2020 Tampa Bay Rays season

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.

2020 Tampa Bay Rays
American League Champions American League East Champions
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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On March 12, 2020, 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

Rule changes

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

Game log

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]

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

2020 Game Log: 40–20 (Home: 21–9; Away: 19–11)
July: 4–4 (Home: 4–1; Away: 0–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak/Recap 1 July 24 Blue Jays 4–6 Romano (1–0) Morton (0–1) Giles (1) 0–1 L1 2 July 25 Blue Jays 4–1 Anderson (1–0) Gaviglio (0–1) Drake (1) 1–1 W1 3 July 26 Blue Jays 6–5 (10) Roe (1–0) Yamaguchi (0–1) — 2–1 W2 4 July 27 Braves 14–5 Castillo (1–0) Foltynewicz (0–1) — 3–1 W3 5 July 28 Braves 5–2 Fairbanks (1–0) Wright (0–1) Drake (2) 4–1 W4 6 July 29 @ Braves 4–7 O'Day (1–0) Drake (0–1) Melancon (1) 4–2 L1 7 July 30 @ Braves 1–2 Fried (1–0) Yarbrough (0–1) Melancon (2) 4–3 L2 8 July 31 @ Orioles 3–6 Fry (1–0) Fairbanks (1–1) Sulser (2) 4–4 L3
August: 21–7 (Home: 8–4; Away: 13–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak/Recap 9 August 1 @ Orioles 4–5 (11) Lakins (1–0) Drake (0–2) — 4–5 L4 10 August 2 @ Orioles 1–5 Phillips (1–0) Beeks (0–1) Sulser (3) 4–6 L5 11 August 4 Red Sox 5–1 Morton (1–1) Eovaldi (1–1) Anderson (1) 5–6 W1 12 August 5 Red Sox 0–5 Pérez (2–1) Yarbrough (0–2) — 5–7 L1 13 August 7 Yankees 1–0 Roe (2–0) Ottavino (2–1) — 6–7 W1 14 August 8 (1) Yankees 4–8 (7) Green (2–0) Glasnow (0–1) — 6–8 L1 15 August 8 (2) Yankees 5–3 (7) Fairbanks (2–1) King (0–1) Anderson (2) 7–8 W1 16 August 9 Yankees 4–3 Thompson (1–0) Britton (0–1) — 8–8 W2 17 August 10 @ Red Sox 8–7 Loup (1–0) Springs (0–1) Kittredge (1) 9–8 W3 18 August 11 @ Red Sox 8–2 Curtiss (1–0) Pérez (2–2) — 10–8 W4 19 August 12 @ Red Sox 9–5 Snell (1–0) Godley (0–2) — 11–8 W5 20 August 13 @ Red Sox 17–8 Beeks (1–1) Hart (0–1) Banda (1) 12–8 W6 21 August 14 @ Blue Jays[a] 4–12 Font (1–1) Thompson (1–1) — 12–9 L1 22 August 15 @ Blue Jays[a] 3–2 Loup (2–0) Romano (1–1) Anderson (3) 13–9 W1 23 August 16 @ Blue Jays[a] 7–5 (8) Loup (3–0) Font (1–2) Slegers (1) 14–9 W2 24 August 18 @ Yankees 6–3 Snell (2–0) Tanaka (0–1) Roe (1) 15–9 W3 25 August 19 @ Yankees 4–2 Fairbanks (3–1) Britton (0–2) Beeks (1) 16–9 W4 26 August 20 @ Yankees 10–5 Castillo (2–0) Ottavino (2–2) — 17–9 W5 27 August 21 Blue Jays 5–6 (10) Hatch (1–1) Loup (3–1) Romano (1) 17–10 L1 28 August 22 Blue Jays 2–1 (10) Banda (1–0) Bass (1–1) — 18–10 W1 29 August 23 Blue Jays 5–4 Fleming (1–0) Borucki (1–1) Curtiss (1) 19–10 W2 30 August 24 Blue Jays 4–6 Hatch (2–1) Loup (3–2) Romano (2) 19–11 L1 31 August 25 Orioles 4–2 Glasnow (1–1) Milone (1–4) García (1) 20–11 W1 32 August 26 Orioles 4–3 Sherriff (1–0) Givens (0–1) Castillo (1) 21–11 W2 — August 27 Orioles Postponed (2020 American athlete strikes) Makeup: September 17 33 August 28 @ Marlins 2–0 Fairbanks (4–1) Bleier (1–1) Castillo (2) 22–11 W3 34 August 29 @ Marlins 4–0 Fleming (2–0) López (3–2) — 23–11 W4 35 August 30 @ Marlins 12–7 Snell (3–0) Alcantara (1–1) — 24–11 W5 36 August 31 @ Yankees 5–3 Glasnow (2–1) Cole (4–2) Castillo (3) 25–11 W6
September: 15–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak/Recap 37 September 1 @ Yankees 3–5 Tanaka (1–1) Thompson (1–2) Chapman (1) 25–12 L1 38 September 2 @ Yankees 5–2 Curtiss (2–0) Montgomery (2–2) — 26–12 W1 39 September 4 Marlins 5–4 Fleming (3–0) López (3–3) Anderson (4) 27–12 W2 40 September 5 Marlins 3–7 Alcantara (2–1) Snell (3–1) Kintzler (9) 27–13 L1 41 September 6 Marlins 5–4 (10) Curtiss (3–0) Kintzler (1–3) — 28–13 W1 42 September 7 @ Nationals 1–6 Scherzer (4–2) Morton (1–2) Hudson (8) 28–14 L1 43 September 8 @ Nationals 3–5 Sánchez (2–4) Yarbrough (0–3) Hudson (9) 28–15 L2 44 September 10 Red Sox 3–4 Weber (1–2) Fairbanks (4–2) Barnes (5) 28–16 L3 45 September 11 Red Sox 11–1 Snell (4–1) Hall (0–3) — 29–16 W1 46 September 12 Red Sox 5–4 Glasnow (3–1) Walden (0–2) Castillo (4) 30–16 W2 47 September 13 Red Sox 3–6 Pérez (3–4) Fairbanks (4–3) Barnes (6) 30–17 L1 48 September 15 Nationals 6–1 Yarbrough (1–3) Sánchez (2–5) Anderson (5) 31–17 W1 49 September 16 Nationals 2–4 (10) Hudson (2–2) Anderson (1–1) McGowin (1) 31–18 L1 50 September 17 (1) @ Orioles 3–1 (7) Castillo (3–0) Valdez (1–1) — 32–18 W1 51 September 17 (2) Orioles[b] 10–6 Fairbanks (5–3) Sulser (1–5) — 33–18 W2 52 September 18 @ Orioles 2–1 Glasnow (4–1) Cobb (1–5) Sherriff (1) 34–18 W3 53 September 19 @ Orioles 3–1 Morton (2–2) López (2–1) Thompson (1) 35–18 W4 54 September 20 @ Orioles 1–2 Means (2–3) Yarbrough (1–4) Valdez (2) 35–19 L1 55 September 21 @ Mets 2–1 Fleming (4–0) deGrom (4–2) Anderson (6) 36–19 W1 56 September 22 @ Mets 2–5 Lugo (3–3) Snell (4–2) Díaz (5) 36–20 L1 57 September 23 @ Mets 8–5 Glasnow (5–1) Wacha (1–4) — 37–20 W1 58 September 25 Phillies 6–4 Anderson (2–1) Morgan (0–1) Curtiss (2) 38–20 W2 59 September 26 Phillies 4–3 Fairbanks (6–3) Wheeler (4–2) Slegers (1) 39–20 W3 60 September 27 Phillies 5–0 Fleming (5–0) Nola (5–5) — 40–20 W4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rays team member

• ^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

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600

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Division 2nd Place

Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583
New York Yankees	33	27	.550
Houston Astros	29	31	.483

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

2020 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020
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

Name	Pos.
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

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
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:

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
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:

Postseason

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]

2020 Postseason Game Log
American League Wild Card Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Series 1 September 29 Blue Jays 3–1 Snell (1–0) Ray (0–1) Fairbanks (1) Tropicana Field 1–0 2 September 30 Blue Jays 8–2 Glasnow (1–0) Ryu (0–1) — Tropicana Field 2–0
American League Division Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Series 1 October 5 Yankees 3–9 Cole (1–0) Snell (0–1) — Petco Park 0–1 2 October 6 Yankees 7–5 Glasnow (1–0) Happ (0–1) Fairbanks (1) Petco Park 1–1 3 October 7 @ Yankees 8–4 Morton (1–0) Tanaka (0–1) — Petco Park 2–1 4 October 8 @ Yankees 1–5 Green (1–0) Thompson (0–1) Chapman (1) Petco Park 2–2 5 October 9 Yankees 2–1 Castillo (1–0) Chapman (0–1) — Petco Park 3–2
American League Championship Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Series 1 October 11 Astros 2–1 Snell (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Castillo (1) Petco Park 1–0 2 October 12 Astros 4–2 Morton (1–0) McCullers Jr. (0–1) Anderson (1) Petco Park 2–0 3 October 13 @ Astros 5–2 Yarbrough (1–0) Urquidy (0–1) Castillo (2) Petco Park 3–0 4 October 14 @ Astros 3–4 Greinke (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) Pressly (1) Petco Park 3–1 5 October 15 @ Astros 3–4 Pressly (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — Petco Park 3–2 6 October 16 Astros 4–7 Valdez (1–1) Snell (1–1) Pressly (2) Petco Park 3–3 7 October 17 Astros 4–2 Morton (2–0) McCullers Jr. (0–2) Fairbanks (1) Petco Park 4–3
World Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Series 1 October 20 @ Dodgers 3–8 Kershaw (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) — Globe Life Field 11,388 0–1 2 October 21 @ Dodgers 6–4 Anderson (1–0) Gonsolin (0–1) Castillo (1) Globe Life Field 11,472 1–1 3 October 23 Dodgers 2–6 Buehler (1–0) Morton (0–1) — Globe Life Field 11,447 1–2 4 October 24 Dodgers 8–7 Curtiss (1–0) Jansen (1–1) — Globe Life Field 11,441 2–2 5 October 25 Dodgers 2–4 Kershaw (2–0) Glasnow (0–2) Treinen (1) Globe Life Field 11,437 2–3 6 October 27 @ Dodgers 1–3 González (1–0) Anderson (1–1) Urías (1) Globe Life Field 11,437 2–4

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 4 Blake Snell 15 Aaron Loup 20 Tyler Glasnow 29 Pete Fairbanks 47 Oliver Drake 48 Ryan Yarbrough 50 Charlie Morton 57 Aaron Slegers 62 Shane McClanahan 63 Diego Castillo 70 Nick Anderson 81 Ryan Thompson 84 John Curtiss Catchers: 7 Michael Pérez 10 Mike Zunino Infielders: 1 Willy Adames 2 Yandy Díaz 8 Brandon Lowe 18 Joey Wendle 26 Ji-man Choi 35 Nate Lowe 43 Mike Brosseau Outfielders: 11 Hunter Renfroe 13 Manuel Margot 14 Brett Phillips 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo 39 Kevin Kiermaier 56 Randy Arozarena
American League Division Series Pitchers: 4 Blake Snell 15 Aaron Loup 20 Tyler Glasnow 29 Pete Fairbanks 34 Trevor Richards (Games 4–5) 47 Oliver Drake (Games 1–3) 48 Ryan Yarbrough 50 Charlie Morton 57 Aaron Slegers 62 Shane McClanahan 63 Diego Castillo 70 Nick Anderson 81 Ryan Thompson 84 John Curtiss Catchers: 7 Michael Pérez 10 Mike Zunino Infielders: 1 Willy Adames 2 Yandy Díaz 8 Brandon Lowe 18 Joey Wendle 26 Ji-man Choi 43 Mike Brosseau Outfielders: 11 Hunter Renfroe 13 Manuel Margot 14 Brett Phillips 17 Austin Meadows 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo 39 Kevin Kiermaier 56 Randy Arozarena
American League Championship Series Pitchers: 4 Blake Snell 15 Aaron Loup 20 Tyler Glasnow 29 Pete Fairbanks 46 José Alvarado 48 Ryan Yarbrough 50 Charlie Morton 57 Aaron Slegers 61 Josh Fleming 62 Shane McClanahan 63 Diego Castillo 70 Nick Anderson 81 Ryan Thompson 84 John Curtiss Catchers: 7 Michael Pérez 10 Mike Zunino Infielders: 1 Willy Adames 2 Yandy Díaz 8 Brandon Lowe 18 Joey Wendle 26 Ji-man Choi 43 Mike Brosseau Outfielders: 11 Hunter Renfroe 13 Manuel Margot 17 Austin Meadows 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo 39 Kevin Kiermaier 56 Randy Arozarena
World Series Pitchers: 4 Blake Snell 15 Aaron Loup 20 Tyler Glasnow 29 Pete Fairbanks 48 Ryan Yarbrough 50 Charlie Morton 61 Josh Fleming 62 Shane McClanahan 63 Diego Castillo 70 Nick Anderson 71 Ryan Sherriff 81 Ryan Thompson 84 John Curtiss Catchers: 7 Michael Pérez 10 Mike Zunino Infielders: 1 Willy Adames 2 Yandy Díaz 8 Brandon Lowe 18 Joey Wendle 26 Ji-man Choi 43 Mike Brosseau Outfielders: 11 Hunter Renfroe 13 Manuel Margot 14 Brett Phillips 17 Austin Meadows 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo 39 Kevin Kiermaier 56 Randy Arozarena

Roster

2020 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers 46 José Alvarado 70 Nick Anderson 53 Anthony Banda 68 Jalen Beeks 63 Diego Castillo 72 Yonny Chirinos 84 John Curtiss 47 Oliver Drake 29 Peter Fairbanks 61 Josh Fleming 58 Édgar García 85 Sean Gilmartin 20 Tyler Glasnow 36 Andrew Kittredge 15 Aaron Loup 62 Shane McClanahan 50 Charlie Morton 21 Cody Reed 34 Trevor Richards 52 Chaz Roe 71 Ryan Sherriff 57 Aaron Slegers  4 Blake Snell 81 Ryan Thompson 48 Ryan Yarbrough		Catchers  7 Michael Pérez 44 Kevan Smith 10 Mike Zunino Infielders  1 Willy Adames 43 Mike Brosseau 26 Ji-man Choi  2 Yandy Díaz  8 Brandon Lowe 35 Nate Lowe 40 José Martínez 18 Joey Wendle		Outfielders 56 Randy Arozarena 39 Kevin Kiermaier 13 Manuel Margot 17 Austin Meadows 31 Brian O'Grady 14 Brett Phillips 11 Hunter Renfroe 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo		Manager 16 Kevin Cash Coaches 41 Stan Boroski (bullpen) 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher) 97 Jonathan Erlichman (analytics coach) 24 Paul Hoover (field coordinator) 27 Rodney Linares (third base) 51 Chad Mottola (hitting) 33 Matt Quatraro (bench) 98 Jean Ramirez (bullpen catcher) 23 Kyle Snyder (pitching) 30 Ozzie Timmons (first base)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

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External links

• Tampa Bay Rays 2020 Schedule at MLB.com
• 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
• 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference