2022 Tampa Bay Rays season
The 2022 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 25th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 15th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East.
| 2022 Tampa Bay Rays | ||
|---|---|---|
| American League Wild Card Winners | ||
| League | American League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
| City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
| Divisional place | 3rd | |
| Owners | Stuart Sternberg | |
| President | Brian Auld & Matthew Silverman | |
| President of baseball operations | Erik Neander | |
| General managers | Peter Bendix | |
| Managers | Kevin Cash | |
| Television | Bally Sports Sun Bally Sports Florida (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson) | |
| Radio | Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) | |
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On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was played on April 7. Although MLB previously announced that several series would be canceled due to the lockout, the agreement provided for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.
The Rays finished in third place in their division, qualifying for the playoffs as the final wild card in the American League. They lost to the Cleveland Guardians in a two-game sweep in the ALWCS.