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The 2026 Tampa Bay Rays season is the 29th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise, as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division. It is the Rays' first season under the ownership of Patrick Zalupski.[1]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkTropicana Field
Record82–54 (.603)
OwnerPatrick Zalupski
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2026 Tampa Bay Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record82–54 (.603)
OwnerPatrick Zalupski
President of baseball operationsErik Neander
ManagerKevin Cash
TelevisionMLB Local Media
RadioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
WGES (Spanish)
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On August 24, the Rays won their 78th game, guaranteeing a better total than their 77–85 record from last year following a 4–1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. They will look to make the playoffs after a two-year absence and end their four-year AL East title drought.

The Rays returned to Tropicana Field in 2026 after spending one year away in 2025 at George M. Steinbrenner Field due to storm damage to Tropicana Field caused by Hurricane Milton.[2]

On August 28th, Hillsborough County approved funding for the proposed new stadium in Tampa, which is set to open in time for the 2029 season.[3][4][5]

Season standings

American League East

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 8254 .603 — 46‍–‍23 36‍–‍31
New York Yankees 7859 .569 4½ 37‍–‍31 41‍–‍28
Boston Red Sox 7463 .540 8½ 34‍–‍32 40‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles 6869 .496 14½ 34‍–‍34 34‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays 6870 .493 15 37‍–‍35 31‍–‍35
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American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 8254 .603
Chicago White Sox 7264 .529
Houston Astros 6968 .504
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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 7859 .569 +9
Boston Red Sox 7463 .540 +5
Cleveland Guardians 6968 .504 —
Baltimore Orioles 6869 .496 1
Toronto Blue Jays 6870 .493 1½
Texas Rangers 6770 .489 2
Minnesota Twins 6572 .474 4
Seattle Mariners 6473 .467 5
Detroit Tigers 6373 .463 5½
Kansas City Royals 6276 .449 7½
Athletics 5384 .387 16
Los Angeles Angels 5285 .380 17
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Season summary

Transactions

March

  • March 25: Placed RHP Steven Wilson on the 60-day IL. Placed RHP Edwin Uceta on the 15-day IL. Selected contract of LHP Cam Booser from Durham Bulls. Optioned Booser to Durham Bulls.[6]
  • March 26: Signed free agents SS Jeison Araujo and RHP Roberto Mendoza to minor league contracts.[6]
  • March 27: Signed free agents RHP Angel Perez and SS Erison Rojas to minor league contracts.[6]

June

August

Game log

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Regular season

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2026 Game Log: 82–54 (Home: 46–23; Away: 36–31)
March/April: 18–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–8)
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1March 26@ Cardinals7–9O'Brien (1–0)Cleavinger (0–1)Stanek (1)Busch Stadium45,0370–1L1
2March 28@ Cardinals5–6 (10)Stanek (1–0)Jax (0–1)—Busch Stadium25,9510–2L2
3March 29@ Cardinals11–7Matz (1–0)May (0–1)—Busch Stadium27,6531–2W1
4March 30@ Brewers3–2Cleavinger (1–0)Megill (0–1)Kelly (1)American Family Field20,0222–2W2
5March 31@ Brewers2–6Woodruff (1–0)McClanahan (0–1)—American Family Field20,0102–3L1
6April 1@ Brewers2–8Ashby (2–0)Jax (0–2)—American Family Field21,9492–4L2
7April 3@ Twins4–10Funderburk (1–1)Kelly (0–1)—Target Field36,0422–5L3
8April 4@ Twins7–1Matz (2–0)Abel (0–2)—Target Field15,2563–5W1
9April 5@ Twins4–1 (10)Baker (1–0)Topa (0–1)Kelly (2)Target Field13,0694–5W2
10April 6Cubs6–4Kelly (1–1)Taillon (0–1)Baker (1)Tropicana Field25,1145–5W3
11April 7Cubs2–9Assad (1–0)Englert (0–1)—Tropicana Field21,3775–6L1
12April 8Cubs2–6Rea (1–0)Boyle (0–1)—Tropicana Field20,4835–7L2
13April 10Yankees5–3Matz (3–0)Gil (0–1)Baker (2)Tropicana Field20,5116–7W1
14April 11Yankees5–4 (10)Sulser (1–0)Bednar (0–2)—Tropicana Field21,6207–7W2
15April 12Yankees5–4Rasmussen (1–0)Schlittler (2–1)Englert (1)Tropicana Field20,7968–7W3
16April 14@ White Sox8–5McClanahan (1–1)Schultz (0–1)Baker (3)Rate Field14,6489–7W4
17April 15@ White Sox8–3Scholtens (1–0)Burke (0–2)—Rate Field10,19310–7W5
18April 16@ White Sox5–3Kelly (2–1)Domínguez (1–2)Baker (4)Rate Field10,12811–7W6
19April 17@ Pirates1–5Chandler (1–1)Martinez (0–1)—PNC Park24,19811–8L1
20April 18@ Pirates8–7 (13)Jax (1–2)Ramírez (2–1)Gómez (1)PNC Park37,77312–8W1
21April 19@ Pirates3–6Keller (2–1)McClanahan (1–2)—PNC Park13,43912–9L1
22April 20Reds1–6Lowder (3–1)Scholtens (1–1)—Tropicana Field15,96212–10L2
23April 21Reds6–12Burns (2–1)Matz (3–1)—Tropicana Field14,74912–11L3
24April 22Reds6–1Martinez (1–1)Williamson (2–2)—Tropicana Field15,54613–11W1
25April 24Twins6–2Rasmussen (2–0)Bradley (3–1)Baker (5)Tropicana Field14,47614–11W2
26April 25Twins6–1McClanahan (2–2)Ober (2–1)―Tropicana Field17,01415–11W3
27April 26Twins4–2Scholtens (2–1)Woods Richardson (0–4)Baker (6)Tropicana Field17,61816–11W4
28April 27@ Guardians3–2Matz (4–1)Gaddis (0–1)Baker (7)Progressive Field18,02917–11W5
29April 28@ Guardians1–0Martinez (2–1)Bibee (0–4)Sulser (1)Progressive Field16,21318–11W6
30April 29@ Guardians1–3Williams (5–1)Rasmussen (2–1)Smith (7)Progressive Field14,19618–12L1
May: 18–8 (Home: 13–2; Away: 5–6)
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31May 1Giants3–0McClanahan (3–2)Ray (2–4)Baker (8)Tropicana Field13,33019–12W1
32May 2Giants5–1Scholtens (3–1)Roupp (5–2—Tropicana Field21,97320–12W2
33May 3Giants2–1 (10)Seymour (1–0)Kilian (1–1)—Tropicana Field20,10821–12W3
34May 4Blue Jays5–1Martinez (3–1)Lauer (1–4)Baker (9)Tropicana Field11,26322–12W4
35May 5Blue Jays4–3Legumina (1–1)Rogers (1–2)Sulser (2)Tropicana Field11,21723–12W5
36May 6Blue Jays3–0McClanahan (4–2)Corbin (1–1)Seymour (1)Tropicana Field11,27524–12W6
37May 7@ Red Sox8–4Bigge (1–0)Bennett (0–1)—Fenway Park33,96125–12W7
38May 8@ Red Sox0–2Early (3–2)Scholtens (3–2)Chapman (8)Fenway Park35,05225–13L1
―May 9@ Red SoxPostponed due to rain. Makeup date July 17.[11]
39May 10@ Red Sox4–1Martinez (4–1)Tolle (1–2)Baker (10)Fenway Park33,48926–13W1
40May 11@ Blue Jays8–5Rasmussen (3–1)Gausman (2–3)Baker (11)Rogers Centre39,33627–13W2
41May 12@ Blue Jays7–6 (10)Seymour (2–0)Fisher (2–1)Cleavinger (1)Rogers Centre41,26528–13W3
42May 13@ Blue Jays3–5 (10)Hoffman (2–2)Brooks (0–1)—Rogers Centre40,11928–14L1
43May 15Marlins7–2Scholtens (4–2)Junk (2–4)—Tropicana Field14,91929–14W1
44May 16Marlins5–10 (10)Fairbanks (1–2)Bigge (1–1)—Tropicana Field19,67329–15L1
45May 17Marlins6–3Rasmussen (4–1)Pérez (2–6)Baker (12)Tropicana Field16,78830–15W1
46May 18Orioles16–6McClanahan (5–2)Rogers (2–5)—Tropicana Field13,63331–15W2
47May 19Orioles4–1Kelly (3–1)Bradish (2–6)Baker (13)Tropicana Field13,95632–15W3
48May 20Orioles5–3Scholtens (5–2)Nunez (2–1)Seymour (2)Tropicana Field11,84633–15W4
49May 22@ Yankees4–2Seymour (3–0)Hill (0–2)Baker (14)Yankee Stadium41,35834–15W5
―May 23@ YankeesPostponed due to rain. Makeup date September 22.[12]
50May 24@ Yankees0–2Hill (1–2)Kelly (3–2)—Yankee Stadium41,39634–16L1
51May 25@ Orioles7–9 (13)Enns (3–0)Scholtens (5–3)—Camden Yards22,38834–17L2
52May 26@ Orioles1–6Baz (2–5)Jax (1–3)—Camden Yards11,87834–18L3
53May 27@ Orioles2–11Gibson (1–0)Matz (4–2)—Camden Yards16,31734–19L4
54May 29Angels8–5Martinez (5–1)Zeferjahn (2–3)Baker (15)Tropicana Field18,70635–19W1
55May 30Angels3–14Detmers (2–5)Rasmussen (4–2)—Tropicana Field22,48035–20L1
56May 31Angels5–2McClanahan (6–2)Kochanowicz (2–4)Baker (16)Tropicana Field16,58936–20W1
June: 13–13 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–7)
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57June 1Tigers9–10Holton (1–4)Jax (1–4)Vest (1)Tropicana Field13,69536–21L1
58June 2Tigers0–8Flaherty (1–7)Matz (4–3)De Jesus (1)Tropicana Field14,01036–22L2
59June 3Tigers2–7Melton (2–0)Martinez (5–2)—Tropicana Field12,58536–23L3
60June 5@ Marlins6–0Rasmussen (5–2)Gusto (0–1)—LoanDepot Park10,31237–23W1
61June 6@ Marlins3–4King (3–1)McClanahan (6–3)Zuber (1)LoanDepot Park12,44337–24L1
62June 7@ Marlins1–4Alcántara (5–4)Cleavinger (1–2)Bender (2)LoanDepot Park14,52537–25L2
63June 8Red Sox3–1Legumina (2–1)Early (5–4)Baker (17)Tropicana Field14,57938–25W1
64June 9Red Sox4–3Martinez (6–2)Tolle (3–3)Baker (18)Tropicana Field15,50339–25W2
65June 10Red Sox7–5Rasmussen (6–2)Bennett (1–2)Cleavinger (2)Tropicana Field16,50440–25W3
66June 12@ Angels3–4Aldegheri (2–1)McClanahan (6–4)Zeferjahn (2)Angel Stadium37,02340–26L1
67June 13@ Angels0–8Soriano (8–4)Jax (1–5)—Angel Stadium34,03040–27L2
68June 14@ Angels8–3Kelly (4–2)Bachman (1–1)—Angel Stadium34,04841–27W1
69June 15@ Dodgers3–4Hurt (2–1)Matz (4–4)Scott (8)Dodger Stadium53,91141–28L1
70June 16@ Dodgers0–1Wrobleski (8–2)Rasmussen (6–3)Scott (9)Dodger Stadium49,07041–29L2
71June 17@ Dodgers4–5Ohtani (7–2)Kelly (4–3)Vesia (3)Dodger Stadium50,70541–30L3
72June 19Nationals5–2Jax (2–5)Mikolas (2–6)Baker (19)Tropicana Field17,13442–30W1
73June 20Nationals3–4Parker (3–3)Seymour (3–1)Beeter (5)Tropicana Field20,99642–31L1
74June 21Nationals4–3Cleavinger (2–2)Ribalta (0–1)Kelly (3)Tropicana Field21,05443–31W1
75June 22Royals1–2Wacha (5–5)Rasmussen (6–4)Lange (6)Tropicana Field11,29843–32L1
76June 23Royals5–12Avila (3–3)McClanahan (6–5)—Tropicana Field11,17143–33L2
77June 24Royals5–3Jax (3–5)Cameron (4–5)Baker (20)Tropicana Field11,85744–33W1
78June 25Royals13–2Seymour (4–1)Lugo (3–5)—Tropicana Field14,27645–33W2
79June 26Diamondbacks6–1Martinez (7–2)Gallen (3–7)—Tropicana Field12,97246–33W3
80June 27Diamondbacks4–2Grove (1–0)Cabrera (0–1)Baker (21)Tropicana Field17,56247–33W4
81June 28Diamondbacks5–1Rasmussen (7–4)Kelly (5–8)—Tropicana Field17,19548–33W5
82June 30@ Royals10–4Jax (4–5)Cameron (4–6)—Kauffman Stadium15,01449–33W6
July: 15–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–7)
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83July 1@ Royals4–0McClanahan (7–5)Lugo (3–6)Kelly (4)Kauffman Stadium13,79850–33W7
84July 2@ Royals5–2Seymour (5–1)Kolek (4–3)Baker (22)Kauffman Stadium16,81451–33W8
85July 3@ Astros3–1Kelly (5–3)Okert (1–1)Baker (23)Daikin Park36,03952–33W9
86July 4@ Astros8–10Hader (3–0)Legumina (2–2)—Daikin Park37,45752–34L1
87July 5@ Astros0–2Lambert (7–5)Englert (0–2)Hader (9)Daikin Park29,00352–35L2
88July 6Yankees1–5Schlittler (9–5)Jax (4–6)—Tropicana Field18,12952–36L3
89July 7Yankees6–4Seymour (6–1)Warren (7–4)Baker (24)Tropicana Field18,11553–36W1
90July 8Yankees3–0McClanahan (8–5)Cole (3–4)Baker (25)Tropicana Field19,37354–36W2
91July 9Yankees4–12Yarbrough (1–0)Rasmussen (7–5)—Tropicana Field18,25554–37L1
92July 10Mariners7–2Martinez (8–2)Castillo (3–8)—Tropicana Field15,56855–37W1
93July 11Mariners6–1Jax (5–6)Gilbert (7–6)—Tropicana Field22,59756–37W2
94July 12Mariners2–8Ferrer (2–1)Seymour (6–2)—Tropicana Field24,29756–38L1
–July 1496th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA
95July 17 (1)@ Red Sox0–10Bennett (5–3)Jax (5–7)Gamboa (1)Fenway Park36,77456–39L2
96July 17 (2)@ Red Sox3–5Weissert (2–2)Englert (0–3)Chapman (20)Fenway Park34,25556–40L3
97July 18@ Red Sox6–7Watson (1–0)Cleavinger (2–3)Chapman (21)Fenway Park33,07756–41L4
98July 19@ Red Sox1–6Gray (12–1)McClanahan (8–6)—Fenway Park32,95056–42L5
99July 20@ Blue Jays7–1Martinez (9–2)Cease (6–5)—Rogers Centre40,83757–42W1
100July 21@ Blue Jays12–2Rasmussen (8–5)Gausman (4–9)—Rogers Centre42,88158–42W2
101July 22@ Blue Jays4–2Jax (6–7)Hoffman (5–7)Baker (26)Rogers Centre42,84159–42W3
102July 23@ Blue Jays1–3Bieber (2–1)Seymour (6–3)Varland (21)Rogers Centre43,22559–43L1
103July 24Guardians11–3McClanahan (9–6)Cantillo (8–6)Roycroft (1)Tropicana Field19,09960–43W1
104July 25Guardians3–0Martinez (10–2)Bibee (4–10)Baker (27)Tropicana Field24,10061–43W2
105July 26Guardians1–0Rasmussen (9–5)Messick (8–6)Baker (28)Tropicana Field20,56262–43W3
106July 28Rangers1–4Quantrill (4–3)Jax (6–8)Latz (21)Tropicana Field14,50262–44L1
107July 29Rangers3–0Seymour (7–3)Gore (6–9)Baker (29)Tropicana Field14,20063–44W1
108July 30Rangers3–2Cleavinger (3–3)Peoples (0–1)Baker (30)Tropicana Field15,32264–44W2
109July 31White Sox1–6Fedde (6–6)Martinez (10–3)—Tropicana Field20,66164–45L1
August: 18–9 (Home: 6–6; Away: 12–3)
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110August 1White Sox1–0Rasmussen (10–5)Schultz (3–8)Baker (31)Tropicana Field23,30965–45W1
111August 2White Sox1–9Kay (8–5)Jax (6–9)—Tropicana Field23,55965–46L1
112August 3@ Rockies13–9Seymour (8–3)Lorenzen (3–10)—Coors Field19,59866–46W1
113August 4@ Rockies9–7 (11)Cleavinger (4–3)Frasso (0–1)Baker (32)Coors Field23,07167–46W2
114August 5@ Rockies4–0Martinez (11–3)Sugano (11–5)—Coors Field21,10068–46W3
115August 7@ Mariners2–1Rasmussen (11–5)Gilbert (8–7)Baker (33)T-Mobile Park39,46869–46W4
116August 8@ Mariners3–2Matz (5–4)Rucker (0–3)Baker (34)T-Mobile Park41,35170–46W5
117August 9@ Mariners4–1Seymour (9–3)Hancock (6–7)Matz (1)T-Mobile Park35,83971–46W6
118August 10@ Athletics10–6Roycroft (1–0)Suárez (1–4)—Sutter Health Park7,42772–46W7
119August 11@ Athletics12–4Martinez (12–3)Barnett (1–3)—Sutter Health Park8,15473–46W8
120August 12@ Athletics8–4Rasmussen (12–5)Perkins (2–9)—Sutter Health Park8,28774–46W9
121August 14Orioles5–7Walker (1–0)Cleavinger (4–4)Sanders (2)Tropicana Field18,34374–47L1
122August 15Orioles3–4 (10)Kittredge (2–3)Baker (1–1)Sanders (3)Tropicana Field28,05574–48L2
123August 16Orioles2–10Rogers (8–8)Peralta (5–10)—Tropicana Field18,59874–49L3
124August 17Orioles7–6Booser (1–0)Canó (2–3)Baker (35)Tropicana Field10,15975–49W1
125August 18Blue Jays5–10Soriano (10–6)Martinez (12–4)—Tropicana Field12,38775–50L1
126August 19Blue Jays7–6Rasmussen (13–5)Scherzer (1–6)Baker (36)Tropicana Field13,01576–50W1
127August 20Blue Jays1–5Bieber (5–2)Seymour (9–4)—Tropicana Field12,85776–51L1
128August 21@ Orioles3–5Rogers (9–8)Peralta (5–11)Garcia (6)Camden Yards25,96376–52L2
129August 22@ Orioles2–3 (10)Garcia (5–1)Baker (1–2)—Camden Yards27,15876–53L3
130August 23@ Orioles3–1Martinez (13–4)Baz (4–14)Baker (37)Camden Yards27,74577–53W1
131August 24@ Tigers4–1Rasmussen (14–5)Valdez (8–9)Baker (38)Comerica Park23,26578–53W2
132August 25@ Tigers1–4Sommers (1–3)Seymour (9–5)Jansen (17)Comerica Park26,60578–54L1
133August 26@ Tigers3–0Peralta (6–11)Melton (7–3)Wells (5)Comerica Park21,48279–54W1
134August 28Padres9–4McClanahan (10–6)Mize (5–8)—Tropicana Field16,47080–54W2
135August 29Padres7–6Kelly (6–3)Rodríguez (3–3)Baker (39)Tropicana Field25,62181–54W3
136August 30Padres5–4 (11)Wells (3–2)Morgan (2–1)—Tropicana Field19,57682–54W4
137August 31Mets–—Tropicana Field–
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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138September 1Mets–—Tropicana Field–
139September 2Mets–—Tropicana Field–
140September 3@ Rangers–—Globe Life Field–
141September 4@ Rangers–—Globe Life Field–
142September 5@ Rangers–—Globe Life Field–
143September 6@ Rangers–—Globe Life Field–
144September 8@ Braves–—Truist Park–
145September 9@ Braves–—Truist Park–
146September 10@ Braves–—Truist Park–
147September 11Astros–—Tropicana Field–
148September 12Astros–—Tropicana Field–
149September 13Astros–—Tropicana Field–
150September 15Athletics–—Tropicana Field–
151September 16Athletics–—Tropicana Field–
152September 17Athletics–—Tropicana Field–
153September 18Red Sox–—Tropicana Field–
154September 19Red Sox–—Tropicana Field–
155September 20Red Sox–—Tropicana Field–
156September 22 (1)@ Yankees–—Yankee Stadium–
157September 22 (2)@ Yankees–—Yankee Stadium–
158September 23@ Yankees–—Yankee Stadium–
159September 24@ Yankees–—Yankee Stadium–
160September 25@ Phillies–—Citizens Bank Park–
161September 26@ Phillies–—Citizens Bank Park–
162September 27@ Phillies–—Citizens Bank Park–
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