Junior Caminero meets his hero — SD 13, TB 5

As you’ll be able to inform from the headline, this was a recreation value lacking — and lets be sincere, most of us in all probability did as a result of the sport was broadcast on AppleTV…

The one worthwhile spotlight from this recreation occurred beforehand, when the way forward for Rays baseball — Junior Caminero — obtained to satisfy his childhood hero, third baseman Manny Machado:

Throughout the recreation, Yandy Diaz needed to depart the sport with what the staff instantly introduced as “left knee patellar tendinitis” which makes it sound like he’s been enjoying damage, as that’s a reasonably particular analysis.

With rosters increasing this weekend for the ultimate month, it might imply the tip of his season, and probably even the tip of his Rays profession, given the staff’s penchant for buying and selling star gamers, however hopefully he can return earlier than the tip of the yr each for a correct ship off and to show his harm is nothing severe.

Diaz is below contract for $10 million subsequent season, then has a staff choice for 2026. Different gamers making comparable cash will likely be Jeffrey Springs ($10.5M in ‘25 and ‘26) and Brandon Lowe ($10.5M choice, with another choice for 2026). The writing is probably going on the wall for all three so get pleasure from their finest performances — like this homerun from Yandy Diaz earlier within the recreation — whilst you can!

There’s not a lot else from this recreation you wish to mirror on. Taj Bradley obtained tagged for 8 earned runs in 2.1 IP. Erasmo Ramirez needed to pitch. For these of you together with your minds on Fantasy Soccer, he’s the Jacoby Brissett of Main League Baseball. However there was this nifty play by Taylor Partitions:

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