ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays are built around three high-ceiling hitters in Junior Caminero, Jonathan Aranda and Yandy Diaz, secondary pieces they can mix and match for the need of the moment, and their usual high standard of pitching and defence. On both sides of the ball, their opponents are under constant pressure, a model that’s produced the American League’s best record to this point and one that feels very familiar to the Toronto Blue Jays.

“When we started going real good last year, we were doing that,” said manager John Schneider. “We were advancing on base hits, we were forcing the issue, you put the ball in play you're going to try to make some teams make some mistakes, and they do a really good job. … Tampa,........

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