Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball team in the American League East Division. They are located in Tampa, Florida. The Rays play at Tropicana Field. The Rays dropped the word "Devil" from their name prior to the 2008 season. The team was in the 2008 World Series, losing to the Phillies 4 games to 1.

First Game: March 31, 1998 vs. Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field, 6-11.

Current Roster

*Not on active roster
**Not on 40 man roster

Pitchers

• 50 Grant Balfour
• 53 Chad Bradford
• Wade Davis
• 22 Matt Garza
• 49 Jason Hammel
• 45 James Houser
• 39 J.P. Howell
• 36 Edwin Jackson
• 19 Scott Kazmir
• Jacob McGee
• Joe Nelson
• 34 Jeff Niemann
• 54 Chad Orvella
• 40 Troy Percival
• 14 David Price
• 11 Jae Kuk Ryu
• 52 Juan Salas
• 33 James Shields
• 21 Andy Sonnanstine
• 51 Mitch Talbot
• Dale Thayer
• 35 Dan Wheeler

Catchers

• 28 John Jaso
• 30 Dioner Navarro
• 9 Shawn Riggans

Infielders

• 16 Willy Aybar
• 8 Jason Bartlett
• 44 Reid Brignac
• 1 Akinori Iwamura
• 24 Dan Johnson
• 43 Elliot Johnson
• 3 Evan Longoria
• 23 Carlos Pena

Outfielders

• Pat Burrell
• 13 Carl Crawford
• 26 Gabe Gross
• 38 Fernando Perez
• 10 Justin Ruggiano
• 2 B.J. Upton
• 18 Ben Zobrist

Designated Hitters

• 31 Jonny Gomes

Minor League Affiliates

The minor league affiliates of the Rays are:

• AAA - Durham Bulls
• AA - Montgomery Biscuits
• A Adv. - Vero Beach Devil Rays
• A - Columbus Catfish
• SS - Hudson Valley Renegades

See also

• Boston Red Sox
• New York Yankees

External links

• Official Team Website
• ESPN - Team News