2016 Tampa Bay Rays season

2016 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1998)
Eastern Division (since 1998)
Location
Tropicana Field (since 1998)
St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stuart Sternberg
Manager(s)	Kevin Cash
Local television	Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2016 season is the Rays' 19th season of Major League Baseball and the ninth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field).

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	17	12	0.586	—	12–5	5–7
Boston Red Sox	17	13	0.567	½	8–7	9–6
Toronto Blue Jays	16	16	0.500	2½	9–9	7–7
Tampa Bay Rays	14	14	0.500	2½	9–9	5–5
New York Yankees	11	17	0.393	5½	7–7	4–10

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	21	10	0.677
Seattle Mariners	18	12	0.600
Baltimore Orioles	17	12	0.586

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	17	13	0.567	+½
Texas Rangers	17	14	0.548	—
Cleveland Indians	14	13	0.519	1
Kansas City Royals	15	14	0.517	1
Toronto Blue Jays	16	16	0.500	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	14	14	0.500	1½
Detroit Tigers	14	15	0.483	2
Oakland Athletics	14	17	0.452	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	17	0.433	3½
New York Yankees	11	17	0.393	4½
Houston Astros	11	20	0.355	6
Minnesota Twins	8	22	0.267	8½

Record against opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–3	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Regular season summary

Game log

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

2016 Game Log (12–14)
April: 11–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 1 April 3 Blue Jays 3–5 Stroman (1–0) Archer (0–1) Osuna (1) 31,042 0–1 2 April 4 Blue Jays 3–5 Dickey (1–0) Smyly (0–1) Osuna (2) 15,116 0–2 3 April 5 Blue Jays 3–2 Colomé (1–0) Cecil (0–1) — 12,757 1–2 4 April 6 Blue Jays 5–3 Ramírez (1–0) Floyd (0–1) — 14,257 2–2 5 April 8 @ Orioles 1–6 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–2) — 17,304 2–3 — April 9 @ Orioles Postponed (snow); Makeup: TBA 6 April 10 @ Orioles 3–5 Brach (1–0) Odorizzi (0–1) Britton (2) 23,101 2–4 7 April 12 Indians 5–1 Cedeño (1–0) Kluber (0–2) — 10,283 3–4 8 April 13 Indians 1–4 Carrasco (1–0) Smyly (0–2) Allen (2) 10,117 3–5 9 April 14 Indians 0–6 Salazar (2–0) Archer (0–3) — 10,715 3–6 10 April 15 White Sox 0–1 Sale (3–0) Colomé (1–1) — 16,801 3–7 11 April 16 White Sox 7–2 Ramírez (2–0) Danks (0–2) — 30,451 4–7 12 April 17 White Sox 3–2 Moore (1–0) Quintana (1–1) Colomé (1) 21,810 5–7 13 April 19 @ Red Sox 3–0 (10) Ramírez (3–0) Barnes (1–1) Colomé (2) 32,061 6–7 14 April 20 @ Red Sox 3–7 Porcello (3–0) Archer (0–4) — 31,689 6–8 15 April 21 @ Red Sox 12–8 Ramírez (4–0) Cuevas (0–1) Colomé (3) 37,954 7–8 16 April 22 @ Yankees 3–6 Nova (1–0) Moore (1–1) Miller (4) 31,843 7–9 17 April 23 @ Yankees 2–3 Miller (1–0) Ramírez (4–1) — 40,714 7–10 18 April 24 @ Yankees 8–1 Smyly (1–2) Pineda (1–2) — 40,981 8–10 19 April 25 Orioles 2–0 Archer (1–4) Gausman (0–1) Colomé (4) 12,996 9–10 20 April 26 Orioles 3–1 Romero (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) Colomé (5) 10,988 10–10 21 April 27 Orioles 1–3 Tillman (2–1) Moore (1–2) Britton (5) 11,850 10–11 22 April 29 Blue Jays 1–6 Sanchez (2–1) Smyly (1–3) — 13,679 10–12 23 April 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Cedeño (2–0) Cecil (0–5) — 14,948 11–12
May: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 24 May 1 Blue Jays 1–5 Stroman (4–0) Cedeño (2–1) — 27,217 11–13 25 May 3 Dodgers 5–10 Kazmir (2–2) Moore (1–3) Jansen (10) 14,116 11–14 26 May 4 Dodgers 8–5 Ramírez (5–1) Wood (1–3) Colomé (6) 13,226 12–14 27 May 6 @ Angels 28 May 7 @ Angels 29 May 8 @ Angels 30 May 9 @ Mariners 31 May 10 @ Mariners 32 May 11 @ Mariners 33 May 13 Athletics 34 May 14 Athletics 35 May 15 Athletics 36 May 16 @ Blue Jays 37 May 17 @ Blue Jays 38 May 18 @ Blue Jays 39 May 20 @ Tigers 40 May 21 @ Tigers 41 May 22 @ Tigers 42 May 23 @ Marlins 43 May 24 @ Marlins 44 May 25 Marlins 45 May 26 Marlins 46 May 27 Yankees 47 May 28 Yankees 48 May 29 Yankees 49 May 30 @ Royals 50 May 31 @ Royals
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 51 June 1 @ Royals 52 June 2 @ Twins 53 June 3 @ Twins 54 June 4 @ Twins 55 June 5 @ Twins 56 June 6 @ Diamondbacks 57 June 7 @ Diamondbacks 58 June 8 @ Diamondbacks 59 June 10 Astros 60 June 11 Astros 61 June 12 Astros 62 June 14 Mariners 63 June 15 Mariners 64 June 16 Mariners 65 June 17 Giants 66 June 18 Giants 67 June 19 Giants 68 June 20 @ Indians 69 June 21 @ Indians 70 June 22 @ Indians 71 June 24 @ Orioles 72 June 25 @ Orioles 73 June 26 @ Orioles 74 June 27 Red Sox 75 June 28 Red Sox 76 June 29 Red Sox 77 June 30 Tigers
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 78 July 1 Tigers 79 July 2 Tigers 80 July 3 Tigers 81 July 4 Angels 82 July 5 Angels 83 July 6 Angels 84 July 7 Angels 85 July 8 @ Red Sox 86 July 9 @ Red Sox 87 July 10 @ Red Sox – July 12 87th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Petco Park, San Diego, California) 88 July 15 Orioles 89 July 16 Orioles 90 July 17 Orioles 91 July 18 @ Rockies 92 July 19 @ Rockies 93 July 20 @ Rockies 94 July 21 @ Athletics 95 July 22 @ Athletics 96 July 23 @ Athletics 97 July 24 @ Athletics 98 July 26 @ Dodgers 99 July 27 @ Dodgers 100 July 29 Yankees 101 July 30 Yankees 102 July 31 Yankees
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 103 August 1 Royals 104 August 2 Royals 105 August 3 Royals 106 August 4 Royals 107 August 5 Twins 108 August 6 Twins 109 August 7 Twins 110 August 8 @ Blue Jays 111 August 9 @ Blue Jays 112 August 10 @ Blue Jays 113 August 12 @ Yankees 114 August 13 @ Yankees 115 August 14 @ Yankees 116 August 15 Padres 117 August 16 Padres 118 August 17 Padres 119 August 19 Rangers 120 August 20 Rangers 121 August 21 Rangers 122 August 22 Red Sox 123 August 23 Red Sox 124 August 24 Red Sox 125 August 25 Red Sox 126 August 26 @ Astros 127 August 27 @ Astros 128 August 28 @ Astros 129 August 29 @ Red Sox 130 August 30 @ Red Sox 131 August 31 @ Red Sox
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 132 September 2 Blue Jays 133 September 3 Blue Jays 134 September 4 Blue Jays 135 September 5 Orioles 136 September 6 Orioles 137 September 7 Orioles 138 September 8 @ Yankees 139 September 9 @ Yankees 140 September 10 @ Yankees 141 September 11 @ Yankees 142 September 12 @ Blue Jays 143 September 13 @ Blue Jays 144 September 14 @ Blue Jays 145 September 15 @ Orioles 146 September 16 @ Orioles 147 September 17 @ Orioles 148 September 18 @ Orioles 149 September 20 Yankees 150 September 21 Yankees 151 September 22 Yankees 152 September 23 Red Sox 153 September 24 Red Sox 154 September 25 Red Sox 155 September 26 @ White Sox 156 September 27 @ White Sox 157 September 28 @ White Sox 158 September 29 @ White Sox 159 September 30 @ Rangers
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Recap 160 October 1 @ Rangers 161 October 2 @ Rangers
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Rays team member

