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Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: West Coast Games are the 2nd Worst Thing Ever

In case you didn't stay up past an unreasonable time of 9:45, you may have missed the Rays taking on the Angels

Brandon Guyer doing his best Terminator pose, he is an android after all
Brandon Guyer doing his best Terminator pose, he is an android after all
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Rays Links:

- Topkin's write-up features some excellent quotes from Chris Archer and Corey Dickerson

- Beyond the Boxscore looks at some top prospects are ready to make the jump to the majors with a certain phenomenal southpaw making an appearance

- Fangraphs had a lengthy, quality interview with Jeremy Sowers about his path to joining the Rays organization and heading up the instant replay efforts.

- Although he's struggled so far on 2016, Taylor Motter is still having a blast and the a local news station in Durham proved that as he was mic'd up during a game

- The Rays will bump Matt Moore's start to Monday against Seattle, with Matt Andriese being called up to make the start on Sunday.

Around the League:

- A newspaper had a typo on the word 'shifts'....and now it's saved forever on the interwebs

- Yasiel Puig showed off his arm once again, or #PuigCannon

- Miguel Cabrera decided to give a fan his warm embrace after chasing a ball that landed out of play.

- Grant Brisbee took a look at how depressing it is for the Angels right now.

- So, with the Angels pending doom, Mike Trout trade rumors/nonsense are heating back up.

- Angels fans do have something they can cling to for happiness though and that's a new Guinness World Record for taking the most selfies using selfie sticks simultaneously

- A look at this year's class of international free agents and where they could land

- Things got heated between the Tigers and White Sox as the benches emptied late in the game.