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2021 Tampa Bay Rays
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record66–44 (.600)
OwnersStuart Sternberg
ManagersKevin Cash
TelevisionBally Sports Sun
Bally Sports Florida
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson)
RadioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
← 2020 Seasons

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

Season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 100 62 .617 — 52‍–‍29 48‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox 92 70 .568 8 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍38
New York Yankees 92 70 .568 8 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays 91 71 .562 9 47‍–‍33 44‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 52 110 .321 48 27‍–‍54 25‍–‍56


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 100 62 .617
Houston Astros 95 67 .586
Chicago White Sox 93 69 .574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 92 70 .568 —
New York Yankees 92 70 .568 —
Toronto Blue Jays 91 71 .562 1
Seattle Mariners 90 72 .556 2
Oakland Athletics 86 76 .531 6
Cleveland Indians 80 82 .494 12
Los Angeles Angels 77 85 .475 15
Detroit Tigers 77 85 .475 15
Kansas City Royals 74 88 .457 18
Minnesota Twins 73 89 .451 19
Texas Rangers 60 102 .370 32
Baltimore Orioles 52 110 .321 40


Record against opponents

2021 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 6–13 0–7 2–5 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 8–11 3–3 3–4 1–18 4–3 5–14 7–13
Boston 13–6 — 3–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 5–2 3–3 5–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 8–11 3–4 10–9 16–4
Chicago 7–0 4–3 — 10–9 12–7 2–5 9–10 2–5 13–6 1–5 4–3 3–3 3–3 5–1 4–3 14–6
Cleveland 5–2 2–4 9–10 — 12–7 1–6 14–5 5–1 8–11 3–4 2–4 3–4 1–6 4–2 2–5 9–11
Detroit 5–2 3–3 7–12 7–12 — 5–2 8–11 1–6 8–11 3–3 1–6 5–1 4–3 6–1 3–3 11–9
Houston 3–3 5–2 5–2 6–1 2–5 — 3–4 13–6 3–4 2–4 11–8 11–8 4–2 14–5 4–2 9–11
Kansas City 3–4 2–5 10–9 5–14 11–8 4–3 — 2–4 10–9 2–4 2–5 4–3 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–8
Los Angeles 4–2 3–3 5–2 1–5 6–1 6–13 4–2 — 5–2 4–3 4–15 8–11 1–6 11–8 4–3 11–9
Minnesota 4–2 2–5 6–13 11–8 11–8 4–3 9–10 2–5 — 1–6 1–5 2–4 3–3 4–3 3–4 10–10
New York 11–8 9–10 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 — 4–3 5–2 8–11 6–1 8–11 12–8
Oakland 3–3 3–3 3–4 4–2 6–1 8–11 5–2 15–4 5–1 3–4 — 4–15 4–3 10–9 2–5 11–9
Seattle 4–3 3–4 3–3 4–3 1–5 8–11 3–4 11–8 4–2 2–5 15–4 — 6–1 13–6 4–2 9–11
Tampa Bay 18–1 11–8 3–3 6–1 3–4 2–4 4–2 6–1 3–3 11–8 3–4 1–6 — 3–4 11–8 15–5
Texas 3–4 4–3 1–5 2–4 1–6 5–14 4–2 8–11 3–4 1–6 9–10 6–13 4–3 — 2–4 7–13
Toronto 14–5 9–10 3–4 5–2 3–3 2–4 4–3 3–4 4–3 11–8 5–2 2–4 8–11 4–2 — 14–6

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


Game log

The 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.[1]

Legend
  Rays win
  Rays loss
  Postponement
Bold Rays team member
2021 Game Log: 66–44 (Home: 35–22; Away: 31–22)
April: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
1 April 1 @ Marlins 1–0 Thompson (1–0) García (0–1) Castillo (1) 7,062 1–0 W1
2 April 2 @ Marlins 6–4 Kittredge (1–0) Bass (0–1) Castillo (2) 6,115 2–0 W2
3 April 3 @ Marlins 7–12 Bleier (1–0) Archer (0–1) — 6,179 2–1 L1
4 April 5 @ Red Sox 2–11 Pivetta (1–0) Wacha (0–1) — 4,577 2–2 L2
5 April 6 @ Red Sox 5–6 (12) Valdéz (1–0) Thompson (1–1) — 4,682 2–3 L3
6 April 7 @ Red Sox 2–9 Eovaldi (1–1) Yarbrough (0–1) — 4,751 2–4 L4
7 April 9 Yankees 10–5 Hill (1–0) Kluber (0–1) — 9,021 3–4 W1
8 April 10 Yankees 4–0 Kittredge (2–0) Germán (0–2) — 6,270 4–4 W2
9 April 11 Yankees 4–8 (10) Chapman (1–0) McHugh (0–1) — 6,965 4–5 L1
10 April 12 Rangers 1–0 Glasnow (1–0) Hearn (0–1) Castillo (3) 3,627 5–5 W1
11 April 13 Rangers 3–8 Gibson (2–0) Yarbrough (0–2) — 4,753 5–6 L1
12 April 14 Rangers 1–5 Arihara (1–1) Fleming (0–1) — 3,021 5–7 L2
13 April 15 Rangers 4–6 (10) Sborz (1–0) Reed (0–1) Kennedy (3) 4,217 5–8 L3
14 April 16 @ Yankees 8–2 Wacha (1–1) Nelson (0–2) — 10,202 6–8 W1
15 April 17 @ Yankees 6–3 Glasnow (2–0) Montgomery (1–1) Castillo (4) 10,583 7–8 W2
16 April 18 @ Yankees 4–2 Yarbrough (1–2) Cole (2–1) Springs (1) 10,606 8–8 W3
17 April 19 @ Royals 4–1 Fleming (1–1) Duffy (2–1) — 5,589 9–8 W4
18 April 20 @ Royals 14–7 Kittredge (3–0) Keller (1–2) Richards (1) 4,481 10–8 W5
19 April 21 @ Royals 8–9 Barlow (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 5,053 10–9 L1
20 April 23 Blue Jays 3–5 Matz (4–0) Glasnow (2–1) Dolis (1) 5,564 10–10 L2
21 April 24 Blue Jays 5–3 Thompson (2–1) Romano (1–1) Kittredge (1) 6,688 11–10 W1
22 April 25 Blue Jays 0–1 Mayza (1–0) Fleming (1–2) Dolis (2) 6,372 11–11 L1
23 April 26 Athletics 1–2 Manaea (3–1) Hill (1–1) Trivino (3) 2,981 11–12 L2
24 April 27 Athletics 4–3 Springs (1–0) Montas (2–2) Castillo (5) 2,924 12–12 W1
25 April 28 Athletics 2–0 Glasnow (3–1) Irvin (2–3) Castillo (6) 3,374 13–12 W2
26 April 29 Athletics 2–3 Diekman (1–0) Castillo (0–2) Trivino (4) 3,737 13–13 L1
27 April 30 Astros 2–9 McCullers Jr. (2–1) Yarbrough (1–3) — 6,169 13–14 L2
May: 22–6 (Home: 9–4; Away: 13–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
28 May 1 Astros 1–3 Urquidy (2–2) Fleming (1–3) Pressly (4) 7,335 13–15 L3
29 May 2 Astros 5–4 Springs (2–0) Raley (0–1) Castillo (7) 6,933 14–15 W1
30 May 3 @ Angels 7–3 Glasnow (4–1) Quintana (0–3) — 10,641 15–15 W2
31 May 4 @ Angels 8–3 Patiño (1–0) Cobb (1–2) — 8,152 16–15 W3
32 May 5 @ Angels 3–1 Yarbrough (2–3) Guerra (2–1) Springs (2) 9,169 17–15 W4
33 May 6 @ Angels 8–3 Fleming (2–3) Mayers (1–2) — 8,840 18–15 W5
34 May 7 @ Athletics 1–2 Diekman (2–0) Springs (2–1) — 5,058 18–16 L1
35 May 8 @ Athletics 3–6 Montas (4–2) Glasnow (4–2) Trivino (6) 7,707 18–17 L2
36 May 9 @ Athletics 4–3 Springs (3–1) Irvin (3–4) Kittredge (2) 6,911 19–17 W1
37 May 11 Yankees 1–3 Montgomery (2–1) Patiño (1–1) Chapman (8) 5,441 19–18 L1
38 May 12 Yankees 0–1 Cole (5–1) Thompson (2–2) Chapman (9) 5,668 19–19 L2
39 May 13 Yankees 9–1 Hill (2–1) Taillon (1–3) — 6,229 20–19 W1
40 May 14 Mets 3–2 Fairbanks (1–0) Castro (0–1) — 7,123 21–19 W2
41 May 15 Mets 12–5 McClanahan (1–0) Lucchesi (1–3) — 7,536 22–19 W3
42 May 16 Mets 7–1 Fleming (3–3) Stroman (3–4) — 7,355 23–19 W4
43 May 18 @ Orioles 13–6 Kittredge (4–0) Harvey (3–4) — 5,429 24–19 W5
44 May 19 @ Orioles 9–7 Thompson (3–2) Fry (0–1) Fairbanks (1) 6,581 25–19 W6
45 May 20 @ Orioles 10–1 Hill (3–1) Kremer (0–4) — 6,916 26–19 W7
46 May 21 @ Blue Jays[a] 9–7 (12) Castillo (1–2) Beasley (0–1) — 1,437 27–19 W8
47 May 22 @ Blue Jays[a] 3–1 Kittredge (5–0) Castro (0–1) Castillo (8) 1,514 28–19 W9
48 May 23 @ Blue Jays[a] 6–4 Fleming (4–3) Chatwood (0–1) Feyereisen (1) 1,496 29–19 W10
49 May 24 @ Blue Jays[a] 14–8 (11) Springs (4–1) Payamps (0–2) — 1,641 30–19 W11
50 May 25 Royals 1–2 Keller (4–4) Hill (3–2) Zimmer (2) 4,946 30–20 L1
51 May 26 Royals 2–1 (10) Feyereisen (1–2) Zuber (0–2) — 4,973 31–20 W1
52 May 27 Royals 7–2 McClanahan (2–0) Singer (2–4) — 5,519 32–20 W2
53 May 29 Phillies 5–3 Castillo (2–2) Coonrod (0–2) Feyereisen (2) 7,316 33–20 W3
54 May 30 Phillies 6–2 Fleming (5–3) Eflin (2–5) — 7,479 34–20 W4
55 May 31 @ Yankees 3–1 Hill (4–2) Taillon (1–4) Feyereisen (3) 17,008 35–20 W5
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
56 June 1 @ Yankees 3–5 (11) Cessa (1–0) Kittredge (5–1) — 12,537 35–21 L1
57 June 2 @ Yankees 3–4 Montgomery (3–1) McClanahan (2–1) Chapman (12) 13,824 35–22 L2
58 June 3 @ Yankees 9–2 Yarbrough (3–3) Cole (6–3) — 12,614 36–22 W1
59 June 4 @ Rangers 4–5 Gibson (4–0) Fleming (5–4) Kennedy (12) 30,635 36–23 L1
60 June 5 @ Rangers 3–0 Hill (5–2) Allard (1–2) Castillo (9) 27,237 37–23 W1
61 June 6 @ Rangers 7–1 Feyereisen (2–2) King (5–4) — 26,442 38–23 W2
62 June 8 Nationals 3–1 Glasnow (5–2) Suero (0–1) Castillo (10) 7,173 39–23 W3
63 June 9 Nationals 7–9 (11) Hand (3–2) Castillo (2–3) Rainey (1) 7,616 39–24 L1
64 June 11 Orioles 4–2 Yarbrough (4–3) Akin (0–1) Fairbanks (2) 6,211 40–24 W1
65 June 12 Orioles 5–4 McHugh (1–1) López (2–7) Castillo (11) 9,225 41–24 W2
66 June 13 Orioles 7–1 Fleming (6–4) Zimmermann (4–4) — 9,101 42–24 W3
67 June 14 @ White Sox 5–2 Feyereisen (3–2) Lynn (7–2) Fairbanks (3) 18,024 43–24 W4
68 June 15 @ White Sox 0–3 Keuchel (6–1) McClanahan (2–2) Hendriks (18) 19,259 43–25 L1
69 June 16 @ White Sox 7–8 (10) Burr (1–0) Fairbanks (1–1) — 20,098 43–26 L2
70 June 17 @ Mariners 5–6 Santiago (1–1) Fairbanks (1–2) — 9,092 43–27 L3
71 June 18 @ Mariners 1–5 Kikuchi (4–3) Wacha (1–2) — 12,654 43–28 L4
72 June 19 @ Mariners 5–6 (10) Montero (4–2) Feyereisen (3–3) — 14,772 43–29 L5
73 June 20 @ Mariners 2–6 (10) Montero (5–2) Castillo (2–4) — 18,172 43–30 L6
74 June 22 Red Sox 5–9 (11) Hernández (2–2) Fairbanks (1–3) — 12,994 43–31 L7
75 June 23 Red Sox 8–2 Hill (6–2) Richards (4–5) — 9,088 44–31 W1
76 June 24 Red Sox 1–0 Feyereisen (4–3) Barnes (3–2) — 10,961 45–31 W2
77 June 25 Angels 4–3 McHugh (2–1) Suárez (2–1) Castillo (12) 7,909 46–31 W3
78 June 26 Angels 13–3 McClanahan (3–2) Cobb (5–3) — 16,699 47–31 W4
79 June 27 Angels 4–6 Watson (3–3) Wisler (1–3) Iglesias (13) 12,764 47–32 L1
80 June 29 @ Nationals 3–4 Ross (5–7) Hill (6–3) Hand (18) 17,117 47–33 L2
81 June 30 @ Nationals 6–15 Lester (2–3) Sherriff (0–1) — 15,552 47–34 L3
July: 16–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 6–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
82 July 2 @ Blue Jays 1–11 Manoah (2–0) Patiño (1–2) — 10,011 47–35 L4
83 July 3 @ Blue Jays 3–6 Cimber (2–2) McClanahan (3–3) — 9,189 47–36 L5
84 July 4 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Yarbrough (5–3) Ray (6–4) — 7,537 48–36 W1
85 July 5 Indians 9–8 Fairbanks (2–3) Clase (3–4) — 8,832 49–36 W2
— July 6 Indians Postponed (Tropical Storm Elsa) make-up date July 7
86 July 7 (1) Indians 8–1 (7) Wacha (2–2) Mejía (1–4) — N/A 50–36 W3
87 July 7 (2) Indians 4–0 (7) Fleming (7–4) Hentges (1–4) — 10,905 51–36 W4
88 July 9 Blue Jays 7–1 Kittredge (6–1) Manoah (2–1) — 8,551 52–36 W5
89 July 10 Blue Jays 5–2 Yarbrough (6–3) Stripling (3–5) Castillo (13) 9,954 53–36 W6
90 July 11 Blue Jays 1–3 Ray (7–4) Hill (6–4) Romano (7) 11,233 53–37 L1
91st All-Star Game in Denver
91 July 16 @ Braves 7–6 (10) Wisler (2–3) Chavez (0–2) Fairbanks (4) 40,485 54–37 W1
92 July 17 @ Braves 0–9 Fried (7–5) Fleming (7–5) — 40,868 54–38 L1
93 July 18 @ Braves 7–5 Springs (5–1) Minter (1–4) Fairbanks (5) 34,544 55–38 W1
94 July 19 Orioles 1–6 Watkins (2–0) Yarbrough (6–4) — 9,922 55–39 L1
95 July 20 Orioles 9–3 McClanahan (4–3) Means (4–3) — 10,399 56–39 W1
96 July 21 Orioles 5–4 McHugh (3–1) Scott (3–4) — 8,968 57–39 W2
97 July 22 @ Indians 5–4 (10) Fairbanks (3–3) Shaw (3–4) Castillo (14) 19,338 58–39 W3
98 July 23 @ Indians 10–5 Wisler (3–3) Wittgren (2–3) — 23,180 59–39 W4
99 July 24 @ Indians 8–2 Head (1–0) Mejía (1–6) — 23,324 60–39 W5
100 July 25 @ Indians 2–3 Karinchak (7–2) Wisler (3–4) Clase (12) 18,614 60–40 L1
101 July 27 Yankees 3–4 Montgomery (4–5) McClanahan (4–4) Chapman (19) 12,678 60–41 L2
102 July 28 Yankees 1–3 (10) Green (4–5) Fairbanks (3–4) Chapman (20) 11,525 60–42 L3
103 July 29 Yankees 14–0 Patiño (2–2) Cole (10–6) — 14,134 61–42 W1
104 July 30 Red Sox 7–3 Fleming (8–5) Pérez (7–7) — 11,109 62–42 W2
105 July 31 Red Sox 9–5 Kittredge (7–1) Eovaldi (9–6) — 20,521 63–42 W3
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
106 August 1 Red Sox 3–2 McClanahan (5–4) Pivetta (8–5) Wisler (1) 17,816 64–42 W4
107 August 2 Mariners 2–8 Flexen (10–5) Wacha (2–3) — 5,855 64–43 L1
108 August 3 Mariners 2–4 Kikuchi (7–6) Patiño (2–3) Castillo (15) 10,071 64–44 L2
109 August 4 Mariners 4–3 Fleming (9–5) Gilbert (5–3) Sherriff (1) 9,701 65–44 W1
110 August 6 @ Orioles 10–6 Rasmussen (1–1) Fry (4–4) — 11,320 66–44 W2
111 August 7 @ Orioles
112 August 8 @ Orioles
113 August 10 @ Red Sox
114 August 11 @ Red Sox
115 August 12 @ Red Sox
116 August 13 @ Twins
117 August 14 @ Twins
118 August 15 @ Twins
119 August 16 Orioles
120 August 17 Orioles
121 August 18 Orioles
122 August 19 Orioles
123 August 20 White Sox
124 August 21 White Sox
125 August 22 White Sox
126 August 24 @ Phillies
127 August 25 @ Phillies
128 August 27 @ Orioles
129 August 28 @ Orioles
130 August 29 @ Orioles
131 August 30 Red Sox
132 August 31 Red Sox
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
133 September 1 Red Sox
134 September 2 Red Sox
135 September 3 Twins
136 September 4 Twins
137 September 5 Twins
138 September 6 @ Red Sox
139 September 7 @ Red Sox
140 September 8 @ Red Sox
141 September 10 @ Tigers
142 September 11 @ Tigers
143 September 12 @ Tigers
144 September 13 @ Blue Jays
145 September 14 @ Blue Jays
146 September 15 @ Blue Jays
147 September 16 Tigers
148 September 17 Tigers
149 September 18 Tigers
150 September 19 Tigers
151 September 20 Blue Jays
152 September 21 Blue Jays
153 September 22 Blue Jays
154 September 24 Marlins
155 September 25 Marlins
156 September 26 Marlins
157 September 28 @ Astros
158 September 29 @ Astros
159 September 30 @ Astros
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
160 October 1 @ Yankees
161 October 2 @ Yankees
162 October 3 @ Yankees

Current roster

Tampa Bay Rays 2025 spring training roster
40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other

Pitchers


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders







Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list

Restricted list

40 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
 * Not on active roster
 † Suspended list
 Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated October 1, 2024
 Transactions • Depth chart
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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. ^ "Rays Announce 2021 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). St. Petersburg, Florida: Major League Baseball. July 9, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Blue Jays to play third homestand in Dunedin". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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