ST. PETERSBURG -- Yes, the Rays ended the 2017 season on a high note, but no, the Rays do not deem 80 wins acceptable.
"If we begin to start accepting 80 [wins] or something that's not good enough, I don't know where we're going," Kevin Cash said.
The Rays manager made his comment at a season-ending press-conference Monday at Tropicana Field. Also on the podium were Chaim Bloom and Erik Neander, senior vice presidents of baseball operations. The pair allowed that the core group of the team that will return is strong, and better than it was heading into offseasons past.