The American League East’s two best teams will meet in the best-of-five AL Division Series, starting with Game 1 Saturday between the Yankees and Rays at 6:30 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field. Let’s take a look at how the pitching rotations might line up:

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees and Rays have shared the field for plenty of memorable moments, tightly contested games and deeply rooted disagreements over the years. They are natural rivals in the American League East, pitting New York’s history and high-payroll dominance against Tampa Bay’s ingenuity and lower-budget success. They’ve

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays found themselves in an unusual position this week. They were practicing and preparing for the American League Division Series, putting their heads together and planning ahead for whatever the best-of-five series might bring.

ST. PETERSBURG -- After two disappointing years, the Rays are back in the postseason and back atop the toughest division in baseball.

ST. PETERSBURG -- How will the Rays line up their rotation for the American League Division Series behind Game 1 starter Drew Rasmussen? Stay tuned.

ST. PETERSBURG -- There are many ways to describe Rays ace Drew Rasmussen. He is tremendously talented. He is metronomically consistent. He is remarkably motivated. He is doggedly dedicated to his craft. He is still, somehow, even as a two-time All-Star, incredibly underrated.

ST. PETERSBURG -- There are few players in baseball as electrifying or entertaining as Rays third baseman Junior Caminero. He swings hard. He hits the ball hard. He hits the ball a lot. He plays hard. He plays a lot, having started at third base this season in each of

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PHILADELPHIA -- The 162-game marathon is over. Next comes the sprint through October.

PHILADELPHIA -- Junior Caminero has put up a lot of big, impressive numbers as the best player on the American League’s best team. There are three that mean a lot to him: 40, 100 and 162.

PHILADELPHIA – Rays starter Griffin Jax exited Saturday night’s 12-1 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park after taking a 104 mph comebacker off his lower back in the third inning. Jax sustained only a lower back contusion, and he does not expect the injury to affect his postseason

PHILADELPHIA – It looks like the next time we’ll see Chandler Simpson will be in his postseason debut next weekend. The Rays’ speedy left fielder was not in the starting lineup on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park after fouling a ball hard off the top of his right foot

PHILADELPHIA -- This weekend’s series at Citizens Bank Park doesn’t really matter for the Rays. They have clinched everything they can clinch. They’ll have nearly a week to recover, rest, set their roster and set up their pitching plans before the American League Division Series begins. But they recognize how

NEW YORK -- The Rays haven’t made any decisions regarding their starting rotation for the upcoming American League Division Series, manager Kevin Cash said Thursday afternoon. They have time, with more than a week to go before Game 1 on Oct. 3, and they have options.

NEW YORK -- The Rays have won the American League East race. They just haven’t technically reached the finish line yet. They still have four more regular-season games to play after Wednesday night’s 9-2 loss at Yankee Stadium. But aside from potentially boosting their chances for home-field advantage in the

NEW YORK -- Back in Spring Training, the preseason predictions and projection systems were skeptical of the Rays. After consecutive fourth-place finishes, they were widely picked to finish last in the American League East this year.

NEW YORK -- The good news for the Rays on Tuesday afternoon was that they didn’t have to wait long for another chance to clinch the American League East title. The bad news was that they lost their series opener at Yankee Stadium, 2-0, wasting another quality start from veteran

NEW YORK -- It has felt inevitable that the American League East race would be decided this week in the Bronx. The Rays have led the Majors’ most competitive division for most of the season, and they haven’t ceded the top spot in the standings since reclaiming first place on

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NEW YORK -- The Rays are bringing back their road grays, with a special Tampa Bay twist. The Rays revealed on Monday morning that they will begin wearing a new road uniform on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. But the team isn’t just reintroducing gray jerseys for the first time

ST. PETERSBURG -- After finishing their regular-season home schedule with yet another victory at Tropicana Field, the Rays are potentially one win away from clinching their first American League East championship since 2021.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays’ infield has been made whole again, as Tampa Bay reinstated the versatile and valuable Ben Williamson from the injured list before Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox at Tropicana Field. To make room for Williamson’s return, the club made the difficult decision to designate

ST. PETERSBURG -- Richie Palacios didn’t hit the ball particularly hard. He didn’t hit it terribly far, either. So as his 65.7 mph popup fell toward the Tropicana Field turf in shallow right field, with Isiah Kiner-Falefa running out for it from second base and Wilyer Abreu coming in, he

ST. PETERSBURG -- The way this season has gone, and especially the way this final regular-season homestand has unfolded, it felt like the Rays had more magic in the making late Friday night at Tropicana Field. Trailing by three runs in the sixth inning, they loaded the bases and sent

ST. PETERSBURG -- This year has already been crazy enough for Rays catching prospect Caden Bodine. Drafted by the Orioles with the 30th overall pick last year, the switch-hitting catcher was traded to the Rays in December and started his first full professional season with Single-A Charleston. Then came a