Toronto Star

Series preview: Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays

- Laura Armstrong

TROPICANA FIELD Friday to Sunday PROBABLES Friday, 7:10 p.m. LH Thomas Pannone (4-1, 3.58) vs. RH Tyler Glasnow (2-7, 4.23) Saturday, 6:10 p.m. LH Ryan Borucki (4-5, 3.76) vs. LH Blake Snell (21-5, 1.90) Sunday, 3:10 p.m. RH Marco Estrada (7-14, 5.64) vs. TBA KEY PLAYERS Wendle vs. Urena and Berti Joey Wendle, the versatile 28-year-old rookie who has played five positions this sea- son, has played himself into the American League rookie-of-theyear conversati­on with a .300 average and a 4.4 WAR heading into play Thursday. That’s the kind of season infielders Rich

ard Urena, who has hit .284 in 96 at-bats, and Jon Berti, an eight-year minor-leaguer who got his first big-league hit on Wednesday, can learn from. NEED TO KNOW If Blake Snell is able to keep his ERA under 2.00 after his start on Saturday, he will become just the seventh player in the live ball era (since 1920) to win at least 20 games and post a sub 2.00 ERA before his 26th birthday. The left-hander is a top candidate to win the AL Cy Young Award ... Toronto could be saying goodbye to two people Sunday: skipper John Gibbons and right-hander Marco

Estrada, 35, will make likely his last start for the team after four seasons with the club. Estrada will be a free agent in the offseason ... Rays centre-fielder

Kevin Kiermaier suffered a season-ending hairline fracture in his right foot on Wednesday.

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