2024 Tampa Bay Rays season

2024 Tampa Bay Rays
2024 Tampa Bay Rays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tropicana Field
City	St. Petersburg, Florida
Record	42–42 (.500)
Owners	Stuart Sternberg
President of baseball operations	Erik Neander
General managers	Vacant
Managers	Kevin Cash
Television	Bally Sports Sun
Radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) ; WGES (Spanish)
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 2024 Tampa Bay Rays season is the 27th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 17th as the Rays. The Rays play their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East.

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	53	31	0.631	—	29–17	24–14
New York Yankees	54	32	0.628	—	24–14	30–18
Boston Red Sox	44	39	0.530	8½	20–23	24–16
Tampa Bay Rays	42	42	0.500	11	23–25	19–17
Toronto Blue Jays	38	45	0.458	14½	20–21	18–24

American League Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	53	31	0.631
Cleveland Guardians	52	30	0.634
Seattle Mariners	47	39	0.547

Wild Card teams (Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	54	32	0.628	+7
Minnesota Twins	47	37	0.560	+1
Kansas City Royals	47	39	0.547	—
Boston Red Sox	44	39	0.530	1½
Houston Astros	42	41	0.506	3½
Tampa Bay Rays	42	42	0.500	4
Toronto Blue Jays	38	45	0.458	7½
Detroit Tigers	38	46	0.452	8
Texas Rangers	38	46	0.452	8
Los Angeles Angels	36	47	0.434	9½
Oakland Athletics	30	56	0.349	17
Chicago White Sox	24	62	0.279	23

Offseason

The Rays finished the 2023 season 99–63, good enough for second place in the AL East. They would be eliminated by the eventual world series winning Texas Rangers in the 2023 American League Wild Card Series.

In a procedural move, shortstop Wander Franco was added back to the 40-man roster following the conclusion of the 2023 World Series following his stint on MLB's administrative leave.[1]

Roster departures

On November 2, 2023, relief pitchers Chris Devenski, Jake Diekman, and Robert Stephenson elected free agency.

On November 4, 2023, the Rays placed Jalen Beeks, Christian Bethancourt, Josh Fleming, Tristan Gray, Raimel Tapia, and Cole Sulser on outright waivers.[2]

Game log

[3]

Regular season

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

2024 Game Log: 42–42 (Home: 23–25; Away: 19–17)

March/April: 14–17 (Home: 8–9; Away: 6–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 28	Blue Jays	2–8	Berríos (1–0)	Eflin (0–1)	—	25,025	0–1	L1
2	March 29	Blue Jays	8–2	Civale (1–0)	Bassitt (0–1)	—	18,653	1–1	W1
3	March 30	Blue Jays	5–1	Littell (1–0)	Kikuchi (0–1)	—	18,905	2–1	W2
4	March 31	Blue Jays	2–9	White (1–0)	Armstrong (0–1)	—	14,875	2–2	L1
5	April 1	Rangers	3–9	Dunning (1–0)	Pepiot (0–1)	—	14,144	2–3	L2
6	April 2	Rangers	5–2	Eflin (1–1)	Heaney (0–1)	—	11,697	3–3	W1
7	April 3	Rangers	1–4	Eovaldi (1–0)	Civale (1–1)	—	18,881	3–4	L1
8	April 5	@ Rockies	7–10	Beeks (1–0)	Fairbanks (0–1)	—	48,399	3–5	L2
9	April 6	@ Rockies	8–6	Cleavinger (1–0)	Beeks (1–1)	Poche (1)	29,238	4–5	W1
10	April 7	@ Rockies	3–2	Pepiot (1–1)	Hudson (0–2)	Armstrong (1)	25,566	5–5	W2
11	April 8	@ Angels	1–7	Anderson (2–0)	Eflin (1–2)	—	18,748	5–6	L1
12	April 9	@ Angels	6–4	Civale (2–1)	Sandoval (1–2)	Fairbanks (1)	20,271	6–6	W1
13	April 10	@ Angels	4–2	Kelly (1–0)	Soriano (0–2)	Fairbanks (2)	16,600	7–6	W2
14	April 12	Giants	2–1	Cleavinger (2–0)	Winn (0–3)	Fairbanks (3)	15,146	8–6	W3
15	April 13	Giants	2–11	Webb (1–1)	Pepiot (1–2)	—	17,411	8–7	L1
16	April 14	Giants	9–4	Alexander (1–0)	Snell (0–2)	—	19,470	9–7	W1
17	April 15	Angels	3–7	García (1–0)	Maton (0–1)	—	12,267	9–8	L1
18	April 16	Angels	7–6 (13)	Cleavinger (3–0)	Fulmer (0–1)	—	12,160	10–8	W1
19	April 17	Angels	4–5	Strickland (1–0)	Fairbanks (0–2)	—	10,844	10–9	L1
20	April 18	Angels	2–1	Pepiot (2–2)	Canning (0–3)	Poche (2)	10,648	11–9	W1
21	April 19	@ Yankees	3–5	Santana (1–0)	Devenski (0–1)	Holmes (8)	36,055	11–10	L1
22	April 20	@ Yankees	2–0 (10)	Adam (1–0)	Ferguson (0–3)	Cleavinger (1)	47,629	12–10	W1
23	April 21	@ Yankees	4–5	Gil (1–1)	Civale (2–2)	González (2)	40,022	12–11	L1
24	April 22	Tigers	1–7	Skubal (3–0)	Littell (1–1)	—	13,522	12–12	L2
25	April 23	Tigers	2–4	Faedo (1–1)	Poche (0–1)	Foley (7)	13,648	12–13	L3
26	April 24	Tigers	7–5	Devenski (1–1)	Vest (1–1)	Cleavinger (2)	13,754	13–13	W1
27	April 26	@ White Sox	4–9	Flexen (1–3)	Eflin (1–3)	—	10,323	13–14	L1
28	April 27	@ White Sox	7–8 (10)	García (1–2)	Maton (0–2)	—	28,009	13–15	L2
29	April 28	@ White Sox	2–4	Fedde (2–0)	Littell (1–2)	Leasure (1)	12,669	13–16	L3
30	April 29	@ Brewers	1–0	Pepiot (3–2)	Wilson (2–1)	Adam (1)	20,395	14–16	W1
31	April 30	@ Brewers	2–8	Peralta (3–0)	Alexander (1–1)	—	21,124	14–17	L1

May: 14–13 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
32	May 1	@ Brewers	1–7	Rea (3–0)	Eflin (1–4)	—	20,132	14–18	L2
33	May 3	Mets	10–8	Armstrong (1–1)	Quintana (1–3)	Adam (2)	19,077	15–18	W1
34	May 4	Mets	3–1	Adam (2–0)	Ottavino (1–1)	Maton (1)	18,968	16–18	W2
35	May 5	Mets	7–6 (10)	Ramírez (1–0)	Diekman (1–1)	—	19,310	17–18	W3
36	May 6	White Sox	8–2	Ramírez (2–0)	Clevinger (0–1)	—	12,042	18–18	W4
37	May 7	White Sox	5–1	Eflin (2–4)	Soroka (0–4)	—	10,872	19–18	W5
38	May 8	White Sox	1–4	Flexen (2–3)	Civale (2–3)	Kopech (3)	12,877	19–19	L1
39	May 10	Yankees	0–2	Schmidt (4–1)	Bradley (0–1)	Holmes (12)	18,041	19–20	L2
40	May 11	Yankees	7–2	Littell (2–2)	Cortés Jr. (1–4)	—	21,308	20–20	W1
41	May 12	Yankees	6–10	Gil (4–1)	Alexander (1–2)	—	20,694	20–21	L1
42	May 13	@ Red Sox	5–3	Eflin (3–4)	Crawford (2–2)	Adam (3)	28,663	21–21	W1
43	May 14	@ Red Sox	4–5 (12)	Bernardino (2–1)	Rodríguez (0–1)	—	32,892	21–22	L1
44	May 15	@ Red Sox	4–3	Bradley (1–1)	Houck (3–5)	Kelly (1)	30,016	22–22	W1
45	May 16	@ Red Sox	7–5	Rodríguez (1–1)	Jansen (1–1)	Ramírez (1)	31,704	23–22	W2
46	May 17	@ Blue Jays	4–3	Alexander (2–2)	Bassitt (3–6)	Fairbanks (4)	32,640	24–22	W3
47	May 18	@ Blue Jays	5–4	Ramírez (3–0)	Pearson (0–1)	Cleavinger (3)	34,416	25–22	W4
48	May 19	@ Blue Jays	2–5	Manoah (1–1)	Civale (2–4)	Romano (7)	35,840	25–23	L1
49	May 20	Red Sox	0–5	Houck (4–5)	Bradley (1–2)	—	13,489	25–24	L2
50	May 21	Red Sox	2–5	Weissert (2–1)	Adam (2–1)	Jansen (8)	12,274	25–25	L3
51	May 22	Red Sox	5–8	Bello (5–2)	Lovelady (0–2)	—	13,095	25–26	L4
52	May 24	Royals	1–8	Lugo (8–1)	Alexander (2–3)	—	16,368	25–27	L5
53	May 25	Royals	4–7 (11)	McArthur (2–2)	Lovelady (0–3)	Anderson (1)	20,309	25–28	L6
54	May 26	Royals	4–1	Cleavinger (4–0)	Wacha (4–5)	Fairbanks (5)	20,789	26–28	W1
55	May 28	Athletics	0–3	Spence (4–2)	Littell (2–3)	Miller (11)	13,889	26–29	L1
56	May 29	Athletics	4–3	Fairbanks (1–2)	Kelly (2–2)	—	13,167	27–29	W1
57	May 30	Athletics	6–5 (12)	Lovelady (1–3)	Ferguson (0–1)	—	15,264	28–29	W2
58	May 31	@ Orioles	1–3	Pérez (1–0)	Lovelady (1–4)	Kimbrel (13)	27,364	28–30	L1

June: 14–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
59	June 1	@ Orioles	5–9	Webb (1–3)	Bradley (1–3)	—	36,958	28–31	L2
60	June 2	@ Orioles	4–3	Armstrong (2–1)	Tate (2–1)	Fairbanks (6)	32,463	29–31	W1
61	June 4	@ Marlins	9–5	Pepiot (4–2)	Luzardo (2–5)	Fairbanks (7)	9,234	30–31	W2
62	June 5	@ Marlins	5–3	Lovelady (2–4)	Garrett (2–1)	Fairbanks (8)	8,778	31–31	W3
63	June 7	Orioles	3–6	Irvin (6–2)	Civale (2–5)	Kimbrel (14)	17,882	31–32	L1
64	June 8	Orioles	0–5	Bradish (2–0)	Bradley (1–4)	—	20,485	31–33	L2
65	June 9	Orioles	2–9	Rodriguez (7–2)	Littell (2–4)	—	20,386	31–34	L3
66	June 10	Orioles	2–5	Burnes (7–2)	Pepiot (4–3)	Kimbrel (15)	14,686	31–35	L4
67	June 11	Cubs	5–2	Devenski (2–1)	Neris (6–1)	—	15,192	32–35	W1
68	June 12	Cubs	3–4	Miller (1–0)	Cleavinger (4–1)	Neris (10)	16,927	32–36	L1
69	June 13	Cubs	3–2	Bradley (2–4)	Leiter Jr. (2–4)	Fairbanks (9)	19,679	33–36	W1
70	June 14	@ Braves	3–7	Sale (9–2)	Littell (2–5)	Iglesias (18)	41,046	33–37	L1
71	June 15	@ Braves	2–9	Morton (4–3)	Pepiot (4–4)	—	40,480	33–38	L2
72	June 16	@ Braves	8–6	Adam (3–1)	Iglesias (0–1)	Fairbanks (10)	40,211	34–38	W1
73	June 18	@ Twins	6–7	Durán (3–2)	Fairbanks (1–3)	—	17,342	34–39	L1
74	June 19	@ Twins	3–2 (10)	Adam (4–1)	Alcalá (1–2)	Maton (2)	20,712	35–39	W1
75	June 20	@ Twins	7–6 (10)	Fairbanks (2–3)	Jax (3–3)	—	24,863	36–39	W2
76	June 21	@ Pirates	10–3	Poche (1–1)	Mlodzinski (1–3)	—	26,600	37–39	W3
77	June 22	@ Pirates	3–4	Jones (5–6)	Eflin (3–5)	Chapman (2)	33,040	37–40	L1
78	June 23	@ Pirates	3–1	Kelly (2–0)	Holderman (3–1)	Fairbanks (11)	29,026	38–40	W1
79	June 24	Mariners	4–3	Maton (1–2)	Voth (2–2)	Fairbanks (12)	14,482	39–40	W2
80	June 25	Mariners	11–3	Cleavinger (5–1)	Castillo (6–9)	—	14,034	40–40	W3
81	June 26	Mariners	2–5	Kirby (7–5)	Armstrong (2–2)	Thornton (1)	18,286	40–41	L1
82	June 28	Nationals	3–1	Eflin (4–5)	Parker (5–4)	Fairbanks (13)	14,959	41–41	W1
83	June 29	Nationals	1–8	Irvin (6–6)	Civale (2–6)	—	17,501	41–42	L1
84	June 30	Nationals	5–0	Bradley (3–4)	Corbin (1–8)	—	18,259	42–42	W1

