2018 Tampa Bay Rays season explained

Tampa Bay Rays
Season:	2018
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Tropicana Field
City:	St. Petersburg, Florida
Divisional Place:	3rd
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)

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.

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

Record against opponents

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total
American League
AL East
	7-2	4-6	11-8
	5-5	3-6	8-11
	6-4	3-6	9-10
	7-2	6-4	13-6
Tampa Bay Rays	-	-	-
	27-13	16-22	43-35
AL Central
	3-0	1-2	4-2
	2-1	2-1	4-2
	4-0	3-0	7-0
	3-0	1-3	4-3
	0-3	2-1	2-4
	12–4	9–7	21–11
AL West
	2–1	3–1	5–2
	3-1	1–2	4–3
	3-0	3–1	6–1
	1–3	0–3	1–6
	2–1	3–0	5–1
	11–6	10–7	21–13

Opponent	Home	Away	Total
National League
	2-0	0–2	2–2
	-	2–1	2–1
	0-2	1-1	1–3
	0-3	-	0-3
	1-2	1-2	2–4
	3–8	4–5	7–13

Game log

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

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

Roster

2018 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2018-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2018-pitching.shtml

Farm system

External links

Tampa Bay Rays 2018 Schedule at MLB.com
2018 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
2018 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

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