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10/5 ⚾ Rays Lineup is Out provided by:
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📊 Live Line: Rays +109 • O/U 6.5

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NYY ⚫ (0-1) @ TB 🔵 (1-0)
Mon, Oct 5 · 8:00 PM ET · 5:00 PM PT
Series: 🔵 🔘 ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ (TB leads 1-0)

ALDS · TB leads 1-0

⚫ Cam Schlittler · (R) · 14-6 · 1.95 ERA
🔵 Freddy Peralta · (R) · 10-11 · 4.42 ERA

⚪ #WhiteSox seek a 2-0 ALDS lead; Kay (LHP) faces #Guardians’ Williams (RHP).
🔵 #Rays lead #Yankees 1-0; Schlittler meets Peralta in tonight’s Game 2.
🔴 ALDS Game 2: #WhiteSox at #Guardians, 5 ET; #Yankees at #Rays, 8 ET.

As Cam Schlittler looks to keep the #Yankees out of a 2-0 hole in the ALDS, his curveball could come in handy against the #Rays. It certainly did against the #RedSox.

A look at how the breaking ball gradually became a postseason-ready weapon for the fastball-heavy Schlittler:

In 2019, #Rays Kevin Kiermaier and Willy Adames combined to throw out Jose Altuve at the plate - potentially their best combined defensive plays ever.
In 2026, #Rays replicated the effort at 3rd base with Victor Mesa jr and Taylor Walls throwing out Austin Wells.
Love it.
www.mlb.com/video/00u7j7...

#Rays & #WhiteSox try to double their leads in Game 2 while those series get set to shift locations for game 3.
Pitching matchups are great:
Kay vs Williams
Schlittler vs Peralta

I've been mesmerized by this 3-pitch sequence to Trent Grishman from Drew Rasmussen's gem yesterday. #Rays

Kick-changeup ⏩ Cutter ⏩ Sinker

Perfect location on everything, but it's also fun look at the lateral bend on each of these shapes.

🐦 https://x.com/LanceBroz/status/2106835072401764368

Peralta was one of the top 3 pitchers in #MLB in September
And if you look further down at 15, you'll spot the likely next starter for #Rays, Nick Martinez.

#Rays gave up 3 very good prospects to #Mets for Freddy Peralta who's going to start Game 2 of series vs #Yankees.
#Rays were confident they could get Peralta back into ace form, and he was exactly that in September. Can he carry that into October? We're about to find out...

Tamba Bay Rays hitters by wRC+

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Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s #ALDS & #NLDS games:

Drew Rasmussen #Rays
Grant Taylor #WhiteSox
Tarik Skubal #Dodgers
Trevor Megill #Brewers

Full Saturday B-T Daily Scorecard: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/10...

#Rays C prospect Nathan Flewelling (19) is one of the youngest playing in the Arizona Fall League this year and he kicked things off hitting 2nd in the lineup & went 3 for 4 in his debut. His profile just keeps getting more intriguing with every test. #Milb #RaysUp

No. 3 on the day — October 3, 2026

Junior Caminero (TB) — +62.8.

His biggest swing was a strikeout in the 5th against NYY — worth -1.1 points of win probability at 0.55x leverage.

+3.8 win probability · +59.0 process

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DAWG OF THE DAY — October 3, 2026

Drew Rasmussen (TB) — +99.9 DAWG points.

His biggest moment was a strikeout in the 2nd against NYY — worth +2.3 points of win probability at 1.32x leverage.

+130.2 win probability · -30.3 process

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Game 1 advantage: #Rays, #Brewers, #Dodgers, #WhiteSox all won yesterday.

In all best-of-five postseason series, teams taking a 1-0 lead have won the series 116 of 160 times (73%).

In Division Series with the current 2-2-1 format, teams taking a 1-0 lead at home have won 42 of 56 times (75%).

Drew Rasmussen #Rays, who took a no-hitter into the 8th inning, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s #ALDS Game 1 win vs. #Yankees (8IP H 0R 2BB 10K W).

His 15.0 B-T points in 2026 were 8th among AL pitchers.

Full Saturday B-T Daily Scorecard: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/10...