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
85	July 2	@ Royals	–	—	–
86	July 3	@ Royals	–	—	–
87	July 4	@ Royals	–	—	–
88	July 5	@ Rangers	–	—	–
89	July 6	@ Rangers	–	—	–
90	July 7	@ Rangers	–	—	–
91	July 9	Yankees	–	—	–
92	July 10	Yankees	–	—	–
93	July 11	Yankees	–	—	–
94	July 12	Guardians	–	—	–
95	July 13	Guardians	–	—	–
96	July 14	Guardians	–	—	–
–	July 16	94th All-Star Game in Arlington, TX
97	July 19	@ Yankees	–	—	–
98	July 20	@ Yankees	–	—	–
99	July 21	@ Yankees	–	—	–
100	July 22	@ Yankees	–	—	–
101	July 23	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
102	July 24	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
103	July 25	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
104	July 26	Reds	–	—	–
105	July 27	Reds	–	—	–
106	July 28	Reds	–	—	–
107	July 30	Marlins	–	—	–
108	July 31	Marlins	–	—	–

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
109	August 2	@ Astros	–	—	–
110	August 3	@ Astros	–	—	–
111	August 4	@ Astros	–	—	–
112	August 6	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
113	August 7	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
114	August 8	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
115	August 9	Orioles	–	—	–
116	August 10	Orioles	–	—	–
117	August 11	Orioles	–	—	–
118	August 12	Astros	–	—	–
119	August 13	Astros	–	—	–
120	August 14	Astros	–	—	–
121	August 16	Diamondbacks	–	—	–
122	August 17	Diamondbacks	–	—	–
123	August 18	Diamondbacks	–	—	–
124	August 19	@ Athletics	–	—	–
125	August 20	@ Athletics	–	—	–
126	August 21	@ Athletics	–	—	–
127	August 22	@ Athletics	–	—	–
128	August 23	@ Dodgers	–	—	–
129	August 24	@ Dodgers	–	—	–
130	August 25	@ Dodgers	–	—	–
131	August 26	@ Mariners	–	—	–
132	August 27	@ Mariners	–	—	–
133	August 28	@ Mariners	–	—	–
134	August 30	Padres	–	—	–
135	August 31	Padres	–	—	–

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
136	September 1	Padres	–	—	–
137	September 2	Twins	–	—	–
138	September 3	Twins	–	—	–
139	September 4	Twins	–	—	–
140	September 5	Twins	–	—	–
141	September 6	@ Orioles	–	—	–
142	September 7	@ Orioles	–	—	–
143	September 8	@ Orioles	–	—	–
144	September 9	@ Phillies	–	—	–
145	September 10	@ Phillies	–	—	–
146	September 11	@ Phillies	–	—	–
147	September 12	@ Guardians	–	—	–
148	September 13	@ Guardians	–	—	–
149	September 14	@ Guardians	–	—	–
150	September 15	@ Guardians	–	—	–
151	September 17	Red Sox	–	—	–
152	September 18	Red Sox	–	—	–
153	September 19	Red Sox	–	—	–
154	September 20	Blue Jays	–	—	–
155	September 21	Blue Jays	–	—	–
156	September 22	Blue Jays	–	—	–
157	September 24	@ Tigers	–	—	–
158	September 25	@ Tigers	–	—	–
159	September 26	@ Tigers	–	—	–
160	September 27	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
161	September 28	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
162	September 29	@ Red Sox	–	—	–

Current roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

28 Alex Jackson
30 Ben Rortvedt

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

50 René Pinto

Infielders

Manager

16 Kevin Cash

Coaches

99 Misha Dworken (staff assistant)
97 Jonathan Erlichman (analytics coach)
46 Tomas Francisco (field coordinator)
9 Michael Johns (first base)
52 Rick Knapp (assistant pitching)
27 Rodney Linares (bench)
33 Jorge Moncada (bullpen)
51 Chad Mottola (hitting)
35 Brady North (assistant hitting)
23 Kyle Snyder (pitching)
4 Brady Williams (third base)

60-day injured list

Restricted list

5 Wander Franco

26 active, 13 inactive
7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated June 25, 2024
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Farm system

Level	Team	League
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League
High-A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	South Atlantic League
A	Charleston RiverDogs	Carolina League
Rookie	FCL Rays	Florida Complex League
Foreign Rookie	DSL Rays 1	Dominican Summer League
Foreign Rookie	DSL Rays 2	Dominican Summer League

References

"Rays reinstate Wander Franco in procedural roster move". ESPN.com. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
"Rays Place Six Players On Outright Waivers". MLB Trade Rumors. November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
"Tampa Bay Rays Schedule". MLB.com. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

External links

Tampa Bay Rays 2024 Schedule at MLB.com
2024 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
2024 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

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[1] "Rays reinstate Wander Franco in procedural roster move". ESPN.com. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

[2] "Rays Place Six Players On Outright Waivers". MLB Trade Rumors. November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

[3] "Tampa Bay Rays Schedule". MLB.com. Retrieved November 6, 2023.