Rays (S29) Off Day #20 (8/13/26)

Today is the 20th time this season the Rays (74-46, .617, 1st MLB) have been off since the season opener and the thirteenth time the off-day has come on a Thursday. Tampa Bay also had one Friday off-day (the first, on March 27th), a Tuesday (July 14th), a Wednesday (July 15th), and four Mondays. There is one more Thursday (#21) and three Mondays (#22, #23, #24) off before the end of the regular season.Last year, between games one and 162, the Rays had 23 days off, which included the ones that come as part of the All-Star Game break. This season, there are 24 scheduled days off, which does not include rain delays or postponements or possible days off between the regular season and post-season or between post-season games.Tampa Bay is 24-13 since the start of the second half of the season after Wednesday night’s 8-4 win over the Athletics and 18-8 since the All-Star break. The second half did not start with the All-Star Game break, but game 82 of 162 on June 30th of season 29.The Rays have also claimed the top spot in all of Major League Baseball with a league best win percentage of .617, ahead of the Brewers, who have a four game series starting tonight against the Dodgers.