ST. PETERSBURG After taking their discussions and deliberations all the way to Tuesday morning’s deadline, the Rays announced their 26-man roster for the American League Wild Card Series against the Rangers.
As the Rays navigated through several key injuries down the stretch, manager Kevin Cash acknowledged the club would
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Alejandro Kirk homered and drove in three runs, Bo Bichette had four hits and the Toronto Blue Jays put themselves on the brink of a playoff berth by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 11-4 on Friday night. A loss by Seattle against Texas later would give the Blue Jays an AL wild card. Losses by the Mariners and Astros would guarantee Toronto the second of three wild-card spots, setting up a best-of-three postseason series at Tampa Bay.