Links:

• How do you beat Andrew Miller, August Fagerstrom at Fangraphs provides some options
• The Cleveland [redacted] are heading to the World Series and Carlos Estevez aka Charlie Sheen aka Ricky ‘the wild thing’ Vaughn aka not the Rays PR guy wants to throw ceremonial first pitch in the first game
• The Blue Jays season is over, meaning Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion may have played their last games at home in Rogers Centre and everything is awful north of the border
• The Chicago Cubs once again remembered how to score runs as they handed the Dodgers another deflating loss in Los Angeles and now Chicago is one victory away from the pennant.
• Justin Williams just cannot stop hitting, as he is having success in the AFL
• Matt Silverman said the Rays are looking for improvements behind the plate, could that come in the form of Jason Castro. The Process Report looked extensively into the Houston catcher
• The Rays stadium search is starting to simmer as the town of Oldsmar will be presenting their case to land the Rays new stadium next Thursday

Rays History:

On October 21st, 1996 the affiliation between the Durham Bulls and Tampa Bay Rays began as the Bulls were awarded a double level promotion to Triple-A at the beginning of the 1998 season. They have remained the Rays Triple-A team through the history of the Rays franchise culminating in several championships for Durham.

Trivia:

The answer to yesterday’s question was Jorge Cantu, answered correctly by nomo.red.evil

Wrong answers included Yunel Escobar and Aubrey Huff

Prospects

Name the player based off his prospect excerpt from Baseball America

A righthanded hitter, he has a stiff, armoriented, uppercut swing that produces below-average bat speed. He knows the strike zone and can put the ball in play. While stocky, he's agile behind the plate, with soft hands and average arm strength. He shines on defense, leading the league by throwing out 38 percent of basestealers last year. He excels at calling games and running a pitching staff

Hint: He never was a top-10 guy, but did make his system’s top-30 five years in a row