Tampa Bay Rays
There is a huge possibility that David Price might be traded to the New York Yankees. Jim Bowden, former general manager of the Nationals and Reds, shared his insights on the best deals that may be done involving the left-handed ace.
The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to fill in the gap on their offensive shortstop rotation and reports suggested that the defending NL champions are interested in trading for Troy Tulowitzki, who is arguably the best shortstop in Major League Baseball.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to be the most aggressive team to pursue Tampa Bay Rays ace pitcher David Price, who's entering the final year of his current deal.
Tampa Bay Rays Jose Lobaton came off the bench and blasted a walkoff solo homerun off Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara to extend the American League Division Series to Game 4. Jake Peavy goes to the mound for the REd Sox against the Rays Jeremy Hellickson Tuesday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays continue their arduous road trip that started Sunday in Toronto, as they head to Boston for their Game 1 match-up against the Red Sox in the American League Division Series. Matt Moore (17-4 with 3.29 ERA) will pitch for the Rays against the Red Sox Jon Lester (15-8 with a 3.75) in Friday afternoon's game.
Cleveland will start 23-year-old rookie Danny Salazar in Wednesday night's winner-takes-all American League Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Rays; Salazar will duel with Rays' pitcher Alex Cobb, who is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA for the month of September
Also, the Cleveland Indians clinch the top wild-card berth and will host the winner of Monday night's Texas Rangers-Tampa Bay Rays one-game tiebreaker game, after both teams ended the season tied for the last playoff spot.
The New York Yankees were officially eliminated from the American League (AL) Wild-card chase, marking the first time since since 2008 and the the second time in 19 years the Yankees miss the postseason. The Kansas City Royal were also eliminated Wednesday night, losing 6-0 to the Seattle Mariners.
The Tampa Bay Rays take the top spot in the AL Wild Card standings after beating the Texas Rangers Monday night while the Kansas City Royals continue gaining ground beating Cleveland 7-1.
Also, the Texas Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays continue to struggle as the American League wild-card race heats up.
The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays are the current leaders in the wild card race, but the New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals are nipping at their heels with less than a month left in the season.
