2022 Tampa Bay Rays
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Owner(s)Stuart Sternberg
President of Baseball OperationsErik Neander
General manager(s)Peter Bendix
Manager(s)Kevin Cash
Local televisionBally Sports Sun
Bally Sports Florida
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson)
Local radioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2022 Tampa Bay Rays season is the 25th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 15th as the Rays. The Rays play their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division.

On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, the MLB and MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was set for April 7.[1] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be canceled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.[2]

Offseason

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021 with no new agreement in place.[3] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.[4][5]

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.[6]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.[7][8]

Season standings

American League East

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 28 10 0.737 — 14–4 14–6
Tampa Bay Rays 23 15 0.605 5 13–9 10–6
Toronto Blue Jays 20 18 0.526 8 12–7 8–11
Boston Red Sox 15 22 0.405 12½ 6–10 9–12
Baltimore Orioles 15 24 0.385 13½ 10–10 5–14


American League Wild Card

Division leaders 		W L Pct.
New York Yankees 28 10 0.737
Houston Astros 24 14 0.632
Minnesota Twins 22 16 0.579


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 23 15 0.605 +3
Los Angeles Angels 24 16 0.600 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 20 18 0.526 —
Chicago White Sox 18 19 0.486 1½
Texas Rangers 17 19 0.472 2
Cleveland Guardians 16 19 0.457 2½
Seattle Mariners 17 21 0.447 3
Boston Red Sox 15 22 0.405 4½
Oakland Athletics 16 24 0.400 5
Kansas City Royals 14 22 0.389 5
Baltimore Orioles 15 24 0.385 5½
Detroit Tigers 13 25 0.342 7


Game Log

Regular season

Legend
  Rays win
  Rays loss
  Postponement
Bold Rays team member
2022 Game Log: 23–15 (Home: 13–9; Away: 10–6)
April: 12–9 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
1 April 8 Orioles 2–1 Kittredge (1–0) López (0–1) Raley (1) 25,025 1–0 W1
2 April 9 Orioles 5–3 Fleming (1–0) Lyles (0–1) Kittredge (1) 15,615 2–0 W2
3 April 10 Orioles 8–0 Springs (1–0) Wells (0–1) — 14,100 3–0 W3
4 April 11 Athletics 2–13 Blackburn (1–0) Patiño (0–1) — 9,139 3–1 L1
5 April 12 Athletics 9–8 (10) Thompson (1–0) Trivino (0–1) — 7,588 4–1 W1
6 April 13 Athletics 2–4 Montas (1–1) McClanahan (0–1) Trivino (1) 8,954 4–2 L1
7 April 14 Athletics 3–6 Irvin (1–1) Fleming (1–1) Jiménez (1) 8,287 4–3 L2
8 April 15 @ White Sox 2–3 Cease (2–0) Rasmussen (0–1) Hendriks (3) 19,009 4–4 L3
9 April 16 @ White Sox 2–3 López (2–0) Thompson (1–1) Hendriks (4) 27,113 4–5 L4
10 April 17 @ White Sox 9–3 Mazza (1–0) Velasquez (0–1) — 17,798 5–5 W1
11 April 18 @ Cubs 2–4 Thompson (2–0) Adam (0–1) Robertson (4) 26,615 5–6 L1
12 April 19 @ Cubs 6–5 Fleming (2–1) Steele (1–1) Kittredge (2) 26,568 6–6 W1
13 April 20 @ Cubs 8–2 (6) Beeks (1–0) Stroman (0–2) — 26,167 7–6 W2
14 April 22 Red Sox 3–4 Wacha (1–0) Kluber (0–1) Barnes (1) 16,902 7–7 L1
15 April 23 Red Sox 3–2 (10) Wisler (1–0) Robles (1–1) — 19,137 8–7 W1
16 April 24 Red Sox 5–2 McClanahan (1–1) Valdéz (0–1) Thompson (1) 20,993 9–7 W2
17 April 26 Mariners 4–8 Gilbert (3–0) Fleming (2–2) — 9,257 9–8 L1
18 April 27 Mariners 3–2 Rasmussen (1–1) Gonzales (1–2) Kittredge (3) 7,290 10–8 W1
19 April 28 Mariners 2–1 Feyereisen (1–0) Flexen (1–3) Thompson (2) 6,749 11–8 W2
20 April 29 Twins 6–1 Kluber (1–1) Bundy (3–1) — 9,928 12–8 W3
21 April 30 Twins 1–9 Stashak (2–0) McClanahan (1–2) — 18,846 12–9 L1
May: 11–6 (Home: 4–3; Away: 7–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
22 May 1 Twins 3–9 Winder (1–0) Fleming (2–3) — 14,830 12–10 L2
23 May 2 @ Athletics 6–1 Rasmussen (2–1) Jefferies (1–4) — 2,488 13–10 W1
24 May 3 @ Athletics 10–7 (10) Kittredge (2–0) Trivino (0–2) — 2,815 14–10 W2
25 May 4 @ Athletics 3–0 Feyereisen (2–0) Jackson (0–1) Kittredge (4) 4,838 15–10 W3
26 May 5 @ Mariners 4–3 McClanahan (2–2) Ray (2–3) Raley (2) 17,027 16–10 W4
27 May 6 @ Mariners 8–7 Thompson (2–1) Sewald (0–1) Raley (3) 26,154 17–10 W5
28 May 7 @ Mariners 8–2 Rasmussen (3–1) Gonzales (1–4) — 31,589 18–10 W6
29 May 8 @ Mariners 1–2 (10) Sewald (1–1) Wisler (1–1) — 32,501 18–11 L1
30 May 9 @ Angels 3–11 Syndergaard (3–1) Springs (1–1) — 19,537 18–12 L2
31 May 10 @ Angels 0–12 Detmers (2–1) Kluber (1–2) — 39,313 18–13 L3
32 May 11 @ Angels 4–2 (10) Feyereisen (3–0) Loup (0–2) Raley (4) 21,045 19–13 W1
33 May 13 Blue Jays 5–2 Kittredge (3–0) Gausman (3–2) Adam (1) 10,169 20–13 W2
34 May 14 Blue Jays 1–5 Mayza (2–0) Thompson (1–2) — 15,195 20–14 L1
35 May 15 Blue Jays 3–0 Wisler (2–1) Manoah (4–1) Kittredge (5) 20,832 21–14 W1
36 May 16 Tigers 2–3 Fulmer (2–2) Kittredge (3–1) Soto (6) 11,532 21–15 L1
37 May 17 Tigers 8–1 McClanahan (3–2) Brieske (0–3) — 8,475 22–15 W1
38 May 18 Tigers 6–1 Rasmussen (4–1) Rodríguez (1–3) — 9,706 23–15 W2
39 May 20 @ Orioles – — –
40 May 21 @ Orioles – — –
41 May 22 @ Orioles – — –
42 May 24 Marlins – — –
43 May 25 Marlins – — –
44 May 26 Yankees – — –
45 May 27 Yankees – — –
46 May 28 Yankees – — –
47 May 29 Yankees – — –
48 May 30 @ Rangers – — –
49 May 31 @ Rangers – — –
June:
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
50 June 1 @ Rangers – — –
51 June 2 @ Rangers – — –
52 June 3 White Sox – — –
53 June 4 White Sox – — –
54 June 5 White Sox – — –
55 June 7 Cardinals – — –
56 June 8 Cardinals – — –
57 June 9 Cardinals – — –
58 June 10 @ Twins – — –
59 June 11 @ Twins – — –
60 June 12 @ Twins – — –
61 June 14 @ Yankees – — –
62 June 15 @ Yankees – — –
63 June 16 @ Yankees – — –
64 June 17 @ Orioles – — –
65 June 18 @ Orioles – — –
66 June 19 @ Orioles – — –
67 June 20 Yankees – — –
68 June 21 Yankees – — –
69 June 22 Yankees – — –
70 June 24 Pirates – — –
71 June 25 Pirates – — –
72 June 26 Pirates – — –
73 June 28 Brewers – — –
74 June 29 Brewers – — –
75 June 30 @ Blue Jays – — –
July:
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
76 July 1 @ Blue Jays – — –
77 July 2 (1) @ Blue Jays – — –
78 July 2 (2) @ Blue Jays – — –
79 July 3 @ Blue Jays – — –
80 July 4 @ Red Sox – — –
81 July 5 @ Red Sox – — –
82 July 6 @ Red Sox – — –
83 July 8 @ Reds – — –
84 July 9 @ Reds – — –
85 July 10 @ Reds – — –
86 July 11 Red Sox – — –
87 July 12 Red Sox – — –
88 July 13 Red Sox – — –
89 July 14 Red Sox – — –
90 July 15 Orioles – — –
91 July 16 Orioles – — –
92 July 17 Orioles – — –
92nd All-Star Game in Los Angeles
93 July 22 @ Royals – — –
94 July 23 @ Royals – — –
95 July 24 @ Royals – — –
96 July 25 @ Orioles – — –
97 July 26 @ Orioles – — –
98 July 27 @ Orioles – — –
99 July 28 @ Orioles – — –
100 July 29 Guardians – — –
101 July 30 Guardians – — –
102 July 31 Guardians – — –
August:
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
103 August 2 Blue Jays – — –
104 August 3 Blue Jays – — –
105 August 4 @ Tigers – — –
106 August 5 @ Tigers – — –
107 August 6 @ Tigers – — –
108 August 7 @ Tigers – — –
109 August 9 @ Brewers – — –
110 August 10 @ Brewers – — –
111 August 12 Orioles – — –
112 August 13 Orioles – — –
113 August 14 Orioles – — –
114 August 15 @ Yankees – — –
115 August 16 @ Yankees – — –
116 August 17 @ Yankees – — –
117 August 18 Royals – — –
118 August 19 Royals – — –
119 August 20 Royals – — –
120 August 21 Royals – — –
121 August 22 Angels – — –
122 August 23 Angels – — –
123 August 24 Angels – — –
124 August 25 Angels – — –
125 August 26 @ Red Sox – — –
126 August 27 @ Red Sox – — –
127 August 28 @ Red Sox – — –
128 August 30 @ Marlins – — –
129 August 31 @ Marlins – — –
September:
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
130 September 2 Yankees – — –
131 September 3 Yankees – — –
132 September 4 Yankees – — –
133 September 5 Red Sox – — –
134 September 6 Red Sox – — –
135 September 7 Red Sox – — –
136 September 9 @ Yankees – — –
137 September 10 @ Yankees – — –
138 September 11 @ Yankees – — –
139 September 12 @ Blue Jays – — –
140 September 13 (1) @ Blue Jays – — –
141 September 13 (2) @ Blue Jays – — –
142 September 14 @ Blue Jays – — –
143 September 15 @ Blue Jays – — –
144 September 16 Rangers – — –
145 September 17 Rangers – — –
146 September 18 Rangers – — –
147 September 19 Astros – — –
148 September 20 Astros – — –
149 September 21 Astros – — –
150 September 22 Blue Jays – — –
151 September 23 Blue Jays – — –
152 September 24 Blue Jays – — –
153 September 25 Blue Jays – — –
154 September 27 @ Guardians – — –
155 September 28 @ Guardians – — –
156 September 29 @ Guardians – — –
157 September 30 @ Astros – — –
October:
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
158 October 1 @ Astros – — –
159 October 2 @ Astros – — –
160 October 3 @ Red Sox – — –
161 October 4 @ Red Sox – — –
162 October 5 @ Red Sox – — –

Current roster

Tampa Bay Rays roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list



Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls Triple-A East
AA Montgomery Biscuits Double-A South
High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods High-A East
A Charleston RiverDogs Low-A East
Rookie FCL Rays Florida Complex League
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 1 Dominican Summer League
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 2 Dominican Summer League

References

  1. ^ Feinsand, Mark (March 10, 2022). "MLB, MLBPA agree to new CBA; season to start April 7". Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Lacques, Gabe (March 10, 2022). "Baseball is back: MLB, players agree on new CBA to salvage 162-game 2022 season". USA Today. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Baumann, Michael (December 2, 2021). "All the Questions—and Answers—About the Most Important Details of the MLB Lockout". The Ringer. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Nightengale, Gabe Lacques and Bob. "MLB lockout is on after collective bargaining agreement expires, owners agree to freeze out players". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Selbe, Nick. "MLB Owners Vote Unanimously to Institute Lockout". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "Play Ball! 2022 MLB season will start April 7 with full 162-game schedule; spring training games begin March 17". SportsLine. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Conti, Kristen. "Here Are the New MLB Rules for the 2022 Season". NBC Chicago. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "MLB to add jersey advertising for first time in league history as part of new CBA, per report". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

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