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
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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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 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]

Season standings

American League East

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AL 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

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	108	54	.667
Houston Astros	103	59	.636
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562

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Wild 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 record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 v t e
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)[8]
March: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 1 March 29 Red Sox 6–4 Pruitt (1–0) Smith (0–1) Colomé (1) 31,042 1–0 W1 2 March 30 Red Sox 0–1 Price (1–0) Roe (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 19,203 1–1 L1 3 March 31 Red Sox 2–3 Porcello (1–0) Kittredge (0–1) Kimbrel (2) 17,838 1–2 L2
April: 12–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 4 April 1 Red Sox 1–2 Velázquez (1–0) Alvarado (0–1) Kelly (1) 14,256 1–3 L3 — April 2 @ Yankees Postponed (snow); Makeup: April 3 5 April 3 @ Yankees 4–11 Kahnle (1–0) Pruitt (1–1) — 46,776 1–4 L4 6 April 4 @ Yankees 2–7 Severino (2–0) Snell (0–1) — 40,028 1–5 L5 7 April 5 @ Red Sox 2–3 (12) Poyner (1–0) Kittredge (0–2) — 36,134 1–6 L6 8 April 7 @ Red Sox 3–10 Porcello (2–0) Faria (0–1) — 31,821 1–7 L7 9 April 8 @ Red Sox 7–8 Smith (1–1) Colomé (0–1) Kimbrel (3) 31,979 1–8 L8 10 April 9 @ White Sox 5–4 Archer (1–0) González (0–2) Colomé (2) 10,377 2–8 W1 11 April 10 @ White Sox 6–5 Snell (1–1) Fulmer (0–1) Colomé (3) 10,069 3–8 W2 12 April 11 @ White Sox 1–2 Rondón (1–0) Pruitt (1–2) Jones (1) 10,431 3–9 L1 13 April 13 Phillies 1–2 Ramos (1–0) Colomé (0–2) Neris (2) 13,372 3–10 L2 14 April 14 Phillies 4–9 Arrieta (1–0) Archer (1–1) — 20,934 3–11 L3 15 April 15 Phillies 4–10 Ríos (1–0) Yarbrough (0–1) — 19,841 3–12 L4 16 April 16 Rangers 8–4 Snell (2–1) Pérez (1–2) — 9,363 4–12 W1 17 April 17 Rangers 2–7 Moore (1–3) Chirinos (0–1) — 8,972 4–13 L1 18 April 18 Rangers 4–2 Faria (1–1) Hamels (1–3) Colomé (4) 8,657 5–13 W1 19 April 20 Twins 8–7 (10) Colomé (1–2) Duke (1–1) — 9,786 6–13 W2 20 April 21 Twins 10–1 Snell (3–1) Gibson (1–1) — 10,106 7–13 W3 21 April 22 Twins 8–6 Colomé (2–2) Reed (0–1) — 12,515 8–13 W4 — April 24 @ Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 12 22 April 25 @ Orioles 8–4 Kittredge (1–2) Cobb (0–3) — 8,730 9–13 W5 23 April 26 @ Orioles 9–5 Archer (2–1) Bundy (1–3) — 9,596 10–13 W6 24 April 27 @ Red Sox 4–3 Snell (4–1) Pomeranz (0–1) Colomé (5) 32,620 11–13 W7 25 April 28 @ Red Sox 12–6 Yarbrough (1–1) Price (2–3) — 35,795 12–13 W8 26 April 29 @ Red Sox 3–4 Kimbrel (1–1) Colomé (2–3) — 32,888 12–14 L1 27 April 30 @ Tigers 3–2 Faria (2–1) Grene (1–2) Alvarado (1) 19,398 13–14 W1
May: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 28 May 1 @ Tigers 1–2 Boyd (1–2) Archer (2–2) Greene (5) 17,255 13–15 L1 29 May 2 @ Tigers 2–3 (12) Saupold (1–0) Andriese (0–1) — 20,866 13–16 L2 30 May 4 Blue Jays 6–2 Yarbrough (2–1) Happ (4–2) — 11,117 14–16 W1 31 May 5 Blue Jays 5–3 Faria (3–1) Sanchez (2–3) Colomé (6) 16,297 15–16 W2 32 May 6 Blue Jays 1–2 Tepera (2–1) Colomé (2–4) Osuna (9) 14,032 15–17 L1 33 May 8 Braves 0–1 Newcomb (3–1) Snell (4–2) Vizcaíno (5) 15,382 15–18 L2 34 May 9 Braves 2–5 Teherán (3–1) Yarbrough (2–2) Vizcaíno (6) 12,082 15–19 L3 35 May 11 @ Orioles 4–9 Gausman (3–2) Faria (3–2) Brach (5) 28,170 15–20 L4 36 May 12 (1) @ Orioles 3–6 Hess (1–0) Archer (2–3) Givens (1) 24,534 15–21 L5 37 May 12 (2) @ Orioles 10–3 Romo (1–0) Cobb (0–5) — 24,534 16–21 W1 38 May 13 @ Orioles 1–17 Bundy (2–5) Snell (4–3) — 25,257 16–22 L1 39 May 14 @ Royals 2–1 Yarbrough (3–2) Skoglund (1–3) Colomé (7) 14,174 17–22 W1 40 May 15 @ Royals 6–5 Venters (1–0) Herrera (1–1) Colomé (8) 21,500 18–22 W2 41 May 16 @ Royals 5–3 Andriese (1–1) Hammel (0–5) Colomé (9) 19,611 19–22 W3 42 May 17 @ Angels 7–1 Archer (3–3) Skaggs (3–3) — 30,487 20–22 W4 43 May 18 @ Angels 8–3 Snell (5–3) Tropeano (1–3) — 40,067 21–22 W5 44 May 19 @ Angels 5–3 Yarbrough (4–2) Heaney (2–3) Colomé (10) 37,232 22–22 W6 45 May 20 @ Angels 2–5 Ohtani (4–1) Andriese (1–2) Parker (2) 38,560 22–23 L1 46 May 22 Red Sox 2–4 Sale (5–1) Faria (3–3) Kimbrel (14) 10,642 22–24 L2 47 May 23 Red Sox 1–4 Kelly (3–0) Colomé (2–5) Kimbrel (15) 10,194 22–25 L3 48 May 24 Red Sox 6–3 Snell (6–3) Porcello (6–2) Colomé (11) 12,468 23–25 W1 49 May 25 Orioles 0–2 Hess (2–1) Romo (1–1) Brach (8) 11,354 23–26 L1 50 May 26 Orioles 5–1 Banda (1–0) Cashner (2–6) — 14,744 24–26 W1 51 May 27 Orioles 8–3 Nuño (1–0) Gausman (3–4) Pruitt (1) 13,311 25–26 W2 52 May 28 @ Athletics 1–0 (13) Stanek (1–0) Hatcher (3–2) Venters (1) 10,881 26–26 W3 53 May 29 @ Athletics 4–3 Snell (7–3) Gossett (0–3) Romo (1) 7,521 27–26 W4 54 May 30 @ Athletics 6–0 Eovaldi (1–0) Manaea (5–6) — 6,705 28–26 W5 55 May 31 @ Athletics 3–7 Mengden (6–4) Stanek (1–1) Treinen (13) 12,070 28–27 L1
June: 13–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 2–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 56 June 1 @ Mariners 3–4 (13) Elías (1–0) Andriese (1–3) — 22,636 28–28 L2 57 June 2 @ Mariners 1–3 Gonzales (6–3) Archer (3–4) Díaz (20) 28,599 28–29 L3 58 June 3 @ Mariners 1–2 Hernandez (6–4) Alvarado (0–2) Díaz (21) 26,567 28–30 L4 59 June 5 @ Nationals 2–4 Scherzer (10–1) Eovaldi (1–1) Doolittle (15) 32,165 28–31 L5 60 June 6 @ Nationals 2–11 Roark (3–6) Venters (1–1) — 33,106 28–32 L6 61 June 7 Mariners 4–5 Leake (6–3) Pruitt (1–3) — 10,342 28–33 L7 62 June 8 Mariners 3–4 Gonzales (7–3) Font (0–3) Díaz (22) 12,435 28–34 L8 63 June 9 Mariners 7–3 Snell (8–3) Hernandez (6–5) Roe (1) 12,258 29–34 W1 64 June 10 Mariners 4–5 Paxton (6–1) Alvarado (0–3) Díaz (23) 10,512 29–35 L1 65 June 11 Blue Jays 8–4 Yarbrough (5–2) Gaviglio (2–2) — 10,769 30–35 W1 66 June 12 Blue Jays 4–1 Pruitt (2–3) García (2–5) Romo (2) 11,162 31–35 W2 67 June 13 Blue Jays 1–0 Castillo (1–0) Tepera (3–2) — 10,847 32–35 W3 68 June 14 @ Yankees 3–4 Germán (1–4) Snell (8–4) Chapman (19) 45,066 32–36 L1 69 June 15 @ Yankees 0–5 Loáisiga (1–0) Eovaldi (1–2) — 45,112 32–37 L2 70 June 16 @ Yankees 1–4 Severino (10–2) Yarbrough (5–3) Chapman (20) 46,249 32–38 L3 71 June 17 @ Yankees 3–1 Roe (1–1) Sabathia (4–2) Romo (3) 46,400 33–38 W1 72 June 18 @ Astros 4–5 McHugh (2–0) Romo (1–2) — 34,151 33–39 L1 73 June 19 @ Astros 2–1 Snell (9–4) Rondón (1–2) Romo (4) 37,414 34–39 W1 74 June 20 @ Astros 1–5 Morton (9–1) Eovaldi (1–3) — 43,409 34–40 L1 75 June 22 Yankees 2–1 Yarbrough (6–3) Sabathia (4–3) Romo (5) 27,252 35–40 W1 76 June 23 Yankees 4–0 Font (1–3) Gray (5–5) — 29,831 36–40 W2 77 June 24 Yankees 7–6 (12) Yarbrough (7–3) Shreve (2–2) — 23,667 37–40 W3 78 June 25 Nationals 11–0 Snell (10–4) González (6–5) — 13,624 38–40 W4 79 June 26 Nationals 1–0 Eovaldi (2–3) Scherzer (10–4) Romo (6) 14,289 39–40 W5 80 June 28 Astros 0–1 McCullers Jr. (9–3) Yarbrough (7–4) Rondón (5) 12,305 39–41 L1 81 June 29 Astros 3–2 Font (2–3) Cole (9–2) Alvarado (2) 40–41 W1 82 June 30 Astros 5–2 Nuño (2–0) Verlander (9–4) Romo (7) 18,378 41–41 W2
July: 13–12 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 83 July 1 Astros 3–2 Snell (11–4) Morton (10–2) Romo (8) 19,334 42–41 W3 84 July 2 @ Marlins 2–3 (10) Rucinski (3–1) Stanek (1–2) — 6,004 42–42 L1 85 July 3 @ Marlins 9–6 (16) Nuño (3–0) Graves (0–1) Alvarado (3) 6,259 43–42 W1 86 July 4 @ Marlins 0–3 Rucinski (4–1) Weber (0–1) Ziegler (10) 7,572 43–43 L1 87 July 6 @ Mets 1–5 Familia (4–4) Roe (1–2) — 24,236 43–44 L2 88 July 7 @ Mets 3–0 Snell (12–4) Matz (4–6) Romo (9) 32,986 44–44 W1 89 July 8 @ Mets 9–0 Eovaldi (3–3) Flexen (0–2) — 24,653 45–44 W2 90 July 9 Tigers 10–9 (10) Andriese (2–3) Hardy (3–2) — 14,229 46–44 W3 91 July 10 Tigers 5–2 Alvarado (1–3) Boyd (4–8) Romo (10) 13,478 47–44 W4 92 July 11 Tigers 4–2 Yarbrough (8–4) Zimmermann (4–1) Romo (11) 13,922 48–44 W5 93 July 12 @ Twins 1–5 Gibson (4–6) Snell (12–5) Rodney (21) 25,281 48–45 L1 94 July 13 @ Twins 8–11 Hildenberger (2–2) Eovaldi (3–4) — 28,756 48–46 L2 95 July 14 @ Twins 19–6 Schultz (1–0) Duke (3–3) — 25,094 49–46 W1 96 July 15 @ Twins 7–11 (10) Busenitz (3–0) Andriese (2–4) — 25,561 49–47 L1 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 97 July 20 Marlins 5–6 Straily (4–4) Castillo (1–1) Conley (1) 13,248 49–48 L2 98 July 21 Marlins 2–3 López (2–1) Yarbrough (8–5) Barraclough (10) 13,808 49–49 L3 99 July 22 Marlins 6–4 Kolarek (1–0) Barraclough (0–4) — 11,828 50–49 W1 100 July 23 Yankees 7–6 Andriese (3–4) Severino (14–3) Alvarado (4) 14,670 51–49 W2 101 July 24 Yankees 0–4 Tanaka (8–2) Chirinos (0–2) — 19,579 51–50 L1 102 July 25 Yankees 3–2 Castillo (2–1) Cessa (1–2) Romo (12) 27,372 52–50 W1 103 July 26 @ Orioles 4–3 Yarbrough (9–5) Cobb (2–14) Pruitt (2) 19,025 53–50 W2 104 July 27 @ Orioles 5–15 Cashner (3–9) Archer (3–5) — 15,649 53–51 L1 105 July 28 @ Orioles 2–11 Gausman (5–8) Stanek (1–3) — 21,526 53–52 L2 106 July 29 @ Orioles 5–11 Bundy (7–9) Chirinos (0–3) — 22,454 53–53 L3 107 July 31 Angels 10–6 Yarbrough (10–5) Skaggs (8–7) — 15,858 54–53 W1
August: 17–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 108 August 1 Angels 7–2 Faria (4–3) Tropeano (4–6) — 9,132 55–53 W2 109 August 2 Angels 4–2 Beeks (1–1) Heaney (6–7) Romo (13) 10,988 56–53 W3 110 August 3 White Sox 2–3 (10) Danish (1–0) Alvarado (1–4) Santiago (1) 16,144 56–54 L1 111 August 4 White Sox 1–2 Cedeño (2–0) Chirinos (0–4) Vieira (1) 21,214 56–55 L2 112 August 5 White Sox 7–8 Santiago (4–3) Castillo (2–2) — 14,739 56–56 L3 113 August 7 Orioles 4–3 Romo (2–2) Castro (2–6) — 11,734 57–56 W1 114 August 8 Orioles 4–5 Wright Jr. (3–0) Romo (2–3) Givens (3) 9,474 57–57 L1 115 August 9 Orioles 5–4 Chirinos (1–4) Carroll (0–1) Romo (14) 10,254 58–57 W1 116 August 10 @ Blue Jays 7–0 Snell (13–5) Estrada (5–9) — 23,082 59–57 W2 117 August 11 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Castillo (3–2) Gaviglio (2–5) Romo (15) 38,797 60–57 W3 118 August 12 @ Blue Jays 1–2 García (3–6) Alvarado (1–5) Giles (13) 33,746 60–58 L1 119 August 14 @ Yankees 1–4 Happ (13–6) Wood (0–1) Chapman (31) 40,393 60–59 L2 120 August 15 @ Yankees 6–1 Yarbrough (11–5) Cessa (1–3) — 42,716 61–59 W1 121 August 16 @ Yankees 3–1 Snell (14–5) Tanaka (9–4) Kolarek (1) 41,033 62–59 W2 122 August 17 @ Red Sox 3–7 Johnson (4–3) Chirinos (1–5) — 37,012 62–60 L1 123 August 18 @ Red Sox 2–5 Price (13–6) Glasnow (1–3) Kimbrel (37) 36,654 62–61 L2 124 August 19 @ Red Sox 2–0 Beeks (2–1) Velázquez (7–1) Romo (16) 37,242 63–61 W1 125 August 20 Royals 1–0 Yarbrough (12–5) López (0–3) Alvarado (5) 10,036 64–61 W2 126 August 21 Royals 4–1 Snell (15–5) Sparkman (0–2) Romo (17) 9,402 65–61 W3 127 August 22 Royals 6–3 Chirinos (2–5) Junis (6–12) Romo (18) 8,686 66–61 W4 128 August 23 Royals 4–3 Romo (3–3) Flynn (3–5) — 9,088 67–61 W5 129 August 24 Red Sox 10–3 Beeks (3–1) Velázquez (7–2) — 19,723 68–61 W6 130 August 25 Red Sox 5–1 Stanek (2–3) Porcello (15–7) — 25,695 69–61 W7 131 August 26 Red Sox 9–1 Snell (16–5) Eovaldi (5–6) — 23,448 70–61 W8 132 August 28 @ Braves 5–9 Brach (2–3) Roe (1–3) — 21,216 70–62 L1 133 August 29 @ Braves 8–5 Beeks (4–1) Newcomb (11–7) Alvarado (6) 20,876 71–62 W1 134 August 31 @ Indians 0–3 Kluber (17–7) Glasnow (1–4) Hand (31) 25,639 71–63 L1
September: 19–9 (Home: 10–6; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap 135 September 1 @ Indians 5–3 Snell (17–5) Bieber (8–3) Kolarek (2) 31,816 72–63 W1 136 September 2 @ Indians 6–4 Yarbrough (13–5) Carrasco (16–8) Alvarado (7) 26,535 73–63 W2 137 September 3 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Chirinos (3–5) Stroman (4–9) — 18,034 74–63 W3 138 September 4 @ Blue Jays 4–0 Wood (1–1) Borucki (3–4) Romo (19) 17,594 75–63 W4 139 September 5 @ Blue Jays 3–10 Sanchez (4–5) Glasnow (1–5) — 17,872 75–64 L1 140 September 7 Orioles 14–2 Snell (18–5) Bundy (7–14) — 12,436 76–64 W1 141 September 8 Orioles 10–5 Yarbrough (14–5) Hess (3–10) — 10,275 77–64 W2 142 September 9 Orioles 8–3 Chirinos (4–5) Rogers (1–2) — 13,632 78–64 W3 143 September 10 Indians 6–5 Schultz (2–0) Hand (2–5) — 12,724 79–64 W4 144 September 11 Indians 0–2 Bieber (10–3) Glasnow (1–6) Allen (27) 10,599 79–65 L1 145 September 12 Indians 3–1 Snell (19–5) Carrasco (16–9) Alvarado (8) 10,654 80–65 W1 146 September 14 Athletics 1–2 (10) Treinen (7–2) Schultz (2–1) — 11,549 80–66 L1 147 September 15 Athletics 7–5 Kittredge (2–2) Familia (8–6) Romo (20) 15,154 81–66 W1 148 September 16 Athletics 5–4 Kittredge (3–2) Fiers (12–7) Romo (21) 13,197 82–66 W2 149 September 17 @ Rangers 3–0 Glasnow (2–6) Sampson (0–2) Romo (22) 21,840 83–66 W3 150 September 18 @ Rangers 4–0 Snell (20–5) Gallardo (8–6) — 23,523 84–66 W4 151 September 19 @ Rangers 9–3 Yarbrough (15–5) Méndez (2–2) — 25,168 85–66 W5 152 September 20 @ Blue Jays 8–9 Paulino (1–0) Romo (3–4) — 19,478 85–67 L1 153 September 21 @ Blue Jays 11–3 Beeks (5–1) Reid-Foley (2–4) Pruitt (3) 21,167 86–67 W1 154 September 22 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Pannone (4–1) Glasnow (2–7) Giles (24) 27,648 86–68 L1 155 September 23 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Snell (21–5) Borucki (4–5) Romo (23) 23,944 87–68 W1 156 September 24 Yankees 1–4 Gray (11–9) Yarbrough (15–6) Britton (7) 13,832 87–69 L1 157 September 25 Yankees 2–9 Severino (19–8) Faria (4–4) — 10,953 87–70 L2 158 September 26 Yankees 8–7 Chirinos (5–5) Tanaka (12–6) Romo (24) 11,325 88–70 W1 159 September 27 Yankees 1–12 Sabathia (9–7) Schultz (2–2) — 12,349 88–71 L1 160 September 28 Blue Jays 6–7 Mayza (2–0) Alvarado (1–6) Giles (26) 12,061 88–72 L2 161 September 29 Blue Jays 4–3 Castillo (4–2) Borucki (4–6) Romo (25) 13,221 89–72 W1 162 September 30 Blue Jays 9–4 Yarbrough (16–6) Gaviglio (3–10) Pruitt (4) 13,313 90–72 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rays team member

Roster

2018 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers 46 José Alvarado 35 Matt Andriese 22 Chris Archer 53 Anthony Banda 68 Jalen Beeks 63 Diego Castillo 72 Yonny Chirinos 37 Álex Colomé 24 Nathan Eovaldi 34 Jake Faria 62 Wilmer Font 20 Tyler Glasnow 58 Chih-Wei Hu 36 Andrew Kittredge 56 Adam Kolarek 60 Hoby Milner 38 Vidal Nuño 50 Austin Pruitt 52 Chaz Roe 54 Sergio Romo 57 Jaime Schultz  4 Blake Snell 55 Ryne Stanek 49 Jonny Venters 47 Ryan Weber 61 Hunter Wood 48 Ryan Yarbrough		Catchers 19 Nick Ciuffo 31 Adam Moore 43 Michael Pérez 40 Wilson Ramos 45 Jesús Sucre Infielders  1 Willy Adames 21 Christian Arroyo  9 Jake Bauers 26 Ji-man Choi 44 C. J. Cron  5 Matt Duffy 11 Adeiny Hechavarria 35 Brandon Lowe 13 Brad Miller 28 Daniel Robertson 29 Brandon Snyder 11 Andrew Velazquez 18 Joey Wendle		Outfielders 10 Johnny Field 27 Carlos Gómez 39 Kevin Kiermaier 17 Austin Meadows 29 Tommy Pham  8 Rob Refsnyder  0 Mallex Smith  2 Denard Span  6 Justin Williams		Manager 16 Kevin Cash Coaches 98 Mayo Acosta (bullpen catcher) 15 Rocco Baldelli (field coordinator) 41 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher) 51 Chad Mottola (hitting) 25 Charlie Montoyo (bench) 33 Matt Quatraro (third base) 23 Kyle Snyder (pitching) 30 Ozzie Timmons (first base)

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

Source:

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

Source:

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