Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: The Stable vs Cole for Game 5

Rays News

• Rays unable to vanquish Yanks; Gm 5 on tap - Juan Toribio, MLB.com: A tough fought game, but the Rays bats just could not break through early against Montgomery, and grew extra silent as the Yankees dipped into their A Bullpen.
• Rays lose 5-1 to Yankees, and look who is waiting in Game 5 - Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times: Time to exercise some demons.
• On two days rest, but on his side throwing day, Tyler Glasnow will lead the Stable to open Game 5.

• Kevin Cash managed Game 4 with a few choices that brought up vigorous debates in the DRB slack and on twitter. Here from the skipper himself:

• Randy Arozarena Can’t Stop Hitting - Tyler Kepner, New York Times
• How Did a Rays Rookie Start Hitting Like Ted Williams? - Zach Kram, The Ringer: Randy has been carrying the Rays offense. They need one more amazing performance from El Cohete Cubano to propel them into the ALCS.
• Tampa City Council stalls on cutting off a possible spigot of Rays cash? - Charlie Frago, Tampa Bay Times

Around the League

• This got people talking. What do you think, calling his pitch (which Greinke has done before this season) or just calling for second sign (which is what I am fairly confident is happening but not fully confident):

• The Astros continue their voyage towards trying to become the ultimate villain team in sports, while also continuing their voyage into the ALCS:

• One Florida baseball team is out of the postseason, as the Atlanta Braves completed their sweep:

• The Marlins Finally Lose a Playoff Series - Dan Szymborski, Fan Graphs: The streak is over.
• The Dodgers were just too much for the pitching depleted Padres, and LA’s big 5 run 3rd put the Dodgers up and into the NLCS: