Rays at the halfway point: ‘We’ve got work to do’

ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays’ performance through the midpoint of their schedule was technically slightly worse than half-bad, given their 40-41 record.

The predominant question now, as they start the second half Friday, is whether they are equipped to improve enough to reach the playoffs for a sixth straight season.

“We’ve got work to do,” manager Kevin Cash said.

Get 3 months of unlimited access for $3.

• Marc Topkin is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Rays. Reach him at mtopkin@tampabay.com.

• FSU extends NCAA record of CWS appearances without a title to 24June 20• Sports
• Rays find a way at the end, beat Twins in 10 inningsJune 20• Sports

", 1, 100); //ms intervals } else { rcel.innerHTML = "

"; } var rcsc = document.getElementById("rc_862"); if (rcsc) rcsc.parentNode.replaceChild(rcel, rcsc); var RevContentLoader = RevContentLoader || {}; var rc_p_uuid = rc_p_uuid || "e5b40611-3ec9-4b40-be40-659debf0d821"; rc_loaded_widgets.push(133708); RevContentLoader[rcel.id] = function(id) { var rc2js = document.getElementById("rc2js"); var rc2css = document.getElementById("rc2css"); rc_loader_runs++; if (rc_loader_runs < (60000 / 100) && typeof(rcjq) === "undefined" && typeof(RevContentLoader[rcel.id]) === "function") { setTimeout(function(){ if (typeof(RevContentLoader[id](id)) === "function") RevContentLoader[id](id); }, 100); } else if (typeof(rcjq) === "function") { rcjq("#" + id).revContent({"disable_viewability": false, "reactions_enabled": false}, {"pid": rc_p_uuid, "iid":"49e2ca30-deb5-434a-9bae-5e80d75e2ad6", "loaded_widgets": rc_loaded_widgets, "interest_text" : ""}); setTimeout(function(){ if(rc_loader_runs < rc_loader_limit && rcjq("#" + id ).find(".rc-item:first").height() == 0) { RevContentLoader[id](id); } }, 1200); } }; RevContentLoader[rcel.id](rcel.id); var provider = 0; var do_branding = "1";