For the 2016 season, the Tampa Bay Rays ranked 13th among the 29 Major League Baseball teams that call the United States home, according to new data from Nielsen (via Shadow of the Stadium).
That’s a good thing, but it is also a bad sign.
During all the Rays’ struggles with attendance and the bashing from other fans and national media that comes with it, the one thing Rays fans could always hold on to was TV ratings. The ratings were strong and it showed that there are plenty of fans and that the Rays just need to find a way to get them to the games more often.