2010 Tampa Bay Rays season
| 2010 Tampa Bay Rays | |
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| American League East Champions | |
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| Results | |
| Record | 96–66 (.593) |
| Divisional place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | Stuart Sternberg |
| General manager(s) | Andrew Friedman (de facto) |
| Manager(s) | Joe Maddon |
| Local television |
Fox Sports Florida Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Kevin Kennedy, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas) |
| Local radio |
Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) |
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The Tampa Bay Rays' 2010 season was their 13th season of baseball. They improved on their 84–78 record from 2009 by finishing the regular season 96–66, and qualifying for the postseason for the second time in history by winning their second AL East division championship in three years.
Outfielder Gabe Kapler, who had been signed before the 2009 season to just a one-year contract, was re-signed to another one-year deal for $1.05 million on October 27, 2009.
Second baseman Akinori Iwamura was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez on November 3, 2009. Iwamura had a $4.85 million option for 2010, but with several other players in the organization who could fill the position, the Rays decided to part ways with Iwamura by trading him. Andrew Friedman, the Rays' Vice President of Baseball Operations, stated that it was "tough to put into words" what "Aki" meant to the Rays, who had been with the team since the 2006 season, and was the player who recorded the final out in the 2008 American League Championship Series that sent the Rays to their first World Series.
On November 9, 2009, the Rays chose to exercise the 2010 option of left fielder Carl Crawford, worth $10 million, but declined the options of relief pitcher Brian Shouse and catcher Gregg Zaun that would have been worth $2 million each.
The Rays acquired catcher Kelly Shoppach from the Cleveland Indians on December 1, 2009, for a player to be named later. That player turned out to be minor-league pitcher Mitch Talbot.
Jesse Chavez was dealt to the Atlanta Braves for relief pitcher Rafael Soriano on December 10, 2009.
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