The Tampa Bay Rays are getting set to start their offseason with a mix of positives and negatives coming from the 2025 season. This was a team that started off hot and was looking like a contender in the first half of the year. Unfortunately, a bad summer crippled that momentum and they finished the campaign under the .500 mark. 

While a season under .500 might feel like a failure for the franchise, they were a better team than their final record indicated. The Rays were able to have a positive run differential by a fairly significant margin, which usually results in success. 

As the team heads into the winter, there will be a couple of big decisions to make regarding what the team is going to do with a couple of key veterans. Tampa Bay historically looks to move these players to help replenish talent in their farm system. 

The Rays are no stranger to having a great minor league system and 2025 was no different. Even though some of their elite prospects might not have had the campaigns they were hoping, others stepped up and emerged as potential building blocks. 

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