (17)9,40265–61W3
127August 22Royals6–3Chirinos (2–5)Junis (6–12)Romo (18)8,68666–61W4
128August 23Royals4–3Romo (3–3)Flynn (3–5)—9,08867–61W5
129August 24Red Sox10–3Beeks (3–1)Velázquez (7–2)—19,72368–61W6
130August 25Red Sox5–1Stanek (2–3)Porcello (15–7)—25,69569–61W7
131August 26Red Sox9–1Snell (16–5)Eovaldi (5–6)—23,44870–61W8
132August 28@ Braves5–9Brach (2–3)Roe (1–3)—21,21670–62L1
133August 29@ Braves8–5Beeks (4–1)Newcomb (11–7)Alvarado (6)20,87671–62W1
134August 31@ Indians0–3Kluber (17–7)Glasnow (1–4)Hand (31)25,63971–63L1 :
September: 19–9 (Home: 10–6; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
135September 1@ Indians5–3Snell (17–5)Bieber (8–3)Kolarek (2)31,81672–63W1
136September 2@ Indians6–4Yarbrough (13–5)Carrasco (16–8)Alvarado (7)26,53573–63W2
137September 3@ Blue Jays7–1Chirinos (3–5)Stroman (4–9)—18,03474–63W3
138September 4@ Blue Jays4–0Wood (1–1)Borucki (3–4)Romo (19)17,59475–63W4
139September 5@ Blue Jays3–10Sanchez (4–5)Glasnow (1–5)—17,87275–64L1
140September 7Orioles14–2Snell (18–5)Bundy (7–14)—12,43676–64W1
141September 8Orioles10–5Yarbrough (14–5)Hess (3–10)—10,27577–64W2
142September 9Orioles8–3Chirinos (4–5)Rogers (1–2)—13,63278–64W3
143September 10Indians6–5Schultz (2–0)Hand (2–5)—12,72479–64W4
144September 11Indians0–2Bieber (10–3)Glasnow (1–6)Allen (27)10,59979–65L1
145September 12Indians3–1Snell (19–5)Carrasco (16–9)Alvarado (8)10,65480–65W1
146September 14Athletics1–2 (10)Treinen (7–2)Schultz (2–1)—11,54980–66L1
147September 15Athletics7–5Kittredge (2–2)Familia (8–6)Romo (20)15,15481–66W1
148September 16Athletics5–4Kittredge (3–2)Fiers (12–7)Romo (21)13,19782–66W2
149September 17@ Rangers3–0Glasnow (2–6)Sampson (0–2)Romo (22)21,84083–66W3
150September 18@ Rangers4–0Snell (20–5)Gallardo (8–6)—23,52384–66W4
151September 19@ Rangers9–3Yarbrough (15–5)Méndez (2–2)—25,16885–66W5
152September 20@ Blue Jays8–9Paulino (1–0)Romo (3–4)—19,47885–67L1
153September 21@ Blue Jays11–3Beeks (5–1)Reid-Foley (2–4)Pruitt (3)21,16786–67W1
154September 22@ Blue Jays2–5Pannone (4–1)Glasnow (2–7)Giles (24)27,64886–68L1
155September 23@ Blue Jays5–2Snell (21–5)Borucki (4–5)Romo (23)23,94487–68W1
156September 24Yankees1–4Gray (11–9)Yarbrough (15–6)Britton (7)13,83287–69L1
157September 25Yankees2–9Severino (19–8)Faria (4–4)—10,95387–70L2
158September 26Yankees8–7Chirinos (5–5)Tanaka (12–6)Romo (24)11,32588–70W1
159September 27Yankees1–12Sabathia (9–7)Schultz (2–2)—12,34988–71L1
160September 28Blue Jays6–7Mayza (2–0)Alvarado (1–6)Giles (26)12,06188–72L2
161September 29Blue Jays4–3Castillo (4–2)Borucki (4–6)Romo (25)13,22189–72W1
162September 30Blue Jays9–4Yarbrough (16–6)Gaviglio (3–10)Pruitt (4)13,31390–72W2 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rays team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

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 |
| 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 |
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### Pitching

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 |
| 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 |
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## Farm system

| 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 |