Current roster

Tampa Bay Rays roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 22 Chris Archer 55 Matt Moore 23 Jake Odorizzi 33 Drew Smyly Bullpen 31 Xavier Cedeño 51 Dana Eveland 54 Steve Geltz 50 Jhan Mariñez 30 Erasmo Ramírez 45 Enny Romero 58 Ryan Webb Closer 37 Álex Colomé		Catchers 19 Curt Casali 24 Hank Conger Infielders  1 Tim Beckham 11 Logan Forsythe  3 Evan Longoria 13 Brad Miller  7 Logan Morrison 28 Steve Pearce Outfielders 10 Corey Dickerson  5 Brandon Guyer  8 Desmond Jennings 39 Kevin Kiermaier 20 Steven Souza		Pitchers 35 Matt Andriese 59 Andrew Bellatti 26 Brad Boxberger 34 Jacob Faria 43 Danny Farquhar 56 Taylor Guerrieri  4 Blake Snell Catchers 46 Luke Maile 14 Justin O'Conner Infielders 29 Ryan Brett  2 Nick Franklin -- Jake Goebbert 36 Richie Shaffer Outfielders 27 Mikie Mahtook 38 Taylor Motter		Manager 16 Kevin Cash Coaches 15 Rocco Baldelli (first base) 41 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 77 Scott Cursi (bullpen catcher)  6 Tom Foley (bench) 48 Jim Hickey (pitching) 25 Charlie Montoyo (third base) 44 Jamie Nelson (assistant hitting) 17 Derek Shelton (hitting) 60-day disabled list 53 Alex Cobb 47 Chase Whitley 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated April 24, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Jared Sandberg
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Brady Williams
A	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Florida State League	Michael Johns
A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Midwest League	Reinaldo Ruiz
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Tim Parenton
Rookie	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	Danny Sheaffer
Rookie	GCL Rays	Gulf Coast League	Jim Morrison
Rookie	VSL Rays	Venezuelan Summer League
Rookie	DSL Rays	Dominican Summer League	Julio Zorrilla

References

External links

• 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site
• 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
• 2016 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference