CLEVELAND -- Nick Martinez didn’t quite know what to do with himself during the first three games of the American League Championship Series. He spent Game 1 sitting in the Rays' bullpen. He didn’t care for it. He moved to the dugout for Game 2, then found a spot on

CLEVELAND -- The pitch from Cade Smith came in at 97 mph, way up and way inside. It was closer to Junior Caminero’s shoulder than the strike zone, but the Rays’ All-Star slugger unleashed a ferocious swing that found nothing but air. Caminero glanced at catcher Patrick Bailey, fixed his

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians have a shot to push the Rays to the edge Friday in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field. Up 2-1 in the series after Thursday’s 3-2 win, the Guardians, who came into this series as the underdog, seem to have recaptured

CLEVELAND -- Chandler Simpson, the speedy spark plug in Tampa Bay’s lineup, is living up to his reputation during the American League Championship Series. And if the Rays are going to get their offense fully going -- which, in turn, would ideally put them in a better position to win

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ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have a small crop of homegrown players on their 26-man American League Championship Series roster, guys such as Jonathan Aranda, Ian Seymour and Chandler Simpson, who all came up through the Tampa Bay organization before becoming quality big leaguers. The club is certainly capable of

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CLEVELAND -- In the span of a year, Griffin Jax has gone from wondering if he would be a starting pitcher again to getting the nod to start for the Rays against the Guardians in a pivotal Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.

CLEVELAND -- Someday, there could be a statue of José Ramírez here, outside the ballpark on the corner of Ontario Street and Carnegie Avenue. His Guardians teammates will tell you there should be one, without a doubt, whenever Ramírez is no longer playing inside Progressive Field. You won’t hear much

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ST. PETERSBURG -- A dominant pitcher can throw whatever he wants -- even if the opposition knows what’s coming -- and still get outs. The Guardians knew what was coming from Rays starter Freddy Peralta in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. Heck, the game plan was basically

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ST. PETERSBURG -- For as evenly matched as the Rays and Guardians appear to be, as much as they may feel like they’re looking in a mirror when they look across the field, this American League Championship Series could be decided by who does the little things best. That has

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays landed their counterpunch Tuesday night in Game 2 and the ALCS is headed back to Cleveland as a best-of-five series. Tampa Bay’s 3-1 win looked more like what we’d expected from this series, an airtight game with excellent pitching on each side that was decided

ST. PETERSBURG -- Decked out in one of Tampa Bay’s throwback Devil Rays uniforms, Junior Caminero jumped up and snagged a fifth-inning liner off the bat of Cleveland’s Steven Kwan. Then, the star third baseman stared back at Kwan and hit him with a Dikembe Mutombo-esque finger wag. Not today.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Drew Rasmussen marched into Tropicana Field’s home dugout after six innings Monday night possessing both a one-run lead and firm control of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. He hadn’t been quite as dominant as he was in his last start, when he carried a

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays seem to have avoided a significant injury scare after superstar third baseman Junior Caminero and outfielder Jonny DeLuca crashed into each other while chasing a foul ball in the ninth inning of Tampa Bay’s 7-3 loss to Cleveland in Game 1 of the American League

ST. PETERSBURG -- Yandy Díaz led off with a double, sliding into second base and emphatically clapping his hands together. Jonathan Aranda dropped down his first career sacrifice bunt, a move that brought visible excitement out of him and many of his Tampa Bay teammates. And Junior Caminero, the superstar