It’s been an interesting offseason for the Rays, as they’ve successively traded away almost every long term asset not signed to a team friendly deal. Words like “tank” have been used to describe what the Rays are up to, but that’s not fair to the current roster. The Rays are rebuilding, they’ve committed to their highest Opening Day payroll in team history, and they’ve brought in several veterans to try and avoid a “tank” situation.
I would argue they haven’t done enough to stay competitive, but they’ve at least tried to build a team that can win something close to 80 games, which is within the margin of error for playoff baseball.