American League East · 2026
Tampa Bay Rays
71-46Tropicana FieldAmerican League
- Team WAR
- 24.2 14.6 bat / 9.6 pitch
- Win %
- .607 pyth .542
- Run diff
- +46 4.44 / 4.04 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 3.72 FIP 4.02
- Home runs
- 118
The Tampa Bay Rays went 71-46 in 2026, a .607 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 519 runs and allowed 473, a run differential of +46. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ is 4% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Junior Caminero leads the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Drew Rasmussen the rotation at a 2.75 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,002 team hits
Batting
17 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Junior Caminero | 3B | 117 | 511 | 123 | 33 | 71 | 2 | .278 | .370 | .546 | .389 | 150 | 4.8 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 1B | 114 | 497 | 122 | 15 | 72 | 0 | .286 | .372 | .436 | .357 | 128 | 2.1 |
| Yandy Díaz | DH | 112 | 495 | 131 | 15 | 65 | 3 | .298 | .370 | .451 | .360 | 130 | 1.9 |
| Nick Fortes | C | 82 | 264 | 67 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .273 | .314 | .380 | .308 | 93 | 1.2 |
| Richie Palacios | 2B | 87 | 279 | 56 | 5 | 34 | 10 | .233 | .335 | .350 | .314 | 97 | 0.9 |
| Chandler Simpson | LF | 108 | 440 | 124 | 0 | 23 | 31 | .304 | .333 | .363 | .310 | 95 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Vilade | RF | 64 | 192 | 43 | 9 | 35 | 3 | .250 | .309 | .459 | .332 | 110 | 0.6 |
| Jonny DeLuca | RF | 68 | 229 | 56 | 8 | 34 | 12 | .258 | .291 | .438 | .316 | 99 | 0.6 |
| Hunter Feduccia | C | 61 | 169 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .235 | .307 | .336 | .292 | 82 | 0.5 |
| Ben Williamson | 2B | 83 | 270 | 61 | 3 | 26 | 8 | .247 | .309 | .332 | .291 | 81 | 0.5 |
| Cedric Mullins | CF | 99 | 388 | 70 | 13 | 36 | 18 | .207 | .287 | .358 | .289 | 80 | 0.5 |
| Taylor Walls | SS | 91 | 328 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 18 | .211 | .303 | .276 | .271 | 68 | 0.4 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | RF | 47 | 164 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 5 | .212 | .284 | .445 | .316 | 99 | 0.3 |
| Jake Fraley | RF | 28 | 90 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .232 | .300 | .390 | .306 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Kenny Piper | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .323 | 104 | 0.0 |
| Oliver Dunn | SS | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .135 | -29 | -0.1 |
| Carson Williams | SS | 13 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .091 | .143 | .121 | .128 | -33 | -0.4 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Drew Rasmussen | 22 | 22 | 124.1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 2.75 | 2.93 | 0.91 | 9.4 | 3.0 |
| Shane McClanahan | 20 | 20 | 99.0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 3.09 | 3.35 | 1.12 | 8.3 | 1.9 |
| Nick Martinez | 22 | 22 | 129.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 2.65 | 4.00 | 1.10 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| Ian Seymour | 38 | 9 | 90.1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 106 | 4.08 | 3.74 | 1.13 | 10.6 | 1.0 |
| Griffin Jax | 29 | 18 | 91.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 3.63 | 3.94 | 1.21 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Bryan Baker | 48 | 0 | 46.1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 51 | 1.55 | 2.76 | 0.84 | 9.9 | 1.0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 50 | 0 | 54.0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 2.00 | 3.12 | 0.83 | 7.2 | 0.9 |
| Cole Sulser | 41 | 2 | 46.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 4.86 | 3.60 | 1.32 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Casey Legumina | 40 | 5 | 50.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4.09 | 3.96 | 1.24 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Joe Boyle | 3 | 3 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5.17 | 3.02 | 1.09 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Garrett Cleavinger | 42 | 0 | 35.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 3.28 | 3.73 | 1.23 | 12.1 | 0.4 |
| Cam Booser | 25 | 0 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.08 | 3.63 | 0.77 | 11.4 | 0.3 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 33 | 0 | 33.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4.81 | 4.33 | 1.34 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Hunter Bigge | 18 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.98 | 4.48 | 1.45 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| Michael Grove | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.60 | 4.09 | 1.00 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Chase Solesky | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 2.33 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Ben Williamson | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 6.29 | 1.20 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Alex Cook | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.36 | 7.18 | 1.64 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.25 | 8.59 | 2.00 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 60.09 | 9.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Steven Matz | 21 | 10 | 61.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 5.55 | 5.16 | 1.25 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Wantz | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.73 | 10.18 | 2.18 | 2.5 | -0.2 |
| Mason Englert | 14 | 3 | 35.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 4.54 | 5.33 | 1.43 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Jesse Scholtens | 9 | 2 | 37.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3.82 | 5.37 | 1.27 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Trevor Martin | 6 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.97 | 8.03 | 1.59 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Chris Roycroft | 15 | 0 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8.24 | 8.07 | 1.98 | 7.3 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Tampa Bay Rays are 71-46, a .607 win rate, while their +46 run differential implies .542. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.