2021 Tampa Bay Rays season

The 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 24th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 14th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division.

2021 Tampa Bay Rays
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Stuart Sternberg
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 Rays finished with a 100–62 record, winning the American League East division title for the second consecutive season. It was the first time in franchise history the Rays repeated as division champions, and the first time in franchise history the Rays won 100 games. Manager Kevin Cash was named the American League Manager of the Year. However, they were upset in the Division Series, losing in 4 games to the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 10062 0.617 — 52–29 48–33
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 8 49–32 43–38
New York Yankees 9270 0.568 8 46–35 46–35
Toronto Blue Jays 9171 0.562 9 47–33 44–38
Baltimore Orioles 52110 0.321 48 27–54 25–56

Record against opponents
2021 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 —6–130–72–52–53–34–32–42–48–113–33–41–184–35–147–13
Boston 13–6—3–44–23–32–55–23–35–210–93–34–38–113–410–916–4
Chicago 7–04–3—10–912–72–59–102–513–61–54–33–33–35–14–314–6
Cleveland 5–22–49–10—12–71–614–55–18–113–42–43–41–64–22–59–11
Detroit 5–23–37–127–12—5–28–111–68–113–31–65–14–36–13–311–9
Houston 3–35–25–26–12–5—3–413–63–42–411–811–84–214–54–29–11
Kansas City 3–42–510–95–1411–84–3—2–410–92–42–54–32–42–43–412–8
Los Angeles 4–23–35–21–56–16–134–2—5–24–34–158–111–611–84–311–9
Minnesota 4–22–56–1311–811–84–39–102–5—1–61–52–43–34–33–410–10
New York 11–89–105–14–33–34–24–23–46–1—4–35–28–116–18–1112–8
Oakland 3–33–33–44–26–18–115–215–45–13–4—4–154–310–92–511–9
Seattle 4–33–43–34–31–58–113–411–84–22–515–4—6–113–64–29–11
Tampa Bay 18–111–83–36–13–42–44–26–13–311–83–41–6—3–411–815–5
Texas 3–44–31–52–41–65–144–28–113–41–69–106–134–3—2–47–13
Toronto 14–59–103–45–23–32–44–33–44–311–85–22–48–114–2—14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

Game log

Regular season

The 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.[3]

