LINKS:

• The Toronto Blue Jays walked off last night, as they swept the Texas Rangers out f the playoffs defeating them in three straight games.
• The Chicago Cubs are one victory away from ending the San Francisco Giants season. They’ll play tonight at 9:30 in San Francisco.
• The Cleveland Indians are also just one win away from advancing to the Championship Series with the Boston Red Sox trailing two games to none. They’ll play tonight at 6:00 at Fenway
• The Tampa Bay Rays have outrighted Jaff Decker, Justin Marks, Juniel Querecuto, and Dana Eveland to Durham, removing them from to 40-man roster
• The Rays had several top prospects in their instructional league, including Josh Lowe whom they are trying out in the outfield
• The top ten plays of 2016 by WPA with two of them provided by a former Ray and a former Rays prospect

Rays History:

On this date in 1976, Pat Burrell was born. He would be the #1 overall pick in the 1998 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. After spending nine seasons with them, in which he was a two-time MVP candidate and also a World Series champion, he spent an unceremonious year and a half with the Tampa Bay Rays, and then was released, only to promptly regain his former abilities and helped begin the Giants even year crusades.

TRIVIA:

Name this former Ray based off his career stat line,

.298/.365/.417 - 173 HR - 112 wRC+ - 42.0 fWAR - 2,527 Games

Hints: this player was with the Rays in 1999, 3-time Allstar, 5-time Silver Slugger, and a Rookie of the Year runner up