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Rays ride MLB-best home record to first-round bye

MLB says postseason projections didn’t favor the Rays in April, but that outlook changed quickly as the team built the league’s best home record.

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A screenshot of the FanGraphs Playoff Odds graph for the Tampa Bay Rays, with their lowest odds falling on April 2nd at 19.9%. Pictured: Junior Caminero yells in celebration wearing a Rays City Connect uniform and multicolored batting gloves.

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MLB says April postseason projections didn’t favor the Rays. That changed quickly as they rode an MLB-best home record to a first-round bye.

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@MLBThe #Postseason projections didn’t favor @RaysBaseball in April 🫣 That changed quickly as they rode an MLB-best home record straight to a first-round bye!

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The 2026 MLB postseason was approaching in late September

MLB teased the coming postseason on September 29 with the message, “The fun starts soon.”

The 2026 MLB postseason was approaching in late September

MLB teased the coming postseason on September 29 with the message, “The fun starts soon.”

MLB spotlights what it calls 2026’s longest tape-measure shots

MLB shared a post highlighting what it called the longest tape-measure shots of 2026.

Longest HRs of the season:
T-1: Lazaro Montes, 474 ft
T-1: Fernando Tatis Jr., 474 ft
3: Drake Baldwin, 473 ft
T-4: Pete Alonso, 471 ft
T-4: Nick Kurtz, 471 ft

Pictured: Lazaro Montes (top left), Fernando Tatis Jr. (top right), Drake Baldwin (left), Pete Alonso (bottom right), and Nick Kurtz (bottom left) all running on a grass background.

Altuve and Verlander lead multiple postseason stats among active players in 2026

MLB lists José Altuve with 27 postseason home runs and 118 hits, and Justin Verlander with 17 wins and 244 strikeouts, among active players in 2026.

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@MLBThe #Postseason projections didn’t favor @RaysBaseball in April 🫣 That changed quickly as they rode an MLB-best home record straight to a first-round bye!

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@MLBThe #Postseason projections didn’t favor @RaysBaseball in April 🫣 That changed quickly as they rode an MLB-best home record straight to a first-round bye!

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@MLBThe #Postseason projections didn’t favor @RaysBaseball in April 🫣 That changed quickly as they rode an MLB-best home record straight to a first-round bye!