Legend
 Rays win
 Rays loss
 Postponement
BoldRays team member
2021 Game Log: 100–62 (Home: 52–29; Away: 48–33)
April: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
1April 1@ Marlins1–0Thompson (1–0)García (0–1)Castillo (1)7,0621–0W1
2April 2@ Marlins6–4Kittredge (1–0)Bass (0–1)Castillo (2)6,1152–0W2
3April 3@ Marlins7–12Bleier (1–0)Archer (0–1)—6,1792–1L1
4April 5@ Red Sox2–11Pivetta (1–0)Wacha (0–1)—4,5772–2L2
5April 6@ Red Sox5–6 (12)Valdéz (1–0)Thompson (1–1)—4,6822–3L3
6April 7@ Red Sox2–9Eovaldi (1–1)Yarbrough (0–1)—4,7512–4L4
7April 9Yankees10–5Hill (1–0)Kluber (0–1)—9,0213–4W1
8April 10Yankees4–0Kittredge (2–0)Germán (0–2)—6,2704–4W2
9April 11Yankees4–8 (10)Chapman (1–0)McHugh (0–1)—6,9654–5L1
10April 12Rangers1–0Glasnow (1–0)Hearn (0–1)Castillo (3)3,6275–5W1
11April 13Rangers3–8Gibson (2–0)Yarbrough (0–2)—4,7535–6L1
12April 14Rangers1–5Arihara (1–1)Fleming (0–1)—3,0215–7L2
13April 15Rangers4–6 (10)Sborz (1–0)Reed (0–1)Kennedy (3)4,2175–8L3
14April 16@ Yankees8–2Wacha (1–1)Nelson (0–2)—10,2026–8W1
15April 17@ Yankees6–3Glasnow (2–0)Montgomery (1–1)Castillo (4)10,5837–8W2
16April 18@ Yankees4–2Yarbrough (1–2)Cole (2–1)Springs (1)10,6068–8W3
17April 19@ Royals4–1Fleming (1–1)Duffy (2–1)—5,5899–8W4
18April 20@ Royals14–7Kittredge (3–0)Keller (1–2)Richards (1)4,48110–8W5
19April 21@ Royals8–9Barlow (1–0)Castillo (0–1)—5,05310–9L1
20April 23Blue Jays3–5Matz (4–0)Glasnow (2–1)Dolis (1)5,56410–10L2
21April 24Blue Jays5–3Thompson (2–1)Romano (1–1)Kittredge (1)6,68811–10W1
22April 25Blue Jays0–1Mayza (1–0)Fleming (1–2)Dolis (2)6,37211–11L1
23April 26Athletics1–2Manaea (3–1)Hill (1–1)Trivino (3)2,98111–12L2
24April 27Athletics4–3Springs (1–0)Montas (2–2)Castillo (5)2,92412–12W1
25April 28Athletics2–0Glasnow (3–1)Irvin (2–3)Castillo (6)3,37413–12W2
26April 29Athletics2–3Diekman (1–0)Castillo (0–2)Trivino (4)3,73713–13L1
27April 30Astros2–9McCullers Jr. (2–1)Yarbrough (1–3)—6,16913–14L2
May: 22–6 (Home: 9–4; Away: 13–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
28May 1Astros1–3Urquidy (2–2)Fleming (1–3)Pressly (4)7,33513–15L3
29May 2Astros5–4Springs (2–0)Raley (0–1)Castillo (7)6,93314–15W1
30May 3@ Angels7–3Glasnow (4–1)Quintana (0–3)—10,64115–15W2
31May 4@ Angels8–3Patiño (1–0)Cobb (1–2)—8,15216–15W3
32May 5@ Angels3–1Yarbrough (2–3)Guerra (2–1)Springs (2)9,16917–15W4
33May 6@ Angels8–3Fleming (2–3)Mayers (1–2)—8,84018–15W5
34May 7@ Athletics1–2Diekman (2–0)Springs (2–1)—5,05818–16L1
35May 8@ Athletics3–6Montas (4–2)Glasnow (4–2)Trivino (6)7,70718–17L2
36May 9@ Athletics4–3Springs (3–1)Irvin (3–4)Kittredge (2)6,91119–17W1
37May 11Yankees1–3Montgomery (2–1)Patiño (1–1)Chapman (8)5,44119–18L1
38May 12Yankees0–1Cole (5–1)Thompson (2–2)Chapman (9)5,66819–19L2
39May 13Yankees9–1Hill (2–1)Taillon (1–3)—6,22920–19W1
40May 14Mets3–2Fairbanks (1–0)Castro (0–1)—7,12321–19W2
41May 15Mets12–5McClanahan (1–0)Lucchesi (1–3)—7,53622–19W3
42May 16Mets7–1Fleming (3–3)Stroman (3–4)—7,35523–19W4
43May 18@ Orioles13–6Kittredge (4–0)Harvey (3–4)—5,42924–19W5
44May 19@ Orioles9–7Thompson (3–2)Fry (0–1)Fairbanks (1)6,58125–19W6
45May 20@ Orioles10–1Hill (3–1)Kremer (0–4)—6,91626–19W7
46May 21@ Blue Jays[a]9–7 (12)Castillo (1–2)Beasley (0–1)—1,43727–19W8
47May 22@ Blue Jays[a]3–1Kittredge (5–0)Castro (0–1)Castillo (8)1,51428–19W9
48May 23@ Blue Jays[a]6–4Fleming (4–3)Chatwood (0–1)Feyereisen (1)1,49629–19W10
49May 24@ Blue Jays[a]14–8 (11)Springs (4–1)Payamps (0–2)—1,64130–19W11
50May 25Royals1–2Keller (4–4)Hill (3–2)Zimmer (2)4,94630–20L1
51May 26Royals2–1 (10)Feyereisen (1–2)Zuber (0–2)—4,97331–20W1
52May 27Royals7–2McClanahan (2–0)Singer (2–4)—5,51932–20W2
53May 29Phillies5–3Castillo (2–2)Coonrod (0–2)Feyereisen (2)7,31633–20W3
54May 30Phillies6–2Fleming (5–3)Eflin (2–5)—7,47934–20W4
55May 31@ Yankees3–1Hill (4–2)Taillon (1–4)Feyereisen (3)17,00835–20W5
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
56June 1@ Yankees3–5 (11)Cessa (1–0)Kittredge (5–1)—12,53735–21L1
57June 2@ Yankees3–4Montgomery (3–1)McClanahan (2–1)Chapman (12)13,82435–22L2
58June 3@ Yankees9–2Yarbrough (3–3)Cole (6–3)—12,61436–22W1
59June 4@ Rangers4–5Gibson (4–0)Fleming (5–4)Kennedy (12)30,63536–23L1
60June 5@ Rangers3–0Hill (5–2)Allard (1–2)Castillo (9)27,23737–23W1
61June 6@ Rangers7–1Feyereisen (2–2)King (5–4)—26,44238–23W2
62June 8Nationals3–1Glasnow (5–2)Suero (0–1)Castillo (10)7,17339–23W3
63June 9Nationals7–9 (11)Hand (3–2)Castillo (2–3)Rainey (1)7,61639–24L1
64June 11Orioles4–2Yarbrough (4–3)Akin (0–1)Fairbanks (2)6,21140–24W1
65June 12Orioles5–4McHugh (1–1)López (2–7)Castillo (11)9,22541–24W2
66June 13Orioles7–1Fleming (6–4)Zimmermann (4–4)—9,10142–24W3
67June 14@ White Sox5–2Feyereisen (3–2)Lynn (7–2)Fairbanks (3)18,02443–24W4
68June 15@ White Sox0–3Keuchel (6–1)McClanahan (2–2)Hendriks (18)19,25943–25L1
69June 16@ White Sox7–8 (10)Burr (1–0)Fairbanks (1–1)—20,09843–26L2
70June 17@ Mariners5–6Santiago (1–1)Fairbanks (1–2)—9,09243–27L3
71June 18@ Mariners1–5Kikuchi (4–3)Wacha (1–2)—12,65443–28L4
72June 19@ Mariners5–6 (10)Montero (4–2)Feyereisen (3–3)—14,77243–29L5
73June 20@ Mariners2–6 (10)Montero (5–2)Castillo (2–4)—18,17243–30L6
74June 22Red Sox5–9 (11)Hernández (2–2)Fairbanks (1–3)—12,99443–31L7
75June 23Red Sox8–2Hill (6–2)Richards (4–5)—9,08844–31W1
76June 24Red Sox1–0Feyereisen (4–3)Barnes (3–2)—10,96145–31W2
77June 25Angels4–3McHugh (2–1)Suárez (2–1)Castillo (12)7,90946–31W3
78June 26Angels13–3McClanahan (3–2)Cobb (5–3)—16,69947–31W4
79June 27Angels4–6Watson (3–3)Wisler (1–3)Iglesias (13)12,76447–32L1
80June 29@ Nationals3–4Ross (5–7)Hill (6–3)Hand (18)17,11747–33L2
81June 30@ Nationals6–15Lester (2–3)Sherriff (0–1)—15,55247–34L3
July: 16–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
82July 2@ Blue Jays[b]1–11Manoah (2–0)Patiño (1–2)—10,01147–35L4
83July 3@ Blue Jays[b]3–6Cimber (2–2)McClanahan (3–3)—9,18947–36L5
84July 4@ Blue Jays[b]5–1Yarbrough (5–3)Ray (6–4)—7,53748–36W1
85July 5Indians9–8Fairbanks (2–3)Clase (3–4)—8,83249–36W2
—July 6IndiansPostponed (Tropical Storm Elsa) make-up date July 7
86July 7 (1)Indians8–1 (7)Wacha (2–2)Mejía (1–4)—N/A50–36W3
87July 7 (2)Indians4–0 (7)Fleming (7–4)Hentges (1–4)—10,90551–36W4
88July 9Blue Jays7–1Kittredge (6–1)Manoah (2–1)—8,55152–36W5
89July 10Blue Jays5–2Yarbrough (6–3)Stripling (3–5)Castillo (13)9,95453–36W6
90July 11Blue Jays1–3Ray (7–4)Hill (6–4)Romano (7)11,23353–37L1
91st All-Star Game in Denver
91July 16@ Braves7–6 (10)Wisler (2–3)Chavez (0–2)Fairbanks (4)40,48554–37W1
92July 17@ Braves0–9Fried (7–5)Fleming (7–5)—40,86854–38L1
93July 18@ Braves7–5Springs (5–1)Minter (1–4)Fairbanks (5)34,54455–38W1
94July 19Orioles1–6Watkins (2–0)Yarbrough (6–4)—9,92255–39L1
95July 20Orioles9–3McClanahan (4–3)Means (4–3)—10,39956–39W1
96July 21Orioles5–4McHugh (3–1)Scott (3–4)—8,96857–39W2
97July 22@ Indians5–4 (10)Fairbanks (3–3)Shaw (3–4)Castillo (14)19,33858–39W3
98July 23@ Indians10–5Wisler (3–3)Wittgren (2–3)—23,18059–39W4
99July 24@ Indians8–2Head (1–0)Mejía (1–6)—23,32460–39W5
100July 25@ Indians2–3Karinchak (7–2)Wisler (3–4)Clase (12)18,61460–40L1
101July 27Yankees3–4Montgomery (4–5)McClanahan (4–4)Chapman (19)12,67860–41L2
102July 28Yankees1–3 (10)Green (4–5)Fairbanks (3–4)Chapman (20)11,52560–42L3
103July 29Yankees14–0Patiño (2–2)Cole (10–6)—14,13461–42W1
104July 30Red Sox7–3Fleming (8–5)Pérez (7–7)—11,10962–42W2
105July 31Red Sox9–5Kittredge (7–1)Eovaldi (9–6)—20,52163–42W3
August: 21–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 11–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
106August 1Red Sox3–2McClanahan (5–4)Pivetta (8–5)Wisler (1)17,81664–42W4
107August 2Mariners2–8Flexen (10–5)Wacha (2–3)—5,85564–43L1
108August 3Mariners2–4Kikuchi (7–6)Patiño (2–3)Castillo (15)10,07164–44L2
109August 4Mariners4–3Fleming (9–5)Gilbert (5–3)Sherriff (1)9,70165–44W1
110August 6@ Orioles10–6Rasmussen (1–1)Fry (4–4)—11,32066–44W2
111August 7@ Orioles12–3McClanahan (6–4)Watkins (2–3)—18,54567–44W3
112August 8@ Orioles9–6Chargois (2–0)Fry (4–5)—10,57668–44W4
113August 10@ Red Sox8–4Kittredge (8–1)Barnes (6–5)—25,35669–44W5
114August 11@ Red Sox8–20Eovaldi (10–7)Fleming (9–6)—30,28669–45L1
115August 12@ Red Sox8–1McHugh (4–1)Houck (0–3)—26,80370–45W1
116August 13@ Twins10–4McClanahan (7–4)Pineda (4–8)Phillips (1)23,12571–45W2
117August 14@ Twins0–12Maeda (6–4)Wacha (2–4)—21,03471–46L1
118August 15@ Twins4–5Colomé (3–4)Wisler (3–5)—22,46771–47L2
119August 16Orioles9–2Fleming (10–6)Harvey (6–12)—5,46072–47W1
120August 17Orioles10–0Ellis (1–0)Means (5–5)—4,79573–47W2
121August 18Orioles8–4Yarbrough (7–4)Watkins (2–5)—6,67374–47W3
122August 19Orioles7–2McClanahan (8–4)López (3–14)—5,82675–47W4
123August 20White Sox5–7 (10)Hendriks (8–3)Kittredge (8–2)Tepera (2)13,17875–48L1
124August 21White Sox8–4Patiño (3–3)Keuchel (8–7)McHugh (1)22,27576–48W1
125August 22White Sox9–0Armstrong (1–0)López (2–1)Fleming (1)16,69677–48W2
126August 24@ Phillies3–1Chargois (3–0)Bradley (7–2)Kittredge (3)23,40278–48W3
127August 25@ Phillies7–4McHugh (5–1)Wheeler (10–9)—25,55279–48W4
128August 27@ Orioles6–3McClanahan (9–4)Harvey (6–14)Mazza (1)7,15580–48W5
129August 28@ Orioles4–3Chargois (4–0)Sulser (3–3)Kittredge (4)11,11081–48W6
130August 29@ Orioles12–8Chargois (5–0)Watkins (2–7)—8,35382–48W7
131August 30Red Sox6–1Patiño (4–3)Pivetta (9–7)—6,75383–48W8
132August 31Red Sox8–5Yarbrough (8–4)Peacock (0–1)Kittredge (5)6,86884–48W9
September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
133September 1Red Sox2–3Whitlock (7–2)Fairbanks (3–5)Ottavino (11)7,80884–49L1
134September 2Red Sox0–4Rodríguez (11–7)McClanahan (9–5)Richards (2)7,92384–50L2
135September 3Twins5–3Wacha (3–4)Dobnak (1–7)Kittredge (6)8,86485–50W1
136September 4Twins11–4Archer (1–1)Albers (1–1)Enns (1)13,86186–50W2
137September 5Twins5–6Duffey (3–3)Kittredge (8–3)Colomé (11)14,16586–51L1
138September 6@ Red Sox11–10 (10)McHugh (6–1)Whitlock (7–3)—26,51287–51W1
139September 7@ Red Sox12–7Rasmussen (2–1)Rodríguez (11–8)—25,06588–51W2
140September 8@ Red Sox1–2Richards (7–7)Chargois (5–1)Robles (12)26,64988–52L1
141September 10@ Tigers4–10Cisnero (4–4)Fairbanks (3–6)—18,32188–53L2
142September 11@ Tigers7–2Enns (1–0)Mize (7–8)—18,84289–53W1
143September 12@ Tigers7–8 (11)Funkhouser (7–3)Feyereisen (4–4)—13,39689–54L1
144September 13@ Blue Jays1–8Manoah (6–2)Yarbrough (8–5)—12,11989–55L2
145September 14@ Blue Jays2–0Rasmussen (3–1)Berríos (11–8)Kittredge (7)13,10390–55W1
146September 15@ Blue Jays3–6Ray (12–5)Wacha (3–5)Romano (18)12,15390–56L1
147September 16Tigers5–2Enns (2–0)Alexander (2–3)—10,20691–56W1
148September 17Tigers7–4 (10)Kittredge (9–3)Garcia (2–2)—16,45192–56W2
149September 18Tigers3–4Ureña (4–8)Yarbrough (8–6)Fulmer (10)22,92192–57L1
150September 19Tigers0–2Peralta (4–3)McClanahan (9–6)Funkhouser (1)17,94892–58L2
151September 20Blue Jays6–4Baz (1–0)Ray (12–6)Enns (2)10,11993–58W1
152September 21Blue Jays2–4Manoah (7–2)Anderson (0–1)Romano (20)9,88893–59L1
153September 22Blue Jays7–1Chargois (6–1)Stripling (5–7)—10,99494–59W1
154September 24Marlins8–0Yarbrough (9–6)Cabrera (0–3)—15,34095–59W2
155September 25Marlins7–3McClanahan (10–6)Alcántara (9–14)—23,78396–59W3
156September 26Marlins3–2Baz (2–0)Luzardo (5–9)Anderson (1)20,82697–59W4
157September 28@ Astros3–4Maton (5–0)Fleming (10–7)—32,29797–60L1
158September 29@ Astros7–0Rasmussen (4–1)García (11–8)—28,32198–60W1
159September 30@ Astros2–3McCullers Jr. (13–5)Yarbrough (9–7)Pressly (26)31,60898–61L1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
160October 1@ Yankees4–3Head (2–0)Cortes Jr. (2–3)Kittredge (8)41,46999–61W1
161October 2@ Yankees12–2Patiño (5–3)Montgomery (6–7)—41,648100–61W2
162October 3@ Yankees0–1Chapman (6–4)Fleming (10–8)—40,409100–62L1

Postseason
2021 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocation
Attendance		Series
1October 7Red Sox5–0McClanahan (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)—Tropicana Field
27,419		1–0
2October 8Red Sox6−14Houck (1−0)McHugh (0−1)—Tropicana Field
37,616		1–1
3October 10@ Red Sox4–6 (13)Pivetta (1–0)Patiño (0–1)—Fenway Park
37,224		1–2
4October 11@ Red Sox5–6Whitlock (1–0)Feyereisen (0–1)—Fenway Park
38,447		1–3

Roster
2021 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 99 Misha Dworken (bullpen catcher)
  • 98 Jean Ramirez (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls Triple-A East Brady Williams
AA Montgomery Biscuits Double-A South Morgan Ensberg
High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods High-A East Jeff Smith
A Charleston RiverDogs Low-A East Blake Butera
Rookie FCL Rays Florida Complex League Rafael Valenzuela
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 1 Dominican Summer League Esteban Gonzalez
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 2 Dominican Summer League Julio Zorrilla

References
  1. https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/name/tbr
  2. https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/type/pitching/name/tbr
  3. "Rays Announce 2021 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). St. Petersburg, Florida: Major League Baseball. July 9, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. "Blue Jays to play third homestand in Dunedin". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. "Blue Jays to move home location to Sahlen Field beginning June 1". milb.com. Minor League Baseball. May 5, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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