2026 Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training Schedule & Spring Training Tickets
Tampa Bay Rays 2026 Spring Training Schedule & Reporting Dates
Pitchers & Catchers First Work Out is February 12, 2026
2026 Tampa Bay Rays Fan Event
February 14, 2026: It's the Tampa Bay Rays Fan Fest and Block Party. This year’s free event offers an exciting lineup of family-friendly activities, including: A Community Yard Sale, benefiting the official charity of the Tampa Bay Rays. Opportunities to interact with your favorite players. Games, mascots, and an entertaining stage show. And more! 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Outside of Tropicana Field, 16th Street S, St. Petersburg, FL.
2026 Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training Schedule is below.
2026 RAYS SPRING TRANING
The Tampa Bay Rays' 2026 Spring Training schedule will start their Grapefruit League play on Saturday, February 21 with a home opener for the Rays against the Atlanta braves in Port Charlotte.
The Rays will play a total of 32 games throughout the duration of spring training season.
The schedule features a Wednesday exhibition game against the Netherlands on March 4 and a St. Patrick's Day game against the New York Yankees March 17 at Port Charlotte.
The Rays will also face the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and more throughout the 2026 spring season.
Most home game times are scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
On Thursday, March 19, the Rays will travel to Port St. Lucie for an evening game against the New York Mets.
The Rays will return to Tropicana Field for their 2026 campaign after spending one year away in 2025 at George M. Steinbrenner Field due to storm damage to Tropicana Field caused by Hurricane Milton.
The home games of the Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training Season are played at The Charlotte County Sports Park at 2300 El Jobean Rd, Port Charlotte, FL.
The Park was renovated to the tune of some $28 Million to welcome the team to their new spring home starting in 2009.
So if you attend workouts or games, you'll be among those witnessing a recent rebirth of spring training in Port Charlotte as well as updated new digs for the team.
The facility had been without a team since the Texas Rangers left after the 2002 season.
2026 Schedule and Tickets Below
Below Are Game tickets we were able to source.
The Rays are fortunate in that their spring training facility is located in their home state of Florida. It makes it easy for the local fans to come out to the old ball game during spring training season.
Make your plans to come out and see this year's new comers hoping to make the team along with returning Tampa Bay Rays veterans.
There's nothing like watching spring training exhibition games while being able to work on your tan.
Ah, Florida Spring Training!
2026 Tampa Bay Rays
Spring Training Schedule & Tickets
Directions: From the Sarasota area take I-75 south to exit 179
toward North Port/Port Charlotte. Merge on to North Toledo Blade BLVD.
Turn right at El Jobean Rd/SRR-776/Veterans Blvd. Continue to follow El
Jobean Road/SRR-776 until you see the park, (about a mile) on the left.
Turn left into the park grounds. The Charlotte County Sports Park is at
2300 El Jobean Rd, Port Charlotte, FL. From the Sarasota/Venice area
this is about a 30-35 minute drive from the I-75/Laurel Rd interchange.
Game times are PM and local. The schedule is deemed to be correct; it was provided by the Rays and sources believed to be reliable and is subject to change due to error and/or changes according to the Rays)
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