2022 Tampa Bay Rays season

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.

2022 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
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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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 176 0.739 — 10–3 7–3
Toronto Blue Jays 159 0.625 2½ 9–5 6–4
Tampa Bay Rays 1310 0.565 4 9–7 4–3
Boston Red Sox 914 0.391 8 3–4 6–10
Baltimore Orioles 815 0.348 9 5–5 3–10

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 176 0.739
Los Angeles Angels 159 0.625
Minnesota Twins 149 0.609


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 159 0.625 +2½
Tampa Bay Rays 1310 0.565 +1
Seattle Mariners 1211 0.522 —
Houston Astros 1211 0.522 —
Cleveland Guardians 1012 0.455 1½
Oakland Athletics 1013 0.435 2
Chicago White Sox 913 0.409 2½
Boston Red Sox 914 0.391 3
Texas Rangers 814 0.364 3½
Baltimore Orioles 815 0.348 4
Kansas City Royals 714 0.333 4
Detroit Tigers 714 0.333 4

Game Log

Regular season
Legend
 Rays win
 Rays loss
 Postponement
BoldRays team member
2022 Game Log: 13–10 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–3)
April: 12–9 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
1April 8Orioles2–1Kittredge (1–0)López (0–1)Raley (1)25,0251–0W1
2April 9Orioles5–3Fleming (1–0)Lyles (0–1)Kittredge (1)15,6152–0W2
3April 10Orioles8–0Springs (1–0)Wells (0–1)—14,1003–0W3
4April 11Athletics2–13Blackburn (1–0)Patiño (0–1)—9,1393–1L1
5April 12Athletics9–8 (10)Thompson (1–0)Trivino (0–1)—7,5884–1W1
6April 13Athletics2–4Montas (1–1)McClanahan (0–1)Trivino (1)8,9544–2L1
7April 14Athletics3–6Irvin (1–1)Fleming (1–1)Jiménez (1)8,2874–3L2
8April 15@ White Sox2–3Cease (2–0)Rasmussen (0–1)Hendriks (3)19,0094–4L3
9April 16@ White Sox2–3López (2–0)Thompson (1–1)Hendriks (4)27,1134–5L4
10April 17@ White Sox9–3Mazza (1–0)Velasquez (0–1)—17,7985–5W1
11April 18@ Cubs2–4Thompson (2–0)Adam (0–1)Robertson (4)26,6155–6L1
12April 19@ Cubs6–5Fleming (2–1)Steele (1–1)Kittredge (2)26,5686–6W1
13April 20@ Cubs8–2 (6)Beeks (1–0)Stroman (0–2)—26,1677–6W2
14April 22Red Sox3–4Wacha (1–0)Kluber (0–1)Barnes (1)16,9027–7L1
15April 23Red Sox3–2 (10)Wisler (1–0)Robles (1–1)—19,1378–7W1
16April 24Red Sox5–2McClanahan (1–1)Valdéz (0–1)Thompson (1)20,9939–7W2
17April 26Mariners4–8Gilbert (3–0)Fleming (2–2)—9,2579–8L1
18April 27Mariners3–2Rasmussen (1–1)Gonzales (1–2)Kittredge (3)7,29010–8W1
19April 28Mariners2–1Feyereisen (1–0)Flexen (1–3)Thompson (2)6,74911–8W2
20April 29Twins6–1Kluber (1–1)Bundy (3–1)—9,92812–8W3
21April 30Twins1–9Stashak (2–0)McClanahan (1–2)—18,84612–9L1
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
22May 1Twins3–9Winder (1–0)Fleming (2–3)—14,83012–10L2
23May 2@ Athletics6–1Rasmussen (2–1)Jefferies (1–4)—2,48813–10W1
24May 3@ Athletics–—–
25May 4@ Athletics–—–
26May 5@ Mariners–—–
27May 6@ Mariners–—–
28May 7@ Mariners–—–
29May 8@ Mariners–—–
30May 9@ Angels–—–
31May 10@ Angels–—–
32May 11@ Angels–—–
33May 13Blue Jays–—–
34May 14Blue Jays–—–
35May 15Blue Jays–—–
36May 16Tigers–—–
37May 17Tigers–—–
38May 18Tigers–—–
39May 20@ Orioles–—–
40May 21@ Orioles–—–
41May 22@ Orioles–—–
42May 24Marlins–—–
43May 25Marlins–—–
44May 26Yankees–—–
45May 27Yankees–—–
46May 28Yankees–—–
47May 29Yankees–—–
48May 30@ Rangers–—–
49May 31@ Rangers–—–
June:
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
50June 1@ Rangers–—–
51June 2@ Rangers–—–
52June 3White Sox–—–
53June 4White Sox–—–
54June 5White Sox–—–
55June 7Cardinals–—–
56June 8Cardinals–—–
57June 9Cardinals–—–
58June 10@ Twins–—–
59June 11@ Twins–—–
60June 12@ Twins–—–
61June 14@ Yankees–—–
62June 15@ Yankees–—–
63June 16@ Yankees–—–
64June 17@ Orioles–—–
65June 18@ Orioles–—–
66June 19@ Orioles–—–
67June 20Yankees–—–
68June 21Yankees–—–
69June 22Yankees–—–
70June 24Pirates–—–
71June 25Pirates–—–
72June 26Pirates–—–
73June 28Brewers–—–
74June 29Brewers–—–
75June 30@ Blue Jays–—–
July:
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
76July 1@ Blue Jays–—–
77July 2 (1)@ Blue Jays–—–
78July 2 (2)@ Blue Jays–—–
79July 3@ Blue Jays–—–
80July 4@ Red Sox–—–
81July 5@ Red Sox–—–
82July 6@ Red Sox–—–
83July 8@ Reds–—–
84July 9@ Reds–—–
85July 10@ Reds–—–
86July 11Red Sox–—–
87July 12Red Sox–—–
88July 13Red Sox–—–
89July 14Red Sox–—–
90July 15Orioles–—–
91July 16Orioles–—–
92July 17Orioles–—–
92nd All-Star Game in Los Angeles
93July 22@ Royals–—–
94July 23@ Royals–—–
95July 24@ Royals–—–
96July 25@ Orioles–—–
97July 26@ Orioles–—–
98July 27@ Orioles–—–
99July 28@ Orioles–—–
100July 29Guardians–—–
101July 30Guardians–—–
102July 31Guardians–—–
August:
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
103August 2Blue Jays–—–
104August 3Blue Jays–—–
105August 4@ Tigers–—–
106August 5@ Tigers–—–
107August 6@ Tigers–—–
108August 7@ Tigers–—–
109August 9@ Brewers–—–
110August 10@ Brewers–—–
111August 12Orioles–—–
112August 13Orioles–—–
113August 14Orioles–—–
114August 15@ Yankees–—–
115August 16@ Yankees–—–
116August 17@ Yankees–—–
117August 18Royals–—–
118August 19Royals–—–
119August 20Royals–—–
120August 21Royals–—–
121August 22Angels–—–
122August 23Angels–—–
123August 24Angels–—–
124August 25Angels–—–
125August 26@ Red Sox–—–
126August 27@ Red Sox–—–
127August 28@ Red Sox–—–
128August 30@ Marlins–—–
129August 31@ Marlins–—–
September:
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
130September 2Yankees–—–
131September 3Yankees–—–
132September 4Yankees–—–
133September 5Red Sox–—–
134September 6Red Sox–—–
135September 7Red Sox–—–
136September 9@ Yankees–—–
137September 10@ Yankees–—–
138September 11@ Yankees–—–
139September 12@ Blue Jays–—–
140September 13 (1)@ Blue Jays–—–
141September 13 (2)@ Blue Jays–—–
142September 14@ Blue Jays–—–
143September 15@ Blue Jays–—–
144September 16Rangers–—–
145September 17Rangers–—–
146September 18Rangers–—–
147September 19Astros–—–
148September 20Astros–—–
149September 21Astros–—–
150September 22Blue Jays–—–
151September 23Blue Jays–—–
152September 24Blue Jays–—–
153September 25Blue Jays–—–
154September 27@ Guardians–—–
155September 28@ Guardians–—–
156September 29@ Guardians–—–
157September 30@ Astros–—–
October:
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
158October 1@ Astros–—–
159October 2@ Astros–—–
160October 3@ Red Sox–—–
161October 4@ Red Sox–—–
162October 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

COVID-19 related 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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