2015 Tampa Bay Rays season

2015 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1998);
	Eastern Division (since 1998);
Location
	Tropicana Field (since 1998); St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998);
Results
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Stuart Sternberg
General manager(s)	Matthew Silverman
Manager(s)	Kevin Cash
Local television	Sun Sports; (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English); (Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas); WGES (Spanish); (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2015 season was the Rays' 18th season of Major League Baseball and the eighth as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field)

Offseason

All-Star pitcher Chris Archer.

November 3: Designated Vince Belnome and Jerry Sands for assignment.

November 4: Signed Eduar Quinonez to a minor league contract.

November 5: Traded Cesar Ramos to the Los Angeles Angels for Mark Sappington.

November 14: Traded Jeremy Hellickson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Andrew Velazquez and Justin Williams.

November 20: Traded Adam Liberatore and Joel Peralta to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Harris and Jose Dominguez, promoted 5 players from the minors, invited 2 players to Spring training, and designated Michael Kohn for assignment.

November 24: Released Jose Molina and Cole Figueroa.

November 25: Signed Marlon Constante to a minor league contract.

November 26: Signed Ernesto Frieri and Thomas Lebron (minor league contract).

December 1: Traded Sean Rodriguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Buddy Borden and cash.

December 2: Signed Ender Gonzalez to a minor league contract.

December 12: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to Spring training.

December 16: Traded Matt Joyce to the Angels for Kevin Jepsen.

December 17: Signed Jhan Mariñez to a minor league contract.

December 19: Traded Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan, and Jose Castillo to the San Diego Padres for René Rivera, Burch Smith, and Jake Bauers. Also received Steven Souza and Travis Ott from the Washington Nationals.

December 23: Sent Brandon Gomes to the minors.

January 3: Signed Joey Butler and Juan Francisco to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

January 5: Signed Mayo Acosta to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 10: Signed Asdrúbal Cabrera and traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics for Boog Powell, Daniel Robertson, John Jaso, and cash.

January 16: Signed Everett Teaford to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 21: Signed Robert Zarate to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

January 23: Received Mike Marjama from the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later.

February 2: Invited 7 players to Spring training and signed 2 of them to a minor league contract.

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574	—	53–28	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	6	45–36	42–39
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	12	47–31	34–50
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	13	42–42	38–40
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	15	43–38	35–46

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL 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	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Regular season summary

Game log

2015 Game Log (80–82)[1]

April: 12–10 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–4)

May: 14–15 (Home: 7–8 ; Away: 7–7)

June: 16–12 (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 9–3)

July: 9–16 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 3–11)

August: 14–13 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 8–8)

September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Orioles	11–2	Smyly (2–2)	Tillman (9–10)	—	22,987	66–66
133	September 2	@ Orioles	6–7 (11)	Brach (5–2)	Andriese (3–5)	—	15,963	66–67
134	September 4	@ Yankees	2–5	Severino (3–2)	Odorizzi (6–8)	Miller (30)	32,530	66–68
135	September 5	@ Yankees	3–2	Cedeño (4–1)	Eovaldi (13–4)	Boxberger (34)	35,030	67–68
136	September 6	@ Yankees	4–6	Nova (6–7)	Archer (12–11)	Miller (31)	35,299	67–69
137	September 7	@ Tigers	4–5	Alburquerque (4–1)	Gomes (2–5)	Rondón (4)	27,958	67–70
138	September 8	@ Tigers	7–8 (13)	Ryan (2–3)	Bellatti (2–1)	—	26,526	67–71
139	September 9	@ Tigers	8–0	Odorizzi (7–8)	Lobstein (3–7)	—	25,932	68–71
140	September 11	Red Sox	8–4	Bellatti (3–1)	Tazawa (2–7)	—	14,796	69–71
141	September 12	Red Sox	4–10	Porcello (8–12)	Moore (1–4)	—	20,698	69–72
142	September 13	Red Sox	0–2	Hembree (1–0)	Romero (0–1)	Ross (2)	15,402	69–73
143	September 14	Yankees	1–4	Cotham (1–0)	Boxberger (4–10)	Miller (33)	11,940	69–74
144	September 15	Yankees	6–3	Odorizzi (8–8)	Rumbelow (1–1)	Gomes (1)	13,539	70–74
145	September 16	Yankees	1–3	Severino (4–3)	Archer (12–12)	Miller (34)	13,299	70–75
146	September 17	Orioles	3–4	Roe (4–2)	Colomé (6–5)	O'Day (3)	9,617	70–76
147	September 18	Orioles	8–6	Smyly (3–2)	Wilson (2–2)	Boxberger (35)	10,967	71–76
148	September 19	Orioles	1–2	Chen (10–7)	Ramírez (10–6)	Britton (34)	17,053	71–77
149	September 20	Orioles	7–6	Yates (1–0)	Britton (4–1)	—	17,801	72–77
150	September 21	@ Red Sox	7–8	Machi (2–0)	Gomes (2–6)	Ross (5)	33,673	72–78
151	September 22	@ Red Sox	5–2	Moore (2–4)	Koehler (3–3)	Boxberger (36)	33,673	73–78
152	September 23	@ Red Sox	6–2	Smyly (4–2)	Porcello (8–14)	Boxberger (37)	32,753	74–78
153	September 24	@ Red Sox	4–2	Ramírez (11–6)	Miley (11–11)	Boxberger (38)	34,916	75–78
154	September 25	@ Blue Jays	3–5	Dickey (11–11)	Odorizzi (8–9)	Osuna (18)	47,696	75–79
155	September 26	@ Blue Jays	8–10	Price (18–5)	Archer (12–13)	Osuna (19)	47,094	75–80
156	September 27	@ Blue Jays	4–5	Cecil (4–5)	Geltz (2–6)	—	47,287	75–81
157	September 29	Marlins	4–2	Colomé (7–5)	Morris (5–4)	Boxberger (39)	9,150	76–81
158	September 30	Marlins	6–4	Smyly (5–2)	Cosart (2–5)	Boxberger (40)	9,431	77–81

October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Rays team member

^a Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.[2]

Roster

2015 Tampa Bay Rays

Roster

Pitchers

35 Matt Andriese

22 Chris Archer

50 Grant Balfour

56 Ronald Belisario

38 Jeff Beliveau

59 Andrew Bellatti

26 Brad Boxberger

31 Xavier Cedeño

37 Álex Colomé

52 José Dominguez

43 Ernesto Frieri

54 Steve Geltz

47 Brandon Gomes

58 Preston Guilmet

40 Kevin Jepsen

51 Nate Karns

57 Jake McGee

55 Matt Moore

23 Jake Odorizzi

30 Erasmo Ramírez

34 C. J. Riefenhauser

45 Enny Romero

33 Drew Smyly

50,59 Everett Teaford

49 Kirby Yates

Catchers

40 J. P. Arencibia

19 Curt Casali

46 Luke Maile

44 René Rivera

46 Bobby Wilson

Infielders

1 Tim Beckham

29 Ryan Brett

13 Asdrúbal Cabrera

31 Allan Dykstra

10 Jake Elmore

11 Logan Forsythe

2 Nick Franklin

36 Marc Krauss

21 James Loney

3 Evan Longoria

36 Richie Shaffer

Outfielders

9 Joey Butler

7 David DeJesus

5 Brandon Guyer

28 John Jaso

8 Desmond Jennings

39 Kevin Kiermaier

27 Mikie Mahtook

7 Daniel Nava

24 Grady Sizemore

20 Steven Souza

Manager

16 Kevin Cash

Coaches

15 Rocco Baldelli (first base)

41 Stan Boroski (bullpen)

77 Scott Cursi (bullpen catcher)

6 Tom Foley (bench)

48 Jim Hickey (pitching)

25 Charlie Montoyo (third base)

4 Jamie Nelson (assistant hitting)

17 Derek Shelton (hitting)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Matt Andriese, P	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Archer, P	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
J. P. Arencibia, C	24	71	9	22	3	0	6	17	1	22	.310	0
Tim Beckham, 2B,SS	82	203	24	45	7	4	9	37	13	69	.222	3
Ronald Belisario, P	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Brett, 2B	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.667	0
Joey Butler, DH,LF	88	257	30	71	12	0	8	30	16	82	.276	5
Asdrúbal Cabrera, SS	143	505	66	134	28	5	15	58	36	107	.265	6
Curt Casali, C	38	101	13	24	6	0	10	18	8	34	.238	0
David DeJesus, LF,DH	82	232	24	60	8	2	5	26	19	39	.259	3
Allan Dykstra, 1B	13	31	3	4	0	0	1	4	6	12	.129	0
Jake Elmore, 1B	51	141	10	29	5	0	2	16	12	25	.206	1
Logan Forsythe, 2B	153	540	69	152	33	2	17	68	55	111	.281	9
Nick Franklin, 1B,2B,SS	44	101	11	16	4	1	3	7	7	37	.158	1
Brandon Guyer, LF	128	332	51	88	21	2	8	28	25	61	.265	10
John Jaso, DH,LF	70	185	23	53	17	0	5	22	28	39	.286	1
Desmond Jennings, OF	28	97	9	26	2	1	1	7	8	17	.268	5
Nate Karns, P	27	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	.250	0
Kevin Kiermaier, CF	151	505	62	133	25	12	10	40	24	95	.263	18
Marc Krauss, 1B	4	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	.100	0
James Loney, 1B	104	361	25	101	16	0	4	32	23	34	.280	2
Evan Longoria, 3B	160	604	74	163	35	1	21	73	51	132	.270	3
Mikie Mahtook, OF	41	105	22	31	5	1	9	19	6	31	.295	4
Luke Maile, C	15	35	2	6	3	0	0	2	0	8	.171	0
Matt Moore, P	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Daniel Nava, RF	31	73	7	17	2	0	1	3	12	19	.233	1
Jake Odorizzi, P	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Erasmo Ramírez, P	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
René Rivera, C	110	298	16	53	14	0	5	26	11	86	.178	0
Richie Shaffer, 1B,DH,3B	31	74	11	14	3	0	4	6	10	32	.189	0
Grady Sizemore, OF	58	175	20	45	12	0	6	27	14	37	.257	3
Steven Souza, RF	110	373	59	84	15	1	16	40	46	144	.225	12
Bobby Wilson, C	25	55	3	8	0	0	0	4	4	20	.145	0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Matt Andriese	3	5	4.11	25	8	2	65.2	69	32	30	8	18	49
Chris Archer	12	13	3.23	34	34	0	212.0	175	85	76	19	66	252
Grant Balfour	0	0	6.23	6	0	0	4.1	3	3	3	1	4	0
Ronald Belisario	0	0	7.88	6	0	0	8.0	8	7	7	0	4	6
Jeff Beliveau	0	0	13.50	5	0	0	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	2
Andrew Bellatti	3	1	2.31	17	0	0	23.1	16	7	6	4	10	18
Brad Boxberger	4	10	3.71	69	0	41	63.0	54	29	26	9	32	74
Xavier Cedeño	4	1	2.09	61	0	1	43.0	37	11	10	3	12	43
Álex Colomé	8	5	3.94	43	13	0	109.2	112	50	48	9	31	88
José Dominguez	1	0	0.00	4	0	0	5.2	2	0	0	0	2	5
Jake Elmore	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Franklin	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0
Ernesto Frieri	1	0	4.63	22	0	2	23.1	20	12	12	6	11	19
Steve Geltz	2	6	3.74	70	2	2	67.1	45	31	28	8	26	61
Brandon Gomes	2	6	4.27	63	0	1	59.0	55	28	28	10	15	44
Preston Guilmet	0	0	5.06	3	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	1	2	5
Kevin Jepsen	2	5	2.81	46	0	5	41.2	34	15	13	4	20	34
Nate Karns	7	5	3.67	27	26	0	147.0	132	62	60	19	56	145
Jake McGee	1	2	2.41	39	0	6	37.1	27	11	10	3	8	48
Matt Moore	3	4	5.43	12	12	0	63.0	74	40	38	9	23	46
Jake Odorizzi	9	9	3.35	28	28	0	169.1	149	65	63	18	46	150
Erasmo Ramírez	11	6	3.75	34	27	0	163.1	145	73	68	16	40	126
C. J. Riefenhauser	1	0	5.52	17	0	0	14.2	15	10	9	3	7	7
Enny Romero	0	2	5.10	23	0	0	30.0	39	18	17	1	13	31
Drew Smyly	5	2	3.11	12	12	0	66.2	58	24	23	11	20	77
Everett Teaford	0	0	1.59	4	0	0	5.2	5	1	1	0	3	4
Kirby Yates	1	0	7.97	20	0	0	20.1	23	18	18	10	7	21

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Jared Sandberg
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Brady Williams
A	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Florida State League	Michael Johns
A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Midwest League	Reinaldo Ruiz
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Tim Parenton
Rookie	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	Danny Sheaffer
Rookie	GCL Rays	Gulf Coast League	Jim Morrison
Rookie	VSL Rays	Venezuelan Summer League
Rookie	DSL Rays	Dominican Summer League	Julio Zorrilla

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte[3]

References

"2015 Tampa Bay Rays Sortable Schedule". Tampa Bay Rays.
Encina, Eduardo. "O's to play game closed to public Wednesday, will relocate weekend series to Trop". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

2015 Tampa Bay Rays season Official Site
2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
2015 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

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[1] "2015 Tampa Bay Rays Sortable Schedule". Tampa Bay Rays.

[2] Encina, Eduardo. "O's to play game closed to public Wednesday, will relocate weekend series to Trop". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[3] Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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