2020 Tampa Bay Rays | ||
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American League Champions American League East Champions | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
Record | 40–20 (.667) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
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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The 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 23rd season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for Opening Day in late July.[3] The revised 60-game schedule was announced on July 6, with the Rays set to have Opening Day on July 26, and the regular season concluding on September 27. The revised Rays schedule was composed of 40 games against AL East opponents and 20 games against NL East opponents.[4]
Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule.[5] On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders during the season would be seven innings.[6] On September 17, the Rays clinched a spot in the playoffs for the second straight year. On September 23, the Rays clinched their third American League East championship and their first since 2010. They swept the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALWCS and beat the New York Yankees in the ALDS. The Rays would then go on to defeat the Houston Astros in the ALCS and advanced to the World Series for the first time since 2008. They lost in the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.
Offseason
[edit]Rule changes
[edit]For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:[7]
- Single trade deadline – there would no longer be a waiver trade deadline later in the year.
- 26-man roster – rosters expanded from 25 players, but no team may carry more than 13 pitchers.
- Three-batter minimum for pitchers - a pitcher must face three batters in a game before they can be removed unless there is an injury or the end of an inning.
Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the addition of the designated hitter in the National League, a shortened schedule, and in extra innings, a runner was placed at second base in each half inning.[8]
Regular season
[edit]Game log
[edit]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was shortened to 60 games, with teams playing 10 games against each other member of their division while also playing four games against each team in the corresponding division in the other league. The Rays played 10 games against each team in their division and 20 games between the teams in the National League East Division. On July 6, 2020, MLB announced the Rays' 60-game schedule, which began on July 24 and ended on September 27.[9]
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July: 4–4 (Home: 4–1; Away: 0–3)
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August: 21–7 (Home: 8–4; Away: 13–3)
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September: 15–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–6)
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- a Games played at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York.
- b Game played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards with the Rays as the home team.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | .667 | — | 20–9 | 20–11 |
New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | .550 | 7 | 22–9 | 11–18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | .533 | 8 | 17–9 | 15–19 |
Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | .417 | 15 | 13–20 | 12–15 |
Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | .400 | 16 | 11–20 | 13–16 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | .667 |
Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | .600 |
Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | .600 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | .583 |
New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | .550 |
Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | .483 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | .583 | +3 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | .533 | — |
Seattle Mariners | 27 | 33 | .450 | 5 |
Los Angeles Angels | 26 | 34 | .433 | 6 |
Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 6 |
Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | .417 | 7 |
Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | .400 | 8 |
Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | .397 | 8 |
Texas Rangers | 22 | 38 | .367 | 10 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR | NL | |||||||||||||
Baltimore | — | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 11–9 | |||||||||||||
Boston | 5–5 | — | 1–9 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 10–10 | |||||||||||||
New York | 7–3 | 9–1 | — | 2–8 | 5–5 | 10–10 | |||||||||||||
Tampa Bay | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–2 | — | 6–4 | 13–7 | |||||||||||||
Toronto | 8–2 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 10–10 |
Opening Day starters
[edit]Name | Pos. |
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Yandy Díaz | 1B |
Hunter Renfroe | RF |
Yoshi Tsutsugo | 3B |
José Martinez | DH |
Manuel Margot | LF |
Mike Brosseau | 2B |
Willy Adames | SS |
Kevin Kiermaier | CF |
Mike Zunino | C |
Charlie Morton | SP |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]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 |
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Brandon Lowe | 56 | 193 | 36 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 25 | .269 | .554 |
Willy Adames | 54 | 185 | 29 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 20 | .259 | .481 |
Joey Wendle | 50 | 168 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 10 | .286 | .435 |
Yoshi Tsutsugo | 51 | 157 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 26 | .197 | .395 |
Manuel Margot | 47 | 145 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 13 | .269 | .352 |
Kevin Kiermaier | 49 | 138 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 20 | .217 | .362 |
Austin Meadows | 36 | 132 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 17 | .205 | .371 |
Ji-man Choi | 42 | 122 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 20 | .230 | .410 |
Hunter Renfroe | 42 | 122 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 14 | .156 | .393 |
Yandy Díaz | 34 | 114 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 23 | .307 | .386 |
Mike Brosseau | 36 | 86 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .302 | .558 |
Michael Pérez | 38 | 84 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .238 |
Mike Zunino | 28 | 75 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .147 | .360 |
José Martínez | 24 | 67 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | .239 | .388 |
Nathaniel Lowe | 21 | 67 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .224 | .433 |
Randy Arozarena | 23 | 64 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .281 | .641 |
Kevan Smith | 17 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | .258 | .452 |
Brett Phillips | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .150 | .400 |
Brian O'Grady | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .600 |
Team Totals | 60 | 1975 | 289 | 470 | 105 | 12 | 80 | 274 | 48 | 243 | .238 | .425 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
[edit]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 |
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Tyler Glasnow | 5 | 1 | 4.08 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 57.1 | 43 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 91 |
Ryan Yarbrough | 1 | 4 | 3.56 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.2 | 54 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 44 |
Blake Snell | 4 | 2 | 3.24 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 63 |
Charlie Morton | 2 | 2 | 4.74 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 38.0 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 42 |
Josh Fleming | 5 | 0 | 2.78 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 32.1 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
Trevor Richards | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 44 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 27 |
Pete Fairbanks | 6 | 3 | 2.70 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 26.2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
Ryan Thompson | 1 | 2 | 4.44 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 26.1 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 23 |
Aaron Slegers | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
Aaron Loup | 3 | 2 | 2.52 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
John Curtiss | 3 | 0 | 1.80 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 25.0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
Diego Castillo | 3 | 0 | 1.66 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 21.2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
Jalen Beeks | 1 | 1 | 3.26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19.1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
Nick Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0.55 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 16.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
Yonny Chirinos | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Oliver Drake | 0 | 2 | 5.73 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Ryan Sherriff | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Chaz Roe | 2 | 0 | 2.89 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
José Alvarado | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Andrew Kittredge | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Anthony Banda | 1 | 0 | 10.29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Sean Gilmartin | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Édgar García | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Cody Reed | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Brosseau | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team Totals | 40 | 20 | 3.56 | 60 | 60 | 23 | 527.2 | 475 | 229 | 209 | 168 | 552 |
Source:[2]
Postseason
[edit]Both games of the Wild Card Series were held at Tropicana Field, by virtue of the Rays being the higher-seeded team. In all succeeding rounds, all games were played at neutral-site ballparks in order to isolate the players during the pandemic. Each game of the Division Series and the American League Championship Series was played at Petco Park in San Diego, California.[10] World Series games were played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and were open for roughly 11,500 fans to attend.[11]
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Postseason rosters
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Farm system
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AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | |
AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | |
A-Advanced | Charlotte Stone Crabs | Florida State League | |
A | Bowling Green Hot Rods | Midwest League | |
A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | |
Rookie Advanced | Princeton Rays | Appalachian League | |
Rookie | GCL Rays | Gulf Coast League | |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 1 | Dominican Summer League | |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 2 | Dominican Summer League |
References
[edit]- ^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Toribio, Juan (July 6, 2020). "Rays unveil schedule for 2020 season". MLB.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ Daniels, Tim. "MLB Rules, Format Changes for 60-Game 2020 Season Due to COVID-19". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ "MLB reduces doubleheaders to 7 innings for '20". ESPN.com. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Report: Single-trade deadline, 26-man roster, 3-batter minimum among changes in next 2 years". masslive. March 14, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Daniels, Tim. "MLB Rules, Format Changes for 60-Game 2020 Season Due to COVID-19". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ "Rays Announce Modified 2020 Regular-Season Schedule" (Press release). St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Rays. July 6, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ Acquavella, Katherine (September 27, 2020). "MLB Rules, Format Changes for 60-Game 2020 Season Due to COVID-19". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ Axisa, Mike (October 18, 2020). "MLB will allow fans to attend 2020 World Series, NLCS at Texas Rangers' Globe Life Field". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Tampa Bay Rays 2020 Schedule at MLB.com
- 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
- 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference