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90-72, 3rd in AL East
Rays reward Cash with multiyear extension
Kevin Cash, who guided the Rays to a 90-72 record and whose unorthodox handling of the pitching staff resulted in a 3.50 staff ERA, was extended through 2024.
Rays purchase USL's Tampa Bay Rowdies
The Rays have purchased a United Soccer League team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Rowdies play their home games at Al Lang Stadium.
Power Rankings: Astros fight off their superteam rivals
The top challengers from both leagues couldn't take down Houston during the regular season. Will they fare better in October?
Rays use bullpen to beat Blue Jays 9-4 for 90th win
Ryan Yarbrough got his rookie-leading 16th win and the Tampa Bay Rays turned another bullpen game into their 90th victory, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Sunday.
Rays, but not Snell, beat Blue Jays 4-3
C.J. Cron and Austin Meadows homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Saturday night, though Blake Snell failed to win his 10th straight start.
Marly Rivera ESPN Writer
MLB announces that Andrew Kittredge has received a 3-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for throwing a pitch at Austin Romine and Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia has received a 5-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch at Jesús Sucre. Sabathia has appealed. Both suspensions, if upheld, are to be served at the beginning of the 2019 season.
Grichuk's 3-run triple rallies Blue Jays past Rays 7-6
Randal Grichuk hit a pinch-hit, three-run triple and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 Friday night.
BBTN Scoreboard: David Dahl Stays Hot And CC Sabathia Defends His Teammates, Not His Wallet
Buster breaks down an eventful Thursday slate, including CC Sabathia passing on $500,000 and David Dahl's clutch gene.
Boone, CC fired up after Rays throw near Romine's head (0:39)
Sabathia ejected, Yanks rout Rays, near home field vs A's
CC Sabathia protected his teammates, not his wallet.
Tanaka struggles in Yankees' 8-7 loss to Rays
Masahiro Tanaka gave up four runs and six hits over four-plus innings in his final start before the playoffs in the New York Yankees' 8-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
How teams that just missed the playoffs can change that in 2019
They tried, they contended and they came up short. What's on tap for the nine who must now head back to the drawing board?
Sanchez, Severino rebound ahead of playoffs, Yanks top Rays
Struggling Gary Sanchez drove in four runs for the first time since early April, Luis Severino won his 19th game and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Tuesday night to keep up their push for home-field advantage in the AL wild-card...
BBTN Scoreboard: A's Clinch, Rays Eliminated, Sox Set Franchise Mark
Buster recaps all of Monday's MLB action, including a clincher for the A's, a franchise record for the Red Sox, a career first for Bryce Harper and a huge win for the Brewers.
Aaron Hicks hurts hamstring as Yankees beat Rays 4-1
Aaron Hicks injured his left hamstring running up the first-base line in the Yankees' 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night, another concern for New York heading into next week's AL wild-card game.
Coley Harvey ESPN Staff Writer
The main lights just went out inside Tropicana Field. (The scoreboards did stay on) There's a ferocious thunderstorm going on outside. Some serious thunder can be heard.
Snell wins 21st, 9th in row, as Rays beat Blue Jays 5-2
Blake Snell won his ninth straight start to increasing his major league-leading victories total to 21, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Sunday to stave off elimination.
Rookie Pannone wins 3rd straight start, Jays beat Rays 5-2
Rookie left-hander Thomas Pannone pitched 6 2/3 innings to win his third straight start, Rowdy Tellez homered and drove in three and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 5-2 Saturday, dealing another blow to the Rays' faint playoff hopes.
Meadows drives in 3, Rays stay alive by routing Jays 11-3
Austin Meadows drove in three runs, Tommy Pham reached base three times and had two RBI and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on Friday night to keep their postseason hopes alive.
Justin Smoak lifts Blue Jays past Rays with walk-off shot
Justin Smoak homered with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 9-9 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday night, dealing a blow to the Rays' wild-card playoff hopes.
Who needs October? The best moment for each out-of-it MLB team
Even when your playoff odds drop to absolute zero, there's still a chance to do something absolutely special on the diamond.
Pham homers twice for late-surging Rays in 9-3 win at Texas
Tommy Pham homered twice while extending his on-base streak to 21 games and the late-surging Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 9-3 victory Wednesday.
Rays' Snell first to 20 wins after beating Rangers
Blake Snell threw one-hit ball for five innings to become the major leagues' first 20-game winner in two years, as he helped the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer
Yeah, yeah, yeah -- pitcher wins don't matter. Still, 20 wins is awesome and Blake Snell got there with five scoreless, one-hit innings for the Rays (and tying David Price for the franchise record). He's 20-5 with a 1.97 ERA and if Chris Sale doesn't qualify for the ERA title (he's at 150 innings with a 1.92 ERA), Snell could become the first AL starter with a sub-2.00 ERA since Pedro Martinez in 2000.
2018 AL East Standings
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2018 Team Leaders
- Batting
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Batting Average
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Earned Run Average
Wins
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Team Stats
- Batting
- Pitching
Runs71616th
Batting Average.2583rd
On Base Percentage.3333rd
Slugging Percentage.40617th
Earned Run Average3.746th
Quality Starts923rd
WHIP1.203rd
BAA.2303rd