Rays' Blake Snell: Starting first playoff game

Snell will start Game 1 of the Rays' AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Snell allowed two earned runs over 7.2 innings in two outings against the Blue Jays -- Tampa's most likely opponent -- this season, and he has a 2.81 ERA across 13 career starts against Toronto overall. He'll head into the postseason opener with some momentum after posting a 2.20 ERA, 9.9 K/9 and 18:6 K:BB across the 16.1 innings cover his last three regular-season starts.