Kodai Senga's demotion to Triple-A drains redraft value for Week 24, leaving a slim chance of one more regular-season start. Spencer Torkelson and Casey Mize remain intriguing holds in deeper formats as the season winds down. Chandler Simpson offers speed only if you need stolen bases, while Pete Crow-Armstrong’s knee issue looms large for rostering. Robbie Ray, Teoscar Hernandez, and Luis Castillo emerge as high-variance plays given late-season form and upcoming schedules.

Yandy Díaz kept the Rays rolling with a career-best 5-for-5, including a double and four singles, powering a 9-4 win that swept Seattle at Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay rapped 19 hits, six players with multi-hits, and chased George Kirby early, forcing his shortest start of the season. Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez supplied late Seattle damage, but the Mariners couldn’t slow a Rays attack that now sits within 2.5 games of the final wild-card spot. Tampa Bay opens a four-game set with Cleveland to push for a postseason berth as the Rangers and Royals remain in its crosshairs.

Fantasy-backed Rays sticks look primed: Díaz’s 5-for-5 eruption boosts his rest-of-week projections, while six Rays collected multi-hit nights and a homegrown spark from Caminero and Mangum adds growing upside. Seattle’s skid tightens the wild-card race as Kirby’s rough two-inning start leaves questions for their rotation, even as Rodríguez kept pushing in a late rally. The upcoming Guardians series will be a real test of the Rays’ momentum and lineup depth.

Nationals aim to snap a six-game slide as Jake Irvin starts at Nationals Park against Tampa Bay. Brady House sits, Paul DeJong starts, and Luis García Jr. slides to the 8th against a righty. Rays reshuffle the bottom of the order with Jake Mangum, Chandler Simpson, Bob Seymour and Hunter Feduccia while Ryan Pepiot takes the mound.

This afternoon doubles as an audition for Washington’s young core with a month left in the season, while Tampa Bay looks to maintain momentum in an afternoon clash that could ripple through late-season lineups and fantasy rosters.

Rays win 4-1 in a gritty, imperfect night: 174 Rays pitches, 12 strikeouts, and just enough offense to back a shaky start from Adrian Houser. Brandon Lowe opened the scoring with a first-inning homer, Yandy Díaz drew a walk to spark the rally, and Everson Pereira added insurance with a homer in the fifth. The bullpen held the Nationals’ bats, while Chandler Simpson dazzled with two key defensive plays. A late Chandler Simpson RBI and Pete Fairbanks’s closing work capped a win that felt earned, not pristine.

Daylen Lile’s baserunning with Daylen Lile being cut down at third showcased Washington’s aggression, but the Rays mitigated it with quality defense and timely hits. The City Connect jersey debate lingered, yet Tampa Bay’s grit carried the day as the Rays navigate a tight stretch ahead.

Daylen Lile returns to spark Washington as they try to snap a five-game skid against Tampa Bay, with Brady House sidelined and Paul DeJong stepping in. Riley Adams handles catching with Millas sidelined, while Mitchell Parker remains a steady fifth starter. On the Rays, Junior Caminero anchors the offense, Chandler Simpson prowls the bases, and Carson Williams patrols short, with Adrian Houser on the hill in a deadline-move matchup. Nationals Park hosts a game that could hinge on timely hitting and base-running aggression.

Fantasy angles center on Lile's return boosting WAS's lineup flow, DeJong's versatility and RBI upside, Adams' workload in Millas' absence, Caminero's power, and Simpson's speed atop TB's order. Houser's start against WAS offers streaming upside for Rays stacks, while Parker's stability gives Washington a slate-controlling arm if he edges into a quality outing.