Following a tense race to the end for Wild Card contention, the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics went head-to-head, and the Rays came out on top of the winner-take-all postseason match.
There were plenty of folks who were justified in feeling a little bit worried when they saw Yandy Diaz’s name in the leadoff spot for the Rays’ Wild Card roster on Wednesday afternoon. Diaz had, after all, only just returned from the injured list over the weekend, and there was a great deal of uncertainty as to whether or not he was ready to be thrown back into play so quickly.