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AL East bloodbath is officially live! ⚾🔥 The Yankees and Rays are locking horns at Tropicana Field for Game 1 of the ALDS. Will grit or heavy-hitting dominance reign supreme tonight? #MLB #Yankees #Rays #ALDS

A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s starters
#ALDS Game 1: NYY at TB
⚾️ Gerrit Cole #Yankees 6.0 B-T points in 2026, 53rd*
⚾️ Drew Rasmussen #Rays 15.0 B-T points in 2026, 8th*
*Rank among AL pitchers, 2026
Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/10...

#Rays are set to take on the #Yankees
Some thoughts on this game:
1. Expect #Rays hitters to wear down Cole quickly
2. Expect Rasmussen to be very aggressive
3. Outcome may depend on which lineup can get to other's pen
4. #Rays need to treat Rice like Bonds
5. Mesa jr is going to be key contributor

The #Yankees once again left Aaron Judge off the roster as they face the #Rays in the ALDS.
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/10/yank...

Starting lineups: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
First pitch 6:30 PM ET, Tropicana Field
#Yankees #Rays #NYY #TB #RepBX #RaysUp #Postseason

Gosh how I love baseball. ❤️⚾️
Go #WhiteSox #Rays #Brewers #Braves

10/3 ⚾ Rays Lineup is Out provided by:
https://mlbstartingnine.com/#game-849835

📊 Live Line: Rays -135 • O/U 7.0

#Rays #RaysLineup #MLB

NYY ⚫ (0-0) @ TB 🔵 (0-0)
Sat, Oct 3 · 6:30 PM ET · 3:30 PM PT
Series: 🔘 ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪

ALDS · Game 1

⚫ Gerrit Cole · (R) · 10-9 · 3.61 ERA
🔵 Drew Rasmussen · (R) · 16-5 · 2.67 ERA

MLB Gameday

#Yankees #Rays #MLB

A Box-Toppers look at AL Division Series
#Yankees vs. #Rays
TB—115.0 B-T points in 2026, 5th overall, 2nd among AL teams
NYY—120.1 B-T points, 3rd overall, 1st among AL teams
2026 B-T points of key players, Saturday starting pitchers: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/10...

#ALDS starts today
#Rays vs. #EvilEmpire
#RaysUp

#Yankees Aaron Judge will sit out the American League Division Series, too, according to YES Network’s Jack Curry. Judge missed the Wild Card Series vs #RedSox due to calf strain.

The best-of-five ALDS for NYY at #Rays starts today at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT.

Of the eight teams remaining in @MLB playoffs, three have never won a World Series, and one hasn't won since 1948. #Brewers #Padres #Rays #Guardians. For any one of these teams, 2026 could be the year!

🔴 #WhiteSox open against #Guardians; Hagen Smith faces Parker Messick.
🔵 #Braves visit #Dodgers; Tarik Skubal is LA’s Game 1 starter. ATL bullpen game.
⚪️ #Yankees face #Rays that the Trop. Gerrit Cole vs. Drew Rasmussen.
🟤 #Padres and Robbie Ray face #Brewers and Jacob Misiorowski.

2026 ALDS & NLDS start Saturday. ⚾️

How do the 8 playoff teams stack up in Box-Toppers points?

• AL #1 seed #Rays (115.0 pts) trail #Yankees (120.1 pts)
• #Dodgers (142.7 pts) lead all teams entering NLDS, ahead of top-seed #Brewers

Series previews:
boxtoppers.substack.com/p/a-box-topp...

#MLB Pipeline released final Top 100 rankings
#Rays C prospect Caden Bodine only ranked 46th
He went through 4 x levels as a switch hitting catcher who crushed pitching at every level and hit HR from both sides of the plate in the same game.
No idea how he's not in their Top 20. But he is in mine.

#Rays Arbitration projections from MLBTR should that they have a lot of decisions to make this offseason.
Two that might be not offered:
Nick Madrigal $1.1M
Cole Sulser $1.9M