The Rays have been in the playoffs only four times in their 19 seasons of existence, their last trip being in 2013 when then-rookie right-hander Chris Archer was helping out a pitching staff that featured Jeremy Hellickson, David Price, Matt Moore and Fernando Rodney.
Of those, Archer is the only one left in St. Pete; the others have moved on to bigger contracts elsewhere. It has never been in the Rays' interest to pay for free agents the way the Yankees, Dodgers or Red Sox do, but Archer believes that if the Rays want to contend, they need to do more than what they're doing now.