PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Adrian Houser (6-2, 2.10 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); Angels: Yusei Kikuchi (4-7, 3.30 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 132 strikeouts) ...

By the time the team returns to Steinbrenner Field on Aug. 19, its chances to snare a playoff spot will be much more defined.

The trade deadline is over and all the moves have been made, at least on the personnel side. Now the Tampa Bay Rays need to make another move — bac ...