Kevin Cash
MANAGER · AL East

Kevin Cash

Tampa Bay Rays March 26, 2026 – Present Active
Lineup cost 1.28 R
Record 42-27
Games 71

Decision cost by category

Record
42-27
wins-losses
Games
71
with decision data
Lineup
1.28 R 0.02 R/G
Bunts
2.55 R 0.04 R/G
IBBs
2.84 R 0.04 R/G
Relievers
16.16 R 0.23 R/G

Season to date · categories cover different scopes and aren't summed into a total — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only; the Relievers leaderboard shows a rolling 30-day window.

Cost by category

Tampa Bay Rays cost themselves 1.28 R from lineup decisions, 16.16 R from high-leverage reliever selection, 2.55 R from bunts, 2.84 R from intentional walks.

LINEUP DECISIONS · 1.28 R RELIEVER SELECTION · 16.16 R BUNTS · 2.55 R INTENTIONAL WALKS · 2.84 R

Season to date · shown per category, not summed — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only (the Relievers board uses a rolling 30-day window).

How this compares — league ranking

Lineup decisions

Kevin Cash ranks 4th of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Dave Roberts LAD 0.87 R
  2. 2 John Schneider TOR 1.08 R
  3. 3 Pat Murphy MIL 1.26 R
  4. 4 Kevin Cash TB 1.28 R
  5. 28 Carlos Mendoza NYM 3.71 R
  6. 29 Joe Espada HOU 3.84 R
  7. 30 Will Venable CWS 4.08 R

Bunt decisions

Kevin Cash ranks 27th of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Walt Weiss ATL 0.00 R
  2. 2 Aaron Boone NYY 0.09 R
  3. 3 A.J. Hinch DET 0.39 R
  4. 27 Kevin Cash TB 2.55 R
  5. 28 Torey Lovullo AZ 2.80 R
  6. 29 Pat Murphy MIL 2.76 R
  7. 30 Will Venable CWS 2.88 R

Intentional walks

Kevin Cash ranks 27th of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Don Mattingly PHI 0.11 R
  2. 2 Chad Tracy BOS 0.17 R
  3. 3 Walt Weiss ATL 0.33 R
  4. 27 Kevin Cash TB 2.84 R
  5. 28 Terry Francona CIN 2.90 R
  6. 29 Kurt Suzuki LAA 3.42 R
  7. 30 Pat Murphy MIL 4.11 R

Game-by-game breakdown

Last 7 in tenure · Δ R/G
Jun 17 @ LAD L Shohei Ohtani 4-5 +0.05 Jun 16 @ LAD L Justin Wrobleski 0-1 +3.18
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~3.12 R
 Jun 15 @ LAD L Eric Lauer 3-4 +1.73
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~1.64 R
 Jun 14 @ LAA W Grayson Rodriguez 8-3 +0.15 Jun 13 @ LAA L José Soriano 0-8 +3.62
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~3.17 R
 Jun 12 @ LAA L Sam Aldegheri 3-4 +0.18 Jun 10 vs BOS W Jake Bennett 7-5 +0.18

Most costly decisions

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JUN 13 · @ LAA +3.62 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~3.17 R
vs José Soriano · L 0-8
JUN 16 · @ LAD +3.18 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~3.12 R
vs Justin Wrobleski · L 0-1
JUN 15 · @ LAD +1.73 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~1.64 R
vs Eric Lauer · L 3-4

Tenure summary

Kevin Cash manages the Tampa Bay Rays, with their current tenure beginning March 26, 2026.

Through 71 games of decision data, their tactical decisions cost the team an estimated 6.67 R across lineup construction, bunt strategy, and intentional walks. Lineup decisions accounted for 1.28 R of that — the largest single category.

The team's 42-27 record places them 15 games over .500. Cash has called 22 sacrifice bunts (2.55 R in expected runs). Intentional walks have been issued 18 times for an expected cost of 2.84 R.

Deep analytical views

The overview above is the SEO surface. Each link below opens the interactive analyzer for that decision type — sortable lists, per-game breakdowns, and the underlying numbers.

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How this is calculated

Stats reflect only Kevin Cash's tenure as Rays manager — events from before the start date or after the end date are excluded. Lineup cost is the difference between an optimized batting order and the one actually used, summed across regular-season games. Bunt and intentional-walk costs come from per-decision run-expectancy deltas. Pitching cost is the sum of pull-timing and reliever-selection runs lost. Costs are shown as a season total and a per-game rate (R/G); rankings compare this tenure's per-game rate against the league-wide distribution of current and recent manager tenures. RunsLeft does not assign letter grades — the costs and rankings are descriptive analytics.

Read the full methodology. Career managing history coming in v2 with Lahman integration.

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