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Rays Announce Starting Pitcher for ALDS Game 1 Against Yankees

The Tampa Bay Rays have named their starting pitcher for the first game of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees.

2 publishers · 7 articles · first seen 30 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

The odds

How the odds moved · Will Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 American League Championship Series?
0%50%100%51%3 Oct, 15:54 UTCnowCBS Sports Headlines: Yankees vs. Rays odds, line, prediction: 2026 MLB ALDS Game 3 picks for Wednesday, Oct. 7 from proven model · 7 Oct, 13:46 UTCSI Feed: Probable Starting Pitchers for Guardians, White Sox, Rays, Yankees in ALDS Game 3 · 7 Oct, 01:44 UTCSI Feed: Predicting Rays ALDS Game 2 Lineup Against Yankees · 5 Oct, 15:04 UTCSI Feed: Probable Starting Pitchers for Yankees, Rays, White Sox, Guardians in ALDS Game 2 · 4 Oct, 22:04 UTC

Each tick is a source publishing on this story · 3 more published before price tracking began

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The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 30 Sept 2026. SI Feed published first, on 30 September at 21:29 UTC; CBS Sports Headlines followed 160h 17m later. The most recent article, from CBS Sports Headlines, appeared on 7 October at 13:46 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: SI Feed, CBS Sports Headlines.

3 prediction markets price this story:

  • Will Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 American League Championship Series? — the market puts it at 51%, with $2k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Dec 2026. The market resolves based on which team wins the 2026 American League Championship Series. If a team is eliminated before winning the series, their outcome becomes "No." The deadline for resolution is November 30, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET.
  • Will the Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 World Series? — the market puts it at 17%, with $9k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Oct 2026. The market resolves based on which team wins the 2026 MLB World Series. If the Tampa Bay Rays win, the outcome is "Yes"; if they lose or are eliminated before winning, it is "No." Readers often mistakenly think the linked story about new uniforms affects the resolution, but only the actual World Series winner matters.
  • Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees — the market puts it at 40%, with $7k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 15 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Tampa Bay Rays if they win the scheduled game, and to New York Yankees if they win. If the game is postponed, it stays open until completion; if canceled with no makeup or tied, it splits evenly. Readers often mistake the linked story about Game 2 for the resolution criteria, but this market depends solely on the outcome of the October 7 game.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 American League Championship Series? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. SI FeedRays Announce Game 1 Starting Pitcher for ALDS—
  2. SI FeedALDS Game 1 Pitching Matchup for Rays vs. Yankees is Set—
  3. SI FeedALDS, NLDS Day 1: 4 Pitching Matchups to Watch in Next Round of MLB Playoffs—
  4. SI FeedProbable Starting Pitchers for Yankees, Rays, White Sox, Guardians in ALDS Game 234%
  5. SI FeedPredicting Rays ALDS Game 2 Lineup Against Yankees37%▲3 points since the previous source
  6. SI FeedProbable Starting Pitchers for Guardians, White Sox, Rays, Yankees in ALDS Game 352%▲14 points since the previous source
  7. CBS Sports HeadlinesYankees vs. Rays odds, line, prediction: 2026 MLB ALDS Game 3 picks for Wednesday, Oct. 7 from proven model51%▼1 points since the previous source
  8. Current odds51%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Yankees vs. Rays odds, line, prediction: 2026 MLB ALDS Game 3 picks for Wednesday, Oct. 7 from proven model CBS Sports Headlines
  2. Probable Starting Pitchers for Guardians, White Sox, Rays, Yankees in ALDS Game 3 SI Feed
  3. Predicting Rays ALDS Game 2 Lineup Against Yankees SI Feed
  4. Probable Starting Pitchers for Yankees, Rays, White Sox, Guardians in ALDS Game 2 SI Feed
  5. ALDS, NLDS Day 1: 4 Pitching Matchups to Watch in Next Round of MLB Playoffs SI Feed
  6. ALDS Game 1 Pitching Matchup for Rays vs. Yankees is Set SI Feed
  7. Rays Announce Game 1 Starting Pitcher for ALDS SI Feed

Markets on this story

  • Polymarket Will Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 American League Championship Series? 51% −1 $2k 24hends 1 Dec 2026

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  • Polymarket Will the Tampa Bay Rays win the 2026 World Series? 17% −3 $9k 24hends 31 Oct 2026

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  • Polymarket Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees 40% −1 $7k 24hends 15 Oct 2026

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