Tampa Bay went 11–16 since opening day and was struggling to move up in the American League East early on.

Price was dealt to the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline in a three-way deal with Seattle.

The Rays acquired Nick Franklin from Seattle and Drew Smyly from Detroit.

After all, they gave the Tigers the 2012 American League Cy Young Award Winner to their rotation.

(Detroit now had the previous three Cy Young Award winners in the American League in their rotation) Infielders Other batters Coaches Note: All